Friday Round Up
We had great fun at the Mansion House last night as the winners of The Appys 2011 were announced – congratulations to all of the winners.
The inaugural Vue: National Contemporary Art Fair opened last night in the RHA. Vue brings together over 15 contemporary art galleries from Dublin and Belfast under one roof to showcase new and recent work by Ireland’s leading artists – it’s on until Sunday so make sure you pop in, it’s well worth a visit.
We watched Life in a Day, produced by Ridley Scott, last night on BBC2, It is a crowd-sourced documentary about ‘Life in A Day’ across the world. There were 4,500 clips and 80,000 hours of footage from 192 countries whittled down to just over 90 minutes. The UK is calling for all residents for their clips on November 12th. Here is a link to the trailer.
We’re delighted that Love/Hate will be back on our screens this Sunday night. It’s on at 9:30pm on RTE1.
There’s a double elimination on The X Factor this weekend – But do we really care?
In sporting news, Ireland have won the Cormac McAnallen Cup again in Australia in the Aussie Rules Test Series, Leinster take on Munster at the Aviva Stadium in the RaboDirect Pro12 tonight – KO is at 8pm and it’s on TG4 and finally The FAI Ford Cup Final between Shelbourne FC and Sligo Rovers takes place at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday, KO is at 3:30pm and that’s being shown on RTE2.
