So the holiers were blissful and I return post ‘C’mon Everybody‘. What did I miss? Gwan fill me in!? 28 degree Tenerife turned into freezing Dublin quickly enough today and I had my first hot chocolate of the ‘season’. Whilst waiting for herself to emerge from Butlers on Henry Street I had a first. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Telethon'
Rights not Charity – I rest my case
October 29th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Disability, eejit.., People In Need, Telethon, Uncategorized
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Michelle De Bruin and People in Need
October 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · People In Need, Telethon
As I pack the bags for the somewhere other than here I find out that one of the Celebrities going to go Wild and ‘raise thousands for People in Need‘ is Michelle de Bruin. Ah I predict the content of Monday’s Liveline already. Some might query the attempts by someone banned for tampering with a […]
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People in Need Gets GreenInked
October 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on People in Need Gets GreenInked · Disability, People In Need, Telethon
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Time to Boycott People In Need and finish it off
October 17th, 2007 · 13 Comments · Disability, People In Need, Ryan Tubridy, Telethon, Uncategorized
‘Charity advertising serves as the calling-card of an inaccessible society’. David Hevey 1992 In 1981 Evan Kemp wrote in the New York Times about the Jerry Lewis telethon in the USA which raises money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The telethon emphasizes the desperate helplessness of the most severely disabled. In doing so, it reinforces […]
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