CEO of @tusla @BernardGloster opening @Tusla Excellence awards event recognising innovation and development work within the organisation. Vital to strengthening further the work in support of children and families
It’s not that I know where every cup and saucer comes from but when I reach into the press for a small blue ceramic cup I can’t help thinking of how it ended up there. Sixteen years ago the cup came back with me from a trip to Romania..." Frank Shouldice, next @RTE_Culture@rte
Incredible scenes at Hampden Park as Ireland celebrate reaching the World Cup for the first time
📺 Watch live - https://t.co/aR8cFzAlWf
📻 Listen live - https://t.co/JMjvghCiJa
📱 Updates - https://t.co/mwmAKKQyjN #rtesoccer#SCOIRL
"People thought we were a bunch of weirdos. With my long hair, denim jacket with a Che Guevara patch on one arm and a CND patch on the other, a cloud of smoke wafting in my wake, I fitted the stereotype of a Newpark student..." @tim_carey1, next, on Newpark Comprehensive at 50
"Pen in hand, a monk sat, bored –
This translation had him floored.
There on the desk beside him sat
Silky and white, Pangur, his cat...."
To close, Pangur Bán and Audrey, a poem by Gordon Snell -- in honour of Maeve Binchy's favourite poem and @echoesdalkey@RTERadio1
An important moment today when six Stolpersteine are laid on Donore Ave, Dublin 8 in memory of the six Irish Jews known to have been murdered in the Holocaust. The Talmud declares that a person is only forgotten when their name is forgotten.
Today, we had an incredible walking tour through "Christopher Isherwood’s Neighbourhood" in Nollendorf Straße, Berlin with the wonderful @brendannash@Cabaret_Berlin. Highly recommended!! Many thanks Brendan !! #Berlin#cabaret#theBerlinStories. 🇮🇪🇩🇪
Well worth taking the walking tour through “Christopher Isherwood’s Neighbourhood" in Nollendorf Straße, #Berlin with the wonderful @brendannash@Cabaret_Berlin to find out that this token is associated with an intriguing piece of history ! Many thanks Brendan !! #cabaret 🇮🇪🇩🇪
Heute hatten wir einen unglaublichen Rundgang durch "Christopher Isherwood’s Nachbarschaft" in Nollendorf Straße, Berlin mit dem wunderbaren @brendannash@Cabaret_Berlin. Sehr zu empfehlen !! Danke Brendan !! #Berlin#cabaret#the Berlin Stories
"We waited with excitement as the floor manager signalled the beginning of the programme and the familiar Eurovision theme music began..." Mary Wall remembers the thrill of being a teenage member of the Irish Eurovision jury, the first year Johnny Logan won #1980 @RTE_Culture
"The car’s been stolen. With everything in it. Suitcases, laptops, iPads, 10kg bags of dogfood and our passports. We’re shocked into complete silence..."
@TomClonan is next -- and this script was named a recent finalist in Best Writing and Narration at @NYFestivals! @rte