'We have a saying in the order, which is that you’re not fully a monk until you have mourned the children you will never have.' Thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Brother Richard, who made such an impression on #tommytiernanshow a few weeks ago: irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

Interesting conversation with Rafeef Ziadah, whose Irish tour begins tonight.

Is a sudden urge to make a macramé lampshade a symptom of a midlife crisis?

New arrivals.

Some lovely background here to Camilla Greishel's Mamasongue by Ellie O'Byrne in the Irish Examiner. Mamasongue is with us on Sunday May 12 with an early curtain at 5pm: irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

As divorce rates continue to steadily rise in Ireland, Ellie O'Byrne asks if it is time to make more provision for a less punishing process.

irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

Makin’ the bed took a bit longer than expected. Several pallets, a bit of a cable reel, a pair of table legs out of a skip, some rope and we’ve made a bed that looks like it’s for a pirate!? We did salvage all the stuff by the seaside I s’pose #busconversion #palletfurniture #diy

Why is it that in Ireland we always think another overpaid post will solve the problem 🤔 what we actually need is proper road safety education from junior infants up. Starting on foot, progressing to bike, ending in cars. At dedicated road safety centres.

The Attorney General’s advice should be available to everyone who cares to seek it in advance of a referendum to help the public make informed choices. Shame this was not released and fair play to The Ditch for this last-minute scoop.

Met with Muireann today on Arranmore. She's 15 years old. She'd been fishing pollock with a line on a 7 metre boat. Catching about 30kg at a time. She skinned it & sold it to local restaurants. Now it's forbidden. She's written to Charlie McConalogue
She wants answers!

The dangerous divisions and mistrust emerging in Irish society are caused by government policy. Stop pointing at each other: start pointing at government erosion of transparency, endemic corruption and destruction of proper planning practice for profit. businessplus.ie/news/banty-mce…

Just as well we fixed those leaks on Desmond yesterday. Well, we think we fixed those leaks on Desmond yesterday!? 😳 #busconversion @tramoreecobus on Instagram.

Had the pleasure of working with Denis several times for Examiner stories and he was always so patient, so kind, and so great with people from all walks of life. Happy retirement you legend!

The surprisingly modern history of the bodhrán…thanks so much to ⁦Ruairi Glasheen⁩ for this fascinating chat, in today’s ⁦Irish Examiner Arts & Culture⁩. Do check out Ruairí’s amazing 4-part documentary on the bodhrán, available free on his YouTube channel irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

What a moment in time to capture at #AMatterOfTime at ⁦Crawford Art Gallery⁩ - 16 of the exhibiting artists from this massive show themed around time pose for a photo. This moment will never come again.

If the EBU found it was inappropriate for Russia to perform in Eurovision 2022, then Ireland should not be sharing a stage with Israel for #Eurovision 2024. Michael Kealy is the man to write to in RTE. I have done so. #BoycottEurovision

Silent video installation piece at #HedgeSchool festival in Doolin lists the names of the dead in #Gaza - even though it only displays each name for seconds, it lasts a horrifying 18 minutes.

Shannonside rapper Citrus Fresh described last night’s #Wake gig at #HedgeSchool festival in ⁦Hotel Doolin⁩ as “a Venn diagram of Limerick creativity”….DJ set after by mynameisj0hn was so very very good too. Small write-up of the weekend coming Monday!

There goes my brilliant sister again. She is artist-in-residence at St Finbarre’s
Cathedral this year and is working on something incredibly exciting:

Brrrr! Minus five this morning, but toasty out sleeping on #DervlaDekker last night!