My first #Substack Travel Newsletter, providing a roundup of Travel Trends & News, from the Consumer perspective for the UK & EU: frankbrehany.substack.com/p/frank-breh...

Great article @unamullally.bsky.social abt speaking #Irish or Gaeilge. Exploring my family's history I've learnt abt wider family & my Dad, #Tuam home boy; he was a good Irish speaker. On that journey I now recognise/learnt some words/phrases: Go raibh maith agat www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ah here, have another #painting. "Ormond Quay" was done 3 years ago. I based it on a lifetime of loving Dublin City's quays. I like buildings, squares, rectangles, right angles, that sort of thing, and my head is full of them all the time. Sometimes they come out like this. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm

My latest #Substack Article & Podcast. Mindful that Friday 10 October 2025 is World Day Against the Death Penalty, I comment on the issues from a personal perspective along with talking to UK & USA issues. frankbrehany.substack.com/p/the-death-...

#Travel #Holidays #Flights #Aircrew Nothing new to me in this report b/c I still speak w/aircrew abt their work For the vast majority of #Consumers, they do not u/stand the conditions #FlightCrews have to work in It's all abt safety, not the duty free! www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

A #painting from way back now, from a time when my head was full of hopes and dreams. "Meath Street Shopping" came out of, well, liking one of Dublin's streets, one where I did a lot of shopping when I was a teenager. That's it really. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm

#BBCNottingham #BBCLeicester #BBCDerby #BBCRadioStoke #BBCCWR #bbcwm #bbchw #BBCShropshire #CharlieBurley_ Thnx4opp2talkabt #Travel &... ✈️EES=EUs Entry/Exit Sys 12/10 onwards + 2026 ETIAS Visa! ✈️Safety in USA + Border! ✈️#ConventSummers! ✈️Bologna, Benalmadena, Cyprus (Disability #Holidays), Skye

These are probably the clearest words we need to hear about the plight of #Palestinian people in #Gaza & the #WestBank to date youtu.be/g2L7kqNsfQA?...

Anyway, have a #painting "Golden Leaves III" is another in the series that came when I had my little American dog here in Dublin, and we would walk looking for autumnal leaves. After jumping into a pile of them she would look at me wondering why I had done that. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #ForestFriday

This is my latest #Substack article where I examine the Froth & the Fizz of the upcoming EU's Entry/Exit Border System; time for a better personal travel resilience? frankbrehany.substack.com/p/the-froth-...

A new #painting. "Cill Chiaráin". Kilkieran if you prefer. One ridiculous perfect day in South Connemara I was painting by the side of a road. Everywhere I looked I saw more paintings I knew I'd paint later. This is later. I love this part of the world. Love it. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #MountainMonday

A #painting "Portrush Harbour came after cycling from Derry around Binevenagh and on to north Antrim where after sleeping off a sickness for 24 hours in Portrush I walked to the harbour the next day. When I finished painting this scene I cycled off around the Causeway Coast. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm

My press release on my recent #book launches in #Ireland www.frankbrehany.shop/post/diverse...

Lest anyone think that the work on the headstones was an indication of a Road to Damascus moment…

(cc @sheilaahern.bsky.social )

9) In essence, the OLC press release raises more questions than answers & despite issuing a PR, the order remains as opaque as ever about its activities, which is of no assistance to families seeking truth & justice.

8) Additionally, I note that the 1993 exhumations are conspicuous in their absence from OLC’s press release. Furthermore, the order does not specify whether their ‘review’ has examined the State mandated eye-witness record of the exhumations, or whether they’ve accounted for all 155 women.

7) For a start, while OLC say they’ve identified ‘three more gravesites’, we’re aware of at least 9 further unmarked plots at Glasnevin where women from High Park & Sean McDermott St are buried.

6) It will take time to examine the new inscriptions/headstones & compare them to the data in the Magdalene Names Project databases (jfmresearch.com/home/magdale...) But on the face of it, I’m not hopeful that this is the end of the matter.

4) Our analysis is impeded by the fact that the order refuses to open its records. An exception is Jacinta Prunty, whose flawed research on HP’s records was used by the McAleese Ctte to wrongly conclude that all 155 women exhumed in 1993 are accounted for. See Ch8 of: jfmresearch.com/books/irelan...

3) 🚨Whether the rectifications are accurate/adequate remains to be seen. It will take time to establish to what extent the issues we’ve been highlighting over the past 2 decades are resolved. This is slow, careful work. Accuracy & ethical considerations take priority over speed.

1) We founded JFM in 2003 when we learned about anomalies at the High Park graves, exposed by Mary Raftery. 22 yrs later, the Srs of Our Lady of Charity (OLC) say they’ve rectified errors & omissions at their Glasnevin graves. A few initial observations: goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...?

The Journey Home for ‘A Magdalene Rose’ begins…. #shorelinesarts #Galwaybayfmnews #ShannonsideFM #RTERadio1 #Portumna #Glenamaddy #Dublin

11 Sept 2025 marks 32nd Anniversary of the 155 High Park Magdalen Laundry Women, who, for financial reasons, were exhumed, 154 women were cremated & reinterred in Glasnevin cemetery in #dublin - 32 yrs later, official Ireland resists answering Qs - they will not be forgotten youtu.be/0nMSOxidGfM?...

My latest #substack article & podcast which again reflects on a recent Tuam Homily and 'non-recurrence': frankbrehany.substack.com/p/non-recurr...

My latest #substack article/podcast where I discuss the problems that can arise from legal activism: frankbrehany.substack.com/p/the-consta...

You are cordially invited to my #booklaunch at The Club na Múinteoirí, Parnell Square West, Dublin, on Thursday 18 September, 2025 at 6.30pm. I look forward to welcoming you to my event @rteradio1.bsky.social #theirishpost #925PheonixFM #irish_examiner #dublinsq102

You are cordially invited to my #booklaunch at Jim-Pete's Pub, Glenamaddy, Co. Galway, Ireland at 8.30pm, Tuesday 16 September, 2025. I look forward to welcoming you to my event #jimpetespub #Glenamaddy #shannonsidefm #theirishpost @rteradio1.bsky.social

You are cordially invited to my #booklaunch at The Courthouse, Portumna, Co. Galway, Ireland at 5pm, Saturday 13 September, 2025. I look forward to welcoming you to my event #ShorelinesArtsFestival @rteone.rte.ie #shannonsidefm #galwaybayfm

#painting "Wicklow Sunrise" is another of my new paintings that sold last month. Once upon a time I sat up all night in Wicklow town and watched the sun rise over the Irish Sea. You don’t really need any more of a reason than that for why I painted this. #ArtYear #SpeirGhorm #scape

@925phoenixfm.bsky.social #Daire_Walsh Thnx 4opp2talkabt my forthcoming #BookLaunch of 'A Magdalene Rose' 📚Deeply personal book from 2nd generationer 📚Book has joy & raw lived exps 📚Research & personal stories are key 📚It brings 4remarkable lives 2life 📚18/9/25 #ClubnaMúinteoirí #Booksky #Books

My thanks to #Galwaybayfmnews #GalwayTalks #JohnMorleyNews 4opp2talkabt my book, 'A Magdalene Rose. Grateful 4the opportunity to talk abt: 🌹My Grandfather & his appearance B4 #Portumna's court; 🌹My Grandmother & the practical effects of incarceration; 🌹Seeking #Justice & Depts failure 2u/stand GDPR

At 11.40am, I shall be on #GalwayBayFM & #GalwayTalks with #johnmorleynews abt my #Galway #booklaunches (#portumna (13/9/25) #Glenamaddy (16/9/25)). Talking about 'A Magdalene Rose' & the 4 remarkable people within. #ShorelinesArtsFestival #ConnachtTribune #GalwayCityTribune #TheIrishPost

"Tidal Flat" another new #painting which sold last month. I’m drawn to the spaces where land and water argue over sovereignty but peacefully, as in I like the space where there is no resistance and the water comes in and goes out largely as it pleases. #TidesOutTuesday #SpeirGorm #ArtYear

It took 9 years, from making a promise, to discover #portumna. On a cold February morning in 2010, I discovered the shoreline of #loughderg; I imagined a #galway girl just walking on by. I shall never forget this Lough or the wonderful townspeople #shorelinesartsfestival #galwaybayfm #AMagdaleneRose

#Travel #Holidays #EthicalTourism #Genocide This is utterly disgusting. As a travel commentator I would never support tourism being used as cover, let alone ever recommending that people should visit this so-called new nirvana - it would be unconscionable www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

I'd like to thank the @galwaycitytribune.bsky.social #ConnaughtTribune for their editorial on my soon to be launched book, A Magdalene Rose, in #Portumna (13/9) & #Glenamaddy (16/9) and highlighting the story of two remarkable people in my book. #Ireland #BookLaunch #ShorelinesArtsFestival

In my latest #Podcast & #Substack article, I look at current Institutional language & outcomes and consider the implications for #Ireland's proposed National Remembrance & the State's obligation to import "Non-Recurrence" frankbrehany.substack.com/p/non-recurr...

Celebrating my first #Irish #BookLaunch taking place on 13 September, 2025, at 5pm, at The Courthouse, Portumna, Co. Galway. I’ll be reading from my book, A Magdalene Rose, followed by Q&As; look forward to seeing you there! #Portumna #Ireland #Bookssky #shorelinesartsfestival #Books

The age of #EnoughisEnoughTourism is truly upon us. What do you think, have they gone too far or do countries and destinations need to go further. How would you control Tourism? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Having been close to forest fires this summer, here's my short #Substack article along with guidance on how to manage your own risk in such a situation: frankbrehany.substack.com/p/holidays-a...

My latest #Substack article on #ireland's #nationalcentreforresearchandremembrance (#NCRR): frankbrehany.substack.com/p/a-silver-l...

A rare timeout these days, but a perfect start to the day. In the fascism, misery & gross political incompetence & lies that surrounds us, we all deserve a peaceful, slightly self-indulgent, Sunday. Enjoy yours wherever you may be #sundayvibes

A rare timeout these days, but a perfect start to the day. In the fascism, misery & gross political incompetence & lies that surrounds us, we all deserve a peaceful, slightly self-indulgent, Sunday. Enjoy yours wherever you may be #sundayvibes

Join me in #dublincity, Ireland on 18 September, 2025, where I shall reveal the remarkable lives of 4 people, in the very city not chosen by my Magdalene Rose - hear about her life and survival. Witness joy, betrayal and justice and never giving up in your search for the truth!

Join me in #Glenamaddy, Ireland on 16 September, 2025, where I shall reveal the remarkable lives of 4 people, in the very pub where a #Tuam boy found love. Witness joy, betrayal and justice and never giving up in your search for the truth!

Join me in #Portumna, #Ireland on 13 September, 2025, where I shall reveal the remarkable lives of 4 people, in The Courthouse - has or will Justice come full circle? Witness joy, betrayal and justice and never giving up in your search for the truth!

Calling all #IrishAmericans! A new book has been launched about a history you may not fully understand: #IrishPost @irishradio.bsky.social @irishradioca.bsky.social

A Magdalene Rose is coming home. Meet her and her lover in #Portumna, #Ireland on Saturday 13 September, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you there.

#Ireland #Dublin #NationalCentreforResearchandRemembrance #MotherandBabyHomes #MagdalenLaundries #BoardedOut #Adoption #IndustrialSchools It’s now 167 days since I met reps from Irish Govt abt the #NCRR & #NonRecurrence -their idea! Still no contact; no plan on implementation - this is important!