Arts and culture writer. Former parliamentary reporter and recovering sub-editor. Books Are My Business @ Irish Examiner. Déiseach in Cork 💙❤️https://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lvsg5qnxdk2nI was sent this pic by Denis Murphy of Bantry Library, with a selection of books inspired by the desert island picks in the weekly Books are my Business feature I do in the @irishexaminer This has made my day, week, month, year! Cherish your libraries and librarians ❤️07 Aug 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvsg5qnxdk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lobzvsgtd224Yup, as a former page designer on a newspaper, and kerner of headlines, this is absolutely shocking. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobzvsgtd224https://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lobzq2wjb224Literally and figuratively.03 May 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobzq2wjb224https://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lmzmqmagc22uAbout to get even more unaffordable then. Most people I speak to in Cork now swerve staying there because of hotel cost or drive up and down to gigs in the same night. It’s not a capital that serves the citizens of its country. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzmqmagc22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lmrmlcr4dk2mThe irony that I now bring headphones everywhere to block out the noise of people listening to stuff on their phones without any. Sartre wasn’t wrong.14 Apr 2025 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrmlcr4dk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lmm3v3govk2eMaybe we’ll finally stop lionising this pair. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmm3v3govk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lmkulkml722xHeart of Glass, Hangin on the Telephone….the hits keep coming. What a band. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkulkml722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lmktzcivfs2uThey are showing a Blondie concert from 46 YEARS ago on BBC4 right now, in honour of Clem Burke. Dreaming, followed by Union City Blues and Atomic. Absolute bangers and the band is still impossibly and timelessly cool 😎❤️11 Apr 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmktzcivfs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marjbrennan.bsky.social/post/3lmhnwnja5s2uOn this, I am in the city regularly enough. The paths are absolutely filthy. I never see cleansing crews washing them. Compare to somewhere like Malaga where they are out in the morning and evening every day 🤷‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:5bf5kcusvfwveuzphp5i4pfy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhnwnja5s2u