Ronan Fitzgerald
@rmkf.bsky.social
Fiction writer.
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Ronan Fitzgerald
@rmkf.bsky.social
· Dec 18
NEWS: We are delighted to announce the winners of Novel Fair 2025
@ben-bland.bsky.social Ciara Broderick, Jill Bronfman, Andrew Cunning, Stephen Doyle @rmkf.bsky.social, Aidan Furey, Matthew Hornsby, André Mangeot, Amanda Moloney, Dónal O’Leary & Pauline Ryan.
irishwriterscentre.ie/12-aspiring-...
@ben-bland.bsky.social Ciara Broderick, Jill Bronfman, Andrew Cunning, Stephen Doyle @rmkf.bsky.social, Aidan Furey, Matthew Hornsby, André Mangeot, Amanda Moloney, Dónal O’Leary & Pauline Ryan.
irishwriterscentre.ie/12-aspiring-...
12 Aspiring Novelists Selected for the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2025 - Irish Writers Centre
Congratulations to Ben Bland, Ciara Broderick, Jill Bronfman, Andrew Cunning, Stephen Doyle, Ronan Fitzgerald, Aidan Furey, Matthew Hornsby, André Mangeot, Amanda Moloney, Dónal O'Leary and Pauline Ry...
irishwriterscentre.ie
Delighted to be one of the winners of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2025. I've worked on my novel for two years and this gives me a massive opportunity to try to get it published. Excited for what's next!
I know understanding of early and late is shredded by ads and the discourse but I just saw a house with the Christmas lights up, wtf.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I know understanding of early and late is shredded by ads and the discourse but I just saw a house with the Christmas lights up, wtf.
I love this show every month, just a great meandering trip through a wide range of ambient music.
Pender Street Steppers w/ Slow Riffs 111125
The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.
From the host: _
soundcloud.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I love this show every month, just a great meandering trip through a wide range of ambient music.
Genuinely couldn't gaf who "briefed" against who, just a complete media clown show.
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Genuinely couldn't gaf who "briefed" against who, just a complete media clown show.
He famously described his neurodivergent condition as "my superpower"
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
He famously described his neurodivergent condition as "my superpower"
This is all a bit Coen brothers.
Ruth Lawrence found guilty of murders of two men in 2014
A 46-year-old woman has been found guilty of the murders of two men who were shot dead and whose bodies were found on an island in a midlands lake 11 years ago.
www.rte.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is all a bit Coen brothers.
Every time there's a story like this that doesn't explain what the AI is supposed to do, who is providing it, who decided to implement it, how much it costs, how success or failure will be measured, etc, is quite a big failure. Tech doesn't implement itself.
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Every time there's a story like this that doesn't explain what the AI is supposed to do, who is providing it, who decided to implement it, how much it costs, how success or failure will be measured, etc, is quite a big failure. Tech doesn't implement itself.
50 seems oddly specific here.
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
50 seems oddly specific here.
I am sure there'll be a conversation about whether this excludes people, but I'd wager downloading and printing is already harder than using an app, and both are digitally exclusionary. It's not an offline user journey just because it ends with a piece of paper in your hand.
Ryanair has officially moved to 100% digital boarding passes today.
Passengers are no longer able to download and print a physical paper boarding pass
jrnl.ie/6870873
Passengers are no longer able to download and print a physical paper boarding pass
jrnl.ie/6870873
Flying with Ryanair? You can't use paper boarding passes anymore
Ryanair has officially moved to 100% digital boarding passes.
jrnl.ie
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I am sure there'll be a conversation about whether this excludes people, but I'd wager downloading and printing is already harder than using an app, and both are digitally exclusionary. It's not an offline user journey just because it ends with a piece of paper in your hand.
Genuinely don't know what the point of not saying this or this sort of back and forth is. Is it just we are going to do this but we want to announce it at a time of our choosing for PR reasons?
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Genuinely don't know what the point of not saying this or this sort of back and forth is. Is it just we are going to do this but we want to announce it at a time of our choosing for PR reasons?
Strange they took this photo before the hammer and sickle was painted on?
Catherine Connolly is being sworn in as Ireland's next president this morning at Dublin Castle - watch the entire ceremony live here on our YouTube channel youtu.be/IddiQ2fYr0c
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Strange they took this photo before the hammer and sickle was painted on?
I'd watch a film about the Bond writers all living in a tightly guarded prison, held at gunpoint, and believing since birth that Bond is real and the events they are forced to write all come true, as appears to be the case.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I'd watch a film about the Bond writers all living in a tightly guarded prison, held at gunpoint, and believing since birth that Bond is real and the events they are forced to write all come true, as appears to be the case.
Was just looking at an agent's website as I send my novel out and I saw they represent... Phil McNulty.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Was just looking at an agent's website as I send my novel out and I saw they represent... Phil McNulty.
How badly can you hurt your foot by standing on a doorstop? An experiment I have conducted this evening.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How badly can you hurt your foot by standing on a doorstop? An experiment I have conducted this evening.
Been having p much no real joy with using a CPAP machine and had a check-in with NHS today. I was feeling a bit like what's the point but they were so amazing, just mega encouraging and also assuring me there are diff setups they can try plus v determined that I wouldn't think it's my fault.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Been having p much no real joy with using a CPAP machine and had a check-in with NHS today. I was feeling a bit like what's the point but they were so amazing, just mega encouraging and also assuring me there are diff setups they can try plus v determined that I wouldn't think it's my fault.
I like to play this on a grey Monday morning.
Windows Of The World
YouTube video by Scott Walker - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I like to play this on a grey Monday morning.
Kind of funny that the biggest PS5 videogame of the year avoids any of the strawman myths which the curator discusses trying to challenge in this article. Or that a discourse between a PS5 game and a museum show on this subject is on a fairly level playing field.
Groundbreaking British Museum show set to challenge samurai myths
Exclusive: Exhibition will reveal complex reality, featuring women and artistic creations, beyond armour-clad warriors
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Kind of funny that the biggest PS5 videogame of the year avoids any of the strawman myths which the curator discusses trying to challenge in this article. Or that a discourse between a PS5 game and a museum show on this subject is on a fairly level playing field.
Tidiness.
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tidiness.
I know complaining that businesses decide it's Christmas earlier every year happens earlier every year, but it is weird that Leadenhall Market has a gigantic Christmas tree up.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I know complaining that businesses decide it's Christmas earlier every year happens earlier every year, but it is weird that Leadenhall Market has a gigantic Christmas tree up.
Just pressed play on the audiobook I'm listening to and the narrator shouted the words "but where were the drugs!?"
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just pressed play on the audiobook I'm listening to and the narrator shouted the words "but where were the drugs!?"
People don't say "the very same" enough in response to someone clarifying if you were referring to a particular person.
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
People don't say "the very same" enough in response to someone clarifying if you were referring to a particular person.
Why is this pub playing Streets Of Philadelphia? Doesn't feel appropriate.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Why is this pub playing Streets Of Philadelphia? Doesn't feel appropriate.
Beef shin gyoza with bone marrow gravy at Kernel taproom.
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Beef shin gyoza with bone marrow gravy at Kernel taproom.
