Author’s copies of new book have finally arrived. ⁦@AtlanticBooks⁩

A culture devoted to poetry reveals, perhaps, a revival of devotional poetry (but with some twists). @malodoherty takes stock of an interesting trend emerging in Northern Ireland.

.@malodoherty writing on new collections & themes from N Irish poets @cartmilldeirdre Mícheál McCann @BoyleMo Frank Ormsby Patrick Ramsey in @BelTel @ArtsCouncilNI

Northern Irish poets seem to be quietly reviving devotional writings in surprising ways, writes @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…

The peace process was saved in 1998, yet the compromises made then nearly broke unionism afterwards, writes @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…

This is very good from @malodoherty. Would another agreement have happened if there had been failure in 1998? Probably not immediately but I suspect that terrorism in the West became unthinkable after 11th September 2001.

30 yrs ago, I was on work experience with Talkback and Jim came in one day. He's the only bit I remember. He whipped out the typewriter and in seconds, composed a gem of a piece. Wow! I never met Jamshid, but mum talked fondly of him. I've still got the painting bought from him.

There is a time to live and a time to die... but in my personal experience so many seem to leave us at the wrong time ✍️ @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…

On May 20, I'll be talking about my new book 'This is Also a Love Story' at the International Literature Festival Dublin. Info & tickets here: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi… Thanks so much to them for inviting me.

Lucky, Teflon or protected from on high?..... @malodoherty piece in @TheSundayIndo

Let’s face it , few in authority really care or understand the impact of terrorism. We, that is , those who were impacted by it during “The Troubles” know all about it and we know how, as we get older the trauma and impact gets worse. However we needn’t look towards the courts , or even “legacy” or “the victims payment “ because we have to relive everything and then wait years (especially in the former) for any kind of decision. In the meantime, we see senior SF figures being awarded “compensation “ from the UK government in the 100’s of thousands. If we speak out publicly, we get abused to silence our voices. Victims organisations are trying to get a bereavement payment, for victims but why are government so quiet?

@malodoherty in the @BelTel

Thank you to the icon that is @lindseyhilsum for providing the very first blurb for 'This is Also a Love Story'(!!!) It publishes in May & is available for preorder now: sallyhayden.net/2026/01/26/t…

War in the Middle East and Europe shows just how irrelevant we are... and that our solution to division isn’t a template for the rest of the world, writes @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…

I was invited for a cosy chat with Peter Mandelson at Stormont... but colleagues said I ended up botching a scoop ✍️ @malodoherty belfasttelegraph.co.uk/comme…

The thing Keir Starmer cannot say: "Of course I knew the man had sinister secret ties to Jeffrey Epstein. That's why I chose him. The job was to protect Britain from the madness of President Caligula. Epstein connections are a bona fide job qualification for that mission."

.@malodoherty: Mary McAleese is not some ‘a la carte’ Catholic, she is a reformer stuck with a church whose sexism lies at its very core belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opini… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opini…

The Traitors is brilliant TV that reveals our weakness for groupthink and conspiracy belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opini…

Coat from Donegal, scarf from Kashmir, hat from Montreal (apologies to the raccoon). Now I’m ready for the arctic wind.

Sinn Fein and the DUP are trapped in a miserable marriage... and our sectarian politics won’t let them escape belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opini…