Bernie McCarthy 🏳️🌈
@berniemccarthy.bsky.social
Writer of Irish historical fiction and craftswoman.
Great speech - so proud of Jessie Buckley from Killarney
Jessie Buckley delivers powerful speech on womanhood at Elle gala www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fa...
Jessie Buckley delivers powerful speech on womanhood at Elle gala www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fa...
Jessie Buckley delivers powerful speech on womanhood at Elle gala
Jessie Buckley attended the Elle Women in Hollywood 2025 event.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Great speech - so proud of Jessie Buckley from Killarney
Jessie Buckley delivers powerful speech on womanhood at Elle gala www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fa...
Jessie Buckley delivers powerful speech on womanhood at Elle gala www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fa...
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Michael D Higgins [b 1941], Uachtarán na hÉireann (2011-2025) will finish his two terms of the Irish presidency tonight. A statesman, Mayor of Galway, poet, govt minister, intellectual, socialist & the most beloved figure in Irish life; his will be a lasting legacy of speaking out for social justice
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Michael D Higgins [b 1941], Uachtarán na hÉireann (2011-2025) will finish his two terms of the Irish presidency tonight. A statesman, Mayor of Galway, poet, govt minister, intellectual, socialist & the most beloved figure in Irish life; his will be a lasting legacy of speaking out for social justice
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So long Miggledy. You woz the bestest president of any country ever. Go raibh míle mhaith agat.
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
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He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So long Miggledy. You woz the bestest president of any country ever. Go raibh míle mhaith agat.
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You should be. Most of us were proud and thankful to call him our president.
So proud of my father for all the passion, courage,care and vision he brought to the last 14 years as President of Ireland. Both my parents have always been driven by a deep wide love for Ireland & the world, for people, planet & possibilities. Looking forward to their next chapter! #Grá #spiergirm
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
You should be. Most of us were proud and thankful to call him our president.
I’m nervous now, travelling as I am on this day, on the many wheels of a bus ; )
Why November 11th was a day for blood sacrifice rites in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why November 11th was a day for blood sacrifice rites in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why November 11th was a day for blood sacrifice rites in Ireland
Blood sacrifices involving pigs, sheep or geese were practiced in Ireland well into living memory on Martinmas
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November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’m nervous now, travelling as I am on this day, on the many wheels of a bus ; )
Why November 11th was a day for blood sacrifice rites in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why November 11th was a day for blood sacrifice rites in Ireland www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman cross paths, sparking a forbidden love that defies society's judgments.
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Courageous and extraordinary and what a difference she made for so many Irish women
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Who was May McGee?: ‘hero housewife’ who fought to make contraception legal in Ireland
In the News podcast: Following her death aged 81, her legacy is her landmark 1973 case which found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
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October 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Courageous and extraordinary and what a difference she made for so many Irish women
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…and they don’t even factor the mental health benefits!
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
…and they don’t even factor the mental health benefits!
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I wasn’t prepared for the effect Florence and the machines’s new song and video would have on me. A wonderful cathartic healing song.
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I wasn’t prepared for the effect Florence and the machines’s new song and video would have on me. A wonderful cathartic healing song.
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Irish President-Elect Catherine Connolly received the most votes, ever, in a presidential election & won by a landslide. She’s known for her support of ppl with disabilities, the Irish language, LGBTQ ppl & equal rights. She’s the third woman president. She’s also a respected feminist. #Aras25
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Irish President-Elect Catherine Connolly received the most votes, ever, in a presidential election & won by a landslide. She’s known for her support of ppl with disabilities, the Irish language, LGBTQ ppl & equal rights. She’s the third woman president. She’s also a respected feminist. #Aras25
Joy oh joy comhghairdeas our president Catherine Connolly
October 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Joy oh joy comhghairdeas our president Catherine Connolly
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In 1582, more than a dozen women from St Osyth, Essex, stood accused of witchcraft. A new Sky HISTORY docuseries highlights the unfairness of their trial: www.history.co.uk/articles/the... @thealiceroberts.bsky.social #History
St Osyth witches: The witch trial that shook a quiet Essex village
In 1582, more than a dozen women from St Osyth, Essex, stood accused of witchcraft. A new Sky HISTORY docuseries highlights the unfairness of their trial.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In 1582, more than a dozen women from St Osyth, Essex, stood accused of witchcraft. A new Sky HISTORY docuseries highlights the unfairness of their trial: www.history.co.uk/articles/the... @thealiceroberts.bsky.social #History
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Really looking forward to this! Such a brilliant line-up.
We'll be doing a live Arena show at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 100 issues of @thedublinreview.bsky.social.
We'll have editor Brendan Barrington, contributors Sara Baume, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and @mrkocnnll.bsky.social.
Do come, it's going to be special...
We'll have editor Brendan Barrington, contributors Sara Baume, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and @mrkocnnll.bsky.social.
Do come, it's going to be special...
The Dublin Review at 100 - Dublin Book Festival
The Dublin Review, Ireland’s quarterly magazine of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction, is celebrating its 100th issue. Join us for a special live broadcast of RTÉ Arena on Radio 1 in conversation w...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Really looking forward to this! Such a brilliant line-up.
Ten of the best Irish books of 2025 so far
It's been another bumper year for Irish literature...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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If you buy this book, in a few days your Alexa will beep and say, "You have one new notification from Amazon.com. A no-good worthless book has arrived." #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit #inventingreality www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you buy this book, in a few days your Alexa will beep and say, "You have one new notification from Amazon.com. A no-good worthless book has arrived." #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit #inventingreality www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...
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Every so often I post Millicent Fawcett's words because what she said bears repeating
October 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Every so often I post Millicent Fawcett's words because what she said bears repeating
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Blown away to see that, for the 2nd year running, The Bookseller's Gift is the No #1 contemporary novel in National Book Tokens' Ultimate Christmas Book List
The paperback in its smart new, midnight-blue cover is on Irish and UK bookshop shelves and available online now
#Spéirgorm #booksky 📚💙
The paperback in its smart new, midnight-blue cover is on Irish and UK bookshop shelves and available online now
#Spéirgorm #booksky 📚💙
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Blown away to see that, for the 2nd year running, The Bookseller's Gift is the No #1 contemporary novel in National Book Tokens' Ultimate Christmas Book List
The paperback in its smart new, midnight-blue cover is on Irish and UK bookshop shelves and available online now
#Spéirgorm #booksky 📚💙
The paperback in its smart new, midnight-blue cover is on Irish and UK bookshop shelves and available online now
#Spéirgorm #booksky 📚💙
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This 👇
Almost midnight in Kyiv.
Calm.
We have power, water.
Drops of rain gently sing a lullaby
to those who didn’t sleep last night.
Please, don’t take for granted
the quiet treasures you have –
power, water, windows, a roof.
Calm.
We have power, water.
Drops of rain gently sing a lullaby
to those who didn’t sleep last night.
Please, don’t take for granted
the quiet treasures you have –
power, water, windows, a roof.
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Heartened to see so many beautiful tributes to Manchán Magan. Love this from Brendan O'Connor. 'He was who he was. And how wise and lucky he was, to accept who he was early on, inhabit himself fully, and follow his own path.'
Here's to all of us accepting who we are and following our own paths✨️
Here's to all of us accepting who we are and following our own paths✨️
October 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Heartened to see so many beautiful tributes to Manchán Magan. Love this from Brendan O'Connor. 'He was who he was. And how wise and lucky he was, to accept who he was early on, inhabit himself fully, and follow his own path.'
Here's to all of us accepting who we are and following our own paths✨️
Here's to all of us accepting who we are and following our own paths✨️
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Dear. God. Almighty.
Kemi Badenoch saying “the last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leave” is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit
In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the
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October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dear. God. Almighty.