Posted in irish culture, Irish music on Jun 7th, 2010 5 Comments »
[Thanks to Dave for the single.]
Debut single from Cork’s finest.
There’s a great discussion on the band over on Cedarlounge.
for more information, Irish Rock entry here.
Hello Rascals [2:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup Helicopter of the Holy Ghost: Play Now | Play in PopupPosted in irish culture, Irish music on Jun 7th, 2010 1 Comment »
[Thanks to Dave for the single.]
Debut single from the Stars of Heaven, released 1985.
As always, Irish Rock has a great entry for the band.
Posted in Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Jun 7th, 2010 No Comments »
Part II of The Irish Story’s interview with the author of ‘Lockout: Dublin 1913′ is now online.
Posted in Irish Economy on Jun 5th, 2010 No Comments »
The figures above are based on the Quarterly Household Survey reports of employment by SOC classification. They relate to the changes in employment from the fourth quarter 2008 to the fourth quarter 2009.
The Quarterly Household Survey is a sample survey, details of which are outlined here.
The survey is designed to measure trends, rather than […]
Posted in Idle Thoughts on Jun 5th, 2010 3 Comments »
[Thanks to Dave for the single]
This is a bit of good fun from 1981.
I seem to recall there was a video to this song, but a quick search on YouTube didn’t trawl up anything.
If anyone has a copy, or knows of one online, please let us know.
For more on the Rhythm Kings, IrishRock […]
Posted in irish culture, Irish music, Irish social history on Jun 5th, 2010 7 Comments »
[Thanks to Dave for the single]
Punk/New Wave by the numbers here from Berlin who have a song about the horrors of a 9-to-5 which was released in 1980, just as Ireland’s unemployment rate was going through the roof, thereby negating the need to worry about pissing your life away in an office job for squares, […]
Posted in irish culture, Irish music, Irish social history on Jun 5th, 2010 2 Comments »
[Thanks to Dave for the single]
Autobop is remembered now for its bass player and singer, John Byrne, who changed his name to George Byrne and became a music journalist with Hot Press and the Evening Herald.
The excellent IrishRock.org has the following about the band:
This was a guitar quartet from the Crumlin/Dolphin’s Barn area of Dublin. […]
Posted in Irish Capitalism, Irish property bubble, Fianna Fáil, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Irish social history on Jun 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Figures are available here.
Posted in Spain, Ireland on Jun 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
The Third Annual George Brown Memorial Weekend takes place in Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny on Friday and Saturday, 25/26 June.
George Brown was the son of Francis Brown from Inistioge and Mary Lackey from Tullogher. George was reared in Manchester during the early decades of the twentieth century. At that time it was an urban area of […]
Posted in Israel, Ireland on Jun 3rd, 2010 4 Comments »
Congress is supporting a mass demonstration on Saturday June 5, which has been called by the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign to protest at the killing of members of the humanitarian flotilla by the Israeli Defence Forces and the illegal detention of Irish and other activists in Israel.
The demonstration will assemble at Parnell Square at 2pm […]
