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rickoshea.bsky.social

Broadcaster @rte.ie - on @rtegold.bsky.social. Books columnist @independent.ie, runs Ireland's largest book club. Patron @epilepsyireland.bsky.social, board of Fighting Words NI, literary curator UCD Festival 2025. Quizzer. https://linktr.ee/rickoshea

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submitted 7 hours ago • 2 comments

Christ. This press release is now a "news" story at the new "Guardian"..... www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...

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The Guardian has an 'explainer' about the India-Pakistan conflict that manages to avoid stating that the border between the countries was originally drawn by an Englishman who had never been to India and signed off on in a hurry by Lord Mountbatten because he had to get back to Britain for a party.

submitted 9 hours ago • 36 comments

This is becoming an increasing problem in the quiet parts of the Phoenix Park recently...

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Today is my biirthday. I turn 52, a disappointingly "meh" sort of number that really only matters to me. As a result, I'll be playing sings I love today on the @rtegold.bsky.social radio show. Go away. It's just for me... www.rte.ie/radio/gold/d...

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ICYMI at the weekend...

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I have five copies of @florenceknapp.bsky.social's The Names to be won over in the ROSBC if you're interested... www.facebook.com/groups/theri...

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I turn 52 tomorrow. It's a kind of "meh" age that nobody cares about, so Liz took me to London to see some shows 😎

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Things I learned today: Die Hard is based on a 1979 sequel novel to a book made into a film in which Frank Sinatra plays the main character. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing...

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I would love to do this @irishtimes.com Q&A, I would not be as interesting or as entertaining as @ronanhession.bsky.social... www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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I turn 52 tomorrow. It's a kind of "meh" age that nobody cares about, so Liz took me to London to see some shows 😎

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The only acceptable thing to do with the Met Gala nonsense in the world of 2025.

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I have five copies of @florenceknapp.bsky.social's The Names to be won over in the ROSBC if you're interested... www.facebook.com/groups/theri...

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ICYMI at the weekend...

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Ahoy hoy. Continuing to disctract you from the deep, dark hole in your soul with popular music! Go. www.rte.ie/radio/gold/d...

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Always nice to talk to one of your actual mates, even better when his choices surprise you... Read my Shelf Analysis with @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social in Saturday's Review section of the @independent.ie or at m.independent.ie/entertainmen...

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I can't quite comprehend how this is seven years ago...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

You need to read this: "We’re not asking for tea rooms. We’re asking for heating. For toilets that work. For benches to sit on. For parks that are maintained. For buildings that don’t shame the services operating inside them. This is not a wish list. It’s the bare minimum any city should provide."

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

My friend @themcquade.bsky.social is walking the Camino this June for Children in Crossfire, who help some of the most vulnerable children in the world who suffer from the injustices of poverty. Every fiver helps... www.justgiving.com/page/aidan-m...

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So yeah, Thunderbolts* is great. Easily the best Marvel film in an age. Funny, sharp, nicely crunchy action, really solid performances, but this is Florence Pugh's show... The final third is one of the smartest I've seen in a film like this in an age. Two post credit sequences. Be warned 😎

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Yup. Bought more books when I accidentally fell into a bookshop...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

My friend @themcquade.bsky.social is walking the Camino this June for Children in Crossfire, who help some of the most vulnerable children in the world who suffer from the injustices of poverty. Every fiver helps... www.justgiving.com/page/aidan-m...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

We're delighted to announce a new literary award in collaboration between @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and The @stingingfly.bsky.social 🎉 The aim of the prize is to discover, promote and encourage the talents of new, undiscovered voices in Irish writing. irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-t...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

You need to read this: "We’re not asking for tea rooms. We’re asking for heating. For toilets that work. For benches to sit on. For parks that are maintained. For buildings that don’t shame the services operating inside them. This is not a wish list. It’s the bare minimum any city should provide."

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

I can't quite comprehend how this is seven years ago...

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This. Thanks. It's rage bait.

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

I have locked myself in a dark box in a basement for this glorious afternoon for your entertainment. Least you can do is join me... www.rte.ie/radio/gold/daytime-gold-with-rick-oshea/

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Yup. Bought more books when I accidentally fell into a bookshop...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment