Do yourself a favour and tone it down, we’re a neutral country remember? You work for us, the Irish people and we stay neutral. 🇮🇪💚
— Geraldine OCallaghan (@TravelCultureIE) May 4, 2022
Eh, no.
— Geraldine OCallaghan (@TravelCultureIE) May 4, 2022
Your personal sense of “privilege” is clearly revealed by your words. I’d normally recommend you wrestle with your conscience on this matter, but I anticipate you’d win that battle also. #MéFéin
— Desmond O’Toole 🌹🇪🇺 (@desmondotoole) May 6, 2022
Tipperary electro-pop pioneer Eoin Hally (top) aka Vale is on top form on the new single from his six-song EP Aftertouch.
Eoin writes:
“Some of it is rooted in darkness, more of it is questioning our place here. It can sound in places, cold, careless or maybe even hurtful… but it’s quietly hopeful, moving along, step by step.”
Peruvian prosecutors are investigating President Pedro Castillo and his wife for alleged plagiarism after the couple may have copied more than half the master’s thesis they co-authored
I’m not sure if this news is true
But it seems that the boss of Peru Acquired his degree
Unoriginally
Which isn’t a fair thing to do
From top: Diving by Mark Conlan; Floating by Fuschia Macaree; Blackrock Jump by Marta Barcikowska and Forty Foot by Emily McKeagney – all part of the Nautical Section at Jam Art Prints
Fancy a dip?
Like art?
Read on.
Mark at Jam Art Factory writes:
With the grand stretch in the evening and good clothes drying weather back, it’s got us in the mood for torture swimming in the cold seas around Ireland. To celebrate, we’ve got 2 A4 prints from our Nautical section here to giveaway to our lucky winner of this week’s competition.
To enter, tell us your favourite swimming spot in Ireland and why.
President Michael D Higgins has described the purchase of Twitter by tech billionaire Elon Musk as a ‘manifestation of an incredible and dangerous narcissism’ | Read more: https://t.co/UcW55R2V7Gpic.twitter.com/5b9CZCjL3E
Speaking about the importance of the role of the media in the battle against climate change at a conference in Dublin City University, the president asked is it a great success if a billionaire would now be deciding what is appropriate for people to exchange by way of discourse.
Without mentioning Mr Musk by name, the president said the purchase of Twitter can hardly be described as anything other than the manifestation of an incredible and dangerous narcissism.
He then read out one of his poems before changing into a tailored three-piece tweed suit with matching cane for dinner, where he recited from his epic work, ‘Globalism: Lovelier Than A Tree’.
James Vincent McMorrow & The Theodora Byrne Ensemble – The Less I Knew
Will you still love me, McMorrow?
The prolific James Vincent McMorrow (top) is releasing two albums this year. The first – The Less I Knew – is out on Faction Records on June 24.
On this intense live video performance of the title track he is joined by the Theodora Byrne Ensemble.
James writes:
“Making music, playing music, living my life in a way that is honest and candid. I’m trying to go easier on myself. I’m trying to make music that lets people know they should go easier on themselves too.
“Because the world is exhausting, and we are not well built for it, we tell ourselves that the toxic parts of it that grow up around us are just something we have to deal with. And sometimes that’s true, some things are beyond our control.
“But in the parts we can control, we should be easier with ourselves, I am trying to create work that allows people to be easier with themselves and with others, to know that most of us don’t have our shit together and never will, and that is ok, in fact it’s better than ok it’s great because it’s life and if you don’t appreciate it at the time, if you’re always trying to change it and bend it to your will, then you’ll miss it and it’ll be gone and you can’t get it back.
“We’ve all missed a lot, personally I do not want to miss any more of it.”
Never seen this in my life but just sums up the whole toxic environment at @BrayWanderers, surely this is the end for Pat Devlin now no way he can come back from this. Even went at fans with nothing to do with anything so sad to see things like this 😔 pic.twitter.com/SVxO3ZYBqX
— Between the Stripes (@betweenstripes) May 2, 2022
Monday night.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon:
Via Bray Wanderers.
The Club wishes to communicate that it has identified the principal perpetrators and in conjunction with the Gardai will implement steps to eliminate this behaviour. We are committed to delivering a safe and welcoming environment in which every Bray Wanderers supporter can enjoy the game and support the team.
The Club is fully supportive of Pat Devlin, his management team and players and acknowledges the great progress that has been made in recent months, across all areas of the club, including academy, community outreach, integration of girls/women’s football and significant improvements to the playing surface at the Carlisle Grounds.
We acknowledge that results during the 2022 season have been frustrating, but we urge supporters to continue to get behind the team as we look to push towards the play-off spots in the second half of the season. We are committed to developing our fan base with a particular emphasis on making families feel welcome and safe.
