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Ibec calls for increased funding in defence and security Ibec has called on the Government to increase investment in Ireland's defence and security.

A thousand times this:

"neutrality does not mean being defenceless.

Being part of the defence of Europe is to make our contribution, and this can be in non-lethal aspects like radar systems and cybersecurity."

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Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ot...

"A contemporary monolingual dictionary is an essential resource in any living language, in which the language itself and its uniqueness are defined in its own words and by its own community, instead of constantly being defined through the medium of another language," said President Connolly.

And as if Russia would actually care if we suddenly chose a side🙄

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Ibec calls for increased funding in defence and security Ibec has called on the Government to increase investment in Ireland's defence and security.

A thousand times this:

"neutrality does not mean being defenceless.

Being part of the defence of Europe is to make our contribution, and this can be in non-lethal aspects like radar systems and cybersecurity."

www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ot...

"A contemporary monolingual dictionary is an essential resource in any living language, in which the language itself and its uniqueness are defined in its own words and by its own community, instead of constantly being defined through the medium of another language," said President Connolly.

Getting Into Bed On A December Night
Ellen Bass

Extraordinary.

Extraordinary.

Bill Nighy RULES

"When it comes to advice, what would he say are his areas of expertise?

“I would say rhythm and blues music, the intelligent use of Marmite and bookshops around the world,” GOOD CHOICE BILL

One particularly exciting thing we are doing in children’s literature is having a talk by Dr Yevheniia Orestivna Kanchura from Ukraine to “discuss the role of fantasy in creating spaces for hope, community and connection in the midst of war”

Would really love to write an essay on this.

Illustration of Manannán Mac Lir stretching a hand out over a stormy sea towards a currach. The print is overlaid on a photo of a stormy sea. #Art #BlueskyArt #Ireland #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #TraditionalArt #HandDrawn

Manannán Mac Lir - son of the sea, ancient warrior, powerful sea god, and member of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology - commands a ferocious sea on a stormy day 🌊

Prints are available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

My "I Will Trust In The Darkness" print against a starry photograph background - the print shows a painting of small wooden sail boat with a red Celtic cross on a white sail travelling into the horizon on a starry night. #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #BlueskyArt #Art #Ireland #TraditionalArt #HandDrawn

An illustrated line from the Prayer Of St. Brendan The Navigator, who is said to have travelled from County Kerry in Ireland to America a thousand years before Columbus made his journey. Trust in the darkness. 🌌

Prints available here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Last Christmas, I gave you Descartes.
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give you some Aristotle.

A closer look at four US authors among our nominated titles:

✨ Colored Television by Danzy Senna
A novelist on sabbatical in the Hollywood hills bets big on a risky reinvention for success, only to find ambition, identity, and compromise colliding in darkly comic ways.

🧵 1/4

✨ Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
A sly American operative infiltrates a radical anarchist group in France, blurring loyalty and deception in a high-tension, darkly funny thriller about power, belief, and performance.

🧵 2/4

✨ Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Decades after a kidnapping shatters a wealthy family, buried trauma resurfaces, exposing the emotional cost of privilege, survival, and silence across generations.

🧵 3/4

✨ Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma
A woman’s polished life begins to fracture when her hidden past in South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation hearings resurfaces, forcing a reckoning with guilt, memory, and moral survival.

🧵 4/4

Global Platform Launches to Combat Authoritarian Censorship and Preserve Independent Journalism New digital platform designed to safeguard journalism globally and preserve historical records from being obliterated by censorship

PEN America and @bardcollege.bsky.social announce the launch of Kronika, a new digital platform designed to safeguard journalism globally and ensure that the historical record cannot be obliterated by censorship. More: pen.org/press-releas...

Dorothy Parker on the most beautiful words in the English language:

"The ones I like … are "cheque" and "enclosed."

Patrick Freyne’s quest for the best Christmas sandwich in Dublin: ‘I give it five Santas out of five’ Warning: please bear in mind that our food-critic-for-a-day has the taste buds of a junkyard dog and finds almost all food delicious

Watch me eat Christmas sandwiches or read me describing eating Christmas sandwiches (if that’s your thing) www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/12...

NEW: European Council President Antonio Costa is the first person to publicly identify Russia as responsible for the unidentified drones off Dublin Bay last week - “another example of the hybrid attacks from Russia”, he says.

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🚂 InterCity & DART 🚂

DART still not running between Pearse and Dun Laoghaire due to a fallen tree and associated damage.

Dublin Bus are accepting valid DART tickets.
Buses in the area are VERY BUSY

Merrion Road solid from Ballsbridge to Booterstown
#StormBram

High tides on Dublin's Victoria Quay beside the Guinness brewery this afternoon, reducing traffic to one lane. Now's the time to prepare for future storms and rising sea levels. #StormBram

#StormBram has rendered Malahide estuary impassible from the village this evening.
● It looks like several cars and vans are stranded and already partially sumberged on the route to the Yacht Club.

This tree came down on a car near Carlow Town earlier, thankfully the driver is OK. My station in Tullow Co. Carlow just had its highest gust of the day at 96.5kmh at 14:03. #StormBram has a lot of damage to do yet as strongest winds track North.

Dublin airport gusting to 100kmh in last hour and Casement 109kmh. A tree came down on a van near Ashbourne also as #StormBram winds move North. Over 50,000 premises without power now.

I see Elon Musk is personally suing (along with X Holdings Corp) the Irish media regulator Coimisiún na Meán, in High Court proceedings filed yesterday. Hearing is due January 23rd.

Now in stock!