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For the first time ever the city is throwing a fabulous party to celebrate all that is gay in Limerick. The festival will coincide with World Pride Week and is actually a pretty large affair!
The lineup includes Gay Cinema, Gay Arts (Music, Theatrical & Visual Art), and even a Pride Parade along O’Connell Street. The festival is a citywide event in venues across the city – The Belltable, Bar 3, Dolans, Perys Hotel and on the streets.
As well as all that the organisers have pulled together some hell of a party, daily breakfasts, garden party, bbq, disco, “pride party” and even a spot of Bingo. There will also be street entertainment after the parade and have organised a free historic tour of Limerick for anyone interested.

For those who dont really understand the point behind such a festival, it is for all gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual people but not exclusively. These events are generally open to every one in the city, to come out and show support for the community.

The lineup is more impressive then what City Hall can mustar for St. Patrick (which is slightly worrying), but this is a first for the city and a sign of how diverse the city has become. Pride Parades go through most cities in the western world (including Dublin, and i think Galway) and from my experience abroad is a much talked about and very popular celebration for the entire city.

Anyways, here is the line up for Limerick Pride Festival 2007, August 27th to September 2nd:

MONDAY, AUGUST 27

PRIDE BREAKFAST
Bubblicious @ Bar 3, 9am
Continues every day at 9am until August 2.

GARDEN PARTY EXHIBITION
Belltable Arts Centre, 6pm
On display daily until August 2.

LAUNCH OF GARDEN PARTY
Belltable Arts Centre, 10pm

DISCO
Bubblicious @ Bar 3, 10pm
Continues every night until August 2.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
Belltable Theatre, 8pm, €6
Cult movie musical adapted from John Cameron Mitchell’s off Broadway hit.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29

GOLDFISH MEMORY
Belltable Theatre, 8pm, €6
A light-hearted look at the dangers and delights of dating, gay and straight, in contemporary Dublin.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30

SHORTBUS
Belltable Theatre, 8pm, €6
Various New York City characters navigate the comic/tragic intersections between love and lust.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31

WHITE & BLACK MASQUERADE BALL
Best Western Pery’s Hotel Ballroom, 8pm, €50
Including a formal sit down three-course meal with top class entertainment.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

12PM PRIDE PARADE
Limerick City Centre, gathering at the Town Hall 11am for a 12am kick-off.
Dress up in your finest and show Limerick the joy of gay!

PRIDE FESTIVAL
Post-parade arts, street theatre, music, magic, pool competition, until 8pm.

4 POOFS AND A PIANO
Belltable Arts Centre, 8pm, €20/18, Early bird €15
Fresh from BBC1’s The Jonathon Ross Show (BBC1) the whimsical foursome show off their vocal dexterity and shiny attitude to life.

CLUB WILDE PRIDE PARTY
Bubblicious @ Club3, 10pm, €5
Queer comedy and disco.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

HISTORIC CITY WALK
Starts at St Mary’s Cathedral, 11.30am
Everything you ever wanted to know about Limerick.

GARDEN PARTY & AUCTION
At a private location in Murroe, Co Limerick, 1pm, €65
A fine ensemble of jazz, food, wine, and fun with special guests Nell McCafferty and Gloria and art auction in aid of Rainbow Support Services.

BBQ
Bubblicious @ Bar 3, 1pm

CAMP BINGO
Bubblicious @ Bar 3, 3pm

From the Irish Independent:

Holocaust ‘myth’ group probed

A FILE is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions over a far right political party which calls itself Movement to Save Ireland.

Garda spokesperson Superintendent Kevin Donohue confirmed that officers had made an arrest and seized computers from the group last month. The group’s leader had claimed on Newstalk’s ‘The Breakfast Show’ that the Holocaust was a “myth”.

For anyone who is interested, holocaust denial is not a crime in Ireland. One can deny the holocaust happened if they so choose to do so. The act in which the Movement to Save Ireland is being investigated under is the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act, 1989,

While there is nothing more than what occurred in the NewsTalk segment contained in the Independent article, claims on far-right wing websites that certain people are being charged with holocaust denial can now be put to rest, as they are false.

Opinion on newstalk feature and transcript can be found by clicking here.

Gardai have recovered an estimated €750,000 worth of drugs during a planned search in Rathkeale, County Limerick.

The 98 kilograms of cannabis resin and 2 kilograms of cannabis herb were recovered from an open area by the Garda Limerick Drugs Division unit.

No arrests were made as a result of the find.

Hash drought in west Limerick then.

Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-16

It was Limerick’s Andrew O’Shaughnessy who stole the show in this match with Clare today in Croke Park contributing a personal scoreline of 11 pts,Shocks as the supporters call him was in irresistible form as he led Limerick to the All-Ireland semi-finals. He silenced many of his doubters today indeed ,he also got a good supply of the ball which helped his cause.Limerick will be very happy with their seven-point win over their great Munster rivals and Neighbours Clare at Croke Park today.
Bragging rights tomorrow in the work places will be Limerick’s this time,It atones somewhat for their trouncing by Clare last year.Their was a lot of frustation evident within the Clare support judging by some of the comments as they vented their anger towards their players,Clare played well but were lacking ,showing signs of inexperience in certain quarters. Diarmuid McMahon missed a sitter in front of the Limerick goal early on ,it could have made a difference..
It was of 0-11 to 0-7 at half time for Limerick looking more comfortable with their defence well on top,commanding clearances from Brian Geary.People were saying during the break ,would Clare turn up for the Second Half as they felt the match was slipping away from them .It got worse for Clare as Limerick ran up a lead of 1-14 to 0-11 .Clare stage a mini revival and came within 3 pts of Limerick,there were anxious faces in the Limerick support.Points from Andrew O Shaughnessy and James O Brien relieved any of this and in the end Limerick ran out easy winners.Limerick can now look forward to the Semi-Final .
Sunday, August 12th
Guinness All Ireland Hurling Championship Semi-FinalLimerick v Cork/Waterford 4pm (Croke Park)

For Clare ,That great old warrior Colin Lynch gave it his all for Clare today,the loss of more experienced players like Lynch could be a major blow to Tony Considines rebuilding plans for the future.
A comment I would make from been there was ,there was never that intensity of battle in the Limerick Clare match or nowhere did the atmosphere match those games with Tipp and the final with Waterford.It was quiet I felt with the support without been offensive.The vast expanses of Croke Park may contribute to that.I have to commend Croke Park ,it’s facility is so accessible as I had my son in a wheelchair with me today for the first time.It’s a world class facility.
LIMERICK: B Murray; D Reale, S Lucey, S Hickey; M O’Riordan, B Geary, M Foley; D O’Grady (0-1), M O’Brien; M Fitzgerald (0-4), O Moran (0-1), N Moran; A O’Shaughnessy (0-11), B Begley, K Tobin (0-2).
SUBS: D Ryan (1-2) (for N Moran), B Foley (0-1) (for M Fitzgerald), J O’Brien (0-1) (for K Tobin), P Lawlor (for M O’Brien).
CLARE: P Brennan; G O’Grady, F Lohan, K Dilleen; J McInerney, B Bulger (0-2), A Markham; B O’Connell, C Lynch (0-2); D O’Rourke (0-3), D McMahon (1-2), J Clancy (0-3); N Gilligan (0-4), B Nugent, B Gaffney.
SUBS: D O’Connell (for B Gaffney).
REFEREE: M Wadding (Waterford).
ATTENDANCE: 72,426.

Waterford 3-16 Cork 3-16 A Thriller
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The Waterford and Cork replay is to take place, after the Kilkenny v Wexford semi-final at Croke Park this Sunday (5th). Extra Time if necessary. Another full house .

GUINNESS SHC QUARTER-FINALS
Wexford 3-10 Tipperary 1-14 Major Shock ,will Babs be allowed to stay on .Eoin Kelly again did not start or Brendan Cummins?

Kilkenny 3-22 Galway 1-18 In the last 10 mins,Eddie Brennan destroyed Galway.Will Ger Loughnane stay at the helm?

BOI SFC QUALIFIERS ROUND THREE
Laois 2-11 Derry 1-18
Monaghan 2-12 Donegal 1-7

SFC QUARTER-FINALS DRAW
Kerry v Monaghan
Dublin v Derry
Sligo v Cork
Tyrone v Meath.

Reports reach us that shots were fired during a soccer game at the Moyross soccer pitch earlier today.

A memorial game for Fat Frankie Ryan was said to be underway at the time of the attack.

There are no reports of injuries at this time.

The outcome of this second quarter final will decide who will take on Limerick in two weeks time.

The game kicks off at 1600 hrs.

With a drawn result, the question as to who will meet Limerick remains unanswered.

Received via MMS from the big smoke.

Final score

Limerick 1-23 (26) – Clare 1-16 (19)

The view from the stands at Croke Park during the Clare and Limerick game. The official attendance was over 74,000

OK we mentioned the Doyle sisters before, the 15-year old swimmers who were taking part in European swimming contests in Europe recently.

Well, they have gone and done us all proud again by winning a bag full of medals in the UK on the first day of Youth Swimming Championships at Sheffield, England.

As I am rubbish at commenting on sports, I will leave the full detail to RTE.

Clickety Click.

A woman has been admitted to hospital after she received gunshot wounds to the leg.

The attack happened at 0100 hrs on Saturday morning at Georgian Villas, Old Cork Road, when a gunman fired shots into a house.

A man who was in the house at the time has also been admitted for shock.

RTE has more.

Newstalk carried a feature on their breakfast show yesterday which has appeared online, featuring the leader of the self proclaimed “Movement to Save Ireland.

The group, lead by a Mr. Brian Wallace, (his name is in the public domain now so we can use it) was interviewed by one of the station’s reporters who failed to ask some important questions.

The reporter in question, claimed that Mr. Wallace was media savvy and avoided using strong racist terms, however, he failed to seek clarification on Mr. Wallace’s frequent use of the term “Monkey-culturalism, as appears in several of his posts on stormfront, and on one of his older websites.

Minister Mcdowell was on Irish television recently saying that he is going to bring creatures like OJ Chimp-son into the Irish police.I oppose monkeyculturalism.We need a nationalist party in Ireland.I would happily set one up if I had the bare minimium of resources.I am struggling to start a bookshop. Justin Barrett if he was less timid is in a position to start a party now. All he has to do is to organise public meetings and cut the crap.

He also failed to ask him about his Italian ethnic background.

He failed to ask him about the invasion of people’s privacy by posting their photographs on his own website and submitting them to the Combat 18 linked Redwatch.

He also failed to ask him about the posting of personal information of people on Stormfront.

He did mention however, that people who have disagreed with this “Movement to Save Ireland” have received abusive and threatening messages from it’s supporters.

One more piece of information which came from the piece is that a file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relations to a raid on Mr. Wallace’s residence in Mid June, so it’s not all bad.

To sum up, NewsTalk were soft on this guy.

Just an addendum, This site has been going like the clappers with news stories all week, busier than usual in fact, and the only excuse a Newstalk journalist can make the treacherous journey hike across the M50 is to see some gobshite from Cork spewing his hate.

This person has been living like an itinerant of hate for the last five or more years, travelling from city to city with the hand out for “resources” for his white supremacist quest. Why is it that it isn’t until he shows up in Limerick, the city which more or less told the NSRUS to go and shite, do Newstalk suddenly take an interest in him?

Transcript of feature below the fold

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