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PROFILE: Limerick’s All Time Great - Blindboy Boatclub

BEST-selling author, satirist, writer for TV, mental health campaigner and plastic bag wearing rapper - Blindboy is a man of many talents. The Rubberbandit first came to prominence in the furore that greeted smash hit single Horse Outside, defending ...

24 Jan 2019 at 15:22

Local News

Limerick’s Rubberbandits highlight the ‘evils’ of cocaine use

A TWEET posted by Limerick's high-profile satirical duo The Rubberbandits urging people not to use cocaine has attracted thousands of likes. The tweet, which was posted on Tuesday afternoon, racked up more than 3,500 likes and 800 retweets, with ...

18 Jul 2018 at 21:30

Local News

My Limerick: 'Yurty Ahern' - Otter made famous by The Rubberbandits talks local life

What’s your idea of a perfect day, or a perfect weekend, in Limerick? I enjoy rolling around on a patch of dry earth or grass. My fur can get fierce mucked up with all sorts of dirt and guff from the river. You’d think the water would keep it ...

28 Jun 2018 at 16:25

Breaking News

'Limerick inspires everything I do': Blindboy's dark literary soul laid bare

ALMOST seven years on since Horse Outside was released, causing a sensation, one half of the Rubberbandits is now gearing up to take the literary world by storm with a new book. The Gospel According to Blindboy In 15 Short Stories gets a ...

27 Oct 2017 at 06:01

Business

#WATCH: Trolls encouraging people 'to kill themselves' barred by Limerick's Rubberbandits

LIMERICK’S satirical duo the Rubberbandits have been praised for their new music video which highlights suicide and mental health issues. The video, entitled Sonny, has now received nearly a quarter of a million views on YouTube. ...

20 Sept 2017 at 06:55

Business

Limerick author Blindboy's 'Gospel' voted number one for 2017 in online poll

LIMERICK author Blindboy Boatclub – one half of The Rubberbandits – has seen his debut novel voted number one for 2017 in an online poll. The Gospel According to Blindboy, released in October of last year, was voted the ...

09 Jan 2018 at 14:12

Local News

BAI rejects complaint over 'haunted bread' remark by Rubberbandits on Late Late Show

THE Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has rejected almost a dozen complaints in relation to comments made by one half of Limerick comic duo The Rubberbandits on the Late Late Show. Speaking during a discussion on ...

04 Aug 2017 at 11:15

Community

RTE apologises if offence caused by 'haunted bread' remark by Rubberbandits

THE PRODUCER of The Late Late Show has apologised to those who were offended when the Eucharist was referred to as “haunted bread” by one half of the Limerick comic duo, the Rubberbandits. Fr Kevin McNamara, parish ...

20 Feb 2017 at 11:06

Business

1,300 complaints to RTE over Blindboy's 'haunted bread' remark

RTE has received 1,352 formal complaints after one of the Rubberbandits referred to the Eucharist as “haunted bread” during an episode of The Late Late Show. During the show on January 6 last, Blindboy Boatclub of ...

23 Feb 2017 at 15:31

Breaking News

Danny Boyle speaks of his 'love' for the Rubberbandits

ACADEMY Award winning director Danny Boyle has spoken of his “love” for Limerick’s Rubberbandits. The plastic bag wearing duo, whose song Dad’s Best Friend features in Boyle’s Trainspotting sequel, drew ...

26 Jan 2017 at 07:10

Community

Rubberbandits' 'haunted bread' remark complained to BAI by Kerry priest

A KERRY priest has described comments made in relation to the Eucharist by one half of the Limerick musical-comic duo the Rubberbandits on The Late Late Show as “downright shameful and hurtful”. Fr ...

16 Jan 2017 at 14:26

Breaking News

Blindboy Boatclub says Irish Blasphemy law is 'an embarrassment'

BLINDBOY Boatclub of The Rubberbandits has described Ireland’s blasphemy law as “an embarrassment.” He outlined his support to scrap the crime of blasphemy following calls for reform in response ...

15 May 2017 at 07:00

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