#PatLeahy is political ed of The #IrishTimes. His 1st paid job was at #ThePhoenix. So can Pat explain its demise? https://archive.is/CILA6

Pat says The Phoenix was redundant. It had exposed corruption, but tribunals & laws ended corruption.

Bollix! The Galway Tent ended. In came mega-scandals of neoliberalism. In 2013, the FG-Lab govt handed Irish housing to vulture funds, & tried privatising water. More muck than ever. But now its neoliberal muck, and the Irish Times is neoliberal. 🤮

#iepol

Heartbroken by closure of satirical/investigative magazine The Phoenix. After 42 years, it is a huge loss to Irish journalism, politics and culture.

#PhoenixMagazine was often compared to #PrivateEye. It had a similar mix of satire & investigation, but #ThePhoenix was more serious and was spared the Eye's English public school boy humour.

Irish Times: https://archive.is/oXmxE

RTÉ https://archive.is/xlTvb

The Journal https://archive.is/2n70l

Examiner https://archive.is/JIZB2

#iepol

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ANVIL Reschedule Canadian Dates In Toronto And Ottawa

https://bravewords.com/news/anvil-reschedule-canadian-dates-in-toronto-and-ottawa/

#Anvil #Toronto #Ottawa #ThePhoenix #TheBronson #CanadianMetal #MetalTour #AnvilTour #RescheduledDates #CanadianTour

Found this sticker while weeding through some old files. Can't decide whether to put it on the car or my laptop.

#radio #wfnx #fnx #phoenix #thePhoenix #boston

Marvel’s new Dark God

https://comics.peertube.biz/videos/watch/db1867d5-1438-4ba8-8064-5f32692f8004

Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean):

Wet quali in Road America.
Looking forward to the race and some good passing 💪🏻
#indycar #thephoenix https://t.co/aEoNR8C8Db

#F1 #F1bot #F1FEN

https://x.com/RGrosjean/status/1799588434920591690

It makes me very happy that my kids love #TheBeano and #ThePhoenix. It’s also an incredible achievement to keep real British/Scottish comics for kids going in the face of declining sales and competition from rubbish product tie ins with plastic tat on the cover.

The Beano is 85 years old! I really didn’t think my kids would be reading the Bash Street Kids, Calamity James, the Numskulls and Bananaman in 2024.

Marvel's Avengers Become Gods

https://comics.peertube.biz/videos/watch/12e613e0-fbe5-412a-9830-8be658a70597