Always end the night with a positive thought. No matter how hard the day may have been, there is always a reason to be grateful. Let tomorrow be a fresh start.

🌟As girls and women, believe in yourselves. 🌟As parents, allow your girls to dream and encourage them to achieve their dreams. 🌟As fathers, be a role model to your sons, treat the women in your lives with respect and love. #GenerationEquality unwo.men/IzwT50FQsCn

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the first rock concert at Slane Castle. Earlier this month President Higgins wrote to the family of Terry Thorpe, the photographer who took this photo in 1984, at the first (and last) Sunday concert at the castle. #SlaneRocks

Shamsia Hassani, the first Afghan graffiti and street artist, captures the fear and despair of women in Afghanistan. It is mesmerising and heartbreaking 💔 #Afghanistan #AfghanWomen

Make sure you are devoting your finite energy to things that bring you meaning and fulfillment.

Around 300 Afghan citizens are expected to arrive in Ireland in the coming weeks under refugee and family reunification programmes rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

Jupiter at opposition this week - see magazine 11:24pm  see STARLINKs  almost overhead but then fading into Earth's shadow (32 of them for 10 minutes!) (No ISS passes until evening of Aug.27) Email:  [email protected]  if seen! Order:  astronomy.ie/magazine  TODAY!

#Ireland speaks up United Nations for the rights of women in #Afghanistan.

This evenings doc (our final one before we move back to Saturday afternoons at 2pm RTÉ Radio 1) tells a War of Independence story. Below, Saoirse Sheehan introduces the doc, which came out of a secondary school project she did rte.ie/culture/2021/0…

Reminder to keep 6pm free as our latest doc 'I Am To Be Shot' airs RTÉ Radio 1 When a Cork schoolgirl researched a 100-year old #WarofIndependence story about the local IRA and a British officer, she came across some remarkable information which led to this evenings doc.

ITM Director Bernard Joyce speaking on this morning's panel on #ReducedTimetables and the impact on Traveller children #ChildrensFuturesIRL

„The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.“ Dante Alighieri Died on September 14, 1321

Elif Shafak: How the 21st century would have disappointed HG Wells theguardian.com/books/2021/sep…

This week won't be perfect, but just showing up for your school community makes a difference. (Via AP Eric L Fox)

LIVE: Scientists, engineers and experts answer your questions about our #Artemis robotic explorer, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, & its landing site near Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole. Ask them anything on Reddit, Inc.: go.nasa.gov/3nTHlsh

#GlobalCitizenLive is just around the corner! On Sept. 25, your favorite artists will perform from Lagos, Paris, NYC, London, Sydney, Seoul, Rio, LA, Mumbai, AND MORE, but you can watch Global Citizen ⭕'s 24-hour broadcast from anywhere in the world! Here's how: glblctzn.me/globalcitizenl…

After ten days’ delay, Lloyd George’s response to de Valera's letter of 19 September 1921 is finally telegraphed #OTD where he issues 'a fresh invitation to a conference in London on October 11th, where we can meet your delegates as spokesmen of the people whom you represent..1/2