Mark Devenport

Tracks & Trails returns for a fresh new season – About RTÉ First episode airs this Friday at 8pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin presenting  Guests include Barry Murphy, Brooke Scullion, Bryan Dobson, Claire Byrne, Fiona Mitchell, James Ka...

Thanks to the team at Tracks & Trails for inviting me to accompany them for a stroll along the County Down coast, due to be broadcast on RTÉ tomorrow

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YouTube video by Queen's University Belfast Research to Reality: Roundtables | Episode 1 | Fighting Hidden Climate and Environmental Threats

Fighting Hidden Climate and Environmental Threats: A Queen’s University Belfast Research to Reality Roundtable, in which I learnt a lot from the university’s experts in invasive species and radiocarbon dating youtube.com/watch?v=xNQj...

Sunday with Steven Rainey - Presented by Mark Devenport: US Data Breach, John & Paul, Oggi Tomac, Centenary of The Great Gatsby - BBC Sounds This week’s security breach in the US and the danger of data leaks.

The US data breach, the Bosnian war 30 years on, a new insight into Lennon & McCartney’s love hate relationship & the centenary of the Great Gatsby - this weekend’s Steven Rainey show on BBC Sounds

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Sunday with Steven Rainey - Presented by Mark Devenport: Myra’s Story; Space & The Human Body; Music For Dementia - BBC Sounds Presented by Mark Devenport: Myra’s Story; Space & The Human Body; Music For Dementia

Discussing everything from astronaut rehabilitation through to the power of music in supporting people diagnosed with dementia, here on BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Chairing this Imagine Belfast event next Saturday 29th March for all those interested in polls, plebiscites and referendums (or is it referenda?)

Great craic being on the radio today with Rachael Jeffers and @markdevenport.bsky.social
Reviewing the papers and chatting about St Patrick’s Day in Canada, Charles I, Chess, Trump, and a host of other things !

Sinn Féin to boycott White House St Patrick's Day celebrations

Taoiseach election delay 'farcical' after Dáil chaos The election of a taoiseach has been suspended until Thursday morning after a day of bitter rows in the Dáil.

Irish Taoiseach election delay described as 'farcical' amid chaos in the Dáil www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dáil set to resume with Micheál Martin returning as taoiseach The Irish parliament is set to return after Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael set up a coalition government.

Micheál Martin to be installed as Irish taoiseach for second time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Belfast's Assembly Rooms on list of 'at risk' global sites The World Monuments Fund's watch list for 2025 includes Ukraine's Teacher's House and Gaza's Great Omari Mosque.

The restoration of the historic Belfast Assembly Rooms and the development of a Museum of Troubles & Peace is backed by World Monuments Fund as part of its 2025 international watch list www.bbc.com/news/article...

2025 World Monuments Watch Announcement

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Cricket: Afghanistan boycott backed by former NI first minister Seven MPs and peers from Northern Ireland back boycott due to the Taliban's oppression of women.

Former NI first minister backs Afghanistan cricket boycott www.bbc.com/news/article...

Peter Hain urges South Africa to boycott Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy * Anti-apartheid campaigner plea to governing body * Women’s cricket team disbanded under Taliban rule The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has called on Cricket South Africa to challenge the ban on women’s and girl’s cricket in…

Peter Hain urges South Africa to boycott Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy

FactCheckNI is disappointed to learn of Meta’s decision to end its partnership with fact checking organisations in the US. FactCheckNI is particularly concerned with accusations of bias and censorship against fact checkers. Like other organisations on the programme, we exist to improve public debate and work under the fundamental principles of impartiality, transparency and accuracy. Equating facts with opinions undermines public confidence, increases apathy, and reduces participation in democratic processes. Neither misinformation or disinformation add anything positive to public debates and discussions – their effect is entirely corrosive.

📢 Our full statement on Meta’s decision to end support for US fact checkers on their fact checking programme is available here: factcheckni.org/articles/new...

The political A to Z of Northern Ireland in 2024 From a restored power-sharing executive to smoky bacon crisps, Gareth Gordon looks at the political year that was.

Gareth Gordon’s always entertaining A-Z guide to the year that was in NI

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Police acted illegally by spying on journalists, court finds

Fine Gael wants ‘parity of esteem’ with Fianna Fáil but where did it get that phrase? Breaking news: Micheál Martin accepts the concept of “parity of esteem”. Not so breaking news: that’s not the Fianna Fáil leader’s response to the latest Fine Gael attempts to airbrush away the 10-sea...

A few thoughts on “parity of esteem” for the Irish Independent www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...

Irish election: Percentage share of the first-preference vote 🗳️

FF: 21.9 (-0.3 on 2020 result)
SF: 19.0 (-5.5)
FG: 20.8 (-0.1)

(via @news.rte.ie)

SF at 21.1%, FG at 21% with FF on 19.5% - Exit Poll Follow for live updates on the RTÉ, Irish Times, TG4, Trinity College Dublin Exit Poll carried out by Ipsos B&A as voting draws to a close across the country.

20% of second preference vote goes to FF and FG, with SF at 17%, Exit Poll suggests | Follow #Election24 live updates here rte.ie/b/1483674

SF and FG almost level at 21.1% and 21%, with FF on 19.5%, Exit Poll suggests. Margin of error 1.4% | Follow #Election24 live updates here rte.ie/b/1483674

Cam FM - 97.2 FM - Radio for Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin Cam FM, information and entertainment radio station for members of Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. Broadcasting on 97.2 FM in Cambridge.

Deja Tunes on Cam FM is currently my regular Friday afternoon listening.....

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