The Yellow Shark is the polar opposite of what I was expecting from a Frank Zappa album. Waits calls it “the clarity of his perfect madness, and mastery”. I call it rather peculiar. A bit like the DC temperature which has dropped 20 degrees in 2 days.

An orchestral album about the sinking of the Titanic with ‘Nearer My God to Thee’ on a loop for an hour. Achingly beautiful, haunting & evocative. A musical meditation, really. This Gavin Bryars is one seriously interesting dude en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Bry…

The best man I’ve ever known or will ever know. Pat Bane 1946 - 2021. #FathersDay #RIP

Georgetown in yellow, captured by my niece Aoife, the budding photographer

“I guess the only thing that can make me truly happy is going somewhere really, really soggy” 😂 & also ✅

I just signed this petition to save one of the most important musical and cultural hubs in the country… The Cobblestone Pub in Dublin… will you join me? my.uplift.ie/petitions/save… via @UpliftIRL

“The obedience reflex is our greatest flaw, the kink in the human brain that threatens our lives”. 😳🥺 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Remembering the 130 people who lost their lives November 13 2015 in the Bataclan massacre on the streets of Paris.

VIDEO: 🇫🇷 US Vice President Kamala Harris lays a bouquet of white flowers in front of the bar Le Carillon in Paris in memory of the victims of the November 13 2015 terror attacks, the worst in France's post-war history

Two old friends talking about joy and how to get it, this is a profoundly moving documentary and by far the best thing I’ve watched over the holidays.

Our flights between Donegal and Dublin are back 😍 To celebrate, we’re giving away two return flights and a €250 Holidays with Aer Lingus voucher for a hotel stay in beautiful Donegal💚 Follow & retweet to enter. Winner chosen tomorrow! T&Cs in bio.✈️ Best of luck!☘️

I’m either connected to the matrix or some sort of witch genius. I got it in one using a starter word I’ve never used before 😳Wordle 259 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

To commemorate #InternationalWomensDay, some of my favourite pics of women being badasses. First up, Saffiyah Khan.

Please support our campaign to save the Iveagh. Please follow and retweet 💜

We're busily planning the internal spaces of the new London Irish Centre. A new home for Irish community and culture in London. Would you take a few minutes and tell us what you think? tinyurl.com/licfuture

In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 25.8% lower than men's.

Happy 460th birthday William Shakespeare #WilliamShakespeare

Someone from Piers Morgan's staff asked if I would like to come onto Pier's show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to talk about the state of his attire. Since he invited feedback, I thought I'd do a thread comparing his style to menswear icon Kermit the Frog. 🧵

Great to be at the #SharedIsland Youth Forum event at Dublin Castle today with Taoiseach Simon Harris TD & Sorcha Eastwood MP MP & young leaders from across the island

Armagh is uniquely connected to St Patrick who built his first stone church in the city in 445 AD. The saint claimed the building would have pre-eminence over all the churches in Ireland which is why the city remains the ecclesiastical capital. The Very Rev Shane Forster, the