Month: August 2012

Bundoran Banksy

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“Copyright is for losers © TM – Banksy”. A “Banksy”, about Banksy, in Bundoran.

The statement on the left appears on the printer’s page inside the cover of Wall And Piece, but is immediately followed by “Against his better judgment, Banksy has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 …”!

For Banksy, see banksy.co.uk, WP.

Related: (the real) Banksy’s Olympics works, Hackney Welcomes the Olympics and Going For Mould.

See also: Belfast Banksy

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Recession In Fivemiletown

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“What if we all prayed?” The toll of the recession in Fivemiletown, Co. Fermanagh, is not only driving people to prayer, but driving people to drive people to prayer.

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Askatasuna

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This is a new mural in support of the Basque country and in particular political prisoners, unveiled today as part of Féıle 202 in Beechmount, west Belfast. The designs to the left and the right are described in a comment below – thanks BasqueMurals.

Previous Basque mural on Divis St, lower Falls.

Below, a young traditional singer from the Basque country singing at the launch of the new mural.

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Maghaberry Dirty Protest

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“Support the Maghaberry “Dirty Protest” 1981-2011″. Republican prisoners in Maghaberry began a dirty protest of throwing urine and excrement onto prison landings, as well as not washing or shaving, to protest forced strip searches (BBC).

See previously: Maghaberry Concentration Camp.

Beechmount Ave/Ascaill Ard Na bhFeá, west Belfast

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