The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.

iPhone 17 Pro Max 2TB: EU/Ireln - €2,489 America - €1,826 (incl sales tax) €660 difference

Justine McCarthy: Catherine Connolly must unhitch her presidential wagon from Clare Daly and Mick Wallace

"The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza" www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/m...

I agree with basically all of this by Kev Collins www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZpd...

Vastly experienced EU negotiators gave Trump the optics of a win but will fillet the US in the details, knowing the Taco president will want to keep his win by conceding loads of goodies to keep it alive.

Mickey MacConnell, a true legend — songwriter, poet, lyricist, composer, columnist, journalist, balladeer, husband, and dad, has died. He lived amongst us in Listowel. Tá sé smith ar shlí na fírinne. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

A wonderful short story "The Last Supper" by Jayson Carcione @carcionejay.bsky.social. www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/the-...

Sally Rooney in The Guardian Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is barbaric from a State whose rulers were front and centre at the Ascot Carnival, even sharing a carriage with King Charles III in the Royal Procession. At least the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, has the good sense to snub these odious despots! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Ireland is the distillation capital of the World. When Hennessy etc escaped via flight of the Earls they brought it to France. This is Dromin House in Listowel (just restored), where reference to an apple brandy distillation room dates to 1661.

NUJ joins the IFJ in condemning those responsible for death of journalist Dharmendra Singh Chauhan who has been shot and killed in India, bringing number of reporters killed in the country this year to four www.nuj.org.uk/resource/ind...

Finally, a win for journalism in the US. www.huffpost.com/entry/preakn...

IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!

Kerry Co. Co. will close the N71 Killarney to Molls Gap road to public traffic from Mangerton Rd to the junction of R568 - N71 at Molls Gap from 7.30am to 10.45am on Sat May 17th. This is to facilitate the Run Killarney event. Access provided for emergency services & residents.

I'm scarlet for the page editors at the @irishtimes.com. Leo XIV was not the first American Pope; Pope Francis was. Get it right! Reporter Patsy McGarry’s copy emphasises Leo is the first US Pope. Maybe subs should have read it. This rare mistake makes the page a collector’s item.

One of my heroes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

Good evening from the Kingdom 🌸

Journalism is under fire everywhere. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Journalism could yet get a win in Trump’s America. Well, the Mick McCarthy trained Journalism is the favourite for today's Kentucky Derby!

This makes for chilling reading. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

Latest: The IDF investigated itself, but questions remain about how Israeli soldiers closed around on and fired for over six minutes at rescue workers who were unarmed, in uniform and praying, killing all of them. Our video investigation reconstructs what happened. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Children are people too! www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Another sun goes down on an Irish Atlantic rainforest 🌎

Written after a conversation at John B's in Listowel and first published in @elsewherejournal.bsky.social, "Anger is a fishing trawler" is today's poem-a-day pick over at @versedaily.bsky.social! www.versedaily.org/2025/angeris...

Missteps, equipment problems and a risky practice caused an Army helicopter and jet to collide in January over Washington, a New York Times investigation shows, killing everyone aboard both aircraft. Here’s a close look at what led to the worst domestic crash in the U.S. in nearly a quarter-century.

Spontaneous applause for Ukrainian President Zelenskyi at the funeral of Pope today in Rome. russia wants to convince us that we're all alone in this fight. We are not. Video: Acyn Twitter.

(Sorry for briefly spamming my own prints on here, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make some sort of tenuous living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy bachelor farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies)

modern European history job in DCU #speirgorm #history universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...

The only difference between Liz Truss and Donald Trump is that Trump lies better. And that's not saying much.

Trump, an expert at making money from going bankrupt, seems to be teeing up the US for a similar faith — a defacto default on its massive national debt of $28.96 trillion. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-a...

🚨🚨 Major scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: @ec.europa.eu is now issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage, a measure traditionally reserved for trips to #China.🧵 www.ft.com/content/20d0...

US gets sucker punched in global trade war and everyone but China loses nypost.com/2025/04/14/w...

At @carolecadwalla.bsky.social speaking at a school in Granard county Longford. What a terrific sentence! Well done @granardbooktown.bsky.social

Our towns are dying in plain sight, and nothing is being done to stop the decay. www.rte.ie/news/leinste...

"Their souls call for justice." Younis al-Khatib of Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for an independent investigation into the killing of aid workers & medics in Gaza by IDF soldiers. Witnesses recalled to @nytimes.com more of what happened: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/w...

Reminder; IAPH annual lecture which I am honoured to give - is on next week, in the @nlireland.bsky.social at 6.30 on Tuesday 15th April - all welcome, book below 👇🏼 #speirgorm #skystorians #history #irishhistory #irishnhist www.eventbrite.ie/e/afterlives...

Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Might be of interest to law graduates - fully funded Eu law PhDs going in Dublin

This is massive. Seed Banks hold the fall back for agriculture. Crop failure, crop disease, like potato blight....... can be devastating. Seed banks his living seed to resow and replant lost crops, or breed disease resistant new varieties. This is food security at risk dnyuz.com/2025/03/22/w...

This week our Meet the Author video is by Thomas McCarthy, writer of Plenitude, which is published this month! 🌿 Click below to hear Thomas talk about the book's subjects and themes, and read from the collection. www.youtube.com/watch?v=62wCGYEhOoE

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

Free speech is under attack in the US with Donald Trump leading the charge. Follow link: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

The closing date for entries for the literary competitions of Ireland’s oldest literature festival, Writer’s Week, is fast approaching — March 10, 2025. Competitions info writersweek.ie/comp-2025/ See you at this year’s festival from May 28 to June 1, 2025 Queries: [email protected]

Interesting temporary job opportunities associated with Ireland’s EU Presidency (including an access route) www.gov.ie/en/publicati...

Essential reading this morning. We live in a new world now. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

My fourth play Coffin Jockeys will be premiered in Milltown Hall Kerry on April 4,5,and 6 of April, It’s a comedic look at funerals and the characters who attend them. #Theatre #Drama #Comedy