david brennan

Novel #Upperdown published June 27th 2019 with #Epoque press.
#2018 Irish Novel Fair Winners
#Hennessy Irish writing 2019/2020

[david brennan @davidbr42580158]

@Epoque_Press Here you go then, we are delighted to share the cover for SPIT, the second novel by @davidbr42580158

SPIT will be published in June 2025 and is available to pre-order from our website now: https://t.co/BpVpRPrRT9…

#epoquepresstitle#epoquepressauthors #NewBook

[Kerry Burgess @KerryBurgess]

It's incredible what's happening in Belfast. Over a million visitors have already attended this week, music on every train, bus and every corner. One massive party.
The Fleadh is back again next year, this is going to be a global event.
#FleadhCheoilNaHEireann

[Alok Kumar @Alokkumarzz]

In 1983, a BBC interviewer asked Richard Feynman why two magnets push each other apart — and he refused to answer it.

What he did instead is the best seven minutes on thinking ever filmed.

Bookmark & watch today, no matter what.

[MO @Abu_Salah9]

حقيقةً .. هذا المشهد لا يستوعبه عقل.

لو كان هذا المشهد في مكانٍ آخر لهتزت له الدنيا.. ولكنها غزة

[Liana @ykidcmyluv]

la plupart des journalistes qui nous montraient en direct ce qu’il se passe à Gaza ont été tués par Isr*el alors qd vs tombez sur ne serait-ce qu’une seule vidéo c’est important de relayer au maximum !!!

[époque press @Epoque_Press]

A big thank you to @RTEArena @RTERadio1 @rickoshea for featuring Sweep the Cobwebs Off the Sky by Mary O’Donnell

You can listen to the wonderful conversation about the book on the RTÉ website via this link:
https://t.co/V5214CWOp2

#epoquepress #books #bookreview

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

I can imagine Glen's amazement and bemusement if he could see this

[Thomas Niblock @thomasniblock]

The final minute of the All-Ireland final on the BBC

[Garbhán Downey @Garbhan_D]

Terrific new mural by Peaball at Laburnum Terrace at the entrance to Creggan.
(Pic by Stu Ross.)

[Russia X 🇷🇺 @Rusia_HD]

Supermodel Bella Hadid: "Even if my career comes to a halt, I will never stop supporting Palestine."
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Global Pop Star Dua Lipa: "I am willing to take the backlash for my support of the Palestinian cause."

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel abducted a 20-year-old woman from her home in the occupied West Bank in the middle of the night on June 2.

Her name is Sama Safi.

She is not a combatant.

She is an American-Palestinian university student.

She has now been caged in an Israeli dungeon for 58 days — without charges, without reason.

And yet, the same voices that claim to care about human rights have nothing to say.

No outrage. No headlines. No urgent calls for her freedom.

Because Sama is Palestinian, her story is ignored.

[mustafa yazıcı @myzccc]

Dua Lipa'nın 2026'daki öne çıkan adımları:

• Samsung'a dava açtı.
• İsrail'i desteklediği gerekçesiyle Disney ve HBO ile ortaklık tekliflerini reddetti.
• Coca-Cola ile ortaklığı reddetti.
• Jeffrey Epstein'ı alenen eleştirdi.
• İsrail bağlantısı nedeniyle 3 farklı şirketle sözleşmesini feshetti.
• Filistin ve Ukrayna için bağış kampanyası düzenledi.
• Babasıyla birlikte bir hayır kurumu kurdu.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

🇪🇸Certain victories remind us that freedom can still prevail.

Thank you Spain and to all those who continue to stand with courage and dignity on the side of justice.

#HastaLaVictoria

[Thomas Niblock @thomasniblock]

The BBC opener for the All-Ireland hurling final.

I had one of the most beautiful days filming this. We hope you can join us on Sunday..

Live on BBC2 Network & @bbciplayer , Sunday, 3pm

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Nirvana played the Republic of Ireland on two tours, and the tiny gap between them captured their journey from relative obscurity to superstardom. Our story starts in the legendary venue Sir Henry's in Cork on the 20 August 1991. Nirvana got paid £100 to support an up and coming Sonic Youth. The 750 capacity venue was less than half full and most were having a jar in the Liberty Bar missing the support act entirely. They debuted Smells Like Teen Spirit that night. Below are a montage of pics taken by gig attendees Eamonn Cunningham and Rory Wales.

They supported Sonic Youth the next in the Top Hat in Dún Laoghaire, with The Donnelly Brothers, Mexican Pets and Power of Dreams. After their set, they watched Sonic Youth with the crowd. Witnesses described Cobain as quiet and polite. The Seattle band unaware that in 3 weeks Nevermind would make them world famous.

Cobain genuinely seemed to have an affinity for Cork. He told Guitar World he walked round the city feeling something close to spiritual, and that he believed his family were from there. His people the Cobanes were actually shoemakers who left Carrickmore in Tyrone in 1875.

10 months later Nirvana headlined the Point Depot on 21 June 1992, to 8,000 grungeheads supported by The Breeders and Teenage Fanclub. I`m no music journalist (thank christ) so although critics said it was a great gig I'd rather give you some quotes from the musicians themselves that night.

Now remember Nirvana didnt mock their fans it was always a kind of slagging and banter. Dave Grohl, then drummer for Nirvana and now in some band named after NIH probes during WW2 teased the audience because the previous night’s booking was the Village People "So, you know who played last night? Yeah and you missed it! You’d rather see the Village People than us!" Bassist Krist Novoselic, co-founder of Nirvana, was intelligent enough to know his sacred calendar and said "It’s the Summer Solstice show, for all you hippies."

Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl had some craic when a fan threw a bra onto the stage right after the band performed "Polly". The convo went:
Grohl: "Kurt, wear it, wear it!"
Cobain: "Aww, my first bra! Do you wanna wear it Dave?"
Grohl: "I’ll wear it... Little do you know we get someone throw a bra up onstage every night and then we, this is a completely rehearsed routine."
Cobain: "It’s all staged."
Grohl actually ended up putting the bra on and wearing it for a portion of the concert and Cobain always looked great in a sundress.

Also thats some commitment from the Irish fan. An affordable quality bra in Ireland in 1992 was about IR£15.00 up, thats nearly €38.50. I once used one to fix the asymmetric tachyon drive during a catastrophic breach and I'd a red mark on my containment tank for days. But I digress.

Dave Grohl also introduced their recent hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with a sarcastic nod to singer-songwriter Tori Amos, who recently covered it:
"This next song...we’re gonna have a special guest player. Tori Amos, come on Tori, come on out. We couldn’t bring the piano for this one."

Their gig left a permanent mark on the local Dublin music scene, especially since the band would never play in Ireland again after this brief summer tour, which concluded the following night in Belfast. After Cobain's tragic and all too soon death in April 1994, a shattered Dave Grohl drove round the Ring of Kerry trying to figure out what to do next in his life and career.

He spotted a young hitchhiker in the rain, slowed the car down and saw he was wearing a Kurt Cobain t-shirt, so sped off in grief without stopping. He's said since that seeing Kurt's face staring back at him in the middle of nowhere was the moment he decided to get back to work. The hitchhiker incidentally got tracked down (cause its bleedin Ireland) and he was a Cork lad named Lorcan Dunne. So technically some langer founded the Foo Fighters.

Buy the Dublin Time Machine a pint and support the DTM Book https://t.co/U7jtCrOTtb

[Daniel Lambert @dlLambo]

Hurling.

Played in Ireland for over 3000 years.

To this day can sell out the 4th largest stadium in Europe (83,000).

Players are still amateur.

Is it the best game on earth?

[Mariana Oliveira @marioliveirain]

A Argentina virou a chacota dessa Copa do Mundo kkkkkkkkk