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Aoife Barry
@sweetoblivion.bsky.social
Journalist, author of Social Capital, Corkonian in Dublin.
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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
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December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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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
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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
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 5:11 PM
We're delighted too! :) Thanks as always for the support Gary! linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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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
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Basically, please subscribe to the "Get Around To It" podcast and put it on your pod rotation. it's really good! #speirgorm linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
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November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Thanks so much @imbibecoffee.bsky.social! So delighted to have them as our sponsor :) We currently do two styles of podcast - preview/review and deep dives, alternating weeks - find the full list here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Was out of work 17 years ago, watched a documentary about coffee farmers and trade unions and decided to start a coffee business. It was a big struggle for a long time. Really grateful we got mentioned yesterday in Irish Times 50 great brands. Never underestimate timing, dumb luck and persistence.
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Missed out the word 'ONE' before 'wild and precious life', undermining the fact that you only live once and I've spent far too much of my life writing about/thinking about this shite
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Using some of the minutes of my wild and precious life to write about the state of the commentary on 'masculinity returning to fiction' after the latest Booker win. Full column is in the Sunday Times today - Culture mag www.instagram.com/p/DRZHOgZjV6d/
undefined on Instagram: "sweetoblivion26Writing about the weird, reductive discussion around the latest Booker win and masculinity in literature. Today’s co…"
sweetoblivion26Writing about the weird, reductive discussion around the latest Booker win and masculinity in literature. Today’s column is as always in Culture magazine in @sundaytimesireland, pick it up to read the full thing!
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November 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sorry to hear this - people put a load of work into their shows on RTE's digital stations! I hosted a show, Sweet Oblivion, on 2XM from 2009 till around 2011 (?). (When I started it was unpaid work if I remember correctly!)
So, it's been officially announced: after 19 years on the online airwaves, RTÉ is to close four of its five digital radio stations, including 2XM, on New Year's Eve.

Thread follows...

#spéirghorm #ireland
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
AI slop - is it making people accept low-quality 'content' when it comes to shows and films? We discuss this and more on the latest Get Around To It podcast podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Big news! Trespasses, Wicked: For Good, All's Fair & AI slop, Jarlath Regan
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 17/11/2025 · 1h 3m
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November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
great timing for this to drop :)
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Big news for Get Around To It podcast - we are delighted to be sponsored for the next while by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social! Their customers know their coffee is top tier, but so is their business model. More here on why we're stoked to work with them :) www.instagram.com/p/DRJnjS9DVLO/
Aoife & Lauren on Instagram: "We are absolutely delighted to announce Imbibe Coffee Roasters (@imbibe_coffee) as our first ever sponsor on Get Around to It - not least because we’re both long-time dri...
getaroundtoitpod on November 17, 2025: "We are absolutely delighted to announce Imbibe Coffee Roasters (@imbibe_coffee) as our first ever sponsor on Get Around to It - not least because we’re both lon...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Big news for Get Around To It podcast - we are delighted to be sponsored for the next while by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social! Their customers know their coffee is top tier, but so is their business model. More here on why we're stoked to work with them :) www.instagram.com/p/DRJnjS9DVLO/
Aoife & Lauren on Instagram: "We are absolutely delighted to announce Imbibe Coffee Roasters (@imbibe_coffee) as our first ever sponsor on Get Around to It - not least because we’re both long-time dri...
getaroundtoitpod on November 17, 2025: "We are absolutely delighted to announce Imbibe Coffee Roasters (@imbibe_coffee) as our first ever sponsor on Get Around to It - not least because we’re both lon...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Mentioned a while back that'd we'd be partnering with some nice people who are doing stuff that I enjoy personally. Really happy to sponsor the "Get Around To It", podcast with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and Lauren Murphy. They cover all aspects of the arts really well! linktr.ee/getaroundtoit
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November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Checked out the latest episode of Get Around To It yet? We also have eight other weekly episodes to catch up on - dedicated to arts and culture from Ireland and beyond
It's Monday morning - which means a new episode of Get Around To It arts and culture podcast! It's Deep Dive week, and this week we're asking... What's it REALLY like to write a book? I talk through the writing of Social Capital and what I learned podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
Deep Dive: What's it REALLY like to write a book?
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 10/11/2025 · 23m
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November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It's Monday morning - which means a new episode of Get Around To It arts and culture podcast! It's Deep Dive week, and this week we're asking... What's it REALLY like to write a book? I talk through the writing of Social Capital and what I learned podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...
Deep Dive: What's it REALLY like to write a book?
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 10/11/2025 · 23m
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November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A great way to start your day! <3 Thanks so much J xx
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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New episode of Get Around To It alert! This week we only have the amazing Joan As Police Woman and Irish artist Isabel Nolan telling us what they got around to lately - icons! Plus we chat Lily Allen, Mr Scorsese, Down Cemetery Road, David Kitt... and so much more podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
Previews & Reviews: Lily Allen drama, David Kitt, Mr Scorsese, Joan As Police Woman interview
Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 03/11/2025 · 1h 9m
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November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Ahhh thank you so much for listening to and loving our podcast Get Around To It, Anne-Marie! You’ve made my day 😭😭 @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social
This is my new favourite podcast. All about the arts by two women who really know their stuff. I adore it. A spot in there for @ronanhession.bsky.social's Leonard and Hungry Paul too!
New episode of Get Around To It alert! This week we only have the amazing Joan As Police Woman and Irish artist Isabel Nolan telling us what they got around to lately - icons! Plus we chat Lily Allen, Mr Scorsese, Down Cemetery Road, David Kitt... and so much more podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM