Sheila Killian
@sheilakillian.bsky.social
Author, writer, teacher, researcher, that kind of thing.
Words. You know yourself.
Limerick Ireland
www.sheilakillian.com
Words. You know yourself.
Limerick Ireland
www.sheilakillian.com
So basis for #FineGael's barrel-scraping attack video on
Catherine Connolly is that as a barrister, she worked for clients she didn't choose.
Assume since this is now a bad thing, they'll be firing the ministers for health, justice & housing & all the other barrister TDs?
Catherine Connolly is that as a barrister, she worked for clients she didn't choose.
Assume since this is now a bad thing, they'll be firing the ministers for health, justice & housing & all the other barrister TDs?
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
So basis for #FineGael's barrel-scraping attack video on
Catherine Connolly is that as a barrister, she worked for clients she didn't choose.
Assume since this is now a bad thing, they'll be firing the ministers for health, justice & housing & all the other barrister TDs?
Catherine Connolly is that as a barrister, she worked for clients she didn't choose.
Assume since this is now a bad thing, they'll be firing the ministers for health, justice & housing & all the other barrister TDs?
here is the @irishpen.bsky.social statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla
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Global Sumud Flotilla Statement - Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
2 October August 2025 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann is gravely concerned about the abduction of poet Sarah Clancy, one of several Irish citizens taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla. The flotilla was ...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
here is the @irishpen.bsky.social statement on the Global Sumud Flotilla
irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...
irishpen.com/2025/10/02/g...
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Excited to announce that The Cork International Short Story Festival takes place from 15th - 18th October. All the details on the programme and how to book your tickets go to www.corkshortstory.net
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
August 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to announce that The Cork International Short Story Festival takes place from 15th - 18th October. All the details on the programme and how to book your tickets go to www.corkshortstory.net
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
#shortstory #corkevents #shortstoryfestival
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We are recruiting a new Commissioning Editor for fiction. Like all Faber editors, they will publish with dynamism and creativity, sensitivity and bravery – apply by 7 September.
faber.co.uk/careers/fict...
faber.co.uk/careers/fict...
August 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We are recruiting a new Commissioning Editor for fiction. Like all Faber editors, they will publish with dynamism and creativity, sensitivity and bravery – apply by 7 September.
faber.co.uk/careers/fict...
faber.co.uk/careers/fict...
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ℹ️ If you're having difficulty filling out the expression of interest PDF for representation on the National Centre for Research & Remembrance panels/Special Advocate's Advisory Council, there's a Word version of the form on this page that's not flagged in the dept's email: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Survivor Representation on Key Engagement Structures
www.gov.ie
August 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ℹ️ If you're having difficulty filling out the expression of interest PDF for representation on the National Centre for Research & Remembrance panels/Special Advocate's Advisory Council, there's a Word version of the form on this page that's not flagged in the dept's email: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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@sheilakillian.bsky.social I’ve just finished reading Something bigger. It’s a fantastic read. Marcella and Jimmy will stay with me for a while.
August 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
@sheilakillian.bsky.social I’ve just finished reading Something bigger. It’s a fantastic read. Marcella and Jimmy will stay with me for a while.
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Folks, if any of you want to support a good cause while encouraging me to jump off a rugby stadium - well this is your moment!
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
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Support Sheila's Abseil for CCI on iDonate.ie
Sheila's Abseil for CCI for Crohn's and Colitis Ireland, created by sheila killian | iDonate.ie
www.idonate.ie
July 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Folks, if any of you want to support a good cause while encouraging me to jump off a rugby stadium - well this is your moment!
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
Though there are torturers
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Though there are torturers
Folks, if any of you want to support a good cause while encouraging me to jump off a rugby stadium - well this is your moment!
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
Support Sheila's Abseil for CCI on iDonate.ie
Sheila's Abseil for CCI for Crohn's and Colitis Ireland, created by sheila killian | iDonate.ie
www.idonate.ie
July 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Folks, if any of you want to support a good cause while encouraging me to jump off a rugby stadium - well this is your moment!
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/s...
Delighted to have a story included in this anthology of long-listed entries to the @wcorklitfest.bsky.social Short Story competition. Great evening, lovely to meet some old friends and really great reading too
July 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Delighted to have a story included in this anthology of long-listed entries to the @wcorklitfest.bsky.social Short Story competition. Great evening, lovely to meet some old friends and really great reading too
here's the end of the #heatwave on the #WildAtlanticWay with thunderstorms incoming. #Achill #fluich #Áileann
July 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
here's the end of the #heatwave on the #WildAtlanticWay with thunderstorms incoming. #Achill #fluich #Áileann
Here's a shiny new #writing substack from none other than @kitdewaal.com - looking forward to this one! Subscribe, why don't you?
substack.com/@kitdewaal
substack.com/@kitdewaal
Kit de Waal | Substack
Writer, professor, foodie, swearer, common person.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here's a shiny new #writing substack from none other than @kitdewaal.com - looking forward to this one! Subscribe, why don't you?
substack.com/@kitdewaal
substack.com/@kitdewaal
the great @anneoleary.bsky.social has a fabulous list of short story competitions closing in the next few months, here:
anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/s...
anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/s...
Short story competitions June-December 2025
[UPDATED 7/5/25] Hello, just popping in briefly with an updated list of short story competitions for the second half of the year – there are quite a few closing on June 30 if you’re qui…
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July 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
the great @anneoleary.bsky.social has a fabulous list of short story competitions closing in the next few months, here:
anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/s...
anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/s...
if you want a Nobel Peace Prize, surely getting nominated by someone the ICC wants to arrest for war crimes shouldn't help?
July 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
if you want a Nobel Peace Prize, surely getting nominated by someone the ICC wants to arrest for war crimes shouldn't help?
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Thank you to the wonderful academics & policy makers calling for an Irish suspension of trade with Israel in order to help end the systematic bombing and starvation of the Gazan people
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
@seanmacr.bsky.social
@sheilakillian.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
@seanmacr.bsky.social
@sheilakillian.bsky.social
More than 160 academics call for ‘immediate halt’ to trade with Israel over conflict in Gaza
Signatories from 11 universities describe response to October 7th, 2023 attacks by Hamas as ‘a well-televised genocide’
www.irishtimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thank you to the wonderful academics & policy makers calling for an Irish suspension of trade with Israel in order to help end the systematic bombing and starvation of the Gazan people
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
@seanmacr.bsky.social
@sheilakillian.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
@pbresnihan.bsky.social
@seanmacr.bsky.social
@sheilakillian.bsky.social
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I got a soundbite today from Prof. @sheilakillian.bsky.social today on @nearfm.ie about this story in the news today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhLt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhLt...
🔊 Over 160 Academics Urge Irish Government to Suspend Trade with Israel - Near FM (June 2025)
YouTube video by Darren J. Prior
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June 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I got a soundbite today from Prof. @sheilakillian.bsky.social today on @nearfm.ie about this story in the news today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhLt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhLt...
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Giotán cainte faighte ag @darrenjprior.bsky.social le Dr. Nessa Ní Chasaide ar @nearfm.ie inniu:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTZ...
🔊 160+ acadóir ag Iarraidh ar an Rialtas Trádáil le hIosrael a chur ar Fionraí - Near FM (2025)
YouTube video by Cláir raidió "Ar Mhuin na Muice" @ Near FM
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June 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Giotán cainte faighte ag @darrenjprior.bsky.social le Dr. Nessa Ní Chasaide ar @nearfm.ie inniu:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTZ...
Academics and experts from 11 Irish universities calling for urgent action in the face of this well-televised genocide
Glad to be part of it.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Glad to be part of it.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
More than 160 academics call for ‘immediate halt’ to trade with Israel over conflict in Gaza
Signatories from 11 universities describe response to October 7th, 2023 attacks by Hamas as ‘a well-televised genocide’
www.irishtimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Academics and experts from 11 Irish universities calling for urgent action in the face of this well-televised genocide
Glad to be part of it.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Glad to be part of it.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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UL Creative writing winter school is an intensive 4-day, 3-night writing development retreat for mid-career writers. We're delighted that from this year, we offer one free place (The Patrick Kelly Winter School Bursary). Applications and details from me at sarah.moore@ul.ie
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May 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
UL Creative writing winter school is an intensive 4-day, 3-night writing development retreat for mid-career writers. We're delighted that from this year, we offer one free place (The Patrick Kelly Winter School Bursary). Applications and details from me at sarah.moore@ul.ie
617b1c91637ae.site123.me
617b1c91637ae.site123.me
lots of free short #writing courses here:
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/academy/self...
Not all free, but lots are
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/academy/self...
Not all free, but lots are
Self-paced online courses
Start your next chapter with self-paced online writing courses from National Centre for Writing.
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
April 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
lots of free short #writing courses here:
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/academy/self...
Not all free, but lots are
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/academy/self...
Not all free, but lots are
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"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
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“CAUT recommends that academics who fall into the following categories exercise particular caution…
• Those who have expressed negative opinions about the current U.S. administration or its policies” #Trumpland #Academia #HigherEducation dailynous.com/2025/04/15/c...
• Those who have expressed negative opinions about the current U.S. administration or its policies” #Trumpland #Academia #HigherEducation dailynous.com/2025/04/15/c...
Canadian Association of University Teachers Issues US Travel Warning - Daily Nous
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), a federation of independent associations and trade unions representing university teachers and other academic professionals has advised academic...
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April 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“CAUT recommends that academics who fall into the following categories exercise particular caution…
• Those who have expressed negative opinions about the current U.S. administration or its policies” #Trumpland #Academia #HigherEducation dailynous.com/2025/04/15/c...
• Those who have expressed negative opinions about the current U.S. administration or its policies” #Trumpland #Academia #HigherEducation dailynous.com/2025/04/15/c...
Irish #writers: here's a petition you can sign and spread from the Irish Writers Union, asking for action on Meta's copyright theft of written work.
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my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
Protest Meta's Theft of Irish Writing
I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their AI tool. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
April 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Irish #writers: here's a petition you can sign and spread from the Irish Writers Union, asking for action on Meta's copyright theft of written work.
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...
my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...