Angus Laverty
@gusclaw.bsky.social
Working in Public Affairs. Media and politics junkie but really lovin' literature, tunes…..and rugby! ‘Fail we may, Sail we must’.
Worth a read if only as an antidote @english.elpais.com.web.brid.gy english.elpais.com/internationa...
Gabriel Boric, a moment of reflection: ‘The left that only blames its adversary is doomed to fade away’
The president of Chile, who will leave office on March 11, is an unusual figure in his political sphere. EL PAÍS spoke with him in three meetings. He will work from the opposition and could run again ...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Worth a read if only as an antidote @english.elpais.com.web.brid.gy english.elpais.com/internationa...
Powerful speech from Canadian PM Mark Carney www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Powerful speech from Canadian PM Mark Carney www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...
Following Gideon's Way this morning @bbc6music.bsky.social @cerysmatthews.bsky.social And the sounds and vibe are just fine
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Following Gideon's Way this morning @bbc6music.bsky.social @cerysmatthews.bsky.social And the sounds and vibe are just fine
'The Taoiseach and Tanaíste are just back from visits to erotic places' says Miriam Lord in this mornings 'Week' @irishtimes.com That's China and California it seems Who would have thought eh!
January 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
'The Taoiseach and Tanaíste are just back from visits to erotic places' says Miriam Lord in this mornings 'Week' @irishtimes.com That's China and California it seems Who would have thought eh!
Reposted by Angus Laverty
Puisín Beag an Diabhail is a collection of nine poems inspired by the natural world and Irish folklore.
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Puisín Beag an Diabhail is a collection of nine poems inspired by the natural world and Irish folklore.
Just back from hols to find #Cheers on @tg4.bsky.social Currently couch surfing down memory lane
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Just back from hols to find #Cheers on @tg4.bsky.social Currently couch surfing down memory lane
It's Christmas and there's books to be read First up is David Remnick @newyorker.com 'Holding the Note' and a call to listen to more music!!!!! Thanks for coming up with the goods @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's Christmas and there's books to be read First up is David Remnick @newyorker.com 'Holding the Note' and a call to listen to more music!!!!! Thanks for coming up with the goods @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
I'm Leinster through and through and shouting Blue this evening but I would get up in the middle of the night to watch Jacob Stockdale and Rob Baloucoune @sporttg4.bsky.social @leinsterrugby.bsky.social @ulsterrugby.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'm Leinster through and through and shouting Blue this evening but I would get up in the middle of the night to watch Jacob Stockdale and Rob Baloucoune @sporttg4.bsky.social @leinsterrugby.bsky.social @ulsterrugby.bsky.social
'It's beginning to look a lot like.......' When you rock up for a breakfast coffee in the work canteen and this fellah lands
December 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
'It's beginning to look a lot like.......' When you rock up for a breakfast coffee in the work canteen and this fellah lands
Christmas Day wines sorted thanks to the wonderful La Kav Wines in North Wexford Great marriage of Ireland and France They also have their own North Wexford vineyard and #Fada wine Sante Arnaud Clopin Look 'em up
December 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Christmas Day wines sorted thanks to the wonderful La Kav Wines in North Wexford Great marriage of Ireland and France They also have their own North Wexford vineyard and #Fada wine Sante Arnaud Clopin Look 'em up
Cranberry, Toffee and Sultana but 'This is Not A Christmas Blend' coming from the lovely folk @imbibecoffee.bsky.social via the even lovelier people at Vice Coffee on Middle Abbey St It's Christmas #Coffee sorted
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cranberry, Toffee and Sultana but 'This is Not A Christmas Blend' coming from the lovely folk @imbibecoffee.bsky.social via the even lovelier people at Vice Coffee on Middle Abbey St It's Christmas #Coffee sorted
I'm sorry @tommctague.bsky.social but the words 'The book lies in front of me now, a page folded down to mark another sentence lodged in my mind.......' @newstatesman1913.bsky.social are horrific to me, vandalism, desecration even, we are doomed
Tom McTague (@tommctague.bsky.social)
Editor in Chief of the New Statesman
tommctague.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm sorry @tommctague.bsky.social but the words 'The book lies in front of me now, a page folded down to mark another sentence lodged in my mind.......' @newstatesman1913.bsky.social are horrific to me, vandalism, desecration even, we are doomed
Cumaaaaaaan Manchester #QuizNight #UniversityChallenge
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cumaaaaaaan Manchester #QuizNight #UniversityChallenge
LUAS to The Point Oh how I've missed you so ! #Dublincanbeheaven
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
LUAS to The Point Oh how I've missed you so ! #Dublincanbeheaven
Reposted by Angus Laverty
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured
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November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of David Hanley, not just an echo of another age of journo broadcasters but cannot overstate the impact on me of his novel 'In Guilt and in Glory' when it was published back in 1979
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of David Hanley, not just an echo of another age of journo broadcasters but cannot overstate the impact on me of his novel 'In Guilt and in Glory' when it was published back in 1979
Managed to catch 'Picasso: From the Studio' @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social and still buzzing from it Wonderful blast of culture, creativity, Spain and South of France sunshine #Picasso
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Managed to catch 'Picasso: From the Studio' @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social and still buzzing from it Wonderful blast of culture, creativity, Spain and South of France sunshine #Picasso
Amazing who you meet on an early morning ramble in Wexford town Not mentioned here but worthy of a marker his daughter, the wonderful writer Maeve
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Amazing who you meet on an early morning ramble in Wexford town Not mentioned here but worthy of a marker his daughter, the wonderful writer Maeve
Emerge blinking into the daylight from the lively cinema at the heart of the Gorey School of Art knowing that you have just sat through something special, inspiring and not a little emotional First Wexford airing for this amazing film #GoreyTraditionalSingingFestival #AlanGilsenan and #DesGeraghty
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Emerge blinking into the daylight from the lively cinema at the heart of the Gorey School of Art knowing that you have just sat through something special, inspiring and not a little emotional First Wexford airing for this amazing film #GoreyTraditionalSingingFestival #AlanGilsenan and #DesGeraghty
Starting the weekend on wings of song with the North Wexford traditional singing circle and their Trad Singers Festival Swung by the launch of this treasure 'In the Singing of Songs' compiled and edited by the powerhouse that is Rachel Ui Fhaoláin
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Starting the weekend on wings of song with the North Wexford traditional singing circle and their Trad Singers Festival Swung by the launch of this treasure 'In the Singing of Songs' compiled and edited by the powerhouse that is Rachel Ui Fhaoláin
Have to say 'The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon' moved to Spain is a thing of genius if not of beauty and as for the the opening credits colored by Goya! Zombie and Iberno itches scratched
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Have to say 'The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon' moved to Spain is a thing of genius if not of beauty and as for the the opening credits colored by Goya! Zombie and Iberno itches scratched