Angus Laverty
@gusclaw.bsky.social
Working in Public Affairs. Media and politics junkie but really lovin' literature, tunes…..and rugby! ‘Fail we may, Sail we must’.
Cumaaaaaaan Manchester #QuizNight #UniversityChallenge
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cumaaaaaaan Manchester #QuizNight #UniversityChallenge
LUAS to The Point Oh how I've missed you so ! #Dublincanbeheaven
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
LUAS to The Point Oh how I've missed you so ! #Dublincanbeheaven
Reposted by Angus Laverty
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured
www.irishtimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of David Hanley, not just an echo of another age of journo broadcasters but cannot overstate the impact on me of his novel 'In Guilt and in Glory' when it was published back in 1979
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Saddened to hear of the death of David Hanley, not just an echo of another age of journo broadcasters but cannot overstate the impact on me of his novel 'In Guilt and in Glory' when it was published back in 1979
Managed to catch 'Picasso: From the Studio' @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social and still buzzing from it Wonderful blast of culture, creativity, Spain and South of France sunshine #Picasso
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Managed to catch 'Picasso: From the Studio' @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social and still buzzing from it Wonderful blast of culture, creativity, Spain and South of France sunshine #Picasso
Amazing who you meet on an early morning ramble in Wexford town Not mentioned here but worthy of a marker his daughter, the wonderful writer Maeve
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Amazing who you meet on an early morning ramble in Wexford town Not mentioned here but worthy of a marker his daughter, the wonderful writer Maeve
Emerge blinking into the daylight from the lively cinema at the heart of the Gorey School of Art knowing that you have just sat through something special, inspiring and not a little emotional First Wexford airing for this amazing film #GoreyTraditionalSingingFestival #AlanGilsenan and #DesGeraghty
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Emerge blinking into the daylight from the lively cinema at the heart of the Gorey School of Art knowing that you have just sat through something special, inspiring and not a little emotional First Wexford airing for this amazing film #GoreyTraditionalSingingFestival #AlanGilsenan and #DesGeraghty
Starting the weekend on wings of song with the North Wexford traditional singing circle and their Trad Singers Festival Swung by the launch of this treasure 'In the Singing of Songs' compiled and edited by the powerhouse that is Rachel Ui Fhaoláin
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Starting the weekend on wings of song with the North Wexford traditional singing circle and their Trad Singers Festival Swung by the launch of this treasure 'In the Singing of Songs' compiled and edited by the powerhouse that is Rachel Ui Fhaoláin
Have to say 'The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon' moved to Spain is a thing of genius if not of beauty and as for the the opening credits colored by Goya! Zombie and Iberno itches scratched
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Have to say 'The Walking Dead Daryl Dixon' moved to Spain is a thing of genius if not of beauty and as for the the opening credits colored by Goya! Zombie and Iberno itches scratched
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
www.irishtimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Some beautiful interchange between #RoyalMail and #AnPost to land this beauty in my hallway Cannot wait for evening to get stuck in @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social Salut!
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Some beautiful interchange between #RoyalMail and #AnPost to land this beauty in my hallway Cannot wait for evening to get stuck in @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social Salut!
Dylan gets my vote everytime
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dylan gets my vote everytime
I dont mean to gush @ronanhession.bsky.social Loved the book but the tv version #LeonardandHungryPaul is just, just lovely I just sit here watching with a great stupid grin on my face Chapeau to you Sir
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I dont mean to gush @ronanhession.bsky.social Loved the book but the tv version #LeonardandHungryPaul is just, just lovely I just sit here watching with a great stupid grin on my face Chapeau to you Sir
It's a sad indictment when one's happiness is the based on the arrival of the 151 bus #Dublincanbeheaven #Ornot
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
It's a sad indictment when one's happiness is the based on the arrival of the 151 bus #Dublincanbeheaven #Ornot
Reposted by Angus Laverty
"[Philip] Marlowe is one of the immortals, up there with Don Quixote, Emma Bovary and Leopold Bloom."
John Banville
John Banville
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"[Philip] Marlowe is one of the immortals, up there with Don Quixote, Emma Bovary and Leopold Bloom."
John Banville
John Banville
Saying goodbye to some newish pals off to new homes Always find this bookshelf easing process cathartic but with a touch of melancholy Hoping to use the new #AnPost @oxfamireland.bsky.social service to send them on their way
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Saying goodbye to some newish pals off to new homes Always find this bookshelf easing process cathartic but with a touch of melancholy Hoping to use the new #AnPost @oxfamireland.bsky.social service to send them on their way
“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” Happy birthday Dylan Thomas BOTD 1914
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.” Happy birthday Dylan Thomas BOTD 1914
Maybe the tie wasn't the biggest problem with this guy @bbclaurak.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Maybe the tie wasn't the biggest problem with this guy @bbclaurak.bsky.social
Nooooooo the tiiiiiiiiiieeeee Could no one have a word @bbclaurak.bsky.social #BBCLauraK
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Nooooooo the tiiiiiiiiiieeeee Could no one have a word @bbclaurak.bsky.social #BBCLauraK
Very sad to hear this, proud son of North Wexford parents, had a blast covering his trip to the homeland as PM www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Very sad to hear this, proud son of North Wexford parents, had a blast covering his trip to the homeland as PM www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Soundtrack for the weekend Joe Webb's 'Hamstrings and Hurricanes' Brilliant album He wowed #MercuryAward2025 prize night and he's currently wowing my eardrums
October 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Soundtrack for the weekend Joe Webb's 'Hamstrings and Hurricanes' Brilliant album He wowed #MercuryAward2025 prize night and he's currently wowing my eardrums
Well the start looks promising What a backing group #Pulp #mercuryprize2025 #Newcastle But actually I'm here for Martin Carty
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Well the start looks promising What a backing group #Pulp #mercuryprize2025 #Newcastle But actually I'm here for Martin Carty