Molly Twomey
@mollytwomey.bsky.social
Arts Council supported poet. ‘Raised Among Vultures’ & 'Chic to be Sad' published by The Gallery Press. Host of ‘Just to Say’ international poetry event. https://mollytwomey.com/ 💫
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Molly Twomey
@mollytwomey.bsky.social
· May 29
✨Cover Reveal✨
I have been obsessed with Niamh Swanton's work since I saw it in @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social 😍 .
What a joy to have her work on the cover of 'Chic to Be Sad' due in July with @thegallerypress.bsky.social 💛 💜 🩵
& what a gift to see it in Outset Gallery last week 🤌 !
I have been obsessed with Niamh Swanton's work since I saw it in @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social 😍 .
What a joy to have her work on the cover of 'Chic to Be Sad' due in July with @thegallerypress.bsky.social 💛 💜 🩵
& what a gift to see it in Outset Gallery last week 🤌 !
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Only one more week to go! We're very excited for our contributors to present their work at the launch of our competition issue, and we hope you are too. All are welcome to the official launch at Waterstones in Cork City on 17th February at 6:30pm
February 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Only one more week to go! We're very excited for our contributors to present their work at the launch of our competition issue, and we hope you are too. All are welcome to the official launch at Waterstones in Cork City on 17th February at 6:30pm
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This confirmed by the Taoiseach in the Dáil just now – a significant backtrack by the Government in the midst of an acute housing shortage, now allowing more properties to stay in use for short-term lettings without needing to register/amend their property designation as 'commercial'
Irish Examiner: Government climbdown on proposals to regulate short-term lets
Government climbdown on proposals to regulate short-term lets
Previously, restrictions were due to apply to any town with a population of 10,000 or more
www.irishexaminer.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This confirmed by the Taoiseach in the Dáil just now – a significant backtrack by the Government in the midst of an acute housing shortage, now allowing more properties to stay in use for short-term lettings without needing to register/amend their property designation as 'commercial'
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My new 8-week course ‘writing as a reader / reading as a writer’ is offered through the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Academy (Spring 2026 programme). This is an online course, and it starts on 5 March. Limited spaces. Full details and booking link: yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
My new 8-week course ‘writing as a reader / reading as a writer’ is offered through the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Academy (Spring 2026 programme). This is an online course, and it starts on 5 March. Limited spaces. Full details and booking link: yesbutisitpoetry.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...
Someone finally bought a dress from my vinted after doing a full on photo shoot yesterday which was really uncomfy aha but it paid off cause I will be a fiver richer 👑🕺
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Someone finally bought a dress from my vinted after doing a full on photo shoot yesterday which was really uncomfy aha but it paid off cause I will be a fiver richer 👑🕺
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Ireland: A stunning 71 per cent of respondents favour putting a guarantee about neutrality in the Constitution.
Latest Irish Times poll.
Latest Irish Times poll.
February 7, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Ireland: A stunning 71 per cent of respondents favour putting a guarantee about neutrality in the Constitution.
Latest Irish Times poll.
Latest Irish Times poll.
✨🐺✨ the coolest team in Cork ❤️
We’re delighted to share some very good news: Molly Twomey and Gunnhildur Jónatansdóttir are joining the HOWL 26 team working on English language poetry and fiction.
More @ www.howlwriting.ie/post/new-add...
More @ www.howlwriting.ie/post/new-add...
HOWL 26 Team Additions
We’re delighted to share some very good news: Molly Twomey and Gunnhildur Jónatansdóttir are joining the HOWL 26 team working on English language poetry and fiction.Both are writers whose work and pre...
www.howlwriting.ie
February 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
✨🐺✨ the coolest team in Cork ❤️
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One week until submissions open.
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
One week until submissions open.
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
HOWL New Irish Writing 26 opens on Feb 13th.
Poetry and prose in English and Irish.
We’re looking forward to reading what you’ve been working on.
📅 7 days
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Thank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
February 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Thank God we're not polarised today folks. I know floods are bad, but polarisation would be very uncomfortable. #spéirgorm
I wonder if people in salaried jobs who create applications for arts opportunities ever think about how much time the applicant has to put into the application and if the potential and competitive reward is worth that much energy. I'm just so tired of applications. I just want to make things. 🔥
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I wonder if people in salaried jobs who create applications for arts opportunities ever think about how much time the applicant has to put into the application and if the potential and competitive reward is worth that much energy. I'm just so tired of applications. I just want to make things. 🔥
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The more obvious it is he shouldn't go, the more condescending the insistence that he must.
Also, if the "cautious" option is meeting with a fascist leader who stands by while citizens are executed on the street, what does that say about your politics?
Also, if the "cautious" option is meeting with a fascist leader who stands by while citizens are executed on the street, what does that say about your politics?
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The more obvious it is he shouldn't go, the more condescending the insistence that he must.
Also, if the "cautious" option is meeting with a fascist leader who stands by while citizens are executed on the street, what does that say about your politics?
Also, if the "cautious" option is meeting with a fascist leader who stands by while citizens are executed on the street, what does that say about your politics?
Some people do not like me which is grand and I'm trying to train my brain to stop thinking 'why don't they like me' and instead think 'do I want to be someone they like?' because usually I don't 🤷♀️
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Some people do not like me which is grand and I'm trying to train my brain to stop thinking 'why don't they like me' and instead think 'do I want to be someone they like?' because usually I don't 🤷♀️
Imagine if in 20 years time it was unthinkable to not pay artists for their work, wouldn't that be great. 🫠
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Imagine if in 20 years time it was unthinkable to not pay artists for their work, wouldn't that be great. 🫠
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I know I don't shut up about this but, fellow Irish people, if you see a racist sticker when you're out and about, then tear it off.
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I know I don't shut up about this but, fellow Irish people, if you see a racist sticker when you're out and about, then tear it off.
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
It takes ten seconds.
Even if you only manage to tear away a part of it, it shows that your neighborhood doesn't stand with the small, hateful people that put them up
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Sunt lacrimae rerum. Justin Quinn poem in today’s Irish Times.
January 24, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Sunt lacrimae rerum. Justin Quinn poem in today’s Irish Times.
Once as a kid I made an album of photos of me as a younger kid and if that isn't the most middle child behaviour 📸
January 22, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Once as a kid I made an album of photos of me as a younger kid and if that isn't the most middle child behaviour 📸
Officially at the age where I say something and teenagers laugh cause I don't realise I'm using the same language as a viral joke or something 💀💀💀💀
January 22, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Officially at the age where I say something and teenagers laugh cause I don't realise I'm using the same language as a viral joke or something 💀💀💀💀
I didn't know she was a registered dietician! Surely she is! Why else would she get this platform??????
Ballymaloe founder Darina Allen has blasted the Hot School Meals programme as “not fit for purpose” during an appearance before TDs this morning.
But Allen received pushback from some who pointed to children getting reliable meals thanks to the policy.
www.thejournal.ie/hot-school-m...
But Allen received pushback from some who pointed to children getting reliable meals thanks to the policy.
www.thejournal.ie/hot-school-m...
Darina Allen tells TDs Hot School Meals are 'not fit for purpose' (not everyone agreed though)
The Oireachtas Education Committee discussed the food programme this morning.
www.thejournal.ie
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I didn't know she was a registered dietician! Surely she is! Why else would she get this platform??????
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Niamh Twomey's poem "Moon's Phases" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Mícheál McCann. Read more about Niamh below, and follow her on Instagram: niamhmariatwomey and on Facebook: niamh.twomey.94
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Niamh Twomey's poem "Moon's Phases" was selected as Highly Commended by judge Mícheál McCann. Read more about Niamh below, and follow her on Instagram: niamhmariatwomey and on Facebook: niamh.twomey.94
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Here's something most of you don't know:
You all know intersex people
I used to think I didn't know any too, but when (by accident or design or circumstance) you become the kind of person people feel comfortable talking to about these things, some of them will tell you. And your world gets bigger
You all know intersex people
I used to think I didn't know any too, but when (by accident or design or circumstance) you become the kind of person people feel comfortable talking to about these things, some of them will tell you. And your world gets bigger
January 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Here's something most of you don't know:
You all know intersex people
I used to think I didn't know any too, but when (by accident or design or circumstance) you become the kind of person people feel comfortable talking to about these things, some of them will tell you. And your world gets bigger
You all know intersex people
I used to think I didn't know any too, but when (by accident or design or circumstance) you become the kind of person people feel comfortable talking to about these things, some of them will tell you. And your world gets bigger
A huge honour to have the highly esteemed Medbh McGuckian as our featured poet kicking off our first Just to Say of 2026 on Wedneday, Feb 4th, at 7pm ❤️.
Email jacarpress@gmail.com for the free Zoom link & join us in conversation about her work 🥰.
Email jacarpress@gmail.com for the free Zoom link & join us in conversation about her work 🥰.
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A huge honour to have the highly esteemed Medbh McGuckian as our featured poet kicking off our first Just to Say of 2026 on Wedneday, Feb 4th, at 7pm ❤️.
Email jacarpress@gmail.com for the free Zoom link & join us in conversation about her work 🥰.
Email jacarpress@gmail.com for the free Zoom link & join us in conversation about her work 🥰.
I'm judging the Maria Edgeworth Festival's poetry competition this year 🥳 and I would love to read your work! The deadline is the 27th of February 🌸 mariaedgeworthcenter.com/.../maria-ed...
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I'm judging the Maria Edgeworth Festival's poetry competition this year 🥳 and I would love to read your work! The deadline is the 27th of February 🌸 mariaedgeworthcenter.com/.../maria-ed...
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If you read one thing today, it should be this
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:04 AM
If you read one thing today, it should be this
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
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Libraries were a sanctuary from a violent home when I was a kid; they saved my life in so many different ways. My mother was very young, and had a hard life, but she always made time to take me to the library. This gorgous poem by Alvy Carragher reminds me of her so strongly.
December 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Libraries were a sanctuary from a violent home when I was a kid; they saved my life in so many different ways. My mother was very young, and had a hard life, but she always made time to take me to the library. This gorgous poem by Alvy Carragher reminds me of her so strongly.
Sadly, maybe not sadly? The public library system has way more books I need for my academic studies then my academic one does. I think the public sphere is more interested in poetry than academia is. Our public library system is the best thing about us.
January 18, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Sadly, maybe not sadly? The public library system has way more books I need for my academic studies then my academic one does. I think the public sphere is more interested in poetry than academia is. Our public library system is the best thing about us.