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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · 16h

Bankside Films have boarded Steve Kenny’s directorial debut Silverback, a new thriller starring Jason Isaacs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. 🎬

The film is set to start shooting next Spring in Dublin, produced by Collie McCarthy for Forty Foot Pictures with support from Screen Ireland.

#IrishFilm

Jason Isaacs, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor to Star in Steve Kenny’s Feature Debut ‘Silverback,’ Bankside Launching Thriller at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

Jason Isaacs and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor will star in Steve Kenny's directorial feature debut Silverback, with Bankside launching the thriller at AFM

variety.com

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 1d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to the crew beind Let Me Weep, premiering at the Waterford International Film Festival www.waterfordfilmfestival.net/schedule-2025 Great work team @tomaszolejnik.bsky.social #speirgorm #irishfilm

Mostly text description of the short with only one image, honestly not representative of anything other than the terrific cinematic look

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · 2d

Great evening at the Puca festival in Trim! #speirgorm

Trim Castle in county Meath lit up for the Puca festival

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Oct 1

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Sep 26

Is this the MOST Halloween book you'll ever read? Maybe, but it IS set around the Irish hill where the bonefires were first lit. It is a story about the very roots of Halloween; the horror, mythology, and the harvest festival that lies between life and death.
#Halloween #Samhain #Tlachtga #SpeirGorm

The full cover, back and front, of my book, The First Fire of Halloween. The front features a púca, the mythical Irish shape-changer, as a muscular human figure with a goat's head. He's standing in a field in darkness, with a fire blazing in front of him. Inset in the dark sky above and behind him are a pair of yellow goat's eyes. The title is in orange against the sky, and my name is in black against the fire.

On the back cover, the blurb reads: Thief. Trickster. Murderer. Humans have forgotten why they once feared the púca. But he will make them remember. In the small Irish town of Athboy, there is a hill where the first fire was once lit each year to mark the beginning of Samhain. Bonfires would then be lit across the country, launching a festival to celebrate the last harvest before the harsh months of winter. On the night when the boundary with the Realm of the Dead was at its thinnest, it was believed that the spirits of the dead wandered the land. In recent years, that fire has been lit again every Halloween night.

Jamie Sheldon is an American girl visiting the town with her parents for an archaeological dig. Rone O’Callaghan lives on a farm near Tlachtga, the ancient site on the Hill of Ward. Both teenagers are close by when a local man is murdered. The circumstances suggest the killer may be acting out some ancient ritual.

The truth is even more macabre. This Halloween, as humans wander the streets wearing monster masks, there is a monster among them wearing a human mask. The most treacherous of all the ancient faerie folk . . . The shape-changing púca.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Sep 23

The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists.

Nobody could have seen this coming.

#SpeirGorm #UBI

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Basic Income for the Arts pilot produced over €100 million in Social and Economic Benefits

www.gov.ie

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Sep 14

Great shorts programme this afternoon #meathfilmfestival #Navan #irishfilm

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Film Ireland @filmireland.bsky.social · Sep 12

Come celebrate the launch of the Crewless Network - a suite of tools to help you build connections & find new opportunities. Their night of networking, talks and drinks is on in the Bernard Shaw, Dublin, on the 8th October. Doors at 7pm. (You have to login to book your place). crewless.ie/network/

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Sep 13

#meathfilm, #meathfilmfestival

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Sep 13

Meath Film Festival kicked off last night. Going to be a great weekend. #meeathfilmfestival, #meath #irishfilm #speirgorm

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Sep 11

#UX OK, maybe this cup is recyclable? Is it paper or plastic though? Don't litter but do donate to turtles?

Coffee cup with 10 different symbols all indicating something about the cup but what?

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · Sep 2

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Aug 31

#IrishRover

OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Aug 31

Beautiful day at the Korean Festival at Farmleigh #speirgorm

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Aug 25

Really enjoying the new #WollfAlice release. I'll have to pick up tickets for the gig in December. youtu.be/UXOgzXmd5Zo?...

Wolf Alice - The Sofa (Official Video)

YouTube video by WolfAliceVEVO

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 23

This feels like a spot of good news

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold

Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...

www.sciencedaily.com

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Aug 12

Affirmative response to the question about basic income for the arts in Ireland

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Aug 12

I think this is an easy one... Let's support the Artists. I found the question on merit hilarious though #supportthenartists #speirgorm

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · Aug 12

As the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme comes to an end in February 2026, @deptcultureirl.bsky.social is inviting the public to share their views on the future of the policy.

The public consultation is now open until 5th September. Have your say here ➡️ bit.ly/3JvOLi4

Minister O’Donovan launches public consultation on the future of Basic Income for the Arts

www.screenireland.ie

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Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland @screenireland.bsky.social · Jul 18

⚡ Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to partner with the Erich Pommer Institut to offer a skills scholarship placement on the next edition of Series' Women.

Female producers with TV drama projects in development are strongly encouraged to submit an application.

Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/3O7FCuZ

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OrchardVillian @orchardvillian.bsky.social · Jul 15

eep!

Orla Breslin @stitchlily.bsky.social · Jul 15

Always read the T&Cs!

I've used WeTransfer for sending large design files in the past, so this is utterly ridiculous, and is it legal in Europe?

Why aren't the creative industries, eg design, fashion, art, music, film, not fighting this on all fronts?

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Jul 11

Good to see it retained for existing recipients for now, but really, really hope it'll be expanded, and soon - with many creative workers under increasing pressure already it would be a huge help to so many.
www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Basic income scheme for artists comes into focus

It is understood that the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O'Donovan is pushing to retain the basic income scheme for artists which is due to expire early next year.

www.rte.ie

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Jul 10

A Dublin student has won the top prize at 'The Eurekas', a major annual awards programme that works to break down barriers to the study of physics

Dublin student wins major science competition

A Dublin student has won the top prize at 'The Eurekas', a major annual awards programme that works to break down barriers to the study of physics.

www.rte.ie

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