Anthony Joshua’s tears and tirade show the burden of boxing’s spotlight | Sachin Nakrani theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug…

BBC News - In pictures: Drought in Europe exposes sunken ships, lost villages and ominous 'hunger stones' bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Michael Harding: What I never told anyone was that I actually enjoyed Confession irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

Fintan O’Toole: Queen Elizabeth showed the institution she embodied could survive with her irishtimes.com/world/uk/2022/…

poetryfoundation.org/poems/51607/ca… Although a Catholic himself, O’Neill (a fisherman and heavy drinker) disobeyed a curfew imposed by the IRA and he went to a protestant pub for a drink. Was killed when the pub was blown up by a bomb set by the IRA in a retaliation attack for bloody Sunday

Another great anthology from Bloodaxe Books.

Always 💜this atmospheric watercolour by Mildred Anne Butler, born on this day in 1858. We've used it as a subject of one of our Mindfulness & Art posts, if you'd like to take five minutes out of your day to meditate on it with curiosity and openness. nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artist…

A great insight into how Irish immigrants to England in the 1960s were viewed, and how they viewed themselves. fb.watch/iibpbuifr8/

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

When he visits Ireland, is pictured having a Guinness, and all the moaning starts about Irish stereotypes, remember he got some really big beers in first. bbc.com/news/uk-649547…

Kerrygold prices finally returning to a level in Germany where you don't need to take out an overdraft to butter your bread.

Waking up to Father's day in Germany. The day when men gather beer onto a trolley and go drinking together, while walking in the fields or forest. Half-cut by the early afternoon. No surprise it is said to be the day of the year with the highest number of reported assaults.

A tough but essentially read if you want to understand the depth of the gun problem in the US

It's with the reminders on social media that you realise this should be the time of the year for the All Ireland finals. This is me supporting the Dubs from afar 8 years ago.

These words ring out in Paris. Great win. But they echo from Palestine and Israel. The innocents. Light a candle for them all. In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie What's in your head, in your head? Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie, oh

Loved this from Louise Kennedy. But don't get the Kindle edition like I did - you will want to pass it on to friends.

Doing Movember. MoSpaceSharing de.movember.com/en/mospace/150…

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Listening to clips of Oasis on the radio while having Fontaines DC new album Romance ringing in my ears, the difference in the depth of songwriting is profound. And yet, Fontaines still have their hummable, jangly tunes too. Don't look back and clamour, stay In the Modern World.

Around the world, you’ve surrendered to the shave and for that, we salute you. Now get out there and change the face of men’s health. Grow. Move. Host. Or, Mo Your Own Way. The Order of Mo is with you.