Like many I will really miss Áine’s @aine-lawlor.bsky.social calming and friendly voice steering us through the morning news on #MorningIreland The best. Beir bua with whatever is next. 💚

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

“We got the chance to show her the completed film it was very special and she was overwhelmed by it” - Mark Mc Loughlin, Director of Stolen Lives

'Stolen Lives', a documentary film I scored for bang bang teo plays July 10th at @galwayfilm.bsky.social in The Town Hall Galway. The film has a heightened poignancy given the recent death of the woman at the heart of the piece, Sunny Jacobs, in tragic circumstances.

Writers from around the world can submit scripts for BBC Audio Drama with cash prize, and attendance at an award ceremony in the UK to participate in the recording of their dramas for a world premiere. Flight and accommodation expenses are covered by the BBC. Details in link. Please share :)

It’s got to the point now where we’ll even try a joke to make this horror story end. Nothing else seems to be working. 🇵🇸

Magical performance from Chamber Choir Ireland and @crashensemble.bsky.social at @limetreetheatre.bsky.social this evening. Catch it on tour if you can.

The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin". www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

new saddest six word story just dropped

It was a great experience working with some wonderful poets and musicians on this which will be broadcast this Sunday on the Lyric Feature 6pm.

“Profits from the album, which is available on streaming services such as Spotify”… What a joke. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Very happy to have made the music for “The Life of Brian Maguire”, which will be showing this Thursday 20th on RTE1. www.rte.ie/video/id/23117

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Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Defense youtu.be/jci1trmvv8I

For those of you waiting, Fulham have just brought on Godo.

My friends I wish you much luck in 2025. Mind yourselves and each other. 💚

Much food for thought (while you let the other type of food digest) to ponder here from @tonerquinn.bsky.social www.rte.ie/culture/2024...

The Burning Question w/ Louise Williams -thoughts/stories on climate activism & the planet: Philippe Sands, Lauren McDonald, Gerry Liston, Youth4ClimateJustice, Imogen Allen, Hannah Brady, Percy Chamburuka. Sound: Chris Watson & Ruth Kennington. Music: @ddukes.bsky.social Thanks: Coimisiún na Meán

And in a new remix of the scheduling process (coz of d’election) The Burning Question will air at 8pm @rteradio1.bsky.social on Sunday 15 Dec and is already playing in a loop at rte.ie/dramaonone thanks to our amazing guests and team!

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“The ‘No’ he stands for is entirely positive”. Universal Clock: The resistance of Peter Watkins is currently on YouTube and you should watch it now youtu.be/mS7vAfKRmmc?...

And we’re back with a new remix of the scheduling process- the Burning Question will air at 8pm @rteradio1.bsky.social on Sunday 15 Dec and is already playing in a loop at rte.ie/dramaonone

The Burning Question, presented by Louise Williams, offering thoughts/stories on climate activism and the planet. With Philippe Sands, Lauren McDonald, the Youth4ClimateJustice team, Imogen Allen, Hannah Brady, & Percy Chamburuka. Sound: Chris Watson & Ruth Kennington. Music:Daragh Dukes.

Delighted to be part of this ambitious and insightful series which begins tonight at 8 on RTE Radio1 www.rte.ie/culture/2024...

Does everyone know about Project Gutenberg? E-books for free. The world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for free. Digitized and diligently proofread by thousands of volunteers. Please share.

Given what’s been going on in real time. I strongly recommend moving over to literature time. literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com

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I’ve never been a fan of the fantasy genre but I started re-watching this last night and it is exactly what 2024 needs. www.sky.com/watch/title/...

The programme on James Hanley RHA is now available as a podcast here for anyone who missed it. Thank you for all of the wonderful feedback. www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...