Are you headed to Electric Picnic this weekend? 🌟🎉 Catch me on Saturday (17th): 3 PM: Performing with Jan Brierton on the Manifesto Stage at Mindfield. 🎭 5 PM: Joining 'Spilling the Beans' with Peter J McGann, Martin Beanz Warde, Maeve Abyss, and Marty Mulligan, same stage! 🎙️

Delighted, as Honorary Consul, to have welcomed brilliant French artist poet Mathias Montoya, alias MARAS, on behalf of France in Ireland 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 at @Wexford Arts Centre So Say So series hosted by wonderful Irish poet Stephen James Smith Stephen James Smith, music by Basciville. Supported by

Today, is the 317th day of unimaginable suffering for people in Gaza. On World Humanitarian Day, we stand with the humanitarian sector in calling for an immediate and permanent CEASEFIRE NOW. donate.chooselove.org/campaigns/all-…

Journalist, author and trailblazing feminist Nell McCafferty has died. She was 80. Her family confirmed her death this morning at a nursing home in Co Donegal irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

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Hello! I'm heading to #Bucharest from Sept 26th-30th for an event and am curious—do I know anyone in the city? Are there any Irish around who'd like to connect? Also, I'm keen to participate in other events while in town. Any leads or suggestions?🇷🇴 Irish Embassy Romania Culture_Ireland

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If the country's finances are so bad, then why are we still spending £50 billion a year on the military? If there's no money left, why are we spending £12,000 a minute on nuclear weapons? If we can afford to bomb people, why can't we afford to feed people?

“I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.” ― Seamus Heaney who died August 30, 2013

Really enjoyed joe rooney’s piece on The International Bar from last week’s Sunday Miscellany 🎙️. Brought back so many memories of that iconic spot and resonated with my own artistic journey. ✨ Give it a listen—you won’t regret it! 🎧 👂Lend him your ears: rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

I'm honoured to have been invited to perform in Amsterdam for ActionforHope and Landscapes of Hope annual 'Requiem for Justice' event which brings together artistic voices for justice from around the world. I'm on 22nd Sept at 2pm at Podium Mozaiek- link for tickets below.

Pre-save my new single "I'm For Gallipoli (feat. Damien Dempsey)" on Spotify: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/fi… (powered by @distrokid) #irishmusic #irishmusicparty damiendempsey lyrics Damien Dempsey

Céadlínte is the dedicated Irish-language strand of the programme, the selected poets are Cáit, Joanne McCarthy, Éire Ní Fhaoláin, Áine Nic an tSíthigh, Máire Ní Laoire agus Sorcha de Brún. The series will culminate in two nights of performances at Dublin Book Festival

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"Scannán faisnéise atá in Aisling Trí Néallaibh a chíorann cúrsaí cruthaíochta, le duine de mhór-fhilí na linne seo, Doireann Ní Ghríofa." ✨ Anocht, Dé Céadaoin @ 21:30 ⏰ rte.ie/gaeilge/2024/0…

Give this album a listen: I'm For Gallipoli open.spotify.com/album/5VXmBlCd…

Giving a performance workshop for Culture night