{"id":687,"date":"2013-11-28T13:50:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T13:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=687"},"modified":"2014-11-10T10:17:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T10:17:20","slug":"banter-review-of-the-year-069-dec-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/banter-review-of-the-year-069-dec-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Banter Review of the Year (069, Dec 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"
If we were simply talking about the review of the\u00a0Banter<\/a>\u00a0year, there would certainly be lots to talk about. This was the year of peak Banter, 27 events and counting as we roamed from\u00a0Cork<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Derry<\/a>,\u00a0Kinsale<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0London<\/a>,\u00a0the Burren<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Belfast<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dingle<\/a>\u00a0to our spiritual home at the Twisted Pepper in Dublin, where it all began.<\/p>\n We talked about everything from\u00a0craft beers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bruce Springsteen<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0bikes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0farming<\/a>. We had fascinating conversations with people like\u00a0Alan McGee<\/a>,\u00a0Peter Hook<\/a>,\u00a0Dr Steve Myers<\/a>,\u00a0Maeve O\u2019Rourke<\/a>,\u00a0Paul Morley<\/a>,\u00a0Mary Fitzgerald<\/a>,\u00a0Neil Hannon<\/a>\u00a0and tons more. 2013 was a blast \u2013 and we\u2019ve some amazing stuff already in the pipeline for 2014.<\/p>\n As has become the norm at Banter (and we did this in\u00a02009<\/a>,\u00a02010<\/a>,\u00a02011<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02012<\/a>), we end the year with the review of the year. It\u2019s always a splendid night out as our panel run the rule over the events, news stories, heroes and villians of the last 12 months.<\/p>\n Our panel for the review which will probably cover everything from horseburgers and the Anglo tapes to Martin O\u2019Neill, the Clare hurlers and the selfie:\u00a0Aine Lawlor<\/a>\u00a0(presenter of\u00a0RTE Radio One\u2019s News At One<\/a>, RTE TV\u2019s\u00a0The Week In Politics<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facing Cancer<\/a>),\u00a0Alison Curtis<\/a>\u00a0(Today FM DJ and producer), Paddy Cosgrave<\/a> (Web Summit<\/a>, F.ounders<\/a>) and\u00a0Ciaran Walsh<\/a>\u00a0(managing editor\u00a0Le Cool Dublin<\/a>\u00a0and co-founder\u00a0Sweatshop<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n RTE’s Aine Lawlor<\/em><\/p>\n Date, time and venue: Monday December 16, 6.30pm (doors open 6pm), Twisted Pepper, Middle Abbey St., Dublin 1.<\/p>\n