January 2010
19 posts
Shinners Feign Opposition to Israel
January 29th 2010
Carrickmacross Sinn Féin Councillor, Matt Carthy, has criticised the Town Mayor, Fine Gael’s Mary Kerr Conlon, for hosting a civic reception for the Israeli ambassador, Zion Evrony, this morning, Friday 29th January. The ambassador was met by a protest of over thirty locals and was confronted by local representatives including Cllr Carthy and his colleague, Noel Keelan who is...
£10k Bounty for arrest of Tony Blair
A PAIR of British journalists, who are offering over £10k to anyone who can perform a citizen’s arrest on Tony Blair, have encouraged Irish would-be bounty hunters to get in on the act. A new website, launched this week has already raised thousands of pounds as a bounty for anyone who can arrest former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, for alleged “war crimes”. The Arrest Blair website is run...
Can I have €100k to make a film?
Alan Cooke is an actor and director from the Northside who won an award for best writing at the Emmys last year.
At the time he couldn’t afford to go to New York for the awards ceremony so I put a piece in Northside People and the Sunday Mirror about his plight.
He quickly got what he needed;
Thanks to the generosity of a number of readers Mr Cooke received donations of designer clothes,...
"We'll go to war over water fees"
Sunday Mirror, Jan 24, 2010 | by BRIAN WHELAN
CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to “wage war” against plans to introduce new water charges.
The Department of Environment say they are preparing to install “smart meters” but a group of veteran socialists, republicans and other activists have warned they will mobilise to stop them.
Socialist Party councillor Clare Daly, who was sent...
“All the houses in (name removed), Dun Laoghaire, have been without any water...”
– A real email sent to the newsroom today.
Olympic hopeful hits out at gun charge
Lead from Northside People this week. Given that I had to pay a €40 late check in fee and a £35 baggage fee this month on flights I would like to think I know exactly how he feels.
After we ran this I received a call at work from a man who worked in airport security for years telling me he accidentally let a TD on a plane carrying a starter pistol once. Not sure if I should name the TD though.
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Junior Boys - Double Shadow (Kode9 remix)
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"Third Positionist" fascists taking to the streets
Saw this while passing Busaras in Dublin today, its a sticker for the pathetic site of the confused post-modern fascist group “Folk Advance”.
I have been looking at their site in recent weeks and keeping an eye on a few people linked to them. The owners can expect to become big stars like Joey, Wissam and Neil in the coming months. If you have any information to share feel free to...
Traveller ban pub retracts its rant
My effort from Today’s Sunday Mirror
A PUB has been forced to issue an apology after a member of staff posted an anti-traveller rant to their website earlier this month.
Popular Dublin student bar, The Thomas House, in the South Inner City was forced to retract a blanket ban announced against travelers when hundreds of Facebook users took exception to their stance.
In a sick rant posted...
“This earthquake merely came to finish the job started by the US, France, Canada,...”
– José Antonio Gutiérrez on Haiti
No more nazis at the Central Bank
This graffiti at the Central Bank reads ‘Irish punks & skins against racism’. Its heartening to see this part of town being taken back from the backwards gang of self-styled neo-Nazis who were hanging out here.
Here are some of my pieces from the Sunday Mirror throughout 2009 exposing members of the gang, in chronological order.
NAZIS INVADE IRISH ARMY; FAR RIGHT SKINHEADS...
Water Charges - 'We’ll beat you again'
My Northside People cover story for the new year, I am still away in Prague so there will be be very few updates if any.
A NORTHSIDE councillor who was sent to prison during her bitter fight against the bin charges, has vowed to “wage war” against the Government when they introduce water charges.
Swords ward councillor Clare Daly (SP) made her threat as the imposition of the charge is set to...
I will not be drinking in the Thomas House again
Either will you if you are a traveller, it would seem.
While they have retracted the statement with a backhanded apology following a huge backlash last night from outraged customers there are still legal issues which may need to be answered around publicly announcing a blanket ban on all travellers.
Read the full car crash here...
When in doubt put a dinosaur in it!
James Cameron’s “Avatar” is the worst film I have ever seen. The use of the cheap and hideous papyrus font for subtitles was baffling.
It reminded me of this piece I wrote before Xmas; Mr Cameron thinks simply having pterodactils and helicopters battling makes for a great film, well maybe he should get a blast of dinosaurs versus Dracula, an Irish made effort. Future...
LOAN SHARKS PREY ON RECESSION-HIT FAMILIES
(My piece from todays Sunday Mirror)
EVIL GANGS CHARGING RATES OF UP TO 100%
CRIME gangs posing as money lenders are hoping to collect a small fortune after giving high interest Christmas loans to families hit by the recession. Cash-strapped parents are borrowing between EUR100 and EUR300 from the “loan sharks” to tide them over the festive period but are being charged between 30 and...