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Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality. Promoting human rights, equality and diversity through the arts. Dublin, Ireland. RCN: 20033927 smashingtimes.ie

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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 3h
Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan 📍Outdoors: Saturday 10 October 2026, 3pm, Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, meeting at the fountain. Admission Free. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/memori... #IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 5h
An evening of poetry and spoken word with acclaimed Irish poet and spoken word artist Emmet O’Brien – Artist Chat + Audience Q&A 📍Saturday 10 Oct 7-9pm. Tickets €10. Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more: smashingtimes.ie/event/poetry...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 7h
Guest speakers and artists include Barry Ward TD (Festival Patron); Richard Boyd Barrett TD; Alan Glasgow, Executive Director, Front Line Defenders; and Hina Khan, Voices of Peace Artist. Enjoy speakers, poetry reading, live performances, refreshments and chat.
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 7h
JOIN US TONIGHT! 🤩 🎉 🎙️ 🎶 🍾 Launch of the Eighth Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival 2026 – 7-9pm, Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery, Admission Free. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/launch...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 10h
Walking Through Women’s History 1916-1923: Guided Outdoor Walk through Rathmines and Ranelagh featuring Stories of Irish Women in History 📍Friday 16 Oct, 2-3.15pm Meeting Point: Outside Swan Leisure Centre, Rathmines Square. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/walkin...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 23h
Art by the Sea – Guided Walk on Stories of Irish Artists, Writers and Visionaries 📍Saturday 17 October 2026, 12 noon – 1.15pm. After that, first Saturday of every month. Tickets: Adults €15. Under 18 €5. Under 3 go free. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/art-by...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stories by the Sea – Guided Walk on Stories of Irish Changemakers in History 📍Saturday 10 and Saturday 17 October 2026, 10.30am-11.45pm. After that, first Saturday of every month. Tickets: Adults €15. Under 18 €5. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/storie...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An Cruinniú | The Gathering - Ceol, Amhrán & Filíocht (Music, Song & Poetry). Sun 18 Oct, 7pm. Tickets €10 An unforgettable celebration of music, song & verse with acclaimed trio CAS, Hilary Bow & Mary Moynihan. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/an-cru...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In conversation talk with renowned human rights defender Mary Lawlor about the vital role of defending human rights today. 📍Saturday 17 October 2026, 7-9pm., Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery. Tickets €10. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/in-con...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oíche Éigse le Laoighseach Ní Choisdealbha & Joe Phádraic Ó Fátharta. 📍 October 16 7-9pm, Tickets €10, Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality, 30 Sandycove Road, Sandycove, Dublin, A96V9P1 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/oiche-...
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Oíche Éigse le Laoighseach Ní Choisdealbha & Joe Phádraic Ó Fátharta – Readings |Artist Talk | Chat | Audience Q+A – Smashing Times
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan. A live monologue performance sharing the story of Teresa Magueyal (1958 – 2023), a woman searcher of disappeared people and a human rights defender from Mexico 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/memori...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎥 Darndale Arts and Human Rights Day – Film Screenings and Post-Show Artist Discussions with Filmmakers Kirsty Fogarty and John Connors. 📍October 15 @ 2:00 pm, Darndale Belcamp Village Centre 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/darnda...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ancestral Voices – From the Forest to the Ocean Lunchtime Artist Talk + Poetry Reading. Artist Mary Moynihan discusses the imagery and stories behind From the Forest to the Ocean and shares a selection of her original poetry 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book now: smashingtimes.ie/event/ancest...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Voices of Peace Visual Art Exhibition and The Gathering: An In-Conversation event with Artist Talks, Storytelling + Poetry 📍 Sunday 11 Oct, 7-9pm. Tickets €10. Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/in-con...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Don't miss an evening of poetry and spoken word with acclaimed Irish poet and spoken word artist Emmet O’Brien, including performance and informal conversation about his creative work. 📍 Sat 10 Oct, 7-9pm, Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery smashingtimes.ie/event/poetry...
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Poetry Night with Emmet O’Brien, Acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word artist – Smashing Times
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From the Forest to the Ocean One-Day Only Pop-Up Solo Visual Art Exhibition by Mary Moynihan at the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts. Combining photography, poetry and film inspired by physical landscapes and seascapes 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, find out more: smashingtimes.ie/event/from-t...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Children’s Creative Responses to the Rights of the Child: Darndale Arts and Human Rights Day Schools Event, with visual Artists Róisín Kane and Elizabeth Bennett 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/childr...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We Are Still Here is a documentary film showing the cost of resistance as it unfolds through the stories of brave Sahrawi human rights defenders, targeted for their peaceful activism in Western Sahara. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/we-are...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don't miss this spectacular live performance of Silent written + performed by Pat Kinevane. Dare to laugh at despair and gasp at redemption in this brave production for which Fishamble and Kinevane won an Olivier Award. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/silent/
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Irish in Resistance During World War II – One-Day-only Pop-Up Installation with artists Mary Moynihan, Féilim James, Hina Khan, Amna Walayat, Jessica Rodrigues and Noah Sex. Admission free, no booking required. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, more info: smashingtimes.ie/event/irish-...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My So-Called Life in Copenhagen – An autobiographical performance by Renate Dujaković combining comedy, physical theatre, storytelling and photography. 📍 October 13, Smashing Times Centre 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/my-so-...
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My So-Called Life in Copenhagen – Multidisciplinary Performance and Exhibition – Smashing Times
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Green Imaginings is a creative gathering exploring connections between European environmental policy, creativity and citizen action. Guest speakers include Anne Murray, Biodiversity Office, DLR, & Oisín Coghlan, Irish Environmental Network. 🟥 smashingtimes.ie/event/green-...
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Green Imaginings: Art, Ecology and Europe’s Future – Creative Talk, Panel Discussion and Audience Engagement – Smashing Times
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Diversity in politics | The politics of diversity Panel Discussion by the Royal Irish Academy. This panel discussion looks at how political systems reflect or fail to reflect the diversity of the societies they serve. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/divers...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The October 2026 edition of the #STNewsletter will be out on Tuesday 6 Oct. This is a special edition for our annual Irish Arts & Human Rights Festival (9-18 October 2026), which means the theme is ‘Arts & Human Rights’ Sign up here: smashingtimes.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #IAHRFestival
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That’s Powerful presents ‘Speak Up’ Workshop on October 13. A community arts workshop using discussion, spoken word, creative writing, and performance to enable participants identify issues and rights that matter to them. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/speak-...
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That’s Powerful presents ‘Speak Up’ Workshop – Smashing Times
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Skein Press @skeinpress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us on 21 October for the launch of 'The Refugee Chronicles' by Evgeny Shtorn at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social 🚀 Evgeny will be joined on the eve by the wonderful @jesstraynor.bsky.social Presented in partnership with @smashingtimes.bsky.social and supported by @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The festival features exciting and innovative events that promote equality, human rights and diversity throughout Ireland, Northern Ireland and internationally. #IAHRFestival 💥 ➡️ Visit our website now for the full festival programme: smashingtimes.ie/irishartsand...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🎉😍 Starting this Friday! Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality and @frontlinedefenders.bsky.social, and a range of partners, are delighted present the eighth annual Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival from the 9 to 18 October 2026.
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't miss Theatre for a Shared Humanity: Arts and Human Rights Participative Workshop – An inspiring practical theatre workshop with internationally acclaimed theatre-maker Frédérique Lecomte 📍 Oct 12 @ 3pm, Smashing Times Centre 🟥 #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/theatr...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Guest artists on the night include Jessica Rodriques, multidisciplinary artist; Gillian Lambe, visual artist; Hina Khan, Visual Artist; Viktoriia Yevsiukova, visual artist; Amna Walayat, Visual Artist; Iqra Iqbal, Visual Artist, and Féilim James, writer, poet and editor of Tintreach.
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In Conversation: Voices of Peace – Interactive Event with Poetry, Storytelling and Curated Artist Talks. Bringing artists and audiences together to discuss peace, equality and human rights. 📍 Oct 11 @ 7pm, Smashing Times Centre 🟥 #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/worksh...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Workshop on Feminist Utopias – Imagining Alternative Futures. An applied-theatre and participatory workshop led by Ekaterina Schalmann and Evdokia Romanova. Presented by FemLink, based in Vienna, Austria. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/worksh...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't miss an evening of poetry and spoken word with acclaimed Irish poet and Emmet O'Brien, including performance and informal conversation about his creative work. 📍 Oct 10 @ 7pm, Smashing Times Centre, Sandycove, A96V9P1 🟥 #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/poetry...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
March and Rally for Justice & in Remembrance – Join the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign as they march from the Bishop Street Courthouse to Guildhall Square on Saturday 10 October 2026. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, see here: smashingtimes.ie/event/march-...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Open Wide the Doors: The Power of Conscience and Endurance – Mahvash Sabet. Taking place Oct 10 at the National Bahá’í Centre, this event features extracts and reflections from Mahvash Sabet’s memoir, documenting her imprisonment in Iran 🟥 #IAHRFestival, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/open-w...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Presented by Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders, don't miss Memorial Monologues: The Path of Memory by Mary Moynihan – Live Performances, October 10 at the Iveagh Gardens. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, Admission free, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/memori...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#IAHRFestival Join the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign as they march from the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin 1 to the Dáil on Saturday 10 October 2026 at 1pm. The march is organised to demand sanctions against the Israeli government. 🟥 smashingtimes.ie/event/nation...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Songs of Empowerment Workshop by Fighting Words for Teenagers 13-17. Song writing workshop with Colm Quearney, Fighting Words, exploring the history and power of songs that have supported human rights movements ✊️ 🟥 Admission free, book here: smashingtimes.ie/event/songs-... #IAHRFestival
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stories by the Sea – Guided Walk on Stories of Irish Changemakers in History. Join us on Oct 10 for a guided coastal, storytelling walk from the iconic Forty Foot area along the seacoast to the Roger Casement statue in Dun Laoghaire. 🟥 Find out more: smashingtimes.ie/event/storie... #IAHRFestival
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Weight of Return – Multidisciplinary Art Piece featuring Installation and Live Monologue Performance. Taking place at the Smashing Times Centre for the Arts and Equality, this live monologue is presented by Peace Bridges International and Udeido Collective 🟥 smashingtimes.ie/event/the-we...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The festival is launched by key note speaker Barry Ward TD, with speakers on the inc Alan Glasgow, Front Line Defenders; artists Hina Khan, Mary Moynihan, Ciara Hayes, Brendan Heade and Andy Johnson. 🟥 Find out more: smashingtimes.ie/event/launch... #IAHRFestival #IrishArts #HumanRights
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Launch of the Eighth Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival 2026 – Smashing Times
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🎉 Launch night of the Eighth Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival 2026 🤩 All welcome! Smashing Times, Front Line Defenders and a range of partners are delighted to invite you to the opening reception and launch of the eight annual Irish Arts and Human Rights Festival on Friday 9 October, A96V9P1.
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Art, Voice & Human Rights Visual Art Workshop Programme with Hina Khan, Visual Artist, supporting Darndale Human Rights Day. Working with adults from the Golden Years Senior Centre. Presented by #Smashing Times + Creative Places Darndale 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival: smashingtimes.ie/event/art-vo...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Through Their Eyes: A Visual Exhibition on Avoidable and Preventable Blindness, by Sightsavers Ireland. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, find out more and book now: smashingtimes.ie/event/throug... #IAHRFestival #IrishArts #SmashingTimes #HumanRights
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The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon @artscouncilireland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New opportunity! We're currently accepting applications for the following role: 🔹 Participatory Arts Support Manager Read more about the role and apply ➡️ artscouncil.ie/careers/participatory-arts-support-manager/
A graphic for a new job opportunity. Text includes 'We are hiring!', 'Participatory Arts Support Manager', and 'Deadline: 5 October, 12 noon'. Image features a decorated train-like vehicle, lit in green on a dark street surrounded by a crowd of people.
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Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We're delighted to announce the shortlisted titles for the 2026 PEN Heaney Prize with partners @englishpen.bsky.social & @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social The winner will be announced, 1st December at the Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds in partnership with @nationalpoetrycentre. Tkts www.englishpen.org
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Irish Modern Dance Theatre /John Scott @imdtjohnscott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
HYPERACTIVE is at Mermaid Arts Centre, September 30th. One night only
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
HYPERACTIVE by Irish Modern Dance Theatre ⚡️ A high-energy dance work for virtuosic male dancers, combining street-dance energy with Broadway, jazz and Afro-Brazilian styles. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, find out more and book now: smashingtimes.ie/event/hypera...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Voices of Peace multidisciplinary visual art exhibition – showing at the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery from the 23 Sep-29 Nov. Free admission. 🟥 Part of the #IAHRFestival, find out more and book now: smashingtimes.ie/event/voices...
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Smashing Times @smashingtimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Min El Mai Lal Mai – From Water to Water. As part of the Palestinian Cultural Days Dublin three-day festival, acclaimed Palestinian artist, rapper, actor and screenwriter Tamer Nafar will perform live with Róisín El Cherif. 🟥 #IAHRFestival find out more: smashingtimes.ie/event/min-el...
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