Dr Shauna Gilligan
@shaunagilligan.bsky.social
Writer, Educator, Feminist, full of heart, cats, literacy for all. Awards incl Jack Harte Bursary 2025 and 2024 Brigid1500. Latest Pub: Co-editor of anthology of art & writing
https://www.kennys.ie/shop/fire-brigid-and-the-sacred-feminine-9781851323289
https://www.kennys.ie/shop/fire-brigid-and-the-sacred-feminine-9781851323289
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we honour #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli.
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we honour #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli.
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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Writing from Gaza, Palestinian journalist Ibtisam Mahdi explores how women have played—and will continue to play—a critical role in rebuilding life and culture amid genocide. Mahdi has interviewed nearly 100 women about profound hardship in Gaza. Read more: pen.org/women-on-gen...
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Writing from Gaza, Palestinian journalist Ibtisam Mahdi explores how women have played—and will continue to play—a critical role in rebuilding life and culture amid genocide. Mahdi has interviewed nearly 100 women about profound hardship in Gaza. Read more: pen.org/women-on-gen...
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Dublin Photography & Street Photography
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dublin Photography & Street Photography
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
Best of December 2025.... so far!
ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #December
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
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PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Mourns Death of Playwright Tom Stoppard, a Tenacious Defender of Free Expression
PEN America statement on Tom Stoppard death: “From his early plays like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead that shocked audiences, to his most recent and most autobiographical play Leopoldstadt— in...
pen.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
PEN America mourns the death of Tom Stoppard, one of the world's most influential playwrights and a tenacious defender of free expression.
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
Along with multiple Tony Awards and an Oscar, Stoppard was also the 2020 winner of the PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for Performance Award.
pen.org/press-releas...
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We're in a piece by @johnmeaghermedia.bsky.social today in the Indo looking at the impact a large online American corporation has had on Irish retailers
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We're in a piece by @johnmeaghermedia.bsky.social today in the Indo looking at the impact a large online American corporation has had on Irish retailers
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This month’s reading list is themed “From Behind Bars” in for our #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. These works, born from experiences behind bars remind us that the human voice endures even when freedom is taken away.
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This month’s reading list is themed “From Behind Bars” in for our #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. These works, born from experiences behind bars remind us that the human voice endures even when freedom is taken away.
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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This just blew my mind a bit
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This just blew my mind a bit
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Today marks 97 months since the brutal assassination of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia in #Malta
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today marks 97 months since the brutal assassination of #DaphneCaruanaGalizia in #Malta
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
97 months without full justice for her killing.
Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne
#JournalismIsNotACrime
@peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social
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This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is journalist, Furkan Karabay, 29 yrs old who has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey since May 2025, charged with insulting his president in his news reports. His next trial is 2nd December & he faces 6-15 years in prison if sentenced. We call for his release. Please repost for Furkan.
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We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
THE CLIMATE ISSUE 🌊
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
Our Winter 2025-26 issue is out next week launching on Thursday 27th November in The Digital Depot, Dublin
🎨The Conversation by Limerick-based artist Robert Ryan, selected from the 195th RHA Annual Exhibition / Cover design Eimear Gavin.
More info stingingfly.org/newsletter/
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We're launching next Thursday 27th November in the Digital Depot - come one, come all!!
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
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Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Okay whoever decided on that ridiculous story about suspected foxes cutting wires in Dublin needs to own up. They don't even have any proof and there's a whole piece with interviews etc.
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
RTE, the foxes in mayo take in washing when it's raining I'm happy to give an interview on it
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Fabulous resource on classic women’s literature, focusing mainly on women who wrote in the English language, as well as global authors who were translated extensively:
www.literaryladiesguide.com
www.literaryladiesguide.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Fabulous resource on classic women’s literature, focusing mainly on women who wrote in the English language, as well as global authors who were translated extensively:
www.literaryladiesguide.com
www.literaryladiesguide.com
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit — the voice of the Hirak movement — is in prison just for speaking truth to power. Join PEN International in demanding his immediate and unconditional release.
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
Mohamed Tadjadit Day of the Imprisoned Writer — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of E...
www.pen-international.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit — the voice of the Hirak movement — is in prison just for speaking truth to power. Join PEN International in demanding his immediate and unconditional release.
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
Take action today: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
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Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards
Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards
Former president has published five poetry collections and several others of essays and speeches
www.irishtimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards
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Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Healthy oceans, safe future: stop the toxic shark trade
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now!
action.wemove.eu
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Three sharks are killed every second - Europe’s trade in shark meat is driving them toward extinction. Let’s ban shark products once and for all. Sign now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman against the European Commission, accusing it of using generative AI in public documents
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
ICCL files complaint on European Commission over ChatGPT
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman against the European Commission accusing it of using generative AI in public documents.
www.rte.ie
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has filed a complaint with the European Ombudsman against the European Commission, accusing it of using generative AI in public documents
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
www.rte.ie/news/busines...
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All writers know that the most important stage of writing is actually the re-write. Join me on 25 November, 6-8pm, @bluepencilagency to find out what that REALLY means, and just how much better you can make your writing when you know how to tackle this crucial stage:
Revising & Editing - November 25 - Blue Pencil Agency | Literary Consultancy
Craft Tutorials: Revising & Editing – a Zoom workshop with writing tutor Emma Darwin, November 25, 6:00 - 8:00 pm GMT.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
All writers know that the most important stage of writing is actually the re-write. Join me on 25 November, 6-8pm, @bluepencilagency to find out what that REALLY means, and just how much better you can make your writing when you know how to tackle this crucial stage:
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#journorequest - anyone in Ireland going out for dinner on Christmas day (or staying in a hotel and having dinner there) and would like to chat to me for a piece. DM if any thoughts. Shares appreciated. #Christmas2025 #Christmas #restaurant
November 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#journorequest - anyone in Ireland going out for dinner on Christmas day (or staying in a hotel and having dinner there) and would like to chat to me for a piece. DM if any thoughts. Shares appreciated. #Christmas2025 #Christmas #restaurant
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: 📣 Today we stand in solidarity with writers silenced for their words. Join us in amplifying their voices: #RoryBranker, #YalqunRozi , #MohamedTadjadit , and #MziaAmaglobeli.
Take action with us ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Take action with us ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025 — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
“Across the world, writers continue to pay a heavy price for speaking truth. Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit, and Mzia Amaglobeli remind us that words can shake the powerful — and that cou...
www.pen-international.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: 📣 Today we stand in solidarity with writers silenced for their words. Join us in amplifying their voices: #RoryBranker, #YalqunRozi , #MohamedTadjadit , and #MziaAmaglobeli.
Take action with us ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Take action with us ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
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ZOOM IN
14 November 2025, Dublin.
Huge Scary Waves earlier on on the the West Pier!!!!!
Never ever seen big waves like those!
#Dublin #Storm #WestPier #DunLaoghaire #Photography #Streetphotography
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
14 November 2025, Dublin.
Huge Scary Waves earlier on on the the West Pier!!!!!
Never ever seen big waves like those!
#Dublin #Storm #WestPier #DunLaoghaire #Photography #Streetphotography
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ZOOM IN
14 November 2025, Dublin.
Huge Scary Waves earlier on on the the West Pier!!!!!
Never ever seen big waves like those!
#Dublin #Storm #WestPier #DunLaoghaire #Photography #Streetphotography
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
14 November 2025, Dublin.
Huge Scary Waves earlier on on the the West Pier!!!!!
Never ever seen big waves like those!
#Dublin #Storm #WestPier #DunLaoghaire #Photography #Streetphotography
nerosunero.art/dublin-autum...
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This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
Booker Prize winner David Szalay, who abandoned Flesh several times in the early stages, stresses the importance of risk when writing a novel
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This year’s Booker winner David Szalay: ‘I really appreciate Roddy Doyle’s simple, practical advice’
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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