Rick O'Shea
@rickoshea.bsky.social
Broadcaster @rte.ie - currently on Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social.
Runs Ireland's largest book club, patron @epilepsyireland.bsky.social, board of Fighting Words NI.
Arts event curator and moderator.
Quizzer.
Links: https://linktr.ee/rickoshea
Runs Ireland's largest book club, patron @epilepsyireland.bsky.social, board of Fighting Words NI.
Arts event curator and moderator.
Quizzer.
Links: https://linktr.ee/rickoshea
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Heya, this happens every year to be honest - we start really well over the first few days and then grind to a halt.
110 donations so far.
So, as it's payday for a few people in the next while, if you haven't seen the Xmas Appeal yet, maybe now is the time to make a donation.
🧵
110 donations so far.
So, as it's payday for a few people in the next while, if you haven't seen the Xmas Appeal yet, maybe now is the time to make a donation.
🧵
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Will be doing a newspaper article on books I'm looking forward to that are coming out in 2026.
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Will be doing a newspaper article on books I'm looking forward to that are coming out in 2026.
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
We start in 15...
An average night on Arena 🙂
Listen back to it wherever you get your podcasts or on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight we look back at 30 years(!) of Toy Story, the 10th Tolka Journal, and new theatre show YFEL at The Project.
See you at 7.
Listen back to it wherever you get your podcasts or on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight we look back at 30 years(!) of Toy Story, the 10th Tolka Journal, and new theatre show YFEL at The Project.
See you at 7.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We start in 15...
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On RTÉ Arena tonight, @rickoshea.bsky.social will be talking to Tolka Issue Ten contributors @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & John Patrick McHugh, celebrating five years of Tolka!
Tune in from 7pm, or listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
Tune in from 7pm, or listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
On RTÉ Arena tonight, @rickoshea.bsky.social will be talking to Tolka Issue Ten contributors @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & John Patrick McHugh, celebrating five years of Tolka!
Tune in from 7pm, or listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
Tune in from 7pm, or listen back: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
Will be doing a newspaper article on books I'm looking forward to that are coming out in 2026.
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Will be doing a newspaper article on books I'm looking forward to that are coming out in 2026.
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
Anything you want to recommend to me, bookish friends?
An average night on Arena 🙂
Listen back to it wherever you get your podcasts or on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight we look back at 30 years(!) of Toy Story, the 10th Tolka Journal, and new theatre show YFEL at The Project.
See you at 7.
Listen back to it wherever you get your podcasts or on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight we look back at 30 years(!) of Toy Story, the 10th Tolka Journal, and new theatre show YFEL at The Project.
See you at 7.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
An average night on Arena 🙂
Listen back to it wherever you get your podcasts or on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight we look back at 30 years(!) of Toy Story, the 10th Tolka Journal, and new theatre show YFEL at The Project.
See you at 7.
Listen back to it wherever you get your podcasts or on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Tonight we look back at 30 years(!) of Toy Story, the 10th Tolka Journal, and new theatre show YFEL at The Project.
See you at 7.
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Has something happened that I am seeing lots of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky lately?
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Has something happened that I am seeing lots of Twitter screenshots on Bluesky lately?
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
You're not supposed to use the bucket to pour water *into* the lifeboat.
Yes, of course I accidentally fell into a bookshop in London at the weekend. No real agenda, just a good wander and a pick up of things I liked the look of.
Came away with Baudrillard's travel writing on America(!), a Yuri Herrera book, and I'm always seeking out an alternative to capitalism...
Came away with Baudrillard's travel writing on America(!), a Yuri Herrera book, and I'm always seeking out an alternative to capitalism...
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yes, of course I accidentally fell into a bookshop in London at the weekend. No real agenda, just a good wander and a pick up of things I liked the look of.
Came away with Baudrillard's travel writing on America(!), a Yuri Herrera book, and I'm always seeking out an alternative to capitalism...
Came away with Baudrillard's travel writing on America(!), a Yuri Herrera book, and I'm always seeking out an alternative to capitalism...
Just spoke to James L. Brooks about Ella McKay for an upcoming Arena.
Yes, of course we talked about The Simpsons too...
😎
Yes, of course we talked about The Simpsons too...
😎
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Just spoke to James L. Brooks about Ella McKay for an upcoming Arena.
Yes, of course we talked about The Simpsons too...
😎
Yes, of course we talked about The Simpsons too...
😎
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Our Elaina will be on this mornings @rteradio1.bsky.social Oliver Callan show for ONE WHOLE HOUR of excellent children's books suggestions.
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
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November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our Elaina will be on this mornings @rteradio1.bsky.social Oliver Callan show for ONE WHOLE HOUR of excellent children's books suggestions.
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
Nice first night back on Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social last night, even if we did have to mark the passing of Jimmy Cliff and Paul Costelloe.
Listen back any time...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen back any time...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Nice first night back on Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social last night, even if we did have to mark the passing of Jimmy Cliff and Paul Costelloe.
Listen back any time...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen back any time...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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We are €500 short of €5,000 on the Xmas Appeal.
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We are €500 short of €5,000 on the Xmas Appeal.
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
We are €500 short of €5,000 on the Xmas Appeal.
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We are €500 short of €5,000 on the Xmas Appeal.
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
Anyone fancy taking us over the first major hurdle?
www.idonate.ie/rick
Heya, this happens every year to be honest - we start really well over the first few days and then grind to a halt.
110 donations so far.
So, as it's payday for a few people in the next while, if you haven't seen the Xmas Appeal yet, maybe now is the time to make a donation.
🧵
110 donations so far.
So, as it's payday for a few people in the next while, if you haven't seen the Xmas Appeal yet, maybe now is the time to make a donation.
🧵
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Heya, this happens every year to be honest - we start really well over the first few days and then grind to a halt.
110 donations so far.
So, as it's payday for a few people in the next while, if you haven't seen the Xmas Appeal yet, maybe now is the time to make a donation.
🧵
110 donations so far.
So, as it's payday for a few people in the next while, if you haven't seen the Xmas Appeal yet, maybe now is the time to make a donation.
🧵
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My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
November 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My Xmas Appeal for 2025 is at €2,500 in 3 days. A nice start 🙂
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
To make a donation to the NSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and @childrensbooksireland.ie, any donation at all, head here:
www.idonate.ie/rick
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(If you want to keep up with how we're getting on the chat will be non-stop over in the Rick O'Shea Book Club between now and Xmas...
www.facebook.com/groups/theri...)
www.facebook.com/groups/theri...)
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
(If you want to keep up with how we're getting on the chat will be non-stop over in the Rick O'Shea Book Club between now and Xmas...
www.facebook.com/groups/theri...)
www.facebook.com/groups/theri...)
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... at Christmas, children experiencing homelessness, living in Direct Provision, children in hospital, domestic abuse shelters and many other routes.
I hope you can find a way to make whatever donation you can between now and Christmas Eve. Shares are great too!
Thank you x
www.idonate.ie/rick
I hope you can find a way to make whatever donation you can between now and Christmas Eve. Shares are great too!
Thank you x
www.idonate.ie/rick
Support The Rick O'Shea Book Club Xmas Appeal on iDonate.ie
The Rick O'Shea Book Club Xmas Appeal 2025 for DSPCA, My Lovely Horse Rescue and Children's Books Ireland, created by Rick O'Shea | iDonate.ie
www.idonate.ie
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
... at Christmas, children experiencing homelessness, living in Direct Provision, children in hospital, domestic abuse shelters and many other routes.
I hope you can find a way to make whatever donation you can between now and Christmas Eve. Shares are great too!
Thank you x
www.idonate.ie/rick
I hope you can find a way to make whatever donation you can between now and Christmas Eve. Shares are great too!
Thank you x
www.idonate.ie/rick
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This year we have two charities we have supported before:
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This year we have two charities we have supported before:
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
The NSPCA (the new name for the combined DSPCA and ISPCA), and My Lovely Horse Rescue.
Our new charity this year is the wonderful @childrensbooksireland.ie - among so much other work, they gift thousands of new books to children in need...
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*** MY XMAS APPEAL 2025 ***
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
*** MY XMAS APPEAL 2025 ***
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
*** MY XMAS APPEAL 2025 ***
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
*** MY XMAS APPEAL 2025 ***
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
Every year at Christmas I run an appeal asking you to donate the price of a book (or whatever you can!) to some incredibly worthy charities who need funds at this time of year. So far, in 8 years I've raised over €250,000...
🧵
(link at bottom)
If you have been enjoying Conor Stevens' reviews in Totally Dublin for the last few years, you'll be delighted to see that mainstream success hasn't blunted him one little bit...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
The Lobster Pot, Dublin review: a bad trip down memory lane
Ballsbridge’s long-standing temple to old-school French dining has become overcooked, with nostalgia that curdles into farce
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you have been enjoying Conor Stevens' reviews in Totally Dublin for the last few years, you'll be delighted to see that mainstream success hasn't blunted him one little bit...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...
It was a busy week last week on Arena - from interviews with Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love, to Horslips bringing joy to Winter, Daniel Day-Lewis on his return to cinema,
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It was a busy week last week on Arena - from interviews with Lynne Ramsay on Die My Love, to Horslips bringing joy to Winter, Daniel Day-Lewis on his return to cinema,
I'm spending less and less and less time on socials.
If you do want to keep up with my nonsense, there's stuff on Instagram or you could just listen to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social every night from 7.
Tonight we check out the week's new TV and albums...
If you do want to keep up with my nonsense, there's stuff on Instagram or you could just listen to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social every night from 7.
Tonight we check out the week's new TV and albums...
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm spending less and less and less time on socials.
If you do want to keep up with my nonsense, there's stuff on Instagram or you could just listen to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social every night from 7.
Tonight we check out the week's new TV and albums...
If you do want to keep up with my nonsense, there's stuff on Instagram or you could just listen to Arena on @rteradio1.bsky.social every night from 7.
Tonight we check out the week's new TV and albums...
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Great launch to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social hosted by @rickoshea.bsky.social live on Arena this evening. Great show!
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Great launch to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social hosted by @rickoshea.bsky.social live on Arena this evening. Great show!
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Super opening night of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with a celebration of 100 issues of
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Super opening night of @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with a celebration of 100 issues of
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington
@thedublinreview.bsky.social broadcast live on RTE Arena. Brilliant job by @rickoshea.bsky.social and guests @mrkocnnll.bsky.social @patrickfreyne.bsky.social Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Sara Baume and Brendan Barrington