Aoife Barry
@sweetoblivion.bsky.social
Journalist, author of Social Capital, Corkonian in Dublin.
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Choice Music Prize 2025: CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year
Choice Music Prize 2025: CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year
The RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 winner is set to be announced in March
www.irishtimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Choice Music Prize 2025: CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year
Yes I went there - why women are so obsessed with Heated Rivalry (contains the phrase 'horny toads') sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
Here's why women are so obsessed with Heated Rivalry
Yes, I'm going there.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Yes I went there - why women are so obsessed with Heated Rivalry (contains the phrase 'horny toads') sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/heres-why-...
Wondering how Heated Rivalry became such a *massive* phenomenon? We explain all on Get Around To It - plus reviews: Marty Supreme/Sentimental Value/Dove Ellis album and previews: A Knight of the 7 Kingdoms/Ye Vagabonds podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Heated Rivalry, Marty Supreme, Hijack, Ailbhe Reddy
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 12/01/2026 · 53m
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January 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Wondering how Heated Rivalry became such a *massive* phenomenon? We explain all on Get Around To It - plus reviews: Marty Supreme/Sentimental Value/Dove Ellis album and previews: A Knight of the 7 Kingdoms/Ye Vagabonds podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
This is a great primer on the history of AI - it goes back much further than we often are led to think
'Engaging and often wry' - Aoife Barry's review of Toby Walsh's THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF AI in the Irish Independent. Out now in paperback. @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @independent.ie www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Why the ‘overnight success’ of AI was a long time in the making
In 1966, professor Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called Eliza. His intentions were noble, but the results shocked him.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is a great primer on the history of AI - it goes back much further than we often are led to think
We're SO excited to have Maggie O'Farrell (!!!!) on the pod this week to chat about Hamnet! This is a special short bonus episode with just the interview. Thanks for resharing @imbibecoffee.bsky.social :) podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b...
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
We're SO excited to have Maggie O'Farrell (!!!!) on the pod this week to chat about Hamnet! This is a special short bonus episode with just the interview. Thanks for resharing @imbibecoffee.bsky.social :) podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b...
There'll be a fresh new Previews & Reviews episode next Monday!
This week's episode of Get Around To It (sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social ) is a replay of our Deep Dive where we spill what it's really like to interview celebrities... includes when @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social met Enya & I was mesmeriesed by Paul Mescal podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
Deep Dive: What's it really like to interview celebrities? (Replay)
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 05/01/2026 · 33m
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January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
There'll be a fresh new Previews & Reviews episode next Monday!
This week's episode of Get Around To It (sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social ) is a replay of our Deep Dive where we spill what it's really like to interview celebrities... includes when @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social met Enya & I was mesmeriesed by Paul Mescal podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
Deep Dive: What's it really like to interview celebrities? (Replay)
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 05/01/2026 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This week's episode of Get Around To It (sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social ) is a replay of our Deep Dive where we spill what it's really like to interview celebrities... includes when @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social met Enya & I was mesmeriesed by Paul Mescal podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
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Couldn't get Marty Supreme out of my head, so after a long unintentional break, here's my latest newsletter about this film: sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/marty-supr...
Marty Supreme and the desperation-humiliation vortex
Timothée Chalamet's best role yet sees him play a talented but manipulative table-tennis player.
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January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Couldn't get Marty Supreme out of my head, so after a long unintentional break, here's my latest newsletter about this film: sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/marty-supr...
Couldn't get Marty Supreme out of my head, so after a long unintentional break, here's my latest newsletter about this film: sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/marty-supr...
Marty Supreme and the desperation-humiliation vortex
Timothée Chalamet's best role yet sees him play a talented but manipulative table-tennis player.
sweetoblivion.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Couldn't get Marty Supreme out of my head, so after a long unintentional break, here's my latest newsletter about this film: sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/marty-supr...
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Late to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social Get Around It podcast this week. It's a great one for book/TV lovers. Interviews with @ronanhession.bsky.social , Andrea Mara and Catherine Ryan Howard about their novels that were adapted to hit TV shows. linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
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January 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Late to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social Get Around It podcast this week. It's a great one for book/TV lovers. Interviews with @ronanhession.bsky.social , Andrea Mara and Catherine Ryan Howard about their novels that were adapted to hit TV shows. linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
Thanks so much Jackie! I learned TONS from them all about it!
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Thanks so much Jackie! I learned TONS from them all about it!
What's it like to have your book adapted for screen? Delighted to have @ronanhession.bsky.social, @andreamara.bsky.social and Catherine Ryan Howard on this week's episode of Get Around To It! Co-presented by me and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
Deep Dive: What's it like to have your book adapted for TV?
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 29/12/2025 · 1h 14m
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December 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What's it like to have your book adapted for screen? Delighted to have @ronanhession.bsky.social, @andreamara.bsky.social and Catherine Ryan Howard on this week's episode of Get Around To It! Co-presented by me and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
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The Get Around To It podcast highlights of 2025 are here! Plus our disappointments of 2025… podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...
The GATI Highlights (and Lowlights) of 2025
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 22/12/2025 · 47m
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December 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Get Around To It podcast highlights of 2025 are here! Plus our disappointments of 2025… podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...
The Get Around To It podcast highlights of 2025 are here! Plus our disappointments of 2025… podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...
The GATI Highlights (and Lowlights) of 2025
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 22/12/2025 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Get Around To It podcast highlights of 2025 are here! Plus our disappointments of 2025… podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...
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Catching up on end-of-year best-ofs here! With @sweetoblivion.bsky.social including @oonaf.bsky.social on her "10 Irish writers you should read" list, dusting off my short review of her very deserving work — This Interim Time — for @commonmag.bsky.social: www.thecommononline.org/what-were-re...
Ignore the bestsellers — these are the Irish writers you should read
With the help of booksellers and festival directors, Aoife Barry picks the best of this year’s fiction, non-fiction and short stories
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December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Catching up on end-of-year best-ofs here! With @sweetoblivion.bsky.social including @oonaf.bsky.social on her "10 Irish writers you should read" list, dusting off my short review of her very deserving work — This Interim Time — for @commonmag.bsky.social: www.thecommononline.org/what-were-re...
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Brand new Get Around To It podcast for your enjoyment: Which new series did myself & @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social find so bad we had to abandon it? Is the Simon Cowell series good... or bleak? Should you go see Hamnet? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Hamnet, Amadeus, The Abandons, Simon Cowell
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 15/12/2025 · 1h 2m
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December 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Brand new Get Around To It podcast for your enjoyment: Which new series did myself & @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social find so bad we had to abandon it? Is the Simon Cowell series good... or bleak? Should you go see Hamnet? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Thanks so much Darach! So shocked about his and Michele’s death… awful
Great piece by @sweetoblivion.bsky.social on Rob Reiner and his work.
Rob Reiner had an inconceivable run in his heyday - and his hit movies still resonate in 2025 jrnl.ie/6904226
Rob Reiner had an inconceivable run in his heyday - and his hit movies still resonate in 2025 jrnl.ie/6904226
Rob Reiner had an inconceivable run in his heyday - and his hit movies still resonate in 2025
The tragic deaths of the director and his wife Michele are being mourned by fans of his films like Stand By Me.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Thanks so much Darach! So shocked about his and Michele’s death… awful
You can find all the podcast providers here: linktr.ee/getaroundtoit - We also have an interview with the fab David Kitt! @imbibecoffee.bsky.social. Enjoying the pod? Please do spread the word :)
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
You can find all the podcast providers here: linktr.ee/getaroundtoit - We also have an interview with the fab David Kitt! @imbibecoffee.bsky.social. Enjoying the pod? Please do spread the word :)
Brand new Get Around To It podcast for your enjoyment: Which new series did myself & @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social find so bad we had to abandon it? Is the Simon Cowell series good... or bleak? Should you go see Hamnet? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Hamnet, Amadeus, The Abandons, Simon Cowell
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 15/12/2025 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Brand new Get Around To It podcast for your enjoyment: Which new series did myself & @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social find so bad we had to abandon it? Is the Simon Cowell series good... or bleak? Should you go see Hamnet? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
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Donald Clarke interviews Elizabeth Olsen about the excellent Eternity by David Freyne (apparently related to me) which is in cinemas from tomorrow www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
Elizabeth Olsen: ‘I’ve always wanted to be involved with an Irish mafia’
The actor discusses Marvel, shunning social media, and her role in David Freyne’s new romantic comedy, Eternity
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Donald Clarke interviews Elizabeth Olsen about the excellent Eternity by David Freyne (apparently related to me) which is in cinemas from tomorrow www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
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New episode of my TPOE music podcast is out today featuring Maykay in a 45-minute chat about her debut solo album
Link in bio or just search for 'The Point of Everything' wherever you get your podcasts
Link in bio or just search for 'The Point of Everything' wherever you get your podcasts
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New episode of my TPOE music podcast is out today featuring Maykay in a 45-minute chat about her debut solo album
Link in bio or just search for 'The Point of Everything' wherever you get your podcasts
Link in bio or just search for 'The Point of Everything' wherever you get your podcasts
We cover a lot on GATI on our Previews & Reviews episodes - think of it as akin to a magazine radio show. Plus there's a shorter deep dive every second week
On the latest Get Around To It podcast ep we chat: Plur1bus (is it the best thing on streaming?), Joanne McNally's 3Arena date, the live show of The Dead at MoLI, and ask - is Stranger Things past it? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Plur1bus, With Love Meghan, Joanne McNally, The Dead
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 01/12/2025 · 1h 4m
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December 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We cover a lot on GATI on our Previews & Reviews episodes - think of it as akin to a magazine radio show. Plus there's a shorter deep dive every second week
On the latest Get Around To It podcast ep we chat: Plur1bus (is it the best thing on streaming?), Joanne McNally's 3Arena date, the live show of The Dead at MoLI, and ask - is Stranger Things past it? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Plur1bus, With Love Meghan, Joanne McNally, The Dead
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 01/12/2025 · 1h 4m
podcasts.apple.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On the latest Get Around To It podcast ep we chat: Plur1bus (is it the best thing on streaming?), Joanne McNally's 3Arena date, the live show of The Dead at MoLI, and ask - is Stranger Things past it? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
We're delighted too! :) Thanks as always for the support Gary! linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We're delighted too! :) Thanks as always for the support Gary! linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
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This is a really nice piece in Hot Press about how we're differently to other businesses and why. It'd be great if you could read and share. My perhaps naive hope is that a big business might see it and copy us. It works. #speirgorm www.hotpress.com/lifestyle-sp...
Imbibe Coffee Roasters – proving that a different way of doing business is possible: "There's huge satisfaction in giving" | Hotpress
The founder of Imbibe Coffee Roasters, Gary Grant, explains how they have built a flourishing business selling great coffee, while also supporting an array ...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is a really nice piece in Hot Press about how we're differently to other businesses and why. It'd be great if you could read and share. My perhaps naive hope is that a big business might see it and copy us. It works. #speirgorm www.hotpress.com/lifestyle-sp...