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Eleanor Hooker
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Poet & Writer | PhD Candidate, UL | RNLI Helm & Lifeboat Press Officer | Fellow of Linnean Society | Michael Hartnett Award | Markievicz Award | 3rd collection Of Ochre and Ash (DedalusPress) | Where Memory Lies(Bonnefant Press) www.eleanorhooker.com
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · Jul 23
'Living' from my collection 'A Tug of Blue' (Dedalus Press) #Living #poetry
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 2d
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow
Budget 2026: Basic income for artists to become permanent
The Basic Income for the Arts scheme will be put on a permanent footing in the Budget tomorrow.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d
BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed at least 55 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, despite US President Trump’s calls for attacks to cease to secure a ceasefire deal, medical sources told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9te3dv
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d
Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.
Greta Thunberg mistreated by Israeli forces in detention, activists say
Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.
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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 14d
🚨 First of the New Arcana launches kicking off tomorrow in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop in Galway with the marvellous @elainefeeney.bsky.social🚨

Come join us for poems & chats & 🍷

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · Aug 28
🚨Launch details for New Arcana!🚨

I'll be in Galway, Dublin, Belfast & online. Please do come along if you can, & spread the word.
🔮✨️🐍🃏

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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 5d
‘Origin’ - a new drama on #CharlesDarwin's world-changing study, On the Origin of Species by Sarah Woods, recorded on location in Darwin's former home, Down House, Kent
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BBC Audio | Drama of the Week | Origin
Drama about the evolution of Darwin's world-changing study, On the Origin of Species.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks @pressgazette for this report on @thenerve.news first week.

We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
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Massimo @massimovl.bsky.social · 10d
Listen to Francesca: a message for the flotilla.
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Freedom Flotilla France @freedomflotillafr.bsky.social · 11d
Ça y est ! La flottille des Thousand Madleens to Gaza et de la Freedom Flotilla, composée de 7 bateaux, a pris le large cet après-midi de Catane pour Gaza !

Suivez-les aussi sur le tracker :
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Capture d'écran montrant le tracker avec les 7 bateaux de la flottille Thousand Madleens to Gaza / Freedom Flotilla
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Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · 9d
Irish Writers Centre and Poetry Ireland have joined forces to celebrate Black History Month!

Chaired by poet + editor of Poetry Ireland’s Trumpet, Nandi Jola, the lineup features:

Zainab Boladale
Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi
Jade Jordan
Ola Majekodunmi
Samuel Yakura

📍Irish Writers Centre
🎟️€5 eventbrite
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 9d
A Shout on Lough Derg RNLI earlier today.
All good, safe and sound.
#RNLI #Volunteers #RespectTheWater

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Lough Derg RNLI assists lone skipper on 22ft yacht with engine failure | RNLI
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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 13d
Our three September books will be launched online at our joint event on Tuesday 30 September, 7pm. Emilie Jelinek, Clare Pollard & Jessica Traynor will be reading from their books and discussing them with Bloodaxe editor Neil Astley.

Watch live or later via YouTube.
www.youtube.com/live/He4JaXN...
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 10d
Prof and friend #RoseGarden 🐕 🦔
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 11d
Shrooms #home
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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 12d
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North Sea Line Caught #1
An occasional series, featuring new work from North Sea Poets
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Don Paterson @dharmabam.bsky.social · 11d
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Sarah Clancy @sarahmaintains.bsky.social · 13d
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Credible threats to three Clare activists en route to Gaza - The Clare Champion
A credible threat to sink the boats carrying three Clare based activists in the Mediterranean was received by the Global Sumud Flotilla yesterday evening, September 24. Speaking to The Clare Champion ...
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 13d
“For nearly two years, we have witnessed an appalling disregard for life and international law in the occupied Palestinian territory,” UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said at #UNGA80.

People in #Gaza face famine and threats to education, health, and aid. Civilians must be protected.
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 14d
Our Wedding Anniversary today 💕- first poem P ever read to me was ‘Midsumner’ by Thomas Kinsella - my love poem, written many years later, was with ‘Midsumner’ in mind. #LovePoems
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 14d
Wonderful to hear Catherine Connolly T.D. @catherinegalway.bsky.social speak at her Presidential campaign launch at ‘The Complex’ in Dublin on Monday evening. I have huge respect for this politician. #presidentialcampaign
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 14d
Delighted that Garry Cotter, editor at the #NenaghGuardian gave my post event review at full page in today’s paper, thank you.
#ThomasMacDonagh #HedgeSchool #Cloughjordan
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 14d
Thanks too to the #volunteers who worked away in the background, so the organisation of the four days of the #HedgeSchool was seamless - Greg Whelan Brenda Ainsworth, Denis Powell (sound), Rose Kearney, Bríd ní Chumhaill, Lily Hodgins, Sheila McCarthy, Mac Sizeland & Darragh Johnson 🙏
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · 14d
Huge thanks to @lloislanel.bsky.social @ailbhemcdaid.bsky.social Profs Eugene O’Brien & James Moran, Williams Rossa Cole, & North Tipp. Artists’ Collective whose talks and presentations ensured the tremendous success of the 3rd annual #ThomasMacDonaghHedgeSchool 2025
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Dr Leeann Lane @lloislanel.bsky.social · 22d
Looking forward to talking about the performativity of hunger striking during the revolutionary period through the lens of Mary MacSwiney in my keynote at the Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School on 20 September. Thank you to @eleanorhooker.bsky.social and Una Johnson.
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Eleanor Hooker @eleanorhooker.bsky.social · Sep 1
Pleased to be Programme Curator for the 3rd annual #ThomasMacDonaghHedgeSchool, which takes place September 17-20 in the Thomas MacDonagh Museum, Cloughjordan, Co. #Tipperary.
Details below, would love to see you there!
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Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School Cloughjordan, County Tipperary 17 – 20 September 2025 Political Theatre: Learning from the past? The third annual Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School will take place at...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26d
The Israeli offensive on Gaza City is displacing thousands of starving Palestinians.
School sheltering displaced Palestinians hit by Israeli strike
The Israeli offensive on Gaza City is displacing thousands of starving Palestinians.
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 28d
The 4th annual Circling the Square Festival comes back to The Source Arts Centre!

⌚31 October - 2 November
🎭The Source Arts Centre, Thurles
💷Tickets: €14.00-€17.50
💸Book your tickets here: www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/cir...
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