Category: Arts & Music
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Bram Stoker Festival in images/sound
Audio extract from ‘Dracula in the Cathedral’, Saturday 26 October 2013 in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin. Performance by Gerard Lee (Jonathan Harker) and Michael James Ford (Count Dracula). https://soundcloud.com/diarmaid-murray/dracula-audio
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Cork Jazz Festival
It was a filthy night. The rain beat against our backs and bounced up onto our bodies, as we weaved our way heads-down, hoods up, through the torrent of water, towards the Everyman Theatre on MacCurtain Street. We passed a lone saxophonist propped…
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Bastille grace Olympia stage
There’s something endearing about a band that repeatedly thanks the audience for coming out to see them. It’s a refreshing display of humility and gratitude in an industry that is becoming increasingly dominated by money. But as Bastille took to the Olympia stage…
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Reviving the spirit of 1913
As many of you will know, this year marks the hundredth anniversary of one of the seminal events in this country’s history- the 1913 Lockout. Centred around a dispute between employers and workers about the abhorrent living and working condition that affected one third of the…
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New movie takes quirky look at sex addiction
Modern society is bombarded by sexually themed marketing but when it comes to getting personal, it often comes with an air of disillusionment. People with a desire for sex may walk the walk but not talk the talk. Such an attitude seems unbelievable. In…
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Hard Working Class Heroes
Hard Working Class Heroes has passed us by for another year and continues to improve upon itself; showcasing the finest in independent Irish music every time. This year played host to numerous new acts as well as some of the bigger up and…
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Gaming and Violence – GTA 5 is “not for kids”
Violence in video games has always been a contentious issue, but until recently, the debate has been largely one-sided. As part of the recent film Video Games: The Movie, leading industry figures discussed the issue of violence in video games and what effect it has…
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Hozier video goes viral
Hozier is a name that’s starting conversations all over the place lately following the release of the Dublin singer-songwriters debut EP “Take Me To Church” in July. What’s making waves though is his recently released video for the track of the same name.…
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