Tales Of The Gurrier

I saw a woman doing a poo in the street the other day. At the corner of Arnott and Heytesbury street to be exact. As I drove past I saw her there; pooing away to her hearts content. She didn’t mind me and I didn’t mind her. Me, as I was locked safely in my [...]

It was hot, too damn hot. By 11am the booze had run out, a bad start to the day. The hovel was a sweltering pigsty and The Gin Lady was in a foul mood. ‘Get me a drink Paddy. I need a fucking drink just to look at you’. It was too much. I had [...]

It has been said the greatest writers in the history of our benighted little nation have not found respite in the stony soil of their forefathers but have been ridiculed and lampooned about the place until forced into exile. Only when clasped to the bosom of a foreign nation were their talents then recognised by [...]

Well holy God. You spend years writing about dirty bollixes and fucking bastards and gutting Ben Affleck with fish knives and devouring his kidneys, and not a peep from anyone. About dragging Michael Flatley through the streets and Samantha Mumba’s knickers. Vin Diesels wall of pants admittedly caused a bit of a stir, collecting the [...]

Indymedia have been doing sterling work reporting on the riot and its aftermath. This report examines in detail some of the issues I wrote about in my previous post. The people who took part in the rioting were largely drawn from the urban poor, mostly disenfranchised young men from impoverished estates around Dublin, people who [...]

So it comes to this. Make no mistake about the reasons for what happened on Saturday. Do not allow yourselves to be influenced by the political posturing and obfuscation that has arisen and is as inevitable as flies on a corpse. The people responsible for the rioting and destruction were criminals and ‘disaffected’ young teens. [...]

Footage of Nassau Street riots here, here and here. Update: These links now appear to be dead. Here is another link to a long (13min/100mb) section of video footage of the riot. Video This footage may need the Xvid codec to view it. Download it here.

shoppingcontinues Originally uploaded by Gurrier. Photo Essay from Indymedia http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74507