ursula byrne
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Dreamer n fixer, interested in everything . Head of Development & Strategic Initiatives, UCD Library. All views my own
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Thank you Irish Times Culture and Martin Doyle for giving space to the Poetry as Commemoration project at UCD Library - we hope all those who participated keep writing! How poetry is helping us preserve our past - and question our assumptions of history irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
A British surgeon who has just returned from Gaza has spoken to ITV News' Martha Fairlie about the horrors he saw, the injured children he tried to save and moments 'he cannot take out his head’
itv.com/news/2024-04-2…
'There is no South African that forgets Dunnes Stores and the name of Mary Manning, a 21-year old who refused to handle any products from South Africa'
- Nelson Mandela's grandson, Mandla, addresses Freedom Flotilla Coalition before they set sail for #Gaza with humanitarian aid.
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'The confusion was only ever between two languages:
the language of the rich / the language of the poor.'
Rhianne Barreto performs Niall McDevitt's poem 'The Tower of Babylon' in our film poem series with The Irish Cultural Centre, produced by Tommy Creagh.
brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/the-towe…
Great letter in today's Irish Times. Completely right, the EU is complicit in apartheid Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people and the Irish government must act unilaterally to sanction that state. #GazaGenocide
Cork poet, Theo Dorgan captures the excitement of match day Croke Park A selection of Theo's work has been preserved in the Irish Poetry Reading Archive for future generations UCD Library. Listen here: bit.ly/theodorgan_poe… #PoetryDayIRL #GoodSports
National #PoetryDayIRL - Kite flying
Refaat Alareer's poem of a white kite flying close to heaven that descends on wounded Palestinians - a vision beyond genocide reminding us that the angel of love will arrive n we must do our part, however little. RIP youtu.be/zbN3GRjHFRg?si…
Mohammed El-Kurd DESTROYS Zionist Victimhood, From The River To The Sea Mohammed El-Kurd
We'd like to thank and acknowledge the poets who've recorded their work for preservation in the Irish Poetry Reading Archive UCD Library. With today's #PoetryDayIRL theme in mind, here's Bebe Ashley reading 'Tom Daley Dives for David Hockney': youtu.be/OpzF7h13UEg?si…
“I want to live long enough to see Netanyahu and the Israeli cabinet in The Hague”
John McDonnell MP highlights the UK government’s failure to do anything to stop violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank
.Toronto Public Library has apparently removed Refaat's poem under pressure from zionists. Refaat was a poet who wrote about his own death - before the IDF murdered him. He'd want this poem to be shared to keep his hopes, and his spirit alive. Please share.