"Hang around James Joyce Street in Dublin's north inner city for long enough these days and you'll hear a different style of literature being expressed. Similar to a Joycean neologism, the van travelling around the area for Gerry Hutch's election campaign is blaring out an alternative definition of "representation"."
""I'm representin' for them gangstas all across the world," the speakers on the van displaying Hutch posters pumped out loud, without a hint of irony. To clarify, for those not familiar with gangsta rap, that's a well-known lyric from Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, rather than a pledge from The Monk."
A van traveling around James Joyce Street in Dublin’s north inner city plays loud audio for Gerry Hutch’s election campaign. The speakers display Hutch posters while broadcasting a line about “representin’” for gangstas worldwide. The line is identified as a lyric from Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg rather than a pledge from The Monk. The campaign presence and messaging are framed as an alternative definition of “representation” in the area. The Monk’s transfers are presented as pivotal to the outcome of the Dublin Central by-election. Mary Lou McDonald hopes the result will create momentum.
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