Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy, dublin, Irish Working Class on Mar 17th, 2010 No Comments »
It’s 5pm and I’m walking down James Street, heading towards DCTV’s warehouse studio where there’s a launch reception for a series of programmes on cycling and the city. I’m hoping to catch the station manager to ask him about the next round of programme funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and to take part […]
Posted in Zaragoza, dublin on Mar 11th, 2010 2 Comments »
Just read on the El País website that the city of Zaragoza has undertaken to implement a new speed limit of 30km per hour for city traffic by the end of the year. It is the first Spanish city to do so.
Hang on in there Dublin, the world is catching up!
Posted in Irish Society, dublin on Feb 25th, 2010 No Comments »
“As Dublin has grown wealthier we have become carcooned basing our personal and city transport system on the car. We know this isn’t working – but what is the alternative and how do we get there? That’s the question we set out to answer with this documentary. We spent months talking to […]
Posted in dublin on Feb 19th, 2010 8 Comments »
I walked by the ruins of the Head Shop on Capel Street there yesterday and thought to meself, ok, maybe this was an accident, but if it was, it was in that ‘knife in the back/worst case of suicide’ kind of way.
Posted in dublin on Feb 4th, 2010 8 Comments »
[ Vikus Van de Merwe under the Muddership from IMDB Gallery ]
According to one of those pub myths (of the type The Brother might pass on to you) - no other than yer man Lenin spoke English with a pronounced Dublin accent. It could even be narrowed down to a Rathmines accent, due […]
Posted in dublin, music on Feb 1st, 2010 No Comments »
[ Photo from Dave Murphy & Friends MySpace ]
Dave Murphy is one of those Dublin institutions who has never really been on the media’s radar - and most likely prefers it that way. I was reminded of him during January when Kevin Courtney paid a nice tribute to him in the Irish […]
Posted in dublin, Ireland on Nov 29th, 2009 9 Comments »
It’s 2pm on a Sunday afternoon and I’m standing in the Croppies’ Acre in Dublin. Down the street the SWP are holding a conference in the Aishling hotel where Wittgenstein stayed in ‘48 after he came off the train at Heuston. It’s been raining all day but there’s a break in the weather and the […]
Posted in dublin, Ireland on Oct 13th, 2009 11 Comments »
I have The Wire on play pretty much all the time these days. I get to the end of season five, I go back to season one. I’ll watch two or three episodes a night, more if I’m travelling. I’ll put a season on the laptop and watch it on the train. If it’s by […]
Posted in irish culture, dublin on Aug 25th, 2009 9 Comments »
I’ve already posted about The Courier (1988), possibly the worst Irish film of all time. However, what I neglected to mention was the tiny role I play in the movie.
About 40 minutes in, the main character is dropping off a package to a video editor. The video he is working on is ‘Burn Clear’ […]
Posted in dublin, Ireland on May 21st, 2009 5 Comments »
No he hablado español en el año pasado, y estoy oxidado. Yo quiero estudiar y hablar español mucho más… pero es un poco difícil quando leo y hablo inglés todos los días. No tengo excusas. Soy perezoso.
Pues… I have been a bit busy I suppose. Apart from the ongoing examination of Irish class relations […]
