Tonight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7pm:

- Arlene Hunt & Dr Mary McGill review 'Feud: Capote vs The Swans', 'Blue Lights' and 'The Jinx: Part 2'

- Mick O'Dea on his new exhibition 'What Is The Stars' Druid Theatre

- Alvy Carragher reads from new collection 'What Remains the Same'

Thanks so much to Dr Mary McGill (and RTE Arena) for this review of Hagstone. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c… 4th Estate Books Cormac Kinsella

Tonight on RTÉ Radio 1 from 7pm:

TV Reviews with Jenn Gannon and Chris Wasser

Dr Mary McGill reviews 'Hagstone' by Sinead Gleeson.

Director Milad Alami on 'Opponent'.

The votes are barely counted but certain sections of the powers-that-be are already blaming the electorate, displaying the same disconnected hubris that got us into this €23 million euro mess in the first place. A waste on so many levels #Referendum2024 #Ref24

Sad to see what X has become but happy to say I've migrated to the saner fields of Substack (it feels and reads like a blog slash early days Twitter so it's two thumbs up from me). You can find my newsletter, The Quiet Side, here: thequietside.substack.com/p/death-become…

New Every Morning

Every day is a fresh beginning,
Listen my soul to the glad refrain.
And, spite of old sorrows
And older sinning,
Troubles forecasted
And possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin again.

Susan Coolidge

#NewYear2024

Technology used with the best of intentions can have dangerous and unpredictable effects for individuals and society. Please sign and share the Irish Council for Civil Liberties 🏳️‍🌈’s petition to stop the use of facial recognition technology in Ireland. #IDoNotConsent
iccl.agitate.ie/act/i-do-not-c…

'Ashling was just everything.' Ryan Casey's Victim Impact Statement about the murder of his beloved Ashling makes for harrowing but necessary reading. #AshlingMurphy independent.ie/irish-news/i-s…

Happy Birthday New Island Books!🥳

#TheVisibilityTrap is in fine company here 👀 Thank you Adele Zeynep Walton Books to read when you're ready to quit social media i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/… via @i_d New Island Books

Interviewing the great Martha Wainwright was a joy from beginning to end. Thank you to #FirstThoughtTalks and Galway International Arts Festival and our lovely audience. If you haven't read Stories I Might Regret Telling You yet, get on it.

FYI - Centre for Global Women's Studies, UniofGalway's Lorrie Hayman is carrying out very timely research on unwanted sexual behaviours/actions occurring online in Ireland. The survey is anonymous and can be taken below👇 RT's appreciated. Please share with your networks 🙏
forms.office.com/pages/response…

Thank you to ECREA Digital Culture & Communication and the #ContestedVisibilities organising team for a brilliant conference in beautiful Lisbon ☀️📸🤓 🇵🇹

Great to review Anne Enright’s exquisite The Wren, The Wren on RTE Arena this eve. It’s a novel about love, family, abandonment and art topped off with the most delicious skewering of The Famous Irish (Male) Poet archetype. A serious, hopeful, tender book. Jonathan Cape

7pm RTÉ Radio 1 Arena w/ Seán Rocks

* Dr Mary McGill review's Anne Enright book, The Wren.

* You’re Needy by tasteinyourmouth theatre company, opening during the Dublin Fringe Festival

*Album reviews w/Kelly-Anne Byrne John Meagher Slowdive / Birdy / Danger Mouse and Jemini

Tonight on RTE Arena from ⏰7pm⏰

🎞️Film reviews with Cara O'Doherty and Justin MacGregor - Theatre Camp / Scrapper / Afire 📽️

📚Tom Morris on his new book 'Open Up' 📚

🎦Mary McGill reviews The Women in the Wall 🎦

📻All on RTÉ Radio 1 📻

It's that time of year again...🌹🫅 #roseoftralee

The Sindo’s Letter of the Week this morning is worthy of your time: m.independent.ie/opinion/letter… #SineadOConnor