Martina Devlin: It’s time for those in high political office on both islands to finally lift the silence around the Dublin-Monaghan bombings independent.ie/opinion/commen…

On the 50th anniversary of the #DublinandMonaghanBombings - remembering all those killed, injured, bereaved and affected in that horrific attack.

Strong analysis by Martina Devlin today

What an imaginative way to repurpose an old pub - a new home for Salmon Poetry Also good to see creative hubs thrive outside cities #Ennistymon #Clare #poetry e-pages.dk/irishtimes/335…

The Irish bogs are changing rapidly from industrial to habitat. This is what the Bord na Móna Knappoge bog in Co. Longford looks like today.

Music is a kind of magic. Censoring a musician - condemning him to death for his work - is barbaric. #Iran must reverse its death sentence on Toomaj Salehi. #FreeToomaj

Law of unintended consequences means Trinity BDS Campaign 🇵🇸 protest raises questions about why Trinity College Dublin has the #BookofKells . Does it rightfully belong there? My column
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Safe travels to #TheHoneymoonAffair and with Sheila O'Flanagan 📚The Honeymoon Affair😊's track record it's sure to be packed in many holidaymakers' luggage #books #summerreads

Registration is now open for 'C.S. Lewis & Last Things: How the Writer of Narnia Saw the End of Our Story' (4th Nov). This is the inaugural event of the new C.S. Lewis Symposium Belfast. Sponsored by The C.S. Lewis Institute Belfast & John Brown University
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Held the office of President of Ireland.

Yesterday while visiting Blacksod Lighthouse the Lighthouse Keeper, Vincent Sweeney found my great grandfather’s name in the visitor’s log. He was a Lighthouse Inspector for Irish Lights and visited in 1949. Here’s me holding the book.

A directly elected #Mayor for #Dublin could make a real difference to the capital, says ⁦Fionnan Sheahan⁩. Why has the idea been shelved? It certainly worked in London when I lived there. e-pages.dk/irishindepende…

I love London for lots of reasons. But today, I love it because Count Binface, whose policies include “Thames Water bosses to be made to take a dip in the Thames, to see how they like it” & “Claudia Winkleman's fringe to be Grade I listed” has beaten the Britain First candidate👏

Absolutely cannot wait to read this Martina Devlin The Lilliput Press (Charlotte Brontë and Arthur Bell Nicholls honeymooned in Ireland in 1854)

✨ It’s publication day! ✨

Here’s what I’m reading right now. One chapter in and all I want to do today is stay immersed in CatherineDunneAuthor’s immersive storytelling #AGoodEnoughMother Betimes Books

Well done Sarah

Brilliant writer. So incisive. Am re-reading her OF WOMEN and it’s even more brilliant second time around.

Congratulations to Shami Chakrabarti on her new book on human rights Human Rights: Case For The Defence out today. Love the stylised dove on the cover. Penguin Books UK