Have to say I’m delighted for Justin Fletcher and wish him every happiness, so thankful to him for the many times he ‘babysat’ while I did housework 😀 www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/ar...

@news.rte.ie What happened to this poor gentleman in broad daylight was an outrage. RIP Alex Coughlan and condolences to his family www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

@news.rte.ie What happened to this poor gentleman in broad daylight was an outrage. RIP Alex Coughlan and condolences to his family www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

‘Death of a Naturalist’, Sixty Years On | Lecture by Dr Rosie Lavan 📅 Sat 24 May, 2pm Celebrate 60 years of Seamus Heaney’s debut collection with a talk on its journey to publication, early magazine appearances, and iconic poems like ‘Digging’. 🎟️ https://ow.ly/qGWJ50YSnuh

Extract from my column in today’s Irish Independent about how scammers are using AI to target the unwary. Happening in all sorts of industries and professions. Link to full piece here www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

👇👇👇 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Panel discussion on all things cholera with Prof Luke O’Neill (TCD) Dr Derek Greene (UCD) & Prof James Gleeson (UL) at @ria.ie last week, moderated by Prof Gerardine Meaney (UCD). It was post performance of Miasma, a brilliant play by Colin Murphy. Congrats all involved in a wonderful production 👏

Still wondering, in my dotage,why there's no Illustration category at the @irishbookawards.bsky.social Can't just go *oh well there's the children's book category*.Top Illustrators like @marionmcgarry.bsky.social @danleydon.bsky.social and tons more doing graphic novels, sports, history, folklore

Popped in to see William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social Wonderful exhibition full of imagination, the gothic and the Sublime. Plenty of Irish artists included too, along with evidence of the Irish influences on Blake. Go see!

A piece on old Irish May traditions… www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Listen to writer Colin Murphy talking to @rte.ie Arena about his new play, Miasma: www.rte.ie/culture/2026... Book tickets to see it in the Royal Irish Academy on Friday, 8 May at 1:00pm: www.ria.ie/events/miasma/ @researchireland.ie

A piece on old Irish May traditions… www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Dote O’Neill from Casteldockrell, who recently celebrated her 103 year birthday, will be given a special title of 'Wexford's Oldest May Queen'

Remember these… there should be more nature tables in schools!

At risk of this being an annual Grinch™️, I really dislike seeing this. Nature is full of magic for children already, it doesn't need a lot of naff plastic littering the place. Also, fairy doors represent a saccharine Anglo-American tinkerbell view of fairies, Irish fairies are NOT twee!

Today is the anniversary of renowned Cork artist #DanielMaclise (1860-1870). He was one of the first students of the Cork School of Art (later to become #CrawfordArtGallery). After moving to London, Maclise became an accomplished history painter, achieving respect unequalled... (cont.) #IrishArt

‘Athens cannot operate as a giant hotel’: mayor vows to rescue capital from overtourism

An awful lot of people who’ve never written books before are… suddenly writing books! I wonder what could be driving this marvellous trend 🙈

Cuckoo heard this morning for the first time this year… here comes the summer!

This is a genuinely mindblowing combination. 1) Deliberately false information, 2) promoted in schools, 3) using public money, 4) in the service of private profits, 5) at the cost of our collapsing ecosystem.

Yu-uh. so to tally up: these vehicles: guzzle petrol, kill more people, make roads unsafe for everyone else, are too big for parking spaces & garages, destroy roads making them dangerous for bikes, pedestrians & other cars www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Some highlights from Food for Thought 2026, Afri’s annual hedge school-inspired gathering in partnership with 3rd-year Outdoor Education and History and Geography students at Atlantic Technological University. @oflynnatu.bsky.social @atu-hrg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=93zo...

Happy Easter! Read all about wonderful old Irish traditions of the season in my piece on @RTEBrainstorm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Absolutely hate balloons. Waste of energy and future litter. Great piece here outlining how many “just don’t think” of the environment when using them👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The environmental impact of war ranks low in the headlines www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Dr Bernadette Cunningham will discuss the Annals of the Four Masters and its Mayo connections at @atumayo.bsky.social. All welcome. Lecture presented by our History & Geography programme in association with MHAS. @oflynnatu.bsky.social @b7cunningham.bsky.social

I despair. From today’s Sunday Independent. www.pressreader.com/ireland/sund...

Should the border and northwestern region actually be considered a region at all? Great piece by Richard Curran in today’s Sindo m.independent.ie/business/ric...

Why mid-career is such a dangerous time for burnout and stress www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Lovely surprise to hear Oliver Callan discussing my piece on his show just now @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social Great to see the piece having such an impact with the public @rte.ie @oflynnatu.bsky.social @atu-ie.bsky.social

Lovely surprise to hear Oliver Callan discussing my piece on his show just now @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social Great to see the piece having such an impact with the public @rte.ie @oflynnatu.bsky.social @atu-ie.bsky.social

Fascinating from @marionmcgarry.bsky.social Finally I understand why people would ask childhood me why I had that puss on me!

42% of Irish students live at home & many spend well in excess of two hours travelling to and from college every day. Analysis of new research on student commuters by @beta1hat.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social & @dflan.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: how a Galway goldsmith with a colourful past created an Irish design icon of love, jewellery and folklore. By @marionmcgarry.bsky.social ATU #ValentinesDay www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Should the border and northwestern region actually be considered a region at all? Great piece by Richard Curran in today’s Sindo m.independent.ie/business/ric...

I’m half way through this by @thinkorswim.bsky.social it’s hugely thought provoking, in fact parts are a real eye-opener… highly recommended 👏

‘From the cabins and the ditches, in their charred, uncoffin'd masses...’ In Jan. 1847 The Nation magazine published poet, nationalist & feminist Jane 'Speranza' Wilde's (d. #OTD 1896) poem 'The Famine Year', the first major poetic response to the Great Famine. www.dib.ie/biography/wi... #DIBLives

Who does this man think he is? How dare he tell the female chair to “breathe”, how patronising 👇 read more

How Ireland used to celebrate St Brigid's Day in the past @atu-ie.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Ireland topping the chart here and not in a good way…

Much unhappiness re the new Wuthering Heights film, would ye relax lads, it’s just an artistic interpretation! Also I go with Terry Eagleton’s argument that Heathcliff is actually of Irish origin, a lost boy speaking Gaelic, found in Liverpool and discriminated against as most Irish were 19thC 😎

The worry of commuting across multiple counties to get to work, it’s Friday but I’m already looking at the weather next week and wondering will there be ice to contend with. No public transport alternative available, so a nervous 2 + hour drive each way awaits…

Is it still January 🥲

Thirteen Travellers will graduate with a Master's degree or graduate diploma in Sociology from the University of Limerick today

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social

The Irish military is to award one of its highest honours to three soldiers and a Chaplain for their bravery during a terror attack on a military barracks in Galway. jrnl.ie/6924369t

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: the roots of the rites and traditions associated with January 6th, the last day of Christmas and the day known as #NollaignamBan. By @marionmcgarry.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The roots and traditions associated with January 6th, the last day of Christmas and the day known as Nollaig na mBan. By @marionmcgarry.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Lovely to pop into my local Easons and see this on the shelf… 5 years since it was published and still popular with readers… 🤓