I just emailed TDs in Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Donegal telling them to stand firm against corporate takeover of seaweed harvesting, can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/so... @uplift.ie

🐸It’s possibly our favourite time of year, when the frogs return to the ponds on Montpelier Hill, gathering in the shallows as the year’s spawning activity begins. #nature #biodiversity #wildlife #thursdaymood 🐸

Europe depends on US companies to handle digital payments, putting our money at risk. A strong Digital Euro would give everyone safe, independent access to money. But banks and Big Tech want to kill the proposal. Sign the petition now: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-02...

I’m delighted to be running the Contemporary Irish Short Story online course at the Irish Writers Centre. Bookings are now open. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/the-...

I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/em...

PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

PSA writers aged 18-26 ✨ The Young Writer Delegate Programme at Cúirt International Festival of Literature is now open for applications! More info + how to apply here: irishwriterscentre.ie/young-writer...

Our next online event will be our February launch reading with Polly Clark, Cathy Galvin and Penelope Shuttle! Watch live (or later) on our YouTube channel on Tues 24 February, 7pm. More details here: www.bloodaxebooks.com/events?artic... @cathygalvin.bsky.social

I have just signed this petition. It's an issue I care about. Will you sign it too? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

Dear @eppgroup.bsky.social ❌ Don't destroy our forests ❌ Don't deregulate nature protection ❌ Don't work with the far right Vote NO on the #EUDR in the European Parliament this Wednesday. share.greens-efa.eu/s/L7MglIq6

If any of my Bluesky author friends have written books that feature dogs quite prominently (not necessarily plural dogs, could be a singular dog), then do let me know, and I'll see if there's any way I can squeeze it into our forthcoming book Literary Dogs, a history of canines in literature.

So apart from being very talented my brother David is very brave. While his film Eternity was being wrapped up he had a very serious diagnosis and he has written about it here time.com/7339094/eter...

I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

We're rounding off the year with some truly excellent December online workshops! Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thepo... @janeburn.bsky.social @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

really looking forward to welcoming @bansheepress.bsky.social to the #DublinSmallPressFair2025 on November 28/29 in the Pearse St Library, D2. Banshee publish a literary journal as well as books, and won Small Press of the Year in 2024 + 2025 at The Bookseller's Publishing Awards! bansheepress.org

An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...

What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland? Join @skeinpress.bsky.social for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair Tickets are free but limited - find them at www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/you... Presented in association with Poetry Ireland.

Poet & translator @georgeszirtes.bsky.social is a nominee for the inaugural City of Literature Award. The winner will be chosen by residents of Eastern England & announced at a ceremony @writerscentre.bsky.social on 12 Feb. Vote by 12 Dec. #eastanglianbookawards www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

I've just signed the Open Letter to support Standing Against Hate in our Communities. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...

Imagine your favourite beach crowded with oil rigs and spills 😢 I just signed a petition to stop drilling in the Baltic - let’s keep our seas clean and safe for wildlife, climate, and our future! 🌊💚 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-10...

A magical event in Cork celebrating Arlen House at 50, honouring Catherine Rose, Ireland's first feminist publisher; plus launching the biggest anthology of Irish women poets ever published ‒ Washing Windows V ‒ with an amazing speech by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin + stunning readings from contributors.

“Israel now controls about 53 per cent of Gaza, and there is no indication that it is going to leave,” Nathan Thrall, a former director at the International Crisis Group, said.

"A poet can survive everything but a misprint." Oscar Wilde #botd

The quiet power of never forgetting. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

Via Sarah Clancy's partner Anne Mulhall: "Friends I am so happy to tell you that Sarah and all the Irish flotilla heroes are in the air flying to Athens and will all be on flights home to Dublin tonight or tomorrow. Sarah will be arriving into Dublin airport at 11pm tonight."

World Leaders: Protect the Sumud Flotilla Now action.eko.org/a/world-lead...

Irish mums were promised safe, personal maternity care with real options. Instead, we're getting too many unnecessary procedures and unfair treatment depending on where you live. Our families—and hardworking midwives—deserve much better. my.uplift.ie/petitions/mo... @uplift.ie

All eyes on The Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli occupation's illegal siege on Gaza. Sign & share to show your support. my.uplift.ie/petitions/i-... @uplift.ie

Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football! #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...

Enough is enough. Lets get toxic chemicals out of period products!: action.eko.org/a/toxic-peri...

We're very excited to announce this— Off The Scéal is a brand new Multilingual Open-Mic night created and hosted by the amazing @danflynn94.bsky.social and myself 😍 Come on down to the DLR Lexicon Studio and join us for a night of poetry and song —

A new trade deal with South America called the EU-Mercosur deal would bring more food grown with banned pesticides into Europe, threatening our health and the livelihood of European farmers. Act NOW to protect Europe’s food standards #StopMercosur action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-02...

Protect elephants: keep the global ivory ban action.eko.org/a/keep-globa...

Help Jana and her family in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1434...

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

First look: the gorgeous cover of FILLY, Rosamund Taylor's stunning novel-in-verse, coming from Banshee Press in October 2025. Cover photography by Oana Stoian, with design by Jack Smyth ✨ @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @jackflag.bsky.social

For a whole year I shared a riverbank with a male mute swan Everyday on my walk we conversed without a word being said Every day I hoped he found the partner he craved This year he brought his new family to see me

£76 million. That’s how much Stormont exempted companies such as Coca-Cola, Moy Park and Kingspan from paying rates last year. I've signed this petition calling Finance Minister John O'Dowd to scrap the exemption today - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns my.actnowni.org/petitions/ca...

Stop the big corporations fueling Gaza’s destruction. action.eko.org/a/stop-fuell...

Adorable otters are being captured and trafficked for use in exotic pet cafes in Japan. We need to stop this! Help protect otters, join the global call. action.eko.org/a/stop-otter...

I've just signed this petition calling on the government to protect the GPO as a national monument and to scrap plans to turn it into shops and offices. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr... @uplift.ie

I've just signed this petition calling on the Irish government to not raise university fees. Will you sign too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke... @uplift.ie

African Union: enforce the ban on the donkey skin trade action.eko.org/a/african-un...

This day last year - the launch of "May Swim". Thanks to Sinéad MacAodha for her lovely speech, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social for publishing my 6th poetry collection, & to the friends, family and poetry lovers who cleared out the shop! Missing my swimming friend Sydna Farrar, who has since swum on...

New peer-reviewed research: wolves in Poland mostly hunt wild animals, not livestock. Predators keep ecosystems stable. And ecosystems are what feed, clean, and cool the planet. Biodiversity isn’t a luxury. It’s humanity’s life support system.

Green-crowned Brilliant #hummingbird at Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona #CostaRica #birds #nature

Banks: don't fund KEPCO's polluting coal plans action.eko.org/a/banks-don-...