“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
Dublin City Council plans to transform the beautiful Victorian market building from a wholesale spot into a retail attraction. Current traders say they may not survive the changes.
The Cock and Pussy Manifesto, which includes equal numbers of artworks devoted to female genitalia and male genitalia, runs until 23 September at Gallery X.
The heroic warrior Oisín tossed a boulder to the top of a mountain. Now artist Ciarán Taylor wants people to join him in carrying a new boulder up there, one small stone at a time.
The housing charity Threshold says it’s had an increased number of calls from people who are being evicted on the grounds of “substantial refurbishment”.
“Our research repeatedly shows that the largest single cause of family homelessness is landlords selling up and using loopholes in the law to evict families,” says Mike Allen of Focus Ireland.
Those behind the Trans Live Art Salon want to spread the work of trans and gender non-conforming artists. As part of the Dublin Fringe Festival, they’re creating a space to do that.
