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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 6h

Dublin Theatre Festival - Be Careful.
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Be Careful - Dublin Theatre Festival

10 FOR 10 tickets for this show have sold out. Full price and concession tickets are still available.For ages 18+  Caution is central to a…

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 6h

Really enjoyed seeing Be Careful at the Project last night. Written and performed by Mallika Taneja.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Great work here.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 3d

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.

www.rte.ie

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Damian Stack @damianstack.bsky.social · 3d

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 13d

Sean Bean Sean bhean

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Jess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 14d

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 14d

It's publication day for our three brilliant September titles: @poetclare.bsky.social's Lives of the Female Poets, @jesstraynor.bsky.social's New Arcana, and @emiliejelinek.bsky.social's The Sky Around My Father, winner of the @mslexia.bsky.social Women's Poetry Pamphlet Competition 2024.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 14d

I’m going to use that.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 14d

Agus? Please tell us how to say this as Gaeilge!

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 15d

Agreed! Flashlight is excellent. Also liked The Land In Winter a lot.
I really didn’t rate Flesh, though.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 15d

Which was your favourite?

Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 20d

Thoughts and prayers.

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 22d

New statement from Irish foreign minister Simon Harris:
"There is a genocide taking place in Gaza and the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry earlier this week make clear that this is the case.
The need for action has never been more urgent. In fact, it is long past due."

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Irish Doctors for the Environment @irishdocsenv.bsky.social · 26d

Irish media reporting on road collisions too often dehumanises victims and hides driver responsibility. Cyclists and pedestrians are people first — the language we use matters.

Read our full statement below.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Okay, fair point.
However, I can’t concede the rule that anyone referring to plant-based liquid as ‘milk’ must complete a study module called Oats Don’t Lactate.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Damn right on the crisp bags.
When I’m in charge only full fat milk will be available, so no need for colour coding.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Sep 6

Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 6

To be clear, we definitely don’t want him back in Ireland either.

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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · Sep 5

Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sadly, it didn’t send me to sleep. We switched it off after 20 minutes. The fabulous cast couldn’t make it work.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ah Jazes, she’s not running for president, is she?

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Interesting to read Adam Roberts’ review of ‘The Rest of Our Lives’ by Ben Markovits.

Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · Aug 31

I've read another of the Booker 2025 longlist: profadamroberts.substack.com/p/ben-markov...

Ben Markovits, ‘The Rest of our Lives’ (2025)

Rabbit, Tom

profadamroberts.substack.com

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Sep 1

Audible’s ‘AUTHORS SIMILAR TO Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’ are Damilare Kuku, William Shakespeare, and Yael van der Wouden.
I mean, I *could* write an essay about the commonality of themes in their work, but it’s not leaping out at me.

Screenshot: Text ‘AUTHORS SIMILAR TO Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie beside a picture of Adiche.
Below pictures and names of Damilare Kuku, William Shakespeare, and Yael van der Wouden.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Aug 30

Absolutely horrifying.

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ugh. In college they would maybe have *one* left-hander chair per room, and some dexterous dope would always plonk themselves in it without noticing, and I’d have to interrogate if they needed it.

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