Gerard Beirne

Fab cover too!

Holy moly! I should probably give up on my Marx Brothers references so.

“Language is a virus from outer space”
― William S. Burroughs

Middle East conflict is 'assault on international law' President Catherine Connolly has described the situation in the Middle East as a "deliberate assault on international law".

"What we have witnessed...are not political disputes. They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for 80 years. We must name them as such, without euphemism and without equivocation."

www.rte.ie/news/2026/03...

What happens on OneDrive Stays on OneDrive.

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally

Like when you rush into the pub with a thirst and there's an open mic going on in the corner.

Irish Independent front page #TomorrowsPapersToday

I mean, you'd have to go see it. Right? That's what I thought.

It's no mere coincidence we will be discussing Tim O'Brien's masterpiece of prose The Things They Carried, at the closure to my American Short Story course tonight at the Irish Writers Centre (alongside A Manual for Cleaning Women – Lucia Berlin).

It's no mere coincidence we will be discussing Tim O'Brien's masterpiece of prose The Things They Carried, at the closure to my American Short Story course tonight at the Irish Writers Centre (alongside A Manual for Cleaning Women – Lucia Berlin).

Parting financial wisdom from my father tonight, as we ended our call: “You’ll never see a trailer behind a hearse.”

One of the greats. In a Lonely Place, Ride the Pink Horse, and The Expendable Man secure her place, not just in crime but literature.

“I’m categorically not. Can you make that the headline?” Cillian Murphy

Amazing stuff - brings back fond memories of the 1986 Irish film Eat the Peach where two men build a wall of death after watching an Elvis movie - directed by Peter Ormrod and starring Stephen Brennan, Eamon Morissey, Catherine Byrne, Joe Lynch, and Niall Toibin amongst others. Good fun.

"I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
You were famous, your heart was a legend."

So I put this on to play. After about a minute and a half, my 24 year old son lying on the couch playing Nintendo says, "Bill Evans?" "How would you know that?" He shrugs it off. "Tony Bennett sings a good version with him too."

Did anyone ever manage to win?

Strike on Iranian primary school kills dozens, authorities say Girls’ education facility hit as US and Israel launch joint military operation

Dozens?

According to its own report:
"The Minab judiciary said 148 people had been killed and 95 injured. The semi-official ISNA news agency said on Sunday that the death toll had risen to 153."

www.ft.com/content/055d...

I treasure that day in Cid's company - a central figure in the history of American poetry.

Anyone reading any good books this weekend? #irelandreads #weekendreads

Bonus points if they are by Irish writers.

I treasure that day in Cid's company - a central figure in the history of American poetry.

People are asking what else they can do.

My advice is to drop your subscriptions to Paramount and Warner Brothers services and use that money to support as many independent media outlets as you can afford. Pick a couple and give them a try. It's critical we build a pro-democracy media ecosystem.

We recommend heavy-duty 5-litre concentrates with industrial-strength disinfectant, applied with a forged-steel wire brush—or, for tougher cases, an angle grinder with a sanding disc. #editingtips

Dear God! Cleaning up that particular piece of writing was worse than cleaning the kitchen or tidying out underneath the stairs. I've a headache now. Time to go for a walk by the Garavogue river.

The accident has just occurred! I am quite anxious.

Let's see what young Mr Frome is up to today

A woman after my own heart