Bringing my show HOME to #DunLaoghaire and the great @thepurtykitchen. So why not grab your pals, your sisters, your Ma and even your fella and hop in the DART to Salthill. Have a bite downstairs and then join me for some laughs and positivity. universe.com/events/barbara…

A milestone. For the first time ever, we have surpassed 2 million books on our website. That is 2 million books available to you through an independent, online bookshop. With competitive shipping prices. Shop local. www.kennys.ie

Tickets for 2026 Hinterland Fest now on sale at www.hinterland.ie Guests include @mcculld.bsky.social @miriamocal.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social @cwallacedublin.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social @edelcoffey.bsky.social @liznugent.bsky.social @rusbradburd.bsky.social

In case you need an excuse to visit the Cotswolds—here's a wonderful William De Morgan exhibition coming up at Moreton-in-Marsh—all those delightfully quirky animal designs! Catch it while you can (talk on Friday + 26-29th this month)! victorianweb.org/art/design/d...

Please join us to celebrate Dublin-born writer Elizabeth Bowen on her birthday weekend, in Dublin 💗

Exciting news! @clodaghfinn.bsky.social and I had such fun making our podcast mini-series An Irishwoman's Diary that Series Two will be available in June. ICYMI, Series One is available here - you can listen back to all the episodes at this link: www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Wexford people. A wee reminder.

Next Saturday, the great Irish Cubist Mary Swanzy is being honoured in Dublin. A plague will placed on the house she was born in at 23 Merrion Square. L: The White Tower, c.1926 R: Cubist Landscape with Red Pagoda and Bridge, 1925-1930

From Dublin via Hebden Bridge To Buenos Aires - Seattle - Indonesia - Bratislava - Cairo - Delhi - Tokyo - Manila - Melbourne And Heckmondwike. Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Selected as one of the 50 Great Irish novels of the century by @thetimes.com

Absolute cracker of a show @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social - brilliant sets, costumes and performances - and a sting in the tail of this one!

Need some opinions on Beloved fast? Or Toni Morrison? We've got you. @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/93-...

Would be good if performers, musicians, writers, and other creative workers insisted on organisers not using genAI for advertising festivals, shows and events they're taking part in, in solidarity with visual artists, because it's absolutely everywhere at the moment. We need to stick together!

Job Opportunity! Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Contemporary Art History University College Dublin - Historical and Philosophical Studies www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN346/l...

This remarkable colour photograph of hot air balloons at the inaugural Paris Air Show was taken in 1909 by Léon Gimpel, using the Autochrome Lumière process, the first commercial process for colour photography

The 100 best novels of all time

Anna's book launch is TODAY at SIX THIRTY in DUBRAY BOOKS on GRAFTON STREET for LOVE SCENE, an EXCELLENT STORY about BICKERING, SMOULDERING FRENEMIES

@fhayesmccoy.bsky.social Thanks for sharing Felicity. She was onstage last night accepting the award with her boss. I’m so proud of her. A wonderful girl and a book lover all her life.

My niece Anna works (so hard & so well) in this fabulous bookshop! Congratulations to them on such a brilliant achievement! 🤩

Sounds amazing!

Gardaí have appealed for the public's assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old schoolgirl Emily Walsh Hamilton, who was reported missing from Dundrum on Saturday jrnl.ie/7036136

Did u know? We're conditioned to thinking that birds need our shop bought bird seeds.In the summer months there should be enough natural food in our gardens for forage.Provide fruit bearing plants such as Mahonia, Cotoneaster & Crab Apples & don't dig up yr weeds -their seed heads are a feast 🌱🌿🇬🇧🌱🌍🐦‍⬛

A very breezy morning for the year's first iris to have chosen to unfurl

UCD Library is looking for the next Director of the world-class National Folklore Collection. The new Director will ensure the ongoing delivery of services for students, faculty, & researchers in an exciting time of change. Full details at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs. Pls apply by 12pm, 21 May 2026.

New online marketplace website here with good collectibles #CircularEconomy www.sellinn.ie

this brilliant, funny and romantic book about sexy, bickering writers is by @urchinette and is published today. you should all go out now and buy it

Not to be dramatic, but these vintage Penguins are perfect. Orange-and-cream design heaven, now in our secondhand section. Come find your favourite. #VintageBooks #ChaptersBookstore #penguinclassics

Francis Brennan on the radio with Oliver Callan. Radio Gold! @rteradio1.bsky.social

Stunning new mural of Sir David Attenborough in Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland by Kade.ie to mark the 100th birthday of this amazing man. #SpeirGorm #Attenborough

This is great and ideally similar services would be available to all new mothers who need it (speaking from experience!)

Spotted this on the wall of a pub in Dublin yesterday (apologies for the poor quality of the photo - the sun was shining!) #MayTheFourthBeWithYou

Many thanks to @biggreenbooks.bsky.social who delivered two signed copies of "Even the Good Girls Will Cry: My 90s Rock Memoir" by Melissa Auf der Maur to Ireland and made my husband and son very happy!

Many thanks to @biggreenbooks.bsky.social who delivered two signed copies of "Even the Good Girls Will Cry: My 90s Rock Memoir" by Melissa Auf der Maur to Ireland and made my husband and son very happy!

It’s amazing & Segovia is a wonderful place to visit.

That’s a lovely bit of etymology! I hadn’t heard it before. In Irish it’s nóinín, which seems to translate as little noon thing. Anyone?

Today is our 18th birthday!🎉 I was asked yesterday by our Transition Year work experience student how many staff I'd had over the years and my mind flickered back back over the many helping hands. Very grateful to have had Lili by my side these last few years, and Cormac more recently🙏

Not even Bull McCabe could stand in the way of #Climate Change. I talked to the owner of the most famous field in the country about how it’s being lost to landslides and flood erosion. #RTECountrywide Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

🌼 It’s May Day! 🌼 May 1st marks the start of summer in Irish tradition, celebrated as Lá Bealtaine — a festival of renewal and light. This image (c.1890–1910) shows children gathered around a Maypole, symbolising growth and new beginnings: https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000592243

Presenting the simply stunning Exclusive Kennys Limited Edition of the new Doireann ní Ghríofa. Available only at Kennys, it will be signed by the author and contains a poem Doireann has written exclusively for this edition. We can't stop looking at it! 💙 www.kennys.ie/shop/kennys-...

This Bloomsday, join veteran Dublin tour guide Pat Liddy and his colleagues on this fantastic walking tour to celebrate James Joyce’s Ulysses in the best way possible: by following some of the wanderings traced out by Leopold Bloom more than 100 years ago! www.walkingtours.ie/public-tours...

🪡 Our Published Collections team has recently catalogued an illustrated guide to creating Irish #crochet #lace, published in Paris by Collection Cartier-Bresson; https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000947277#crochet

After an incredible response from readers across Ireland, @irishbookawards.bsky.social are proud to reveal the Top 20 books, chosen by public vote from our anniversary list of 60 award-winning titles www.irishbookawards.ie

Very much open to correction but think I might've found Peig. #1926Cencus #TheStoryOfUs nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

Today is the International Day for Monuments and Sites, and Ireland is truly blessed with a wonderful array of monuments representing millennia of stories. Do you have a favourite monument in Ireland? #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Did you know that you can explore 1000s of materials (maps, photos, letters & all sorts of ephemera) by exploring our online catalogue: https://ow.ly/xSNg50YKtZQ Here’s a short guide on how to search the National Library of Ireland's Digital Collections to get you started: https://ow.ly/18KX50YKtZP

Don't get to do this often enough but you know you can listen back to everything we do on Arena wherever you get your podcasts or here... www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Monthly Spotlight Reading Guide: An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge ☑️ Synopsis ☑️ About the author ☑️ What the critics said ☑️ What the author said ☑️ Questions and discussion points ☑️ Recommendations 🔗 Tap the link below for the full reading guide

Returns from the first census undertaken by the Irish Free State are about to be made public - 100 years after they were taken on 18 April 1926 @news.rte.ie story: www.rte.ie/news/ireland... Direct access from tomorrow: nationalarchives.ie (or wait a few days in case demand overwhelms the servers)

Just a bit of notice that I’ll be leading a beginners’ in-person #workshop in #haiku #poetry as part of this year’s Intl Litfest in #Dublin, @ilfdublin.bsky.social. It takes place on Sun 17/5 at 3pm and will include a ginko / walk around Merrion Square. (Cost €18/16). ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

Few people as deserving of the title “national treasure” as @johncreedon.bsky.social Everything he does is and brings joy

Creedon’s Musical Atlas of Ireland is fascinating! Amazing to hear Bronze Age instruments. The footage of the little girls singing on the Aran Islands in 1929 is lovely. Love it @johncreedon.bsky.social www.rte.ie/player/serie...