Working in Public Affairs. Media and politics junkie but really lovin' literature, tunes...and rugby! ‘Fail we may, Sail we must’
Wexford, Ireland
Joined February 2010
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Angus Laverty retweeted
Today is World Post Day!
We’re celebrating one global postal network and infinite possibilities.
From connecting people and communities to supporting small businesses, postal networks play an important role in keeping the world connected, even in a digital age.
#WorldPostDay
My first adventure with Garibaldi and @TimParksauthor 'The Heroes Way' led me down so many beautiful rabbit holes it was difficult to put it down Now here we go off again 'Across Sicily with Garibaldi's Thousand'
Reasons to be cheerful Waking up each day in beautiful Morocco thanks to @aliceoutthere1 and then spending that day rambling Sicily in the footsteps of Garibaldi with @TimParksauthor Sometimes X still delivers Thank you both
Angus Laverty retweeted
Paw by paw, step by step 🐾✨
At An Post, we’re committed to keeping every door open, ensuring customers with working dogs are always welcomed and supported 💛
@irishguidedogs
#ChangingLives #IGD50 #AnPost #Accessibility #IrishGuideDogs
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60 books. 20 years. 1 public vote.
To mark our 20th anniversary, we’re revealing 60 books that defined a generation of Irish writing. Now it’s over to you!
Choose your favourite: form.typeform.com/to/cSuK4oP…
Angus Laverty retweeted
Special delivery: pure gold ✨📮
This Killarney postbox has gone golden to celebrate Jessie Buckley’s Oscar win because moments like this deserve to be posted properly.
It’s one of two.
Keep an eye out… one more golden postbox is on the way 👀
#Oscars #JessieBuckley #anpost
Where is Flann O'Brien when you need him
A Judge has has agreed to remove a “farcical” bail condition that a Pro-Palestinian activist living on Inis Oirr has to sign on at her local Garda station by phoning the Garda station on the nearby Inis Mór once a week.
jrnl.ie/6895298
Angus Laverty retweeted
Statement from Minister of Foreogn Affairs and Trade @HMcEntee
gov.ie/en/department-of-fore…
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🎉 Huge congratulations to @chaptersbooks — winner of this year’s An Post Bookshop of the Year at the #APIBAs! 🏆 A fantastic recognition for a beloved hub of stories and community. 📚✨ #AnPostBookshopOfTheYear #APIBA #ReadersWanted
Angus Laverty retweeted
By popular choice, Joseph O Connor has just won The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award for Ghosts of Rome. Brilliant win for a brilliant book #Readerswanted #APIBA
Angus Laverty retweeted
Access to cash matters to Irish communities. While new laws which guarantee cash services nationwide come into force this week, your local Post Office already offers safe and secure cash services six days a week at nearly 900 locations across Ireland.
#MakingBetterHappen
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
Angus Laverty retweeted
Huge congratulations to #DavidSzalay, winner of the #BookerPrize2025!
From a teenage boy’s dangerous affair in Hungary to the glittering, hollow world of London’s elite, Flesh is a searing, elegant study of desire, power & the cost of wealth - impossible to put down!
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And we have copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR instore & online!!
Tristan from Subotica, producers of the TV series- Leonard and Hungry Paul -
Was on @bbcPoV last night chatting about the programme and when finding out Julia Roberts loved the book reached out to ask if she’d narrate the series.
Reader, she did.
Brilliant.
Protect and Improve the Dublin - Rosslare rail line - Sign the Petition! c.org/8BHVgqm2F2 via @Change
