The cover of Sunday Independent's People & Culture section tomorrow. A beautiful piece of writing by Dónal Lynch

I wrote about something about Sinéad. She was a friend, a huge hero and an inspiration for me. There will never be another like her. Thanks to everyone for the lovely messages over the last few days. RIP. independent.ie/.../in-2005-i.…

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“With Sinéad the very things that had forged the great artist – her tremendous sensitivity, her dreadful personal pain – ground her down over time.” Donal Lynch BCL 🇪🇺 '02 x.com/DonalTLynch/st…

Yet another study showing what we all have known for decades. A mountain of evidence for the obvious. Are the transphobes even remotely shaken in their blind belief that most trans people regret transitioning? No of course not. They aren't rational

Michael Imperioli: ‘I still give Morrissey the benefit of the doubt' theguardian.com/culture/2023/a…

Bananarama at the funeral of a civilian who was shot dead by a British Soldier in 1983, Belfast.

Sunday Independent front page. Some standout interviews inside

There’s something incredibly disappointing about older LGB people siding with the very people who once oppressed us, & using their homophobic rhetoric to now attack the trans community, the very people who have always stood side by side with us.

My interview with Patrick Stewart buff.ly/47a04mU

Perfectly summed up

Got interviewed for quite a personal article in today’s Sunday Independent by the lovely Donal Lynch. I speak about the dire need for informed-consent healthcare for trans people, my coming out process and the importance of speaking up. independent.ie/life/jenny-mag…

Mr. Johnny Marr interviewed by Donal Lynch in Sunday Independent on the subject of guitars before his National Concert Hall talk on…guitars… Subscribers only online independent.ie/entertainment/…

“the same tropes once used against gay people are directed at the trans community;…social contagion, issues in sport…and the very imposition of dealing with someone who is different.” Really important read. independent.ie/opinion/donal-…

One of the all time swimming comebacks from leon marchand. Reeled Milak in in the last 25. Shades of Les Clos V Phelps. No love lost either by looks of it.

Thanks Donal Lynch for highlighting Phoenix Dingle in today’s Sunday Independent. A great article 💜💜

RIP Nell McCafferty. A trailblazer, a lioness, a superb writer. The long bookless evenings are over. I hope she's reunited with Nuala. independent.ie/irish-news/i-w…

Nell wrote,Colm Toibin once said, "from the point of view of women who have very little stake in the world as it is. The women's movement set itself the task of creating a new perspective on everything in people's lives, not just of achieving concessions from time to time".

Cillian Murphy and his wife Yvonne McGuinness have bought The Phoenix Cinema in Dingle, Ireland. The cinema had been closed since 2021 and will now soon open again. (m.independent.ie/style/celebrit…)

Dónal Lynch on Adolescence: ‘In Jamie we see how the attempt to pass down the baton of what it means to be a man missed a generation’ buff.ly/MFTIRh1