My Irish Times piece on also being barred entry to Rwanda (in March) below:

Our deepest sympathies to our colleagues and friends at Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre English, TCD on the death of their wonderful founding director. As a teacher, as a writer, as a presence, Gerry Dawe changed lives. May he rest in peace.

We are deeply saddened by the loss of poet Gerry Dawe who along with Brendan Kennelly founded the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in 1997. Gerry's legacy is profound and long lasting, and his wise and gentle spirit will be sorely missed.

🗣 'I would happily hop on my bike and cycle 10k, but the idea of running 1 was absolutely awful to me!'

Kathleen McNamee reveals just how grateful she is* that Jess Kelly 👩🏻‍💻 introduced her to running as a hobby. 🏃‍♀️

*answer: not very.

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Kathleen McNamee and Jess Kelly doing the mini marathon in support of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
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Congratulations to Seán Hewitt! Professor Hastings Donnan, Chair of the judging panel, commented 'the originality and depth of non-fiction writing in Ireland at present is evident in the outstanding quality of the titles on the Michel Déon Prize shortlist.'

🗣 'They thought they could get rid of us, and they can't - this is proof of our existence.'

🇵🇸 Palestine player Charlotte Phillips' gave a powerful interview alongside her grandparents following their 2-1 win over Bohemian Football Club last night.

🎙: Aisling O’Reilly

Proud moment as acting producer to be able to have these incredibly brave people on. If you haven’t already today, donate to Bohemian Football Club’s fundraiser or a humanitarian charity providing aid

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📸 Inpho Photography

🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸 Entertaining first half and wonderful atmosphere here at Dalymount Park between Bohemians and Palestine but it remains scoreless.

The shameless hypocrisy and careless cynicism of this British regime in its dying days knows no bounds, launching its official history of the Troubles one day, then binding and gagging justice by shutting down inquests the next.

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Robert Finnerty's Cole 'Cold' Palmer celebration, from a Sligo woman's perspective. 😔

'It was horrendous...'

#GAA #SligoGAA #GalwayGAA #PL

Kathleen's interview with Headshot author Rita Bullwinkle

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Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot🥊'A landmark moment for sports fiction.'
A phenomenal interview, brilliantly conducted by Kathleen McNamee Funny, sharp and thought-provoking. With thanks to Off The Ball team in Ireland for being such great fans of Headshot.
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Huge Congratulations to Hilary Fannin👏👏👏

Hilary's play Children Of The Sun is showing at the Abbey Theatre

Hilary is a former MPhil in Creative Writing graduate of the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.

Come and join us! We are lovely!

Patrick James Errington wins Pollard Poetry Prize; Lance Larsen wins Moth Poetry Prize

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Patrick James Errington wins 2024 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize

Congratulations to Patrick James Errington who his the winner of the 2024 Prize for his debut poetry collection the swailing.

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Big congrats to Patrick for winning the John Pollard this evening. Really beautiful poems

Fighting for ‘the rights of our deities’: India’s divisive movement to ‘reclaim’ temple sites irishtimes.com/world/asia-pac…