Greg Harrison

Peter Gray, Nicholas Allen , Mark Carruthers at QUB Seamus Heaney launch of “Late Heaney”

@dedalusdenaries.bsky.social Enjoyed your exposition of “Late Heaney” and looking forward to reading it - the Inst photos were a bonus (haven’t been on the socials much) as was having a chat with Frank Ormsby - safe travels Nick👍

RBAI “Inst” Belfast, 1810 building flanked by dining hall and behind it new school block under construction

New building going up - when complete, the old comes down

Narrowness of corridors down to post Great War austerity - building was built down to match the (lack of) money available - Big thank you Nick for capturing this before it disappears 👍

Michael Longley taught at Inst ‘68/69 - took us on a walk to Arts Council gallery to see Conor exhibition - all very much against school rules!

and Frank has a book launch at Heaney Centre on 6th. June - irrepressible!

The IRFU have had to limit replies on every post, including Edwin Edogbo, due to the blue tick racist filth.

When you look at the account locations — USA, UK, or "proxied" — alongside the Irish sadcases.

Everyone in real life is delighted for Edwin.

Brian, thank you - I’ll be emailing our other local councillors on this - seems a huge absence of consultation with the community and importantly the stakeholders and funders who have literally ploughed hundreds of thousands of pounds into that field.

Brian, really pleased to see the replanting completed at the hillside near the Lyric - good job all round. But alarmed to hear today of BCC plans to sweep away the wild meadows and long term planting project at lower Botanic Gardens to be replaced with plastic pitches.

Thanks Brian - just seemed a lot to be removed in one go - stability of that hillside and houses above might be a concern given the amount of rain that area gets

@briansmyth99.bsky.social Hello Brian, saw BCC crews cutting up trees in stretch of woodland between the car park and the Lyric on Stranmillis Embankment - just wondering if this was Storm Chandra or planned felling ?

I've contacted @deptinfra regarding the need for the newly refurbished cycle lane at Stranmillis to be urgently gritted.

Cyclists shouldn't be an afterthought when it comes to safety on our roads network, especially with poor weather conditions.

Sunset at QUB Belfast

Unusually vivid sunset in Belfast late this afternoon - inspiring if I was a poet, sadly I’m not!

We'll be celebrating our first 60 years with a drinks reception following our Irish Studies seminar on Monday 8th December - please join us!

Enjoy Philip, expecting good skyline pics!

Brooke Nichols, a Boston University health economist, is calculating the consequences of Trump’s cuts to humanitarian aid across the world. Currently the level of additional deaths is 340,000 and rising.

🚨 🚨BREAKING: High Court judge to quash @deptinfra A5 road plans following judicial review citing climate and environmental concerns

Judge quashes decision by NI Executive to upgrade A5 road An Executive decision to proceed with the A5 road upgrade has been quashed at the High Court in Belfast.

The failure of a government Department to pay attention to its own laws and rules once is unfortunate, the failure to do it time and time again is careless.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...

Ken Bloomfield was a crucial advocate for change in NI from within the system. His work after retirement was groundbreaking, especially in relation to victims. Along with Maurice Hayes and George Quigley he was a key public servant enabling NI’s transition in the 1990s.

Babies with heart conditions enduring ‘greenhouse’ conditions on Belfast hospital ward Staff can’t turn on air circulation systems or open windows because of building works

Babies with heart conditions enduring ‘greenhouse’ conditions on a Belfast hospital ward 😭
One parent also raised concerns for nurses working in such hot conditions
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

BBC Radio 4 - The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr When a baby boy is found abandoned on a beach in Donegal, a local fisherman takes him in.

Thank you to BBC Radio 4. They have adapted The Boy from the Sea for radio and it'll go out in ten parts, 10:45pm to 11:00pm, starting Monday 12th May. It's produced by BBC Northern Ireland's Michael Shannon and read by Niall Cusack. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This thread is excellent and supremely pertinent.

And as Sam McBride has written about frequently, papers/files don’t even make it as far as the National Archive or PRONI

A political cartoon from 1908 showing hand with a cuff that reads "Republican Party" pouring champagne from a bottle that reads "tariff revision" into a glass held by a hand that reads "protected interests" on its cuff. They appear connected to the same person. Beside this another pair of hands hold an empty glass and the cuff reads "consumer"

Throwback to 1908