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Statue of Bobby Sands to be unveiledOn May 4 at 3pm, a statue of Bobby Sands will be unveiled in the Republican Memorial Garden in Twinbrook, where Bobby lived. The organisers of the event, all local republican activists and all inspired by the courage and self-sacrifice of Bobby and his comrades, have worked hard over recent years to raise the funds for the statue. Former hunger striker Pat Sheehan who spent 55 days on the 1981 hunger strike will speak about Bobby and his comrades who died.There will also be a Bobby Sands Mountain Walk that morning and the annual Bobby Sands lecture will be given that evening by Pat Sheehan in the Andersonstown Social Club.Bobby was the first of ten republican hunger strikers to die during the H-Block hunger strike of 1981. He died on May 5. The others were: Francis Hughes; Raymond McCreesh; Patsy O'Hara; Joe McDonnell; Kieran Doherty TD; Kevin Lynch; Martin Hurson; Tom McElwee; and Mickey Devine. Nor should we forget Michael Gaughan 1974 and Frank Stagg 1976 who died on hunger strike in prisons in England.I knew Bobby and Francie Hughes, Kieran Doherty and Joe McDonnell. I also met Tom McElwee and Mickey Devine on a visit to the prison hospital in July 1981. They were all ordinary young working class men. Joe McDonnell at 30 was the eldest. The rest were all in their 20s. In extraordinary times they revealed a depth of resolve that few are ever called upon to demonstrate.The RefugeesA hurried worried people, a human stampede to God knows where,Were spat out from the back streets, for God knows who to care.Their little kitchen houses lit up the night around about‘For God and Ulster' was the reason that the refugees were driven out. Oh little humble homes where the people hugged the open fire,Oil-clothed floors and little ornamented cabinets that the neighbours would admire,The little backyard havens where the youngsters would playAnd in the hall the little font of holy water to bless you on your way! Pope FrancisThe funeral last Saturday of Pope Francis was an occasion to mourn the passing of a leader who championed progressive causes, stood up for those most marginalised and vulnerable while opening the door to reform within the Church. There is much more to be done to make the Church democratic. I am among those who are alienated by the deep absence of equality in the Church's structures.  Banning women from the priesthood is totally unacceptable as is the opulence of some institutions and the unaccountability of church leaders, particularly over the treatment of children and vulnerable people.  But still there are good priests and nuns and many decent people doing their best to make amends.  They include Pope Francis. The many stories of his deep sense of compassion for the sick and vulnerable and those who are victim of abuse and violence have filled the airwaves and social media since his death. His loss is a huge blow to the institutional Church which often seems aloof to the trials and tribulations of ordinary people while being less than open about the sins of some within its own ranks.

My guest for this week is James Durney, historian and author of “Jailbreak” which details the various “great escapes” perpetrated by Irish Republican prisoners from 1865 onwards into the 1980s.James tells us about the most daring and dangerous prison escapes, both successful and otherwise, of the troubles-era including the story of the Crumlin Kangaroos, the HMS Maidstone escape, the 1973 Mountjoy Helicopter escape and of course the H-Block breakdown which is still the biggest prison escape in British penal history.If you would like to help out the show please like, subscribe and share. I plan on doing bigger things with this show including walk through of areas, documentary-type videos and more.. if you would like to help fund these efforts please consider donating on Buy Me a Coffee. (link below)Thanks a million!!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcasthttps://www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/jailbreak-great-irish-republican-escapes-1865-1983/TIMESTAMPS00:00 Jailbreak8:30 HMS Maidstone escape 14:30 Mountjoy Helicopter 197122:30 Portlaoise Max. Security Prison Escape 197328:10 M60 Gang Escape & Long Kesh Escape 198340:25 War of Independence & Civil War Escapes and more

In this episode we talk to Jim Monaghan. Jim first became politically active as a student in the late 1960s in Dublin. We discuss the increasing politicisation in Ireland at that time, and Jim's political activity, initially with Labour and Students for Democratic Action, the League for A Workers' Republic, and briefly the LWR-breakaway, the League for a Workers Vanguard. Jim then describes his move to Official Sinn Féin, the contrast of moving from a small left group to a larger party, and the direction of Republican politics at that time; his later involvement with the Movement for a Socialist Republic and People's Democracy, after they merged; his involvement as Chair of the Dublin H-Block/Armagh Committee during the Hunger Strikes; and the contemporary political landscape, and the extent of the social and political change that has occurred since his early political involvement.

This week on the show, you'll hear part of our conversation with Eric King and Josh Davidson. Josh has been on a few times to talk about collaborative inside-outside projects he works on such as the Certain Days calendar, the greeting cards he helped make of Indigenous political prisoner Oso Blanco's artwork to benefit Zapatista schools in Chiapas, and the Rattling The Cages book that he co-edited with Eric King. Eric was just released in December 2023 into a halfway house in Colorado after nearly 10 years in Federal prisons across the country. Eric is an anarchist who was incarcerated for an attempt to molotov the office of a Democratic Party official in Kansas City in solidarity with the then-going Ferguson Uprising following the murder of Michael Brown by police there. An antifascist and antiracist, Eric was moved around a lot during the 10 years he was inside and pitted against nazi prisoners in fight scenarios in a few instances, and near the end of his bid he was accused of assaulting an officer and successfully defending himself from a possible 20 year addition to his time inside but suffered intense isolation, insecurity, mail / phone and visitation blocks, moves across the country and physical restraint, ending up at the federal prison system's most intense prison, the supermax ADX in Florence, CO. For the hour, the guests speak about prisoner support, putting the book together, the implications and effects of long term isolation related topics. You can find more of Erics thoughts and updates at SupportEricKing.Org and similarly named social media accounts. Our past chats with Josh  Our past interviews with Eric Announcement Hunger Strike at Red Onion State Prison (VA) Prisoners at the Red Onion State Prison in Virginia have been on hunger strike since December 26th against the illegal and cruel use of solitary confinement at the facility in spite of procedures put into place last summer by the Virginia government. Here're some words from the support site for Minister of Defense of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party, Kevin "Rashid" Johnson. From rashidmod.com : “On Tuesday, December 26, 2023, several prisoners confined at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison began a hunger strike to protest the continued use of long-term solitary confinement within the institution.Despite critical concern, outcry from the public and prisoner populations in the state, incarcerated people are still subjected to this brutal practice which has been renamed “restorative housing” since July 1, 2023 when measures were passed to limit its use in the state.  Leading these prisoners in this effort is longtime prison activist, revolutionary writer and artist, Kevin “Rashid” Johnson. Rashid has stated that no one will take any food at all until demands are met. Some of the strike participants have underlying health concerns that make the undertaking of such a demonstration particularly risky. Rashid, himself, is recovering from multiple rounds of radiation to treat prostate cancer as well as suffering from untreated heart disease/congestive heart failure. This is why the public's support is especially needed. We are asking that calls, emails, and letters be sent to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) officials as well as Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin's office voicing support for the strikers and condemnation for the inhumane use of long-term solitary confinement/restorative housing.” Red Onion Hunger Strike Participants: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson – 1007485 Jason Barrett – 1092874 Rodney Lester – 1429887 Charles Cousino – 2213403 Eric Thompson – 1208012 Joe Thomas – 1193196 Who To Contact: VADOC~ Central Administration; USPS— P.O. Box 26963 Richmond, VA 23261 David Robinson Phone~ 804-887-8078, Email: david.robinson@vadoc.virginia.gov   Virginia DOC ~ Director, Chadwick S Dotson, Phone~ (804) 674-3081 Email: Chadwick.Dotson@vadoc.virginia.gov VADOC ~Central Administration Rose L. Durbin, Phone~804-887-7921 Email: Rose.Durbin@vadoc.virgina.gov Beth Cabell, Division of Institutions beth.cabell@vadoc.virginia.gov (804)834-9967 Gov. Glenn Youngkin (804)786-2211 glenn.youngkin@governor.virginia.gov . ... . .. Featured Tracks: Army Of Me (ABA All Stars Instrumental)  by Bjork Bright Star (traditional) from H-Block, The Legacy of 1981 Hunger Strike CD Helicopter Song by The Dublin Ramblers from Irish Republican Jail Songs

Season Three. In episode 48, we head to the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury where, in the summer of 1988, the murder of 12-year-old Darlene Tiffany Moore in the area known as the H-Block (named for the streets: Humboldt, Homestead, Harold, Harrishof, and Holworthy) had a major impact on the city. She was an innocent girl with a life full of promise and just two days away from returning to her new hometown of Greenville, South Carolina to begin 7th grade. It was not to be. She was in an area known as a thoroughfare of violence and was struck with a bullet meant for another. But who? A rival gang member? Revenge for a bad drug deal? This is a story about Boston's past, the war on drugs, murdered kids, "Just So No", the violent drug trade, street gangs, an outraged community, witness intimidation, police misconduct, wrongful convictions, an unsolved crime, and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

Täglich posten, liken, teilen Millionen Nutzer:innen die verschiedensten Inhalte auf Instagram, X, Facebook, LinkedIn oder TikTok. Social-Media-Kommunikation wird – im Positiven, wie im Negativen – für vieles verantwortlich gemacht. Grund genug also, dass wir uns in der #CAISzeit mit der Forschung im Social-Media-Bereich beschäftigen. Zu Gast sind heute mit Dr. Katrin Weller und Dr. Johannes Breuer zwei ausgewiesene Expert:innen. Die beiden arbeiten am GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften und bauen gleichzeitig am CAIS die Abteilung „Research Data and Methods“ auf, die sich um Fragen rund um digitale Forschungsdaten und Methoden kümmert. Mit ihnen sprechen wir darüber, warum es notwendig ist, Social-Media-Plattformen zu erforschen und wie dabei vorgegangen wird. Außerdem diskutieren wir, wie problematisch eingeschränkte Datenzugänge z.B. auf Twitter, neuerdings X, für die Forschung sind. Und ob der Digital Services Act, der vor Kurzem in Kraft getreten ist, helfen kann. Empfehlungen zum Thema Forschung Informationen zur Forschung am GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften: https://www.gesis.org/institut/digitale-verhaltensdaten Informationen zur Forschung am Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI): https://smo.leibniz-hbi.de/ Informationen zur Forschung am Social Media Lab der Toronto Metropolitan University: https://socialmedialab.ca/ Dokumentarfilm The Cleaners (2018) von H. Block und M. Riesewieck (abrufbar auf der Seite der Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung) Tausende externe Mitarbeiter*innen sichten für Facebook, Youtube, Twitter und weitere Social Media Angebote Fotos und Videos. Der Film erzählt von ihrer belastenden Arbeit, bei der sie im Sekundentakt über das Löschen oder Veröffentlichen entscheiden. Warnhinweis: Der Dokumentarfilm enthält womöglich traumatisierende Inhalte, wie Gewaltdarstellungen. Bitte stellen Sie sicher, dass Sie und Ihr Umfeld sich darauf einstellen, wenn Sie sich diesen Film ansehen. FSK 16. Podcasts Podcast (englisch) “Social Media & Politics. Mit Michael Bossetta (Political and Data Scientist at the Lund University): https://socialmediaandpolitics.org/ Podcast (englisch): What is it about computational communication science? Mit Emese Domahidi (Professorin an der Technische Universität Ilmenau) und Mario Haim (Professor an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): https://podtail.com/de/podcast/what-is-it-about-computational-communication-scien/ Bücher Gosling, S. (2008). Snoop: What your stuff says about you. Basic Books. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-19483-000

Seamus continues his story at the point where he is caught and arrested by the RUC for a job gone-wrong. He tells us about the physical and mental torture inflicted by the prison guards in Long Kesh (H Blocks) and the lengths that Seamus and his colleagues went to during the "Blanket Protests" or 'Dirty Protests".Seamus describes the inhumane methods employed by the guards to break the IRA prisoners and end their fight for political-prisoner status during his 10 year detainment in Long Kesh.He shares the tragic story of how his brother, Michael, was falsely labeled an informant after being interrogated by the IRA internal security unit which included the now-infamous British agent Freddie Scappaticci, better know as "Steaknife". This began a decades long journey by Seamus to clear his brother's name and expose the British Intel handlers who he believes are responsible for planning and orchestrating his brother's stitch-up in order to protect their own informants within the Provos.Seamus reveals new uncovered internal IRA documents from that he says will expose the "dirty-war" methods of British Ministry of Defence.***PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A RATING TO HELP OUT THE SHOW***TIMESTAMPS00:00 Getting caught and arrested 9:53 H-BLOCKS (LONG KESH)20:00 Beatings and torture by guards & relationship with prison guards 30:13 BROTHER'S EXECUTION after being FALSELY-LABELLED an informant 52:43 Seamus' writ served on the Ministry of Defence 1:18:50 Government report on H-Block abuse of prisoners SEAMUS' BOOK https://www.anceathrupoili.com/en/shop/no-greater-love-the-memoirs-of-seamus-kearney/?fbclid=IwAR3N-PWRQ4lB7ibPb24sLcRQ2idr50fKRBb8zz54QQr9F_-3FcA1zPrHrog

Former Sinn Féin director of publicity Danny Morrison remembers his friend and comrade South Armagh hunger striker Seán McKenna who came close to death during the first H-Block hunger strike of 1980.The National Hunger Strike Commemoration takes place at 2pm Kennedy Quay, Cork City on Sunday 27th August 2023.

We talk to Vincent Doherty about his political development and background in Derry; joining the Official Republican movement in 1972; involvement with the International Marxist Group (IMG) and Troops Out Movement in England; his return to Ireland and work with People's Democracy (PD) and the National H-Block/Armagh Committee; joining Sinn Féin, and the influence of PD on that organisation; and his subsequent independent activism since and perspective on the contemporary left in Ireland.

Laurence McKeown was one of the H Block hunger strikers in the Maze Prison in 1981, whose life was saved after the intervention of his family, after 70 days with no food. He's to launch his new book, 'Time Shadows - A Prison Memoir' in Sligo on Saturday

I was joined by Séamus Kearney to discuss his recently released memoir "No Greater Love” (https://www.anceathrupoili.com/en/shop/no-greater-love-the-memoirs-of-seamus-kearney/). The book details Séamus' involvement in the republican movement, from his entry into the youth wing of the Provisional IRA in Belfast at just 15 years of age through to his incarceration in 1977, whereupon he joined fellow republican prisoners on the blanket protest in the notoroius H Blocks. A witness to the 1980 and 1981 Hunger Strikes, Seamus details his comradeship and interactions with key figures in the H Block struggle and analyses the consequences and impact of those seismic events on the republican movement as it stands today. No Greater Love can also be purchased both locally and internationally, from Little Acorn Bookstore, Foyle Street, Derry. https://littleacornsbookstore.co.uk/

Three BooksI thought it would be a good idea to dedicate an occasional column to books. We can return to Brexit, the Protocol and other such matters at another time.  So in this column I am reviewing three books. United Nation by Frank Connolly. On The Blanket by Eoghan Mac Cormaic and International Brigade against Apartheid: Secrets of the People's War that Liberated South Africa' By Ronnie Kasrils.International Brigade against Apartheid: Secrets of the People's War that Liberated South Africa' Ronnie Kasrils.I have known Ronnie Kasrils for many years. He is a friend of Ireland and a champion of those struggling around the world for freedom and justice. In 1961 he was a founding member, along with Nelson Mandela and others, of Umkhonto we Siswe – MK for short – the armed wing of the African National Congress. In the post apartheid South Africa he was the Minister for Intelligence and Minister for Water.On the Blanket by Eoghan MacCormaicEoghan Mac Cormaic is one of our most willing cheerful modest and clever writers. He is part of that growing band of republicans, particularly former political prisoners, who have produced an account of their experiences. This new book by Eoghan is based on his Pluid-Scéal na mBlocanna H 1976-81. Published by Coiscéim in 2021 it tells the story of Eoghan's life On the Blanket, mostly in H Block 5. In this English language version he takes us through the A to Z of Prison Resistance

Ocean FM scooped the Silver Award in the prestigious International New York Festivals Radio Awards last night. A feature on hunger striker, Joe McDonnell, produced and presented by Niall Delaney, won Silver in the Best Human Interest Story category. The feature told the story of Joe McDonnell on the 40th anniversary of his death on hunger strike in the H-Block prison, and of his candidacy in the 1981 General Election in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency. The New York Festival showcases the best radio output from countries throughout the world. It's the third award for Ocean FM in the New York Festival Awards, having won Gold in 2013 and in 2020.

Radió na Poblachta speaks to Ciarán MacDáibhí, a previous prisoner of the infamous H-Block.

Save Moore Street - Buy a raffle ticket for an original 1914 Mauser rifleLast Saturday hundreds of people took part in a Save Moore Street rally in Dublin. The rally was called at short notice by the Moore Street Preservation Trust in response to the decision by Dublin City planners to green light the redevelopment plans by the UK based developer Hammerson for Moore Street and its environs.Remembering  Clyde Bellecourt - Thunder Before the StormThe drum beat and the chant echoed across the emptiness of Milltown Cemetery. Despite our heavy coats the January cold leeched through to the bone. Margaret and Alfie Doherty, the parents of hunger striker Kieran Doherty; Jim Daly, whose wife Miriam – a member of the National Smash H-Block Armagh Committee - was assassinated by the UDA in 1981; and myself, Alex Maskey and others  were at the Belfast Republican plot. So was Maura McDonnell, sister of H Block hunger striker Joe McDonnell.It was 1985 and we were accompanying a delegation of Native American Indians from the American Indian Movement (AIM). They were in Ireland to ‘see the situation – political and cultural …'  The delegation laid a wreath at the graves of our Patriot Dead and chanted the national anthem of AIM to the beat of their drum.

Forty years ago this month, 21-year-old Jake Mac Siacais cried in his H-Block cell as his friend Bobby Sands died on hunger strike. Jake had been in the next cell to the republican icon, and when Sands left the wing to go to the prison hospital, it was Jake who gave the final address on behalf of the IRA prisoners. Now 61, Nicola Tallant travels with him to Bobby Sands' grave at the republican plot in Belfast and is given unprecedented access to a man who can shed new light on one of the darkest periods of the Troubles.

Christy returns to Belfast to salute H-Block heroes:THE first time Christy Moore sang ‘Ninety Miles from Dublin' in West Belfast – his song about the obscenity of the H-Blocks – was in the old Ballymurphy Tenants Association building on the Whiterock Road in the summer of 1980. Tom Cahill had asked Christy to come to the city and play a set. Still not sure of the words, Christy had a piece of paper on which the words were written taped to the microphone.WHO WILL SPEAK UP FOR LEFT-BEHIND LOYALISTS?• IN the 2011 census figures and then in the statistics drawn from the 2017 Multiple Deprivation Measure (MDM) areas of Belfast are identified as either Protestant or Catholic depending on the relative size of the respective population in each. As much as this column dislikes identifying people by religious labels, that's the way it is done in these projects. There are 174 so-called Super Output Areas (SOAs) in the city each with a population on average of just under 2,000 people.

**QUARANTINE HOME EDITION - NOT EVEN COVID STOPS THE SKA** --Apologies for the home recording quality-- THE SAVE THE SKA SHOW COMPILATION ALBUM IS OUT NOW. Check out our bandcamp page - theskashowwithbeefy.bandcamp.com/releases Can Anyone Sponsor The Show? - Naming Rights Going Cheap!!!! Broadcast live from Melbourne to Australia and the rest of the world on 88.3 Southern FM. The Ska Show with Beefy maintains the prestigious mantle of being the SECOND best Ska Show on the planet (https://blog.feedspot.com/ska_podcasts/) and the big fella has decided that there needs to be a supplemental SkaPod for your listening pleasure. New Ska releases kick off #SkaPod #3 from The Skapones, Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers, The Magnetics, Eichlers, Grumpy Crumpet and Demon Waffle. Then Mel from Brisbane newcomers The Snouts steps up to the plate to select some of their favourites from H-Block 101, The Chinkees, The Interrupters, Mad Caddies and Leftover Crack! If you want to program the second half of #SkaPod #3 - send me your 5 tracks and buy me a coffee.... ( https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Beefyskashow ) Keep sharing the gospel of Ska if you can. Stay safe everybody! This is Ska Radio at 88mph.

It's 40 years ago this week since the death of the fifth H-Block hunger striker, Joe McDonnell, and Sligo Sinn Fein will mark the occasion, remembering him as a General Election candidate in Sligo-Leitrim in 1981. Former Director of Publicity, Danny Morrison, will address the online event, and gives his memories of the hunger strikes

Forty years ago this month, 21-year-old Jake Mac Siacais cried in his H-Block cell as his friend Bobby Sands died on hunger strike. Jake had been in the next cell to the republican icon, and when Sands left the wing to go to the prison hospital, it was Jake who gave the final address on behalf of the IRA prisoners. Now 61, Nicola Tallant travels with him to Bobby Sands' grave at the republican plot in Belfast and is given unprecedented access to a man who can shed new light on one of the darkest periods of the Troubles.

A full and frank debate after comments made by victim support group, South East Fermanagh Foundation, that the H Block hunger strikers were terrorist and murderers, and that the 57 people other killed in the North during the period did not have the choice to live. Kenny Donaldson of the Foundation discusses, along with a Donegal Cllr, Sligo-Leitrim election campaigners for Joe McDonnell, and Valerie Hetherington whose father was killed by an IRA landmine

It's 40 years since Joe McDonnell began his H Block hunger strike at the Maze Prison, after the death of Bobby Sands. He went on to stand as a candidate in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency in the General Election of 1981 before his own death - his daughter Bernadette, family members, prison colleagues and election campaigners have been remembering that time

In a two-part episode, we speak with Belfast author Sam Millar who was imprisoned at the age of 17 in Northern Ireland and went on to spend 8 years enduring some of the toughest conditions imaginable. In this episode, Sam talks about Bloody Sunday, how he ended up in prison, the protests that took place and the physical and mental torture he endured during his time in the infamous Long Kesh detention centre, also known as H-Block. We build up to a journey that took him to New York, where he attempted one of the biggest bank robberies in US history, described in detail in his book 'on the Brinks' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A look at the H-Block candidates that ran in the 1981 General Election, not just the Official Anti H-Block Armagh candidates but others such as Independent Fianna Fáil, Peoples Democracy and Anti H-Block Independents.

This week's episode is with artist, actor, peace activist, playwright and pirate radio queen, Margaretta D'Arcy. Margaretta has campaigned for decades on issues related to global peace and civil liberties. In 2014, Margaretta, then aged 80, served two prison sentences resulting from her opposition to the use of Shannon Airport by the US military.  Over the years, her activism has taken many forms. She was a member of Bertrand Russell's Committee of 100 group. She participated in anti-nuclear demonstrations at Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, and took part in the H-Block women's protests in Armagh. Broadcasting from her kitchen in Galway, she operated a long-running women's pirate radio station, which served to give a platform to lesser-heard and marginalised voices in the community. She wrote and devised a large body of 'Loose' theatre, often working in collaboration with her late-partner, the radical playwright John Arden. Together, they created the much-celebrated The Non-Stop Connolly Show, the story of James Connolly told in six parts over 24 hours. In this episode of the podcast, Margaretta talks to us about how she was arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Belfast on International Women's Day 1979, which lead to her taking part in the no-wash protests in Armagh Gaol. She describes the brutality and humiliation of invasive strip searches by male prison guards on women prisoners, and asks questions of whether women are given their proper dues when it comes to acknowledging the place of profound feminist resistance within our complex history of revolutionary struggle.  We look at artistic censorship, political complacency, our complicity in war, and our inability to empathise with strangers in other lands. Is imagination enough to fight back against neoliberal Ireland? And just how is Margaretta D'Arcy still finding ways to resist during these lockdown times? 

My Podcast this week deals with the demolition of Herbert Park in Dublin, the home of the only leader of the 1916 Rising to be killed in action, and the report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981.' 40 Herbert Park was demolished two weeks ago in a shameful act of political and corporate vandalism and greed. Its demolition again raises serious concerns at the refusal of successive Irish governments to protect Moore Street, part of the “laneways of history” linked to 1916 and where the leaders of the 1916 Rising held their last meeting. Dublin City Council has now said that legal proceedings will be issued and is calling for the home to be restored.James Connolly Heron, the grandson of James Connolly described it as; “a flagrant breach of the law and a direct challenge to each and every elected representative holding office on behalf of citizens.” He called for the house to be “rebuilt brick by brick, stone by stone, garden by garden.” If you agree with James Connolly Heron and if you believe that the Irish government must protect Moore Street why not write and tell them that. Write to An Taoiseach Micheál Martin - Government Buildings, Merrion Street Upper , Dublin 2 or email him at webmaster@taoiseach.ie:  and the Minister for Heritage Darragh O'Brien at The Customs House, Dublin D01 W6X0. Like characters from the GulagLast week saw the publication of the report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981' The years from 1976, when the British government ended special category status and sought to impose its criminalisation strategy, to August 1981 when the second hunger strike ended after the deaths of 10 republican POWs, were hard and challenging and difficult. For those of us who lived through those traumatic years much of what is in the report; ‘I am Sir, you are a number: Report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981' confirms what we already knew. However, the strength of the report is in its detail, in the confidential British government documents it accessed and in the eyewitness accounts of the prisoners and two prison governors. I spent a short time in the H-Blocks on remand awaiting trial on an IRA membership charge. I wrote about it in my book ‘Before the Dawn.'I wrote; “I was struck by the spirit of the prisoners. In my other jail experiences, we had been cushioned by our numbers and by the prisoners' own command structure from dealing directly with the screws; it had been possible for prisoners in the cages to serve long terms with little or no contact with the administration. Here in our individual cells, in the Blocks, it was different. If you wanted to resist a search, you had to face the screws on your own... They were like characters from Solzhenitsyn's Gulag, shuffling along in big boots without laces, wearing, for their visits, ill-fitting jackets and trousers. Most of the trousers had their backsides slit open, and all of the blanket men had long, unwashed hair and unkempt beards.”

Ryder escapes H Block, but is seriously wounded. When Dad calls Kinsley in to help at three AM, she demands an explanation, and Ryder must decide whether or not to come clean about his alter ego. To see the credits for the talented individuals that help make Doleo possible, please go to DoleoPodcast.com and click on the Credits page. Click the links and please give them a look!

Ryder scrambles to escape the clutches of H Block as the Blood Struggles and Police close in on him. How far will he go to preserve his freedom? To see the credits for the talented individuals that help make Doleo possible, please go to DoleoPodcast.com and click on the Credits page. Click the links and please give them a look!

Tune in for Ryder Daniels' first mission as Doleo, a brutal romp through H Block, the murder capital of Boston, Massachusetts. Doleo, comes to life. "I never intended to live this life, but I had come full circle, a freak of circumstance as a child, now a freak of my own choosing, as an adult. It's not a natural feeling, to leave the comfort of one's home in the dead of night, intent on committing several crimes, but I had made my decision. I had been on the right side of the law long enough to see its failings, and now, I'd be on the wrong side of it. A bold experiment to try to make right a portion of the overwhelming wrong I've seen. But this wasn't me, I was a law abiding citizen, a lawman, which is why to do this, I needed to change. And when I first put on the suit, the mask, and equipped myself as Doleo, I realized this was no longer make believe. I was carving off a segment of my consciousness, not merely to tolerate what I was about to do, but to make room for who I was to become. Doleo is born." -Ryder Daniels Special thanks to Fesliyan Studios for its amazing musical contributions throughout the podcast, and in the episode! Check them out. Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.comTo see the credits for the talented individuals that help make Doleo possible, please go to DoleoPodcast.com and click on the Credits page. Click the links and please give them a look!

Every week Beefy brings you the World's Greatest Ska Radio Show (sponsored by Masita.com.au - the best sportswear in Australia). Broadcast live from Melbourne to Australia and the rest of the world on 88.3 Southern FM, no other ska show boasts the diversity or the innovation of what Beefy brings to the Ska party! The ever popular covers section kicks off the second hour with incredible offerings from The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Slackers, Be Like Max and Gareth Evans makes his Ska Show with Beefy debut. Beefy turns up the volume with tracks from Los Kung Fu Monkeys, Dirty Revolution, The Tenants, H-Block 101, Bar Stool Preachers, The Bakesys, The Specials, The Beat, Death Of Guitar Pop, Bluekilla, Area 7 and The Resignators. 2019 is proving to be The Year Of Ska and it's up to us to make sure it stays that way! As normal Beefy fills the show with as much in as possible. ! Check out The Ska Show with Beefy Facebook page for playlists and other fun stuff! Send me your music if you're in a band - do it & I'll play it.

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David Ryan is a storyteller. He tells other people's stories with his camera.As a documentary wedding photographer he's a particular man who share's other's special moments in a very particular and unique way. Only David can tell a story through pictures the way he does. His is a special and distinctive talent.David has a special place in my heart along this journey that's led me to starting a podcast. A couple of years ago I was attending a good friend's wedding in Ballina, Co. Mayo. David was their wedding photographer. Now, at this wedding I knew my wife and the bride and groom, and really, no-one else.Following a beautiful ceremony at the Ice House Hotel I was wandering along the banks for the River Moy while family & friends took pictures of the bridal party. The one person who didn't seemed to be in this melee was the wedding photographer. He was skirting around the edges, sometimes taking a picture of what was going on with the bride and groom, other times taking pictures of the young children as they played games of chasing while trying not to drop their ice-creams. David wasn't doing the thing I'd come to know wedding photographers to do - controlling and directing the action. He was behaving like the proverbial fly on the wall.I was fascinated.So after while, having watched his modus operandi, I worked up the nerve to approach him and ask a question. Now, as you'll hear David talk about in our conversation, the questions he gets asked as a photographer can, for him, seem quite trivial and superficial. And David hates the superficial.Not knowing this, I went up to David and asked my question."What are you looking to capture?"David's reaction startled me, as I later learned the question startled him.He turned to face me, took a step back and said, "Wow, what a great question."The rest, as they say, is history.Having the courage to ask someone a question that was really burning a hole in my brain, from a place of genuine curiousity, and the amazing conversations David and I had throughout the rest of the day, awoke something within me that I'd long ignored.That I wanted to spend more time with creative people learning about what makes them tick.And most importantly, that it is OKAY to feel like this. So if I were to act from this place the results would more than not be really enjoyable.And year and a half later, I finally worked up the nerve to start this podcast, which had some of its origins in that moment, outside a hotel along side a river on a gloriously sunny Saturday on the west-coast of Ireland.So returning home to Ireland for a holiday in April, it was important for me to bring this full circle by sitting down to catch up with David.I hope you enjoy - it's a deep conversation and at one point we get much heavier than I ever expected. Thank you to David for his honesty, his openness and for not being afraid to let who he really his show through.You can see more of David's work here:Website - https://www.davidryanphotography.ie/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/David-Ryan-Photography-144980672237145/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/david_ryan_photography/Thanks to:eight and a half for “Piece by Piece” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U_MC4mabNMTara Ward for the art and design – http://www.tarawardphotography.com.au/Podcast homepage – https://widtaabbqs.home.blog/

It wasn’t until this conversation with Charles that I found out he was behind the wave sculpture which stood for many years in Wakefield station – that was always a favourite of mine. Over the years Charles has produced a wide range of quite major public art commissions around the country. Although I knew he lived in Leeds, I had never had the chance to meet him. Part of the reason for that is that for the last couple of decades much of his working life has been in Preston teaching Public Art and co-running In Certain Places, a research project and commissioning body which has had a major influence on the city.Charles also tells me about his time in the Leeds art scene during the eighties and early nineties much of which I was surprised to know very little about, such as the Leeds Art Space Society and Breadline Gallery. We also talk model railways, ‘the shooting of the budgerigars’, H Block, subverting the National Grid, making work on instinct, and sitting on council meetings being part of his work as an artist.

The Ska Show with Beefy is the world's premier dedicated weekly live Ska Show. Beefy only selects 2 hours of the finest Ska and Punk tunes from all corners of the globe to hit the Southern FM airwaves and this week is incredibly special as we are joined by Bruce Boots Hearn from the legends of Australia Ska, The Strange Tenants. We'd like to thank the Tenants for allowing us the World Premiere of their new single, Love Is Blind. This week's show also features tracks from The Specials, The English Beat, Captain Ska, The Interrupters, Bruno Mars, H-Block 101, RUde Boy George, Save Ferris, Taj Motel Trio, Reel Big Fish, Bar STool Preachers, The 131s, Strum 101, The Hempsteadys, Alla Spina, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Cut Capers, Upbeat All-Stars, Chris Duke & The Royals, 7 Seconds Of Love.

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All the way from Down Under, this week's #Ska Show with Beefy is jammed packed with skanking goodnees. Including The Resignators, Jobstopper, Last Edition, The Bennies, Strange Tenants, Crabhammer, The Beat, Madness, The Burial, Jake Jumpers, The Specials, Bad Manners, Control This, Loin Groin, Party Like It's ....., Skamerican idiot, The Locos, Reel Big Fish, The Clash, H-Block 101, Roger The Mascot, Ballyhoo, King City Seven, Westbound Train, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Toasters, The Bakesys, 7 Seconds Of Love, Redemption

Performer, writer, director and political activist, Margaretta D'arcy is a tireless and inspirational figure. She worked in theatre from the age of fifteen, first as an actress and then as an accomplished playwright, but it is perhaps as an activist that she is best known. Over the years her activism has taken many forms, from anti-nuclear campaigns to the H-Block protests in Armagh (an experience that inspired her book Tell Them Everything). Now, in the wake of her latest campaign (against the use of Shannon Airport by US military planes), Ireland’s ‘Guantanamo Granny’ reflects on her extraordinary life in the company of Jim Sheridan, the acclaimed director of 'My Left Foot' and 'In The Name of the Father'.

My guest this week on Relationships 2.0 is Stanley H. Block, MD, author of Mind-Body Workbook for Stress: Effective Tools for Lifelong Stress Reduction & Crisis Management. Chronic stress is a huge problem that has only gotten worse in recent years. The good news is that new research is emerging to help treat stress in more effective ways than ever before. Mind-body bridging is one of these new modalities. Shown to be effective in both clinical and research settings, the easy-to-use mind-body bridging system helps readers dramatically reduce their stress in one to three weeks. Mind-Body Workbook for Stress helps readers learn and practice exercises for detaching from painful thoughts and feelings and helping their bodies relax and let go of unconscious tension. In this resting state, body and mind can let go of stress and heal naturally. Readers also learn fast-acting mindfulness skills for dissolving stress whenever desired without needing to maintain a long-term meditative practice. The one-page assessments, worksheets, and activities in this book make it easy for anyone to develop their capacity to withstand and relax under stress.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Irish musician Christy Moore. His stature and influence in folk music is unparalleled - Bono, Elvis Costello and Billy Bragg are among those who cite him as a key influence. A passionate performer, he's the archetypal Irish poet and protest singer. In the late 1970s Special Branch raided the launch of his album H Block, his songs have been banned by both London and Dublin courts and, as recently as 2004, he was held by police and questioned about his lyrics and lifestyle.Not all the struggles he's dealt with have been political. By his own admission he wasted years, maybe even decades, boozing and bingeing on drugs. Having cleaned up his act he was then forced to confront the devastating legacy of his father's early death and how it affected him throughout his life.Elements of this programme may offend some listeners.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Taimse Im' Chodladh by Planxty Book: Collection of Popular Songs of England & Scotland by Francis Child Luxury: A set of Uillean pipes.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the Irish musician Christy Moore. His stature and influence in folk music is unparalleled - Bono, Elvis Costello and Billy Bragg are among those who cite him as a key influence. A passionate performer, he's the archetypal Irish poet and protest singer. In the late 1970s Special Branch raided the launch of his album H Block, his songs have been banned by both London and Dublin courts and, as recently as 2004, he was held by police and questioned about his lyrics and lifestyle. Not all the struggles he's dealt with have been political. By his own admission he wasted years, maybe even decades, boozing and bingeing on drugs. Having cleaned up his act he was then forced to confront the devastating legacy of his father's early death and how it affected him throughout his life. Elements of this programme may offend some listeners. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Taimse Im' Chodladh by Planxty Book: Collection of Popular Songs of England & Scotland by Francis Child Luxury: A set of Uillean pipes.