irelandsJust finished four days of training at Filmbase doing a Camera & Lighting course. It’s been a long time since I have had such pleasure learning something, not since college in London, five or six years ago, doing my MA.
Dubliner Raja Nundlall is one of those special teachers who make their enthusiasm and passion for [...]
The following is a Press Release from MarriagEquality:
Over twice as many Irish people favour civil marriage over civil partnership for gay and lesbian people, Lansdowne poll shows.
A new poll shows an increase in the number of people who believe that gay and lesbian people should be allowed to marry rather than just form civil partnerships, [...]
Ciarán Cuffe on the radio this morning spoke of the Green party needing to be “principled pragmatists” regarding the legislation recognizing civil partnerships between gay people. This is in response to Minister for Justice Brian Lenihan’s statement that the government would be publishing heads of a civil partnership Bill, providing for “a significant degree of [...]
As I was going to bed last night I heard a raucous rendition of “Happy Birthday” from across the road from my window, and my heart sank. I knew I was in for a sleepless night. And so it proved. Two hours later, and I was woken up by screams and the unmistakeable sound of [...]
The Consumers’ Association of Ireland have issued a press release relating to the 97 written complaints they received re the Barbra Streisand concert in Celbridge. (The CAI is a voluntary organisation dedicated to protecting consumers’ rights. The statutory body, The National Consumer Agency, has yet to issue a report.) They say that MCD will [...]
Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. One of his great works, the notebook called the Codex Leicester, is on display in Dublin at the moment. I went along to re-acquaint myself with a man I haven’t really considered since school, and I found myself in [...]
Lennox Robinson’s 1926 play, The Big House, resurrected after 75 years at the Abbey Theatre in a production by Conall Morrison, is, on the face of it, something of a curate’s egg. The important questions, whether it is worth reviving, and whether or not I would recommend it, are not easy to answer.
In order to [...]
It’s been quite a while* since I’ve been to a show like this: physical theatre, depending as much on the choreography of gesture and movement as much as the narrative. After an exciting start, I felt sad that the show was playing to a half-full house, given that it’s only on till Saturday 28th July, [...]
Hello,
In response to the issues raised by yourself and other fans who attended the Barbra Streisand concert, MCD set up a specialist committee on 17th July 2007 to conduct a thorough examination of concerns expressed. The establishment of the committee has been welcomed by the National Consumer Agency.
The committee is chaired by Pat Byrne, former [...]
It’s been the busiest few days this blog has seen, in its two years’ existence. Bizarre that it should be Barbra Streisand herself that should propel it to such activity (it’s so gay). At the time of writing this post, that page has been viewed by 1,736 people, two-thirds of whom found it via Google. [...]
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