🦻 ISL Interpretation 🎟️ riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh… Diarmaid Ferriter is Full Professor& Chair of Modern Irish History at UCD. His latest book is The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020, pub. in September. He is a regular television, radio broadcaster & columnist with the Irish Times.

Very much looking forward to this next week. It’s free, but you need to book 👇 riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh… Kildare Readers Festival Irish Writers Centre RiverbankArtsCentre The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

🦻ISL Interpretation 🎟️riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh… Niamh Mulvey is from Kilkenny. Her first book, a short story collection called Hearts and Bones was published in 2022 and shortlisted for the John McGahern award. Her first novel, The Amendments was published in April this year.

This is happening in Kildare and you can go for free! Aingeala Flannery and Mike McCormack are so enjoyable to listen to!

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Toshiyuki Mimaki: “I thought the prize would go to those working hard in Gaza. In Gaza, bleeding children are being held by their parents. It’s like Japan 80 years ago." 36,000 tons of explosives were dropped on Hiroshima/Nagasaki 82,000 tons have

Reported musty tasting water to Uisce Éireann - Irish Water for investigation #Glanmire #Glashaboy supply. Neighbours have same concern and you can see in supermarkets lots more bottled water being bought than would be normal.

An outcrop of the rare and threatened Killarney fern in Killarney National Park. This is a rainforest plant, which relies on deep shade and near constant moisture.

Love this piece in Irish Times Books where Irish writers recommend favourite books and bookshops, in advance of @BooksellingI #IrishBookWeek 19-26 Oct and the publication of @booksirelandmag Irish Writers Handbook irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

It feels like we are beating our heads against a stone coffee table but a good way of ensuring kids don't just get exposed to celebrity-written #books they see opposite the meal-deal shelf is to ensure all #schools have a #library and #librarian with a healthy budget.

A teacher crisis, with many contributing factors, but surely the fact that you must be Catholic, and have a special certificate in teaching faith formation, is an obstacle the department needs to remove instagram.com/p/DBYjxreMeZK/…

Great to see so many schools registering for our #GreatReadsAward. Registration remains open until Feb. mid-term (schools registering by Friday of this week will be entered into a draw for a set of all shortlisted titles). Don't miss out. Register now at bit.ly/GRA24reg

Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán has formally adopted a new Online Safety Code following the conclusion of an assessment by the European Commission. rte.ie/news/business/…

Take a look at these great suggestions from Irish children's authors, lots more inspiration on the @Irishkidsbooks website discoveririshkidsbooks.ie

I had so much fun yesterday in Athy Library doing a Halloween Treasure Hunt 🎃👻 thanks to Discover Irish Children's Books and @AlNolan for designing the treasure map for the library! The kids absolutely loved it and they want it back next year!! #discoveririshkidsbooks

CALLING ALL AUTHORS.I don't know who's left out there to read this but I'm a CAMHS mental health support worker. The children's ward I support in Sussex is among the most underfunded in the country & I'd love to boost their library. If any of you could donate a copy of your book-

I think frequently of something my smart librarian friend once said — if school libraries didn’t work, private schools wouldn’t pay for them. A lack of a funded school library for every school and the cutting of libraries around the country is such a factor here.

My ten-year-old son has been told by his teachers that he can't take comics or manga in to read as they "aren't proper books" and they "won't help him develop his reading skills". Like, WTAF? This is why children fall out of love with reading, and it's utterly heartbreaking.

Does the phrase #ReadingForPleasure just suck the joy out of something wonderful?

🚨 If you’re away from home for work or study on November 29th, you only have until Sunday (so, in practice, Friday!) to apply for a postal vote. Form PV4 (checktheregister.ie/en-IE/forms) needs signature by an employer/college/school, and sent in hard copy to your city/co council.