The most stressed out I've ever been about Christmas was when I was 16 and I got my first ever job, working at M&S in Dundrum. As soon as I started I kept hearing these myths about the Christmas Eve Waste Sale, where all the food that wasn't sold on the 24th was marked down 90%.

A fantastic report from Limerick with an unequivocal conclusion: the majority of Limerick’s protected cycle lane schemes “maintained or enhanced” access for emergency vehicles. Will our planners listen though? That is the question.

My last 100 Buildings piece for 2025 on @rte.ie Culture is in County Wexford. Read about the purpose, strategic locations and design of these WW2 pill boxes guarding our waters. Link to article here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025... #Duncannon #Wexford #RTECulture #100Buildings

An illustrated line from the Prayer Of St. Brendan The Navigator, who is said to have travelled from County Kerry in Ireland to America a thousand years before Columbus made his journey. Trust in the darkness. 🌌 Prints available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space. Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex

My latest piece for my 100 Buildings series for @rte.ie Culture is Cavan Hospital designed by Andy Devane and team for RKD Architects and built by Sisk. You can read about a piece of Brutalism in Cavan here: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

My latest piece as part of my #100Building series for @rte.ie Culture is Andy Devane's first school in his hometown of Limerick displaying influences from his apprenticeship under Frank Lloyd Wright #Limerick @rkdarchitects.bsky.social www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

See also www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

So sorry to learn that Machán Magan has died. You certainly showed us the relevance of the past for the present; cf. your bestseller 'Thirty-Two Words for Field. Lost Words of the Irish Landscape'. 'Ireland in Iceland' another intriguing title. #Machán your enterprising & free spirit will be missed!

Could Dublin councillors be cut out of major plans for the city centre – as councillors have been in Limerick? Dublin councillors were looking at Limerick as a regen model. But there’s disquiet there now, with concerns on transparency, oversight, and control over development.

'But a row broke out last summer when Mayor John Moran said in line with “best corporate practice”, council members would have to apply to sit on the board, and he would decide the positions.' 12 months on no councillors have yet been appointed onto LTT board www.limerickleader.ie/news/busines...

Ireland 2025 Welcome to your new hotel-room-size permanent home This but now with 5m2 less space (equivalent to 2 double beds) & added bonus of unlimited number of neighbours in close proximity on a long corridor, with all the noise of their music/tv/chat & all the smells of their food & pets 😬

Public Consultation on the College Green and Dame Street public realm is now live for the next two weeks, link below: engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...

Calvin & Hobbes is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time and I feel like we STILL underrate it.

Propaganda works.

My latest #100Buildings piece for @rte.ie Culture is in Clonmel with the former CIÉ bus station reincarnated as an arts centre #MichaelScott #EoghanBuckley www.rte.ie/culture/2025...