Congrats to all @rte.ie and all at Kite entertainment on The Traitors Ireland. Event television extraordinaire. And to the brilliant brilliant host Siobhán McSweeney. Go h-iontach 🔥 #TraitorsIreland #TraitorsIRE #TraitorsIRL #Traitors

Steen, Sheridan, McGregor et al had YEARS to do the work but they didn't, preferring instead to hurl from the ditch and then blame the referee. They are not serious political people. They are a bunch of staggeringly entitled pick-mes, and the system worked as it should to weed them out. #speirgorm

Looking very displeased that the grubby heathen hoi polloi stymied her immaculate ascension, but if she needs a tissue to dab away a perfect tear, I’m sure she’s got some in that €20K Hermes bag she’s got there

Ranganna céilí ar siúl i Na Fianna ó Déardaoin 25 Meán Fómhair. Saor in aisce agus ar siúl ar feadh sé seachtaine - tá fáilte roimh chách.

Thanks so much to everyone who came to the launch of my debut novel, #ChaosTheory, on Sunday. Special thanks to @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social for their support of a new author! And to @darach.bsky.social for a heartfelt introduction. It was a lovely afternoon, great buzz and nice vibes!

9th of October @Whelans, My good self, Nina Hynes , Brian Brannigan [A Lazarus Soul] Alice Jago & special guest . In aid of The Stay Human Collective 🇵🇸 .

It’s finally here! Publication day! And not, as my phone keeps autocorrecting it, ‘pub location’ day. 😂 ‘Chaos Theory’ has been nurtured for 4.5 years, and now it’s finally out in the world, going on its own adventures. You can get it as paperback, e-book and audiobook. Linktr.ee/SylviaLeatham

If you're in Dublin @ 2 Sunday, pop into @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social where I'll be launching @sylvialeatham.bsky.social 's most excellent debut novel, "Chaos Theory". Support real bookshops, cultural institutions of the northside, brilliant Irish writing, and love stories! 2pm! Chapters!

Call this shit out immediately and shut it the fuck down. Show them that we don't operate on the US/UK rules where you can say any old bollocks without consequences. It's the only thing that will stop them getting a foothold.

Some resource accounts for your interests: @anchopail.bsky.social @aontasscribhneoiri.bsky.social @tuairisc.bsky.social @antuisealginideach.bsky.social @irishlanguage.bsky.social @coistenabhfocalnua.bsky.social @duchas-ie.bsky.social @gaois.bsky.social

Lovely mural up on the North Strand today. There's a few people about the place who like to think it belongs to them and them alone, but it belongs to us all. Thanks to @dwmalone.bsky.social for the pic!

Sorry, some of the excerpts from this are the funniest things I've read in weeks. Fully recommend reading the whole article.

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

Well, I won’t be reading this absolute tripe on behalf of the queer people who were tortured, the young women who were locked up, the women who died giving birth, the people excluded from jobs, condemned to unhappy marriages, forced into exile, hounded from public life, shamed from towns…

Is breá liom nuair a fheicim seo i @raidionalife.bsky.social / I love seeing this! #Ireland4All

I once visited a place where this kind of thing was done. These days, it's called the @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Today’s the day! We are thrilled to announce our full programme of events for Dublin Book Festival 2025. All events now up on our website to browse and getting booking ✨ bit.ly/46ixJu1

I'm looking forward to interviewing Caroline Madden and Sharon Guard in Ballyogan Library for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on Sat 8th Nov. Tickets are free but must be booked. dublinbookfestival.com/event/what-l...

Ireland will not take part in 2026 Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead, RTÉ Director-General says

We ordered some beautiful artwork from @ciaraioch.bsky.social before we went on holidays. Look at all the delights that arrived with it 😍 We can't wait to look for all the éiníni álainn. #Iheartspideog Ealaíontóir den scoth🙌🏻 Go raibh míle maith agat a Chiara! Get ordering!

Very excited to say myself and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social have launched an Irish arts & culture podcast! It’s a reboot of our former podcast, only bigger and better. Get Around To It will be weekly, with a deep-dive episode every second week podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...

It's wild that the conspiracy theorists who constantly claim that there's a megalomaniacal billionaire who meddles in international democracies are sort of correct, they just think it's George Soros and not this prick.

Brilliant from Cauvery Madhavan, a writer we're proud to call our own. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

🗣️ "Those laws don't exist, Nick." Kieran Cuddihy rebuts claims made by Nick Delehanty regarding flag laws in Denmark. #TonightVMTV

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.

☘️ Leis an léitheoireacht ar mhaithe le gliondar a chothú, tá pacáiste acmhainní curtha le chéile againn le cabhrú le múinteoirí bunscoile! Is féidir inspioráid don léitheoireacht a íoslódáil anseo! childrensbooksireland.ie/resources-id... 🧵1/3

The headline is purely inaccurate and so so dangerous. Those without status don't and have never qualified for HAP. Being assessed as unable to meet habitual residency condition (seemingly the core issue here) is not the same as being undocumented, or as the Mirror calls it, "illegal"

This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.

ABC to XTC is next on @rtegold.bsky.social, with music from David Bowie, The Anchoress, Grace Jones and more. Listen via the RTÉ mobile app or stream the show at www.rte.ie/radio/gold/

If you're in town today, drop by! Join the fun and giveaways. We're in Wolfe Tone Park from 11 am to 4 pm. Enjoy storytelling, face painting, books, music, art, and crafts. Take a picture with our 3D artwork! 12pm and 2pm Storytelling 12.45pm Colouring 3pm Arts and Crafts

"We didn't come here to listen to a load of stuff about famine and colonialism and genocide and being forced into exile, we came to hear some Irish folk songs!"

Leabhair nua

Going to college and getting ChatGPT to write your essay is like going to the gym to watch YouTube videos of other people working out

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We've got totally amazing totes in beautiful colours, stickers, pencils, and notebooks to giveaway. There's facepainting, giant games, storytelling, music, 3D artwork, 📚 books, and arts and crafts. #freestuffrocks

Tonight on Arena I talk to Theo from Wolf Alice about their new album, Suranne Jones about her leading role in the new @netflix.com series Hostage, and this guy... Tonight from 6.30 on @rteradio1.bsky.social.

Fancy joining #TheGutterTeam? We are hiring! 📚💚 • Bookseller positions available across Temple Bar & Dalkey shops • 2-4 days a week • 1-2 years bookselling experience essential • email CV & cover letter to [email protected] by 24th August 2025. #jobfairy #gutterteamdreamteam #mustlovedogs

Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of literary giant

An Fhionlainn: tithíocht ar phraghas íseal. Éire: leabhair Ghaeilge sna leabharlanna. Thuas seal thíos seal. 📷: Leabharlann Bhaile Munna inné. @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

Lot of thunder and lightning here in Tralee at the moment as this year's Rose contestants are summoned into existence

We’re in the pub and I’m drinking a Corona Cero with a lime slice so naturally I’m reminded of one of Irish Twitter’s GOAT’s

It was a long and varied week on Arena. Led Zeppelin, trad and baroque music, new film and TV, two new plays at the Fringe... Listen back to it all at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... or wherever you get your podcasts. Hope you can join me all next week from 6.30 on @rteradio1.bsky.social.

🎸Love your music? Why not check out this NEW music documentary film club in the Central Library?🎸 🎵Third Wednesday of every month at 2pm 🎵First screening Wednesday 20 August 🎵Book your place: [email protected] #music #documentary #movies

Journalists organising a flash protest in Dublin this evening in response.