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dublin / arts and media / news report Tuesday July 13, 2010 23:32 by Michael Gallagher
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A documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the people of Rossport in the West of Ireland and the efforts of the Shell oil company to lay a pipeline through their community. The discovery of gas off this remote coastal village has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday July 12, 2010 21:26 by Thomas Janak
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Four decades after seeing the French movie "The white Maine" ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / feature Friday July 09, 2010 10:34 by eeekkk
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international / arts and media / news report Thursday July 08, 2010 19:12 by Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude
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Irish poets and French painters and poets mingled at "L'Autre Rive" restaurant in Huelgoat, Berrien, Brittany, for launch and readings on Saturday, June 26th. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Thursday July 08, 2010 10:34 by Access Music Project
Galway's Access Music Project (AMP) is having a fundraising gig in Kelly's Bar Upstairs, Galway on Weds 14th July read full story / add a comment 
derry / arts and media / opinion/analysis Saturday July 03, 2010 10:17 by John O'Leary in the grave
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Thomas Kinsella's Butcher's Dozen was written after the publication of the British Government's Widgery Tribunal Report in 1972. Here he is reading the poem and talking about it. The text of the poem is available here: BUTCHER'S DOZEN: A LESSON FOR THE OCTAVE OF WIDGERY by Thomas Kinsella http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/bsunday/kinsella.htm Also, here is Seamus Deane's poem [click poem to read it or download], taken from his collection, Gradual Wars (IUP, 1972). read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Wednesday June 23, 2010 12:49 by Do The Right Thing
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This exciting new television show puts potential overseas volunteers through various challenges in order to find two people who have what it takes to win the trip of a lifetime: 1 year spent volunteering for different organisations around the world. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday June 21, 2010 16:13 by various edited by Andrew
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On Monday 14th June the Revolutionary Anarcha Feminist Group hosted a discussion in Seomra Spraoi on the many uses and dangers of 'new media', the possibilities for positive change and 'radical democracy' via the internet, the dilemma of 'internet neurosis' where feelings of vulnerability and fears of exploitation need to be negotiated in order to utilize the internet as activists, artists and self-publishers and the potential of the internet as a force for oppression and control. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / news report Saturday June 12, 2010 01:08 by Fred Johnston
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Video of poet Noel King at Gort, Co. Galway read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / press release Friday June 11, 2010 15:24 by Fred Johnston
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Galway's Western Writers' Centre has made a statement deploring the recent actions of Israeli forces on the high seas and expresses condolences with the families of those relief activists killed on the m.v. Marmara read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday June 11, 2010 01:29 by Gerard
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The way the killings on board the MV Mavi Marmara have been reported in the mass media offers an interesting case study of one way in which the truth is often distorted by the mainstream, and it is a method that often involves not so much deception as obfuscation. read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / press release Monday May 24, 2010 15:21 by mutantspace
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The Trash Culture Revue will be held from Wednesday 16 - Sunday 20 June, in Cork and will be run through mutantspace.ie, an Irish online arts resource that’s run on the gift economy principle. With over 500 members across the country and over 1500 skills in its resource bank mutantspace.ie is the largest independent resource of its kind in the country and is in the perfect position to provide free practical support to the development and production of this Revue. It is this alternative production system that lies at the heart of The Trash Culture Revue. It is this freedom to create that allows us to give people a new space in which to experiment, fail, make and play no matter who they are, where they are, what they do or when they do it. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Friday May 21, 2010 08:31 by heikehv
Find out what's happening in Galway around Africa Day 2010 - Soccerfest, Film Festival, Music and much more! read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / press release Tuesday May 18, 2010 10:25 by Jho Harris
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This is a story about a new Irish website which is bringing free audio podcasts by Irish writers to the web read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / press release Friday May 07, 2010 14:32 by Kev
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New York, NY, May 5, 2010 – More than 50 organizations and artists from eight countries have written to legendary political singer and poet Gil Scott-Heron to thank him for his decision to drop Israel from his current tour. The letter, facilitated by Adalah-NY, highlighted the parallels between the South African Apartheid that Scott-Heron crusaded against decades ago and the Israeli system that currently subjugates Palestinians. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 28, 2010 14:23 by Paddy Hackett
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Brendan Behan, Paddy Kavanagh and Brian O' Nolan. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / press release Monday April 12, 2010 12:32 by youthfarmer
If you are young, or feel young, and can sing, dance, tell jokes, play games, this weekend's event is for you read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / news report Monday April 05, 2010 14:05 by anarkitty
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last thursday saw a successful fundraiser for solidarity books take place in cruiscin lan read full story / add a comment
derry / arts and media / press release Sunday April 04, 2010 22:40 by People Before Profit
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Paddy Nash and the happy Enchiladas have released a song for Eamon McCann's election campaign for Westminister. read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / press release Wednesday March 31, 2010 13:37 by anarkitty
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Local Cork bands The Altered Hours and Mashed Chicken and DJ Dr. Fiasco will play a fundraiser for Solidarity Books in Cruiscin Lan on Thursday 1st April starting at 8pm. Cork WSM, who have organized the event, anticipate a good turnout. Since opening its doors in December 2009, Solidarity Books, a non-profit radical book shop and meeting space, has become a hub for the local Douglas Street Community. This was most clearly seen in the recent hugely successful Douglas Street celebration of International Women’s Day. read full story / add a comment |
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