Events
"Boy Soldier" at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway
wed 26-sat 29 march at 8pm
tells the story of 14 year old John Condon, a Waterford boy, who was
the youngest "allied" soldier killed in WW I. He died of gas
poisoning- the first time poisonous gas was used in the war.
dramatic message: the futility, banality, and horror of war.
Recommend the play to your friends.
"Boy Soldier" at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway
wed 26-sat 29 march at 8pm
tells the story of 14 year old John Condon, a Waterford boy, who was
the youngest "allied" soldier killed in WW I. He died of gas
poisoning- the first time poisonous gas was used in the war.
dramatic message: the futility, banality, and horror of war.
Recommend the play to your friends.
"Boy Soldier" at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway
wed 26-sat 29 march at 8pm
tells the story of 14 year old John Condon, a Waterford boy, who was
the youngest "allied" soldier killed in WW I. He died of gas
poisoning- the first time poisonous gas was used in the war.
dramatic message: the futility, banality, and horror of war.
Recommend the play to your friends.
"Boy Soldier" at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway
wed 26-sat 29 march at 8pm
tells the story of 14 year old John Condon, a Waterford boy, who was
the youngest "allied" soldier killed in WW I. He died of gas
poisoning- the first time poisonous gas was used in the war.
dramatic message: the futility, banality, and horror of war.
Recommend the play to your friends.
"In the Valley of Elah"
A story of how war dehumanizes individuals to the point where the taking of life makes no sense and has no purpose.
Mike, US soldier, goes AWOL after serving 18 months in Iraq...
MERMAID ARTS CENTRE, BRAY
(15) MON 7 APR @ 8PM
€7.50/ €6
"In the Valley of Elah"
A story of how war dehumanizes individuals to the point where the taking of life makes no sense and has no purpose.
Mike, US soldier, goes AWOL after serving 18 months in Iraq...
MERMAID ARTS CENTRE, BRAY
(15) MON 7 APR @ 8PM
€7.50/ €6
MediaBite is hosting a debate in DIT Aungier street, Dublin2, on the 9th of April at 6:15pm.
The event is a debate on media coverage of the Iraq war. The purpose of which is discuss whether something can be learned from the perceived failures of that coverage and whether lessons learned could have implications for coverage of future conflicts, specifically the current escalation towards Iran.
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION TO BAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS
A global day of action to Ban Cluster Bombs will take place on
Saturday, 19 April 2008, exactly one month before the crucial Dublin
Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions (19 - 30 May 2008) where
negotiations for a treaty that will ban cluster bombs will take place.
The main aim of the day is to raise awareness through generating
media coverage of the cluster munitions problem, the treaty process
and the Dublin negotiating conference, and to specifically highlight
GUANTANAMO POETRY READING - RATHGAR GROUP
Amnesty Rathgar group will host a poetry reading from "Poems from
Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak".
These poems allow the thoughts and feelings of Guantanamo detainees,
many of whom remain in the detention camp, to finally be told in
their own words.
When: 21 April 2008
Where: Rathmines Library, 157 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6
Come along to hear more and to find out what you can do!
