Dublin

POTD – They Lie

Moochin Photoman on February 18, 2011, 8:22 am

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Temple Bar Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual shows and has been shown in North America and i had my first solo international exhibition in New Zealand. I have been the recipient of a number of grants …

POTD – The Republic of Conscience

Moochin Photoman on February 16, 2011, 9:39 am

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Another poster from www.upstart.ie I really hope that the arts organisations here can do something like this for the forthcoming local elections in May. I spotted a few of these during last years General Election and one adorns my kitchen wall EDIT TO ADD…… From the Republic of Conscience by Seamus Heaney Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, …

POTD – and people vote in Governments

Moochin Photoman on February 15, 2011, 9:35 am

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With an afternoon appointment in Dublin yesterday i took the opportunity to mooch and meander to my destination. The Election posters are out in full force as you’d expect, however one organisation www.upstart.ie have been putting up their own posters to raise awareness of the arts during the election campaign. A mixture of poems and visual art they really caught my attention. I have to say that i think this is a brilliant idea and raised more than a few …

POTD – Celtic Tiger Prawn

Moochin Photoman on February 4, 2011, 11:01 am

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Found in a side street off Templebar Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively here in Northern Ireland in group and individual shows and has been shown in North America and i had my first solo international exhibition in New Zealand. I have been the recipient …

Dublin Central: Mary Lou to rise again?

Mick Fealty on January 11, 2011, 5:46 pm

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For two days now, the Irish political press have been getting very excited about a meeting (and possibly a round of golf ) that Brian Cowen had with Seanie FitzPatrick… So far, well nothing more than that… Back at Drumcondra there’s a rather tetchy fight going on at the paper Cumann once owned and driven by one Patrick Bartholomew Ahern (soon to be ex) TD. Ahern’s brother Maurice has been flatlining there for the last few outings, but it’s thought …

Water supplies cut due to shortages in Dublin and Cork

Pete Baker on December 7, 2010, 9:51 pm

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Unfortunate timing as the Irish government’s budget details are revealed, but as RTÉ reports Councils in the capital are making cuts to overnight supply for at least the next three nights. Fingal County Council has cut water supply from 7pm until 7am tomorrow. Dublin City Council has cut water supply during the same period – from 7pm to 7am. South Dublin saw cuts to supply or loss of pressure at 8pm until 6am. Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown has cut water supply in …

What’s different about the “Agreement Generation”?

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on November 12, 2010, 9:00 am

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UCD conference - The Agreement Generation: An Opportunity for Change?

There’s an intriguing one-day conference down in the John Hume Institute For Global Irish Studies at UCD on Wednesday 17 November. This conference will look at themes around the opportunity for change in Northern Irish and all Island politics. The peace process, the passage of time and generations with different frames of reference, have all provided space to reframe the political agendas and the various relationships between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. In particular the conference will focus …

Hacks and Hackers Hack Day Belfast (and Dublin)

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on September 27, 2010, 5:00 pm

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Just noticed an event on Saturday 13 November that is likely to be of interest to some Slugger readers and contributors. (I’ve no connection with Scraperwiki or 4iP!) Free ticket booking – for hacks and hackers – over at Eventbrite. To quote from their blurb … What? Scraperwiki, the award-winning new screen scraper and data mining tool, funded by 4iP, is putting on a one day practical hack day* in Belfast at which web developers and designers will pair up …

Dublin : What a difference 30 years makes!

Mack on July 17, 2010, 7:28 pm

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If you are depressed by the economy today, Damian Corless’ look back at life in the Irish capital 30 years ago should cheer you up no end. If the past is a different country, Dublin in the summer of 1980 was Gaza with added rock festivals. There was nothing romantic about the foul smell wafting through the city streets from the Liffey. Despite a £25m war chest to fix the problem, factories upstream continued to spew out gloopy effluents that …