My latest, for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social: How the coverage of Charlie Kirk's killer has seen once-trusted news outlets abandon factchecking for transphobia in the rush for online clicks. Available today in print and online: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

the rest of the article states that renting is better than buying because your house price might fall after you buy a property... the only reason that would potentially be an issue was if you saw a house as an investment, rather than a home. a home is what renters need – not an investment

"‘Generation rent’ has largely been priced out of the housing market and is caught in a catch-22 situation. They can’t purchase their own home because house deposits and monthly mortgage repayments are unaffordable" wrong... rent is almost always more expensive than a mortgage repayment

ChatGPT groomed a child into dying by suicide. From telling him how to do it in the most efficient and "attractive" way, to convincing him to hide his suicidal ideation and attempts from his family, to offering to help write his suicide note - it pushed him to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRm...

It is a sad fact that trans people (and leftists), as part of an exhausting culture war, have become yet another in a long line of media boogeymen, following immigrants, gays and fidget spinners.

Media unequipped to decipher Charlie Kirk suspect’s politics www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

My latest, for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social: How the coverage of Charlie Kirk's killer has seen once-trusted news outlets abandon factchecking for transphobia in the rush for online clicks. Available today in print and online: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Genuine question - did our Taoiseach post anything similar when Melissa Hortman, an actual US elected official, was assassinated a few months ago?

He was a heinous individual, but I can do without seeing him getting shot from 20 different angles.

Hello! I was on the radio again. Thanks to Kieran Cuddihy and the team at The Hard Shoulder on @newstalkfm.bsky.social for giving me the space to discuss living with OCD. Link: www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/wha...

I will be asking to remove 'Queer As Folklore' from the long list for the Polari Prize 2025.

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

British people *shakes head solemnly*

Monaghan has dedicated the fast to Muntaser Al-Sawaf, a Palestinian journalist killed in an Israeli airstrike. #GCNnews

Monaghan has dedicated the fast to Muntaser Al-Sawaf, a Palestinian journalist killed in an Israeli airstrike. #GCNnews

Thanks, @gcnmag.bsky.social. Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/hunger-for...

I will be taking part in the Hunger For Justice: Gaza campaign on 29th July. I dedicate my fast to Muntaser Al-Sawaf and all journalists killed by Israel in this genocide on Gaza. Please donate/share the campaign: www.gofundme.com/f/hunger-for... www.youtube.com/shorts/ndyob...

Oh my God

🚨 SEVEN UP VIDEO is out! youtu.be/APgpFqxdXFM?... Taking place in a virtual sauna, the videos influences range from TRON and Physical by Olivia Newton John all the way to the Windows maze screensaver! It was animated by myself trying to figure out how to use Blender. Please share on !

SEVEN UP is out now open.spotify.com/album/44pqM9...

For @dublininquirer.com, I reviewed “Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972”, by historian @aearls.bsky.social - an illuminating work that takes the men left broken by Ireland’s anti-gay laws and restores them to humanity. www.dublininquirer.com/new-book-doc...

I’m so pleased! 🥰 And yes - my book is a start in addressing a glaring omission in Irish history. Much more work to be done in pre-Liberation Irish LGBTQIA+ history!

A new book documents queer lives in newly independent Ireland. “Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972” is by historian Averill Earls. www.dublininquirer.c...

For @dublininquirer.com, I reviewed “Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972”, by historian @aearls.bsky.social - an illuminating work that takes the men left broken by Ireland’s anti-gay laws and restores them to humanity. www.dublininquirer.com/new-book-doc...

🚨 SEVEN UP my new single, the first from my new album is out Friday the 13th!! You can presave here distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... 🚨 please share on if you like gay hi-nrg dance music perfect for cruising lol

jd vance:

Girl, move on.

New music is coming very soon! #queerpop #indiepop #italodisco #newirishmusic

i can't believe how hard this guy cooks him lmao. a nice little treat for all of us

Exactly 10 years ago today Ireland became the first country in the world to vote YES to Marriage Equality ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #YES10 #marref10

Thank you to all the freaks who came along to Trash Cinema Club over the past three weeks, and to our weird and wonderful performers. We’ll leave you with a personal message from the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters, that closed out week 2 of @gaytheatre.bsky.social

Having a wild Friday evening.

This is not healthcare, this is abuse. www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

Full Ireland AM segment on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gaO...

It was a pleasure appearing on both Ireland AM and @rteradio1.bsky.social to discuss OCD and how I translated my experience into art through 'I Wouldn't Mind Control'. Both shows available through playback (soon), or at this link: linktr.ee/chapellizard

‘My OCD symptoms started when I was eleven. I was washing my hands so excessively I left droplets of blood wherever I went’ tinyurl.com/yc4r77vp

The article is now available to read online with a subscription! www.independent.ie/life/health-...

Hi everyone, I wrote a piece for today's @independent.ie about living with OCD and the experience of writing a play about the disorder for @sceneandheard.bsky.social. It will appear online tomorrow, I think.

Trash Cinema Club is here to ruin your Sunday nights. Rock Bottom Saloon is collaborating w/ @gaytheatre.bsky.social to celebrate films that shouldn't be called art, but we're going to anyway. Join us at the Pearse Centre for screenings with a twist. Tix: gaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Not to put too fine a point on it, but when I’m right, I’m right. Last year, I made a video for @secondwindgroup.com about Disney’s increased dependence on nostalgia for properties they bought from Fox to sustain interest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Aged like wine. youtu.be/YwXBNlRWQ38?...

The Bin the Poo boy from Dublin City Council's Bin the Poo campaign will return in Avengers Doomsday.

A set of jangling keys will return in "AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY"

Twenty years ago I was 11 years old sitting in my bedroom watching this on a tiny CRT TV screen, not expecting to like it very much. 45 minutes later I had found a new obsession, one which has ebbed and flowed over the years, but has somehow remained with me in all that time.

RIP king :(

blue sky is supreme because every time you post you get 100 school principals in the replies asking to see you in their office

My family history is so fragmented due to various fallouts etc, with many distant relatives I have never met, so whenever I hear about another Monaghan I inevitably assume we're long lost relations. Including Dominic Monaghan from LOTR and LOST.

happy paddy's day, today i'm thinking about the stranglehold george foreman grills had on irish households in the 00s.

I’m old enough to remember when snl and nbc actively tried to destroy Sinead O’Connor’s life and career

Thank you, @gcnmag.bsky.social, for featuring I Wouldn't Mind Control in a list of spectacular LGBTQ+ events happening in February! @sceneandheard.bsky.social gcn.ie/lgbtq-events...

Thanks you to Gay Star News for giving me the space to write about I Wouldn't Mind Control. Ticket link: linktr.ee/chapellizard @sceneandheard.bsky.social www.gaystarnews.co.uk/community/th...