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Jess Traynor

@jesstraynor.bsky.social

Poetry and other bits of writing | Pit Lullabies with Bloodaxe Books and The Quick and Liffey Swim with Dedalus Press | Essays in Tolka, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review | Poetry editor at Banshee | New Arcana forthcoming Sept 25 from Bloodaxe Books.

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West Cork Literary Festival@wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Loved this new collection of poetry by Mícheál McCann, published by @thegallerypress.bsky.social. Mícheál will be reading alongside Nithy Kasa and @jesstraynor.bsky.social at WCLF on 15 July. This event is in association with @poetryireland.bsky.social 🎟️ in our bio www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Lives of the Saints by Mícheál McCann: Poetry that elevates the commonplace

Derry poet’s second collection dives deeper into religious and historical themes

irishtimes.com

Simon McGarr@tupped.bsky.social · 3mo ago

These numbers should be amplified everywhere there is a flat surface. The 3,000 person sample size was statistically significant. The direction of travel is positive but runs directly contrary to the perception born in the echo-chamber of Twitter-brained media and politics. (H&CC is a client)

RTE 100 Year-on-year datasets tracking changes in public sentiment in Ireland between 2024 and 2025 show that 66% agree that immigrants contribute positively to Irish culture and community, which is up 2% up from 64% in 2024. 79% believe working-class people are struggling due to systemic inequality which is also up 2% from 77% in 2024. Those who believe wealthy people are successful because they were given more opportunities than others has risen from 63% in 2024 to 69% in 2025. The number of people who support the freedom of transgender people to live their lives is up 5% up from 70% in 2024. 80% agree that Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities face greater barriers to success than white people, up 5% up from 75% in 2024.Research Framework Ireland in Focus draws on multiple sources of data to provide a clearer understanding of how hate, disinformation and far-right mobilisation are evolving across Ireland in 2025. This includes H&CC's analysis of far-right developments in political organising, informal networks and far-right agitators, giving insights into how narratives, mobilisation and organising strategies are emerging and shifting. company Dynata. The data was independently weighted by Ireland Thinks using demographic and methodological controls such as age, gender, ethnicity and voting behaviour at time of poll fielding to ensure representativeness and statistical robustness. The consistent methodology across both waves allows for reliable year-on-year comparison of sentiment and social trends and the large sample size gives high levels of statistical significance. Ireland in Focus also draws data from 89 communities' crisis responses (49 in 2024 and 40 in 2025) supported by H&CC to capture how local communities responded in real time to moments of tension, protest and disinformation. Ireland in Focus, assesses public attitudes through two large, nationally representative, anonymous surveys conducted in 2024 and 2025, each with approximately 3,000 respondents via independent polling The consistency in design across both years provides a robust basis for tracking how attitudes are shifting - making this one of the first datasets of its kind in Ireland to capture changes in public sentiment over time. Finally to understand how narratives were spreading and evolving in the public sphere, narrative benchmarking was analysed using a commercial social media research tool.
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 3mo ago

A report by the Hope and Courage Collective, which works to build resilience in communities against rising far-right hate and disinformation, has found a widening gap between public attitudes and political discourse

Felicity@fififinx.bsky.social · 4mo ago

'He said a ban on exploration and drilling, introduced in 2021, should be lifted “for the good of the nation”.' What about the good of the planet? The people? He's either a moron or a scumbag. Pick your poison - his is oil TL;DR: NO THEY'RE FUCKING NOT www.thejournal.ie/should-irela...

Are the fuel protestors right - should Ireland drill for oil?

Various bodies have previously estimated that there could be billions of barrels worth of the black stuff buried in the Irish seabed.

thejournal.ie

Jess Traynor@jesstraynor.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Come join me for a three day workshop in beautiful Bantry - writing in the morning and a host of gorgeous West Cork Lit Festival readings at the festival to choose from in the evening ✨️ (readings sold separately)

West Cork Literary Festival@wcorklitfest.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our WCLF three-day writing workshops are now on sale. Poetry with @jesstraynor.bsky.social, Novel Writing with Claire Adam, Travel Writing with @timhannigan.bsky.social, Creative Non-Fiction with Katie Goh and Raise your Short Story Game with Cynan Jones www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-fes...

List of West Cork Literary Festival workshops. Poetry with Jessica Traynor, Novel Writing with Claire Adam, Travel Writing: Place, People and the Past with Tim Hannigan, Creative Non-Fiction with Katie Goh and Raise your Short Story Game with Cynan Jones
Cal Doyle@caldoyle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Billy's new book is superb. Highly recommended. Go buy it! You'll be supporting one of Ireland's great small press publishers and Cork's greatest living poet (and someone who genuinely happens to be among the great raconteurs of this world). It's a twofer.

Banshee Press@bansheepress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Now available for pre-order: RENDER, the dazzling new collection by acclaimed poet Billy Ramsell, out on 4 June 2026. Cover design by Luke Bird. bansheepress.org/shop/p/rende...

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Ever wonder why most of the media provide wall-to-wall coverage of everything the far right does or says, while ignoring far bigger rallies and events and far more interesting discussions elsewhere on the political spectrum? There's no mystery. It's because they want the far right to triumph.

Dean Van Nguyen@deanvannguyen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The underlying message of trans girls being banned from guides for "safeguard" reasons is that only segregation can keep women and girls safe from "biological men" and it must start in childhood. It's such puritan regression from ideas on deconstructing rape culture, toxic masculinity and #MeToo