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Summer Solstice @ Tara 2010
It is almost the end of longest day of this year, 2010. This morning I was betwixt two trees in my sleeping hammock on the perimeter of the Hill of Tara. It was just past 4am and the sun was beginning to rise. I could see through the opening of my cocooned suspended bed, the [...]
Published by itison on June 21st, 2010 tagged activism, campaigns, spirituality | Comment now »
motorway radio mashup
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Published by itison on December 22nd, 2009 tagged activism, audio, music, tangent, transport, video | Comment now »
WAC6 + project update
Well a lot has happened since the last post here back in May…. At the Guth Gafa festival where I spoke on a panel about this project I met Chris Eva who is a film-maker from Derry. He was very interested in the project and has since become part of the team. Chris has been [...]
Published by itison on November 25th, 2008 tagged activism, archaeology, campaigns, news, project notes, video | 3 Comments »
From the hills of Donegal…
An update on the project is well overdue. There are a lot of blanks to be filled in below, fixes to be made to the video links and much more material to be uploaded. However, the latest news is that I was invited to the Guth Gafa documentary festival in Gortahork, Co. Donegal to speak [...]
Published by itison on May 19th, 2008 tagged activism, project notes | Comment now »
Rath Lugh Abú
Well, there has been a lot happening this week. The issue of Tara and the M3 has surfaced in the media again thanks to the efforts of Lisa Feeney and the other activists at Rath Lugh. The latest on that is that Lisa came out of the tunnel yesterday evening and left the site accompanied [...]
Published by itison on March 16th, 2008 tagged activism, news, poll | Comment now »
Squeak In A Hole
Breaking News A brave protester known as Squeak is down in a tunnel at Rath Lugh in a surprise move in the campaign. She has firmly embedded herself beneath the path of the road. The tunnel is the result of massive undertaking over the past few months by protesters opposed to the construction of the [...]
Published by itison on March 7th, 2008 tagged activism, campaigns, links, video | 2 Comments »
Lugh rises up against NRA chief.
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Published by itison on January 25th, 2008 tagged activism, art, history, mytholgy, transport | Comment now »
Jim Fitzpatrick – 09/01/08
(if you can’t view the video in this format, click here to see it in on Blip.tv) This is pretty much the entire interview with the artist Jim Fitzpatrick on the 9th of January 2008. It is roughly edited, mainly just to clean it up a bit and keep it flowing. I’ve removed most of [...]