{"id":1682,"date":"2015-11-19T17:33:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T17:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T09:58:53","slug":"banter-at-other-voices-125-dec-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-at-other-voices-125-dec-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter at Other Voices (124, Dec 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0roadshow heads to the Kingdom for\u00a0Other Voices<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday and Sunday December 5 and 6. It\u2019s our fourth year in a row to take over the back of\u00a0Foxy John\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>pub in downtown Dingle for the weekend and we thank them and all at Other Voices for their patience so far. This will, I promise, be the year when we buy a pound of nails. And a new hammer.<\/p>\n

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As always, we have a great cast of characters for you to meet over the weekend with interviews and discussions about music, politics, photography, war, media, activism and film-making (some more guests to be added too).<\/p>\n

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D\u00f3nal Lunny<\/strong><\/p>\n

The list of acts associated with this master musician reads like a history of Irish music. Since the late 1960s, D\u00f3nal has played a pivotal role in the development and evolution of the Irish sound through his time with the likes of Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Mozaik, LAPD and dozens, probably hundreds, of other collaborations, projects, releases and tours. He continues to be as prolific today as he ever was, both as a solo artist and with groups like Usher\u2019s Island. We think it\u2019s high time to salute the legacy of this great musician and we\u2019re honoured that he has agreed to join us in Dingle.<\/p>\n

Una Mullally<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Una is no stranger to Banter or Other Voices \u2013 indeed, she has appeared on more Banter panels and discussions than anyone else to date \u2013 but she\u2019s here this time to talk about herself and an extraordinary year. In 2015, the journalist, broadcaster, activist and author has been centrestage with her excellent history of the movement for marriage equality in Ireland, In the Name of Love, her role in this year\u2019s referendum and her strong, resonant, deeply personal opinion pieces on cancer. We talk to her about all of this and much more.<\/p>\n

Eoin \u00d3 Broin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Eoin is a Sinn F\u00e9in councillor with South Dublin County Council and a party strategist. Ahead of the 2016 general election, Eoin joins us at Banter to talk about the rise of Sinn F\u00e9in as a political force, the party\u2019s strengths and weaknesses, his views on the Irish left movement\u2019s political fortunes, the changing nature of Irish activism and his insights on what will come next for the party.<\/p>\n

Jean Curran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jean is a Waterford-born photographic artist and photojournalist whose From Both Sides collection is a very different take on war photography which saw her take black and white photographic prints of soldiers in Afghanistan that were then painted by hand by an Afghan artist. Jean joins us to talk about what was involved in the project, embedding with the military in Afghanistan and her other projects like Neither Here Nor There, about young middle-class Malawian students moving to Ireland, and The Shoreline Cast, focusing on
\nSwahili fishermen working from a deserted beach near Kenya\u2019s Jumba la Mtwana<\/p>\n

The Banter Review of the Arts Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday Business Post <\/a>arts editor and presenter of TXFM’s<\/a> Songs In the Key of Life\u00a0show\u00a0Nadine O’Regan<\/a> joins us by the fire at Foxy John’s to review the books, films, music and #WakingtheFeminists movement of the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

Conor Horgan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&\u00a0Katie Holly<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet the team behind\u00a0The Queen of Ireland<\/a>, the documentary film about Rory O\u2019Neill, better known as Panti Bliss, in the lead-up to this year\u2019s referendum on marriage equality. Director Conor and producer Katie join us at Banter in Dingle to talk about the motivation and process behind the critically acclaimed story about one of the stories of the year.<\/p>\n