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Ronan Fitzgerald

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · Dec 18

Delighted to be one of the winners of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2025. I've worked on my novel for two years and this gives me a massive opportunity to try to get it published. Excited for what's next!

Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · Dec 18

NEWS: We are delighted to announce the winners of Novel Fair 2025

@ben-bland.bsky.social Ciara Broderick, Jill Bronfman, Andrew Cunning, Stephen Doyle @rmkf.bsky.social, Aidan Furey, Matthew Hornsby, André Mangeot, Amanda Moloney, Dónal O’Leary & Pauline Ryan.

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12 Aspiring Novelists Selected for the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2025 - Irish Writers Centre

Congratulations to Ben Bland, Ciara Broderick, Jill Bronfman, Andrew Cunning, Stephen Doyle, Ronan Fitzgerald, Aidan Furey, Matthew Hornsby, André Mangeot, Amanda Moloney, Dónal O'Leary and Pauline Ry...

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 2h

How much Netflix stuff is now just an extremely lucrative ad? Dallas Cowboys, Victoria Beckham, a cobbled together drama about the Guinness family etc.

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 4h

It would feel a real surprise to read an article about trying to be less angry or trying to be nice to people, probably not so popular since that's hard.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 4h

Subtle Irish drinking jibe

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 4h

My boss just said in a call, with 90 people in it: "Ronan runs like a well-oiled machine"

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 4h

It's astonishing how often gargantuan selfishness and misanthropy get wrapped up in the language of self-help and even systemic injustice. Like in a world drifting towards fascism shouldn't we be wary of this constant idea that anger is some great liberating force?

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 5h

I sort of enjoyed this article, apart from the fact the Guardian itself three times a week runs an article that's like "I shouted at a waiter, and realised for years my true self had been suppressed"

Look out for number one! Selfish self-help books are booming – but will they improve your life?

If you yearn for an Ayn Randian existence of absolute self-reliance, there are plenty of bestsellers that can help. They may not make you happier though

www.theguardian.com

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 6h

Just got an email which begins Good Morning Rona. Good morning, everyone.

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 7h

My guess would be some of the current hyped uses will not ultimately be the ones that persist. For example, chatbots etc. Presumably it has way bigger uses doing more technical things, but I don't know.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 7h

I guess the web has a more clear use? I feel like at the moment the bubble and the necessary hype for it is leading to massive exaggeration and a lack of specific thought about how AI can and should be used. Instead, there's a general shove to suggest it can be used for anything/everything.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 18h

In all seriousness I've wondered for years why the UK didn't use the alcohol industry/later licensing to generate some money, given the desperation that abounds in that regard.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 18h

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise plans

www.theguardian.com

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 18h

Just realised my sister is quoted in this. I guess her quote is sort of summed up by the sickos meme.

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 23h

Someone sprayed "pray for me, I am a demon" on the wall of the community centre next to the church on my street 😀

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 1d

He also talks about killing and dying about thirty times a season, unnecessarily, so probably no surprise here.

The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 1d

🔺 Clear code words
🔺 Hand signals
🔺 ‘Train hard, fight easy’

After Mikel Arteta revealed he invited the RAF to help Arsenal improve their communication, @dansheldon.bsky.social spoke to former fighter pilots to find out what they might have learnt ⤵️

What Arsenal can learn from the Red Arrows: Code words, hand signals, ‘train hard, fight easy’

Mikel Arteta is the latest example of a leadership figure in sport looking to the British armed forces for new ways to seek improvements

www.nytimes.com

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 1d

"what rhymes with wife, oh of course, this shit writes itself, people are gonna lap this up"

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 1d

And the best album cover of all time.

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 1d

Cold Hard Fact

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 1d

I have come to love Night Tracks on Radio 3. Don't really listen to a lot of live music radio but this is a nice mix of stuff I know nothing about, a handful of things I know a little about, and the odd track by artists I already really like.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 2d

My dad used to come home with a massive bundle of brochures, restaurant cards, etc, just full paperwork for planning a holiday. And he was good at it, but just so, so much easier now.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 2d

The headline for me here is how many people still use agents and brochures, wtf. As opposed to Google and a hotel website or two.

Almost a fifth of young UK adults use AI to design holiday, study finds

Traditional package holiday is still the most common eventual purchase, travel industry body Abta reports

www.theguardian.com

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 2d

Britain is a fucking mad country all the same, isn't it?

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Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 2d

Is it me or is the Tory conference getting way more media attention than the Labour one did? I know this sort of anecdotal feeling of what gets more coverage is generally the realm of the mad but it does feel that way.

Ronan Fitzgerald @rmkf.bsky.social · 2d

This is pretty fun, didn't know I needed industrial and acid techno at 1140am but turns out I did. So many good Hunee mixes.

HUNEE at Selectors - Dekmantel Festival 2025

Amsterdam based DJs, events company and record label. - [email protected] for all your webshop and label enquiries.

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