Launch of Hedgehog Conservation Ireland — new initiative to support and conserve the small mammals nationwide "Best things you can do are try to leave little parts of your garden a little bit wild - log piles or piles of leaves. Put away the chemicals - the slug pellets are bad news for hedgehogs"

Lá Fhéile Bríd sona daoibh go léir!

Today, St Brigid’s Day, marks three years since Ireland’s first public holiday named after a woman. It’s a chance to celebrate the vital role women play in Irish culture and history. Discover St Brigid's story on the @dib.ie https://www.dib.ie/biography/brigit-brighid-brid-bride-bridget-a0961.

This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty and equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives @ria.ie

Today is World Jellyfish Day! So of course we’re taking a look at Jellyfish Lake by Dorothy Cross, which was filmed in an isolated lake in Micronesia where millions of golden jellyfish migrate across the lake daily. #CrawfordArtGallery #WorldJellyFishDay

Happy Samhain and Halloween to everyone!! And it's time for my annual PSA that women brewing in UK and Ireland were not removed from the beer trade via en masse witchcraft accusations and the modern witch stereotype doesn't come from their garb either

Friendly reminder, if you see someone this Halloween wearing the plague doctor with the bird beak mask costume, you have to ask them what they are supposed to be and if they then say they're a medieval plague doctor... it's your duty to correct them ;)

Really intrigued to listen in on today’s seminar on digital preservation hosted by @dri.ie #WDPD25 😁

If anyone has some time to help out in transcribing old, handwritten weather records. www.met.ie/met-eireann-...

From just over a year ago: On Irish words for rain - and sunshine... For a very special edition of Sunday Miscellany live from Áras an Uachtaráin, listen to Samradh, by Manchán Magan . www.rte.ie/culture/2024...

World wise traveller and film-maker Manchán is not gone from us, he's gone ahead of us jrnl.ie/6834160

Went on such an interesting and informative (and free!!) tour today of South Parish, Cork City led by Cllr Kieran McCarthy Míle Buíchós!!

Bere Island the place to be for Arts lovers this weekend - loads of ferries and day-trip options available

Ninety-nine words for rain in Irish: could it actually be true? www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Professor Nick Maynard, consultant in internal medicine, reports on the dreadful medical situation in Gaza. Israeli border guards seized infant formula from is fellow Doctors entering the genocide scene that is Gaza. Children died unnecessary as a result. #Gaza #Cork

This evening!!

The new tariffs are going to hit artists particularly hard if it means losing customers in the US, so I'd ask Irish people to please consider buying local, from Irish makers, where at all possible. Support that means little to a huge business makes a massive difference to small creators. We need ye.

Famine has not “struck” Gaza. It is not the result of some natural disaster. It has been engineered. Famine has been inflicted upon the people of Gaza by Israel, who have been facilitated by their enabler allies.

Cork City Heritage Open Day - never been inside this building before, Cork Savings Bank on Lapp’s Quay! #HeritageWeek

I've squeezed between the 3 beds in a small single room to sit beside people in tears because of how degraded this man's accommodation made them feel I've written letter after letter to try to get them suitable food (halal, suitable for allergies) but no, he couldn't afford it. #speirgorm

As the West turns itself inside out in pretending not to fully grasp the extermination campaign being waged against an entire population, this from the Guardian about sums it up.

A Condition Red Forest Fire warning has been issued in advance of hot weather forecast this weekend. http://jrnl.ie/6760683

Morning 👋 How are we all today? I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap) This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers. Reposts would be wonderful 😉 #supportsmallbusiness #SLATED go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq

NEMO is a pilot programme for mobility and artistic exchange, to foster international collaboration, strengthen artistic networks across the region and support artists. Cash, support and connections. Link below. Please share :)

We are thrilled to announce the fruits of our first commercial partnership with Irish Distillers who today have made over 22,000 historical records between John Jameson & Son and publicans available on open access in the Repository! Find out more: dri.ie/news/irish-d...

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the rayne, and the wynde, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir.

filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"

Two months into Israel's full blockade on aid into Gaza, humanitarians described scenes of starving children and people fighting over water, with aid operations on the "verge of total collapse".

WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.

Happy May Day — Bealtaine traditionally marks the beginning of summer in Ireland. May is also the time to enjoy the native Hawthorn's stunning clouds of white flower. An important plant in folklore and a vital resource for pollinators. #MayDay #Bealtaine #biodiversity

Saharan dust forecast to move up over Ireland later this week and next weekend but with no rain forecast it shouldn’t come down to ruin your washed windows. Can make for some nice sunrise and sunsets though.

Here is the link to the "free to access" report by @judesherry.bsky.social and me Solutions for #VacantIreland #DerelictIreland If there was a will, there is a clear way acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

Wishing a very happy St Patrick’s Day to all of my friends celebrating in Ireland and around the world, especially O’Larry who’s the guard cat at Jameson:

If you've got a better photograph of a cat trying to fire a cannon at an unsuspecting dog then we'd like to see it. #Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning

Its not about posting pictures of women…#AccelerateAction www.internationalwomensday.com

Happy World Book Day.

For any women working in the Whiskey world following me here, you might be interested in the OurWhiskyFoundation mentorship programme - ‘Atonia’ www.ourwhiskyfoundation.org/atonia-progr...

Appalling. www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/p...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Want to learn more about the history of women in science? Search for ‘women’ and ‘science’ as subjects in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) https://buff.ly/3L7a33B

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free online courses available for anyone to enroll. MOOCs provide an affordable and flexible way to learn new skills, advance your career and deliver quality educational experiences at scale. www.mooc.org Please share :)

To mark the feast of St Brigit of Kildare here is a link to a recent open access article by me about her early cult. In it, I argue that the historical figure - the only one of Ireland's three patron saints who is a woman - was celebrated as a champion of the powerless www.ria.ie/2024/02/01/m...

The NMI developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with us on drafting a script for the tour -deadline for applications is 14th February 2025 #history #lgbtihistories #queerhistories www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Yes!!!!

Telling it like it is!!! 🤣

The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, Saint Stephens's day, she was caught in a furze, Up with the kettle, and down with the pan, Give me some money to bury the wren.

So eloquently put. Israel accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line” is perverse.