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Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog

📣 Time To Write, now open for bookings! A free monthly gathering for playwrights and performance makers working on a writing project, Time To Write returns on August 10 with guest playwright Emmet Kirwan. ✍️Book your free spot now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/time-to-write/

It is straight from the authoritarian playbook. "NGOs and courts shouldn't be able to get involved, we're elected, we represent The Will Of The People." Can they hear themselves, like.

What's a Futurama line that lives forever in your head? Mine is, "Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm My Own Grandpa."

ExecuTor "And to my loving nephew Bender, assuming he's not responsible for my death, I leave my castle." BENDER "Yes! Let's stay there tonight!" ExecuTor: “On condition that he spend one night within its walls” BENDER: "Oh, man, there's always a catch!"

Anyone making this argument should be asked to explain how the increased load of 25,000 public servants going back to full time commutes to central Dublin will be absorbed by the public transport system.

Scholars and writers gathered in Galway last month to explore how the lived realities as well as artistic and media portrayals of the Irish working class have shaped and been shaped by the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of globalization. 👉 Read a recap: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/global-...

While The Irish Times marketed itself under the tagline "the story of why", they are doing their bit again of not giving context why someone like Government advisor Sean O’Driscoll might be against environmental legislation, so here's this article again: irishcycle.com/2026/01/17/w...

The public is invited to this free symposium on 11-12 June at @uniofgalway.bsky.social. It aims to expand understandings of class in Ireland and bring local conditions into dialogue with global issues and international contexts. 👉 Register and see details here: go.nd.edu/irish-working-class

Myself, Fran Lock, Lisa McCinerney, & Scott McKendry will take part in a writers round table as part of this symposium. It takes place next Friday, June 12th at 4PM in Galway. You can register for tickets at the link below.

At long last, the cover launch of my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA is here! It's a funny, angry book about Derry, history, memory and Troubles-scented television. I think it's quite good, however I can *confirm* that it's quite short. And you can pre-order it everywhere NOW: geni.us/Prestige_Drama

A new film documents Dubliners’ resistance to subordination of social life to profit. “The market is a monster,” says filmmaker James Redmond. “It turns living spaces into dead space.”

little-flying-robots.ghost.io/rejecting-re... We live in an age where the Internet and LLMs are encouraging ever more people to reject reality entirely. Here's my thoughts on why this is happening, and why the Terminally Online turn amongst the powerful is so dangerous.

“5 year legal odyssey came to end in High Court with a couple vindicated in full in their battle over mobile phone mast In sticking to their guns, they did the State & fellow citizens an enormous service-one likely not appreciated” @ciananbrennan.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

“Apartment Vat cut makes no sense and won’t boost housing supply” “A Vat cut meant to boost apartment construction has instead exposed a circular, ineffective policy that neither lowers costs nor increases supply” @mickcliff.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

16,766 without a home This is f*cking scandalous A result of shameful government policy with empty homes everywhere Me & @judesherry.bsky.social updated the numbers on our dereliction billboard yesterday with music by Meryl Streek Lower John St, Cork City #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis #SpeirGorm

“I do fear that if attempts are made to cut back on rights of participation and to cut back on the right of access to the courts, people will still find a way and it might well be a way that’s going to be a lot more difficult to control.” - Prof Áine Ryall #Law www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

buying a farm that straddles the cavan-fermanagh county border to run contreband intermezzos into the occupied 6

So this is a thing you'll see a lot about immigration. The process is incredibly slow, the systems are overworked. If you have applied you will overstay before your decision is made. The system is designed such that you will be breaking the law, by their own design. This is arguably on purpose.