• Playlist: Strike 4 REPEAL

    March 7, 2017 - By 

    Tomorrow – Wednesday, March  8 – The Thin Air staff will be participating in Strike 4 Repeal so we shall refrain from posting and sharing content in solidarity with the Repeal the 8th movement. As the strike also coincides with International Women’s Day, to mark the occasion we have compiled a 100 track, 6-and-a-half-hour playlist celebrating the many incredibly talent female performers our island has to offer from Lisa Hannigan, Heathers, Hvmmingbird, Saint Sister, Roisin Murphy, ELLLL, Naoise Roo, Die Hexen and BARQ to Aoife Underwater, LYRA, Nina Hynes, September Girls, Jealous of the Birds, DOTT, Sleep Thieves, EVVOL, Wounded Healer,…

  • Guts Magazine Fight Back Issue

    March 7, 2017 - By 

    (Illustration by Lauren Kavanagh) Guts Magazine, the acclaimed Irish periodical of confessional writing and illustration, returns with a new issue in support of the Women’s Strike on March 8th. The special edition is an all-female one and is jam packed with great Irish writers and illustrators, including Una Mullally, Lian Bell, Sarah Griffin, Aoife Dooley, Fuchsia Macaree, and Jayde Perkin, with the issue being designed by Lauren Kavanagh. To celebrate Guts have taken over The Library Project for the night and alongside the usual drinks and tunes, there will be a print sale as well as some readings from the magazine. All proceeds…

  • MINE Anthology Launch

    March 2, 2017 - By 

    On the eve of International Women’s Day 2017 this Tuesday, March 7, MINE – a unique anthology of art, comics and illustrations in support of the Abortion Rights Campaign – will launch at Dublin’s Workman’s Club. With over 30 contributors, the stories and art within the pages of the publication represent creative responses to the struggle for repealing the eighth amendment in Ireland from a wide range of perspectives, both female and male. As well as performances from Æ MAK and Mongoose on the night, the launch will feature speeches and performances from aactor and writer, Tara Flynn, who contributed…

  • March4Repeal – International Women’s Day 2017

    February 28, 2017 - By 

    Having declared “No More Delays – Name the Date for a Referendum”, the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment will organise and spearhead a huge march this International Women’s Day (Wednesday, March 8) from Dublin’s Garden of Remembrance at Parnell Square East. Asking the public to “demand a Referendum to Repeal the Eighth Amendment and respect women’s lives, health and choices” the march will kick off at 5.30pm and run until 7.30pm. Go here for the march’s Facebook event page.

  • Merch For Choice: An Interview With Repeal Project’s Anna Cosgrave

    October 3, 2016 - By 

    Fashion as political activism is a powerful medium to raise awareness and create a sense of solidarity. Vivienne Westwood was one of the first designers to utilise the immediacy of clothing to start conversations about universal issues. Recently in Ireland, men and women have been wearing jumpers with the word REPEAL across their chest. They represent a nation wanting their country to be progressive and respectful by giving women a fundamental human right that has been denied throughout the history of Catholic Ireland and inhumanity of the Eight Amendment in our Constitution. Anna Cosgrave, founder of the Repeal Project, has…