Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’
Being Gay in Ireland
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Tags: gay, Ireland, Irish, kerry, LGBT, queer, Radio, rural, Scott De Buitléir
The Cosmo needs YOU!
Hey everyone!
First of all, allow me to say a big THANK YOU to all who’ve supported The Cosmo in its first year of broadcasting! Hopefully, this is only the start of the programme! It’s time, however, to reveal a few facts about the radio show and with that, to ask for your help and support.
As [...]
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Tags: DAB, Digital, gay, Ireland, LGBT, Pulse, Radio, RTÉ, Scott De Buitléir, the cosmo
A recent article by Eithne Shortall in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times newspaper caused concern for Irish-language writers, as apparently only “76 copies” were sold between a number of Irish-language writers, despite a total of €74,000 in grants being given to them.
While the article can be read on the Gaelport.com website (with my [...]
Filed under: Gaeilge, Ireland, Irish, media | 2 Comments
Tags: Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Eithne Shortall, Gaeilge, Ireland, Irish Language, publishing, Scott De Buitléir, The Sunday Times
A Righteous Anger
LGBT Noise have grown from strength to strength ever since they established themselves to fight for equality in Ireland. Their most recent protest on Sunday, 09 August 2009, saw more than five thousand people out on the streets of Dublin to show their “righteous anger” – as coined by popular Irish drag queen Panti – [...]
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Tags: gay, Ireland
What’s in a Name?
On more than one occasion over the past year or so, it seems that I went through something of an identity crisis; I could not decide whether to use the English form of my surname; Butler, or the Irish Gaelic version; De Buitléir. It was a decision that, I felt, is quite important, as everyone’s [...]
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Tags: Gaelic, Ireland, Irish, Names, surnames, Uncategorized
Photography
Most friends/readers etc. are aware that I love photography. The best camera that I have is only the 5 megapixel camera that is part of my cell phone. For a phone, it’s great quality, but it’s hardly something a professional would use at a photoshoot.
Anyway, I came across a great American photographer by the name [...]
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Tags: America, Art, Arts, gay, Ireland, Panti, photography, Richard Renaldi
Itchy Feet
Even though I’ve only started my second semester back in UCD, I’m beginning to daydream about making a beeline for Dublin Airport.
My 21st birthday is coming up (February 12th), and my original plan was to celebrate it by spending the weekend following by birthday with a few friends in Copenhagen, Denmark. Due to lack of [...]
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Tags: Ireland, Travel, Travelling, UK, Wales
Dublin Book Festival 2009
This is only a quick entry to say that I will be reading some of my poetry as part of this year’s Dublin Book Festival! More details to come as I find out myself.
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Tags: Dublin Book Festival, Ireland, Irish, literature, poetry
Blogging about Blogging!
Most of you wouldn’t know (because I’ve never had to mention it before) that I don’t have the internet at home. There have been many reasons over the years for my parents not buying it, but they’ve both said that this problem will soon be rectified.
However, as I got the Samsung Tocco (the first cell [...]
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Tags: Blogger, blogging, gay, Ireland
(Gay) Marriage and the State
Ever since taking up this job with RTÉ radio, working on a show aimed at the gay community, I’ve become much more aware of what’s going on around me in terms of gay rights, especially regarding gay civil marriage.
For those reading this from outside of Ireland, let me explain that gay marriage is not yet [...]
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Tags: Bunreacht, civil partnership, Constitution, gay, Ireland, MarriagEquality, Noise
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