Inishowen swim.

Roadworks sporting the Cork colours 😉 Rising Time @rteradio1.bsky.social

Yes indeed, nice to see Luke @lukefrancisbeirne.bsky.social in there! (Disclosure: we may be related.) Screenshot here as it's behind paywall.

💞 On Saturday, in Skibbereen, we recharged our love batteries with the launch of Grá! 🏳️‍🌈 A partnership between Crawford Art Gallery, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, and Salt & Pepper art collective with Toma McCullim, this exhibition celebrates love in all its forms. 💗 Now open until 20 September!

Sorry RTÉ Cork, it’s not you, it’s the the view

Now that Black Sabbath have played their final show, you can turn your attention to @poorcreaturemusic.bsky.social at @spindizzyrecords.bsky.social on Saturday at 5.30pm , as per the BS show MegaDeath will not be supporting Free Entry ⬇️ spindizzyrecords.com/products/poo...

Almost full moon over the Old Head of Kinsale tonight. Magic

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On Sundays we wear red. Rising Time Weekend live from 6am @rteradio1.bsky.social

A Monday evening surprise. Live from Cork Late Date on @rteradio1.bsky.social 11pm

This evening's Nationwide on @rteone.rte.ie explores the life & art of Casimir Markievicz exhibition at Dublin Castle, co-curated by Professor @emilymfg.bsky.social The programme will air at 7pm on RTÉ One and will be available on the RTÉ Player 📺 Full info on the show www.rte.ie/tv/programme...

€250m Euromillions jackpot won by a ticket sold in Ireland

By coincidence I was passing Tuam today as the hoarding went up around the Mother & Baby Home site. A discreet and respectful veil. It’s 11 years since I took this photo of Catherine Corless at her kitchen table. I rang her today just to say hi. 🧵

Massive thanks to @liliansmith.bsky.social and @rteradio1.bsky.social 🇮🇪 for being the first in the world to play Dead To It, and on Ireland’s biggest station too. Such a privilege. 🙌🏼 With my Irish roots, this one means a lot. So grateful — and proud to be part of such a brilliant show. 🙏🏼

Ireland is the distillation capital of the World. When Hennessy etc escaped via flight of the Earls they brought it to France. This is Dromin House in Listowel (just restored), where reference to an apple brandy distillation room dates to 1661.

'Clair de lune.' (1895) Relatively unknown today, Charles-Victor Guilloux exhibited his paintings at the Salon alongside Paul Gauguin and the Nabis artists. A reviewer praised his contribution as ‘A magnificent series of landscapes sent in by an unknown who is a master.'

Leaf blowers suck but they’re an effective tool against tear gas. Pass it on.

Big thanks to @liliansmith.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social for playing the new single 'You Help' Will be playing that and many more in less than a month - July 5th at Corecreative in Bantry opened. You can get tickets on the door or online here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1381539384...

A blast from the past #Norton #triumph #motorcycle #vintage

A dreadful 24 hours for traffic accidents again. Walking our dogs on a tiny rural road this afternoon & we see it happening again and again; please slow down, give walkers space. Driving is so aggressive since the end of the pandemic. The driving test doesn’t prepare drivers for real road driving.

Ancient Irish proverb.

I'll be at the International Literature Festival in Dublin this Saturday 24th May doing a Memoir Workshop in the afternoon and talking about my new novel in the evening. Come along, I'd love to see you there :) Details in link.

Daylight already, 6am for tunes @rteradio1.bsky.social

This should really be posted by Iarnród Éireann on Bluesky - additional trains to/from Cork on match day Sunday 25 May. #Speirgorm

New SPARKS @sparksofficial.bsky.social album Mad! out 23rd May on @transgressive.bsky.social www.nme.com/news/music/s...

Irish band the Murder Capital had their Berlin show cancelled after an argument with the venue at sound check over a Palestine flag.

Sunday morning again. Rising time @rteradio1.bsky.social live from 6am

A fine May morning. Rising Time live from @rteradio1.bsky.social

It's Poetry Day Ireland and it's 1st May so here's my poem 'White Rabbits' from my collection Traces. 'It's the 1st so I quietly chant White Rabbits White Rabbits as I potter....'

Thanks @liliansmith.bsky.social ⭐️ @rteradio1.bsky.social BEAUTIFUL LOSERS DAVID KITT REMIX ☀️

Sunday morning and we’re live from Fr Mathew quay (Formerly Charlotte quay I think the bottom photo is from 1910) @rteradio1.bsky.social

Huge thanks to @liliansmith.bsky.social @rteone.rte.ie for playing the new single from The Grand Old Echo… and one of my fave Magnetic fields’ tracks .. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

This fella took his own sweet time this morning. I recommend his pace while you listen to Rising Time live on @rteradio1.bsky.social 6am.

The paperback edition of Ghost Mountain is published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social today! It's funny, wise and sad and @ronanhession.bsky.social captures beautifully and brilliantly what it means to live, love, grieve, die. I highly recommend it.

Oh yes, looking for a ticket to see Father John Misty in Cork City Hall

Once more with feeling Live from Cork @rteradio1.bsky.social

Happy Easter Bunnies @rteradio1.bsky.social Rising Time 6am

A rainy Easter Saturday morning. #risingtimeweekend for the easy start @rteradio1.bsky.social

Not usually awake for @liliansmith.bsky.social but this is apt 😎 Late Night Radio by David Gray www.shazam.com/track/229454...

Live now until 2am It’s Late Date @rteradio1.bsky.social

A foggy drive in to studio this morning. Rising Time @rteradio1.bsky.social live from 6am

Love this! ⚡️Huge thanks to the fantastic Lilian Smith. P21 (REV IT UP) Rising Time RTÉ Radio1 - 6/4/25 @liliansmith.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social #IggyPop #Dublin Rev It UP⚡️⚡️⚡️

Sunday morning sounds on @rteradio1.bsky.social live 6am

When you have a tense leaving cert student in the house, it’s nice to go for a walk with a friendly 5 year old

Mick O’Dwyer, Kerry’s greatest son, passes away at age 88

🇪🇺”If you take on one of us, you take on all of us”