Category: Upstart News

Things seem to be afoot in Dublin’s Fair City. In the performing arts world, the folks that I talk to and am encountering are all busy. I have not come across many artists who are not working, or who do not have their eyes on …

Mr Wall,  I permitted myself to wander on your page and checked your “about you” section, I read about what you accomplished as a writer and even where you travelled as a resident writer but what surprised me the most was how you managed …

We need to put out of our minds this widely held notion that there is such a thing as “the economy”, a monster outside the door that needs to be fed and propitiated and whose values conflict with things – such as sports, tourism …

Thursday, Thor’s Day – the god associated with hammer-wielding and also the lesser-known task of the protection of mankind (and yes, someone has so been a-visiting Wikipedia). But there is a link – Upstart too has been wielding a mighty, yet creatively artistic hammer …

Because of dwindling funds, and a marked preference for all things science, the arts seem to be facing a losing battle in schools. But far from accepting the orthodoxy that nothing can be done, some educationalists are ensuring the arts do not get left …

2 days to poll day, and as party head butts party head in a last bid for headlines; Upstart is quietly proving itself a good news story. RTÉ’s Arena programme interviewed Kit Fryatt last night; it’s not on the archive yet, but keep checking …

The final poster was posted on Monday. There were many folks involved: the artists creating the work, the printers-a-printing, punching holes, punching the air, ladder wrangling and mind opening. Two-poster putter-upper extraordinaire had this to say: “I think I speak for everyone about the …

Come back Prospero of ‘The Economist’. This quote from an article published Friday 18th 2011: “During a recent trip to Ireland to research a piece on the country’s mood after the crash and EU/IMF bailout, I was struck by what little impact Ireland’s boom …

Onwards and upwards. Mostly upwards. More posters were placed over the weekend, so keep heads high people. ‘Where’s me poster? Where’s me poster?’ has been the subject of many emails. But by today, your work should be seen in full shining glory (maybe even …