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Belated many thanks for this.

Looking forward to hearing Peter Browne's conversation with the late and greatly missed Sean Keane on The Rolling Wave tonight.

Thanks to @bloomsdayfilmf1 for selecting three of my poetry films for next month’s programme.

At intervals, in our edgy little town, that shrill note rises & falls & our collie answers it. He stands in the back yard, lifts his wolfy muzzle & adds something desolate and beautiful - a lament, a full-throated dirge - to the great book of warnings & wounds: Mark Granier

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina held a special afternoon tea event this week at Aras an Uachtarain with filmmaker and photographer George Morrison (100), member & Saoi of #Aosdana Morrison’s films include Mise Eire (1959), Saoirse (1961) and Rebellion (1963).

BEST IRISH POETRY FILM 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 by Pat Boran Congratulations! ✨ Judges note: "A liminal, lyrical ode to the sea, looking to both the past and future, concepts of home and belonging, beautifully observed with sharp-eyed clarity by Pat Boran" #bloomsday

from Waveforms: Bull Island Haiku

Thanks to Conor Sweetman & the Fingal Poetry Festival podcast, here's the link to their latest ep which looks at the background to Out of the Blue, my commissioned poetry film for last year’s festival. apple.co/3rQ8zEc, spoti.fi/47f5cXQ Photo is Cush Point, from the film.

Gardai are investigating an incident in which a stolen Dublin City Council bin truck crashed into a level crossing barrier at Sutton DART station on the northside of the city causing the suspension of part of the DART services for the rest of this evening RTÉ News

Rhasidat Adeleke is a wonderfully talented and inspiring athlete with a bright future ahead of her. I haven’t read any of the abuse that apparently has been directed at her online. Equally I have not stuck my head in the toilet bowl today.

Really looking forward to this 1st birthday celebration at Portlaoise Library on Weds 17 July, 6.30 pm. Reading poems with Music Generation Laois harpist Kiêu Conroy. Tickets are free for what promises to be a great evening, but booking is essential. (See image) Spread the Word!

Lovely event yesterday at Portlaoise Library to celebrate its first birthday, with the terrific young harpist Kiêu Conroy. Book sales to PATH, Portlaoise action to homelessness who do great work for those less fortunate.

A poem for Gaza after yet another day of indefensible butchery.

Girl with a Pearl Earring, a poem from my forthcoming book, HEDGE SCHOOL (Dedalus Press, Nov 2024). Hoping to have details soon of the Dublin launch. Best to all.

The evil of two lessers

HEDGE SCHOOL: a reading to launch my new collection of poems, with music by Arash Kazemi (guitar) Project Arts Centre 39 East Essex Street, Dublin 2, Tues 26 November @ 7pm. FREE but TICKETED event, with limited capacity. bit.ly/48I54kK

Talking about Hedge School, my new collection of poems, tonight on RTE Arena, RTÉ Radio 1

There is no church worth its name that does not speak out for those in danger, that does not recognise its most basic role to intercede for mercy, to side with the endangered and oppressed," bit.ly/42mJG3a Donald J. Trump Leinster Express / Laois Live

Salt and Vinegar, a poem on the contribution of the Italian chip shop to Irish life. In memory of Giovanni (Nino) Ciamberlano

Like father, like son. Woodie Guthrie calls out the racist bully father of the, er, racist bully? "I suppose Old Man Trump knows Just how much Racial Hate He stirred up In the bloodpot of human hearts…" faroutmagazine.co.uk/old-man-trump-…