Tune in today Monday 18 May at 3pm to @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on @newstalkfm.bsky.social, where Siobhan Doyle, Curator of Contemporary Irish History, will discuss the history & scandals of the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. Or Siobhan’s article @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Impourtant Tea-time ☕✨ Silver & wool by @ncad-ireland.bsky.social Jewellery student Leah Corby, inspired by a Ghanaian proverb: “Little by little, as we drink, we make plans.” Part of The Weight of Words exhibition. 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🎟️ Free www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Everyone has heard of cookies, but what else about you is sent to every website as a matter of course? Take a look: sinceyouarrived.world/taken

The full report has tons more than the news articles can cover and it is quite readable. If you would like to look at the people around you as you go about your day more cheerfully (albeit also more informed), I commend a peruse of it to you this morning. hopeandcourage.ie/wp-content/u...

🧶 Learn a new skill for life at the Museum Knitting & Crochet Circle! Drop in on the Museum Knitting & Crochet Circle for a relaxed session of patterns & good conversation. Fri 1 May 2026, 11:00–13:00 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park Free • Beginners welcome www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

🏳️‍🌈 Discover hidden histories and alternative perspectives at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, with our LGBTQIA+ guided tour this Saturday, 2 May. 🕑 Tour times • 14:00 – LGBTQIA+ Tour of Collins Barracks • 15:30 – LGBTQIA+ Tour of Collins Barracks www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

What’s on this May at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks? 📅 Inclusive tours, quiet hours, behind-the-scenes conservation, family workshops & brand-new themed tours. Check out the full events calendar and plan your visit. #WhatsOnDublin www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Tonight is St Mark's Eve, when, according to English #folklore, if you sit in a church porch tonight and stay silent from 11 pm to 1 am you will see a procession of the ghosts of all the people in the village who will die during the coming year.

Easter Rising Commemoration Events Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, for a weekend of tours and interactive object handling in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising, and learn about the men and women involved in this historic event. www.museum.ie/.../1916-Eas...

Curator Brenda Malone speaks with @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com about the dramatic Catalpa escape & its historic flag. See the flag in person 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🕒 Sat 18 April from 12:00 🕒 Sun 19 April from 13:00 🔗 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Join us in marking the 150th anniversary of the rescue of six Fenian leaders from Fremantle Prison by the whaling ship Catalpa. 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🕒 Saturday 18 April 2026 (from 12:00) 🕒 Sunday 19 April 2026 (from 13:00) www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

The flag of the Catalpa will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th April 2026 only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Join us for a guided tour to discover the artefacts associated with the patron saints of Ireland, St. Patrick, St. Brigid, and St. Colmcille, with Irish Sign Language interpretation 🕒 12:30 | Friday, 17 April 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/I...

🚩A rare chance to see history unfurled.🚩 For Catalpa 150, the National Museum of Ireland will display the Catalpa Flag for 2 days only - 18–19 April 2026 at Collins Barracks. At over 4m x 3m, its size means it can’t be shown long‑term in a standard gallery. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

This may not be the most popular take with the protestors, but taxes are a GOOD THING. Everyone contributing to look after each other, keeping communities healthy, safe and clean. Looking after those who need extra help, supporting research, arts, culture, environment — how else do you do all that?

Did you know there is a Wikimedian in space? In 2019, Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch made the first-ever Wikipedia edit from space during her mission on the International Space Station. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Marking the 150th anniversary of the rescue of six Fenian leaders from Fremantle Prison by the whaling ship Catalpa. The flag of the Catalpa will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th April 2026 only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

A grim milestone in Lebanon Israeli attacks have now killed over 1500 people in the country. This includes 130 children and 57 medical workers.

Donald Trump threatening the destruction of an entire civilization is madness. He is completely unfit to serve as President of the United States. Invoke the 25th Amendment. Or Republicans must stand up with us to impeach him. We cannot allow him to set fire to the world.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

For Dewey, the answer wasn't better experts, it was better communication. A public that could share experiences, deliberate together, and hold institutions accountable wasn't a problem to be managed. It was the whole point.

Doris Lessing: “A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.”

The semantic gymnastics here are something else. Shameful. Of course, more than words we need action from the government. Letting the US military continue to use Shannon is morally reprehensible.

Here’s a sneak peek from our April Fools Trail 👀 Can you spot the real story behind this artefact? A) An astrologer’s 19th‑century astrolabe used for horoscopes & occult predictions, made by Dublin firm Hector Grey & Sons or B) A 16th‑century astrolabe for navigation and astronomy Think you know? 🕵️‍♂️

📣 What’s On This April at Collins Barracks! Workshops, tours, Easter trails + sensory-friendly sessions all month at the National Museum of Ireland. Highlights include: 🃏 April Fools’ events 🌈 LGBTQIA+ Tour 🐣 Easter tours + trails www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... Thread below 👇

Experience the tour in person this weekend: 📅 Saturday, 4 April 2026 📍National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... #TransDayOfVisibility #LGBTQIAHistory

🌈 Transgender Day of Visibility 2026 🌈 Honouring trans joy, resilience, and visibility today and every day. 💛🤍💜🖤 Go behind the scenes the creation of the National Museum of Ireland’s LGBTQIA+ Tour: 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... 🌟 #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog #Museumology #CulturalHeritage #LightingSparks

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

Europe chose to look the other way, and is reaping what it sowed. - Shona Murray @shonamurray.bsky.social

“Find a hedgerow on a bank and examine just one yard of it. Then make a list of all the different plants you can find in that yard. You will be astonished at the variety” (1965) Artist: Ronald Lampitt Writer: Richard Bowood

We want to uncover wrongdoing. We can with your support. Bellingcat is a not-for-profit. Consider donating so we can continue to create impact in 2026. www.bellingcat.com/donate

Discover The Weight of Words, a new exhibition exploring the craft, symbolism, & storytelling behind traditional Akan gold weights from Ghana & Côte d’Ivoire & how these timeless traditions inspired contemporary jewellery students at @ncad-ireland.bsky.social to create new works.

Gillian O’Brien discusses the pros and cons of the proposed Irish Women’s Museum in Limerick www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

To mark #IWD2026 #RightsJusticeAction we launch @ukri.org #AHRC funded project #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ toolkit. Join us: 🗓️ 10 March 2026 ⏰ 5.30pm-7pm (UK time via Zoom) & find out more here: learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass... #WomensHistoryMonth Please re-post 🙏 #RightsJusticeAction

'US multinationals will not flee the country just because the Irish Government stands up for the principles of global order.' - Alanna O'Malley www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

What we see here is Donald Trump, acting as he always does, as a global chaos generator. The further we stand away from that, the better off we will be. Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👏 #bbcqt #IranWar

Genuinely shocked to read about proposals at Galway (an amazing university with world-class humanities departments) to axe the broad-based arts degree. Really grim reading. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

🌟 What’s On at Collins Barracks this March! 🌟 St. Patrick’s events, bilingual tours, craft workshops & more at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Watching the film again and thinking how very accurate this assessment is. www.publicbooks.org/how-greta-ge...

Worrying headline today in Irish Times. Experiencing maelstrom of cuts to humanities & social sciences in UKHE at first hand means that this is a clear warning sign that the crisis could spread to Ireland. Ignore at peril to these subject areas & the right to study them. @royalhistsoc.org @ria.ie

This British 65 year old grandmother with a valid visa spent six weeks in an ICE detention center. She was shackled, transported and locked up. She was on a holiday in the US! Warning: ⚠️ Please don’t travel to the US! It’s totally unsafe! #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AY1ljTV6PRD2...

The brilliant speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine tomorrow. Bring yourself, your friends and family, your solidarity and noise. Join us at the Garden of Remembrance, 1pm. All out! #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Only 664 more people needed for us to pass our threshold. Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share 🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏 #Speirgorm #Ireland #SixNations

So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...

QUIET HOUR at the Museum A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm. 📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin 📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am 🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... #SensoryFriendly

History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks this October for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours #CollinsBarracks #DublinEvents #FamilyFun #BramStokerFestival #OpenHouseDublin Full lineup at www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...