I loved Alice Munro but the literary legacy of the Canadian Chekhov is tainted forever now Everything written about Alice Munroe after revelations about her daughter’s sexual abuse will record the Nobel Prize-winning author’s failure as a parent and human being

I wrote about Alice Munro's legacy. I loved Alice Munro but the literary legacy of the Canadian Chekhov is tainted forever now

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Róisín Ingle: My profound, challenging, surprisingly joyful, life-changing year I haven’t written a personal column for around a year. There have been difficult days. I’ve also had one of the best day’s of my life

Please read this beautiful, important, inspiring piece by my amazing friend @roisiningle.bsky.social Róisín Ingle: My profound, challenging, surprisingly joyful, life-changing year

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Rosita Boland: I wrote a letter to Gisèle Pelicot as one woman to another in solidarity and support I wrote in admiration and acknowledgement of her bravery, and in sympathy and empathy for what she had endured for years

I wrote a letter to Madame Pelicot I wrote a letter to Madame Pelicot as one woman to another in solidarity and support

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This great piece by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social is making waves

Patrick Freyne: What do women want? A hunky idiot without a past, that’s what Hot Frosty, Netflix’s latest reboot of The Snowman, at last brings some ‘hubba-hubba, vroom-vroom, arooooga!’ to Raymond Briggs’s family favourite

If you want a good laugh, read @patrickfreyne.bsky.social on Hot Frosty today, which has to be the best movie name for ages. What do women want? A hunky idiot without a past, that’s what

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Ah, Dublin in December 2024. The sound of reindeers - and the broken, collapsed posters of the unelected flapping in the wind

Rosita Boland: Plastic, plastic everywhere: I cannot abide the ever-increasing presence of fake foliage Why do shop and restaurant owners seem to think adding to the world’s collection of plastic tat improves the ambience?

I wrote about how plastic flowers in restaurants drive me crazy Fake flowers make me sad and mad: Plastic, plastic everywhere and I can’t stand it

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SuperValu, Costcutter, Centra and Carry Out to cease selling Conor McGregor’s Forged Irish Stout and Proper No Twelve whiskey Barry Group says move ‘reflects our commitment to maintaining a retail environment that resonates with the values of our customers and partners’

I am glad to see this story. SuperValu, Costcutter, Centra and Carry Out to cease selling Conor McGregor’s Forged Irish Stout and Proper No Twelve whiskey

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I have sent this to my friend Jen Bray! 🤣🤣🤣

Here’s my dog, wondering how my first day on Bluesky is going. They are ALL good dogs. Especially this one.

Cannot get “I like my sootcase” out of my head. “First we have lunch, and then we go to school.” Did he only go to school AFTER lunch? With his Louis Vuitton Sootcase?

Wind like roiling waves in the trees.

A sound and practical friend is looking for a room to rent to use as a small music studio in Dublin. Does anyone on here know of anything to fit the bill?