A selection of speeches, talks, lectures, poems readings, etc., from recent years and now.
Upcoming:
May: International Literature Festival, Dublin
June: Beyond The Pale
2024
March
Gig for Gaza, Berlin
Poetry performance
The Beginning is Near, Dublin
With Srećko Horvat, Mark O’Connell, and Conner Habib
April
Launch of Social & Political Review, Trinity College, Dublin
May
I Went To Train A Crow, Dean Arts Studio, Dublin
Launch of a collaborative zine with Dorje de Burgh
2023
January
Occult Philosophies, The Space Between, Dublin
Workshop with Conner Habib on Western esotericism
March
For What Died the Sons of Róisín Murphy?, Cultúr Club, Dublin
Performance of a new poem at Mother’s Cultúr Club, St Patrick’s Festival
April
An Evening with Fran Lebowitz, National Concert Hall, Dublin
In conversation with Fran Lebowitz
Jameson Black Barrel Classic Album Nights with Orla Gartland, Bray, Wicklow
In conversation with Orla Gartland, about the Joni Mitchell album, Blue
May
And They All Lived Happily Ever After!, National Archives, Dublin
June
Future Ancestors, Beyond The Pale, Wicklow
July
The Bechdel Fest: a series of conversations and walking tours at The Gate Theatre, Dublin celebrating lesbian and queer community and history to accompany Fun Home
After Party, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Post-show discussion following Party Scene
October
Deep Cuts, a video poem in collaboration with Dorje de Burgh for a A Celebration of Sinéad O’Connor, Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
Stolen, post-screening Q&A at IFI, Dublin
November
The Rise of Sinn Féin and the Prospects for a United Ireland, The Break Up of Britain conference, Edinburgh
Deep Cuts screening at FanVid, Unit44, Dublin
2022
March
United Ireland, live, London
Live podcast event at the London Irish Centre as part of Women of Wit
May
Dublin International Literature Festival
Busting the Taboos with Mona Eltahawy and Torrey Peters
June
Utopia Ireland at Beyond The Pale, Wicklow
Presenting How To Talk To Animals and How To Be A Newspaper
THISISPOPBABY associate artist residency, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Residency at the Cube space/studio
Docs Ireland, Belfast
In conversation with Kathryn Ferguson on her film, Nothing Compares
The State of Journalism panel discussion
Fran Lebowitz, National Concert Hall, Dublin
In conversation
Conner Habib book launch, Dublin
Introducing the author upon the publication of his debut novel, Hawk Mountain
August
The Hubert Butler Annual Lecture, Kilkenny Arts Festival
Hosting the lecture, delivered by Masha Gessen
October
Nothing Compares screening, Dublin
Q&A with director Kathryn Ferguson
Ireland Music Week, Dublin
Hosting the Rise of Kneecap panel discussion
November
In Conversation with Abigail Disney, Cork International Film Festival, Cork
Marxism 2022, UCD, Is Dublin Dying?, Dublin
Panel discussion
Second Captains Live, Liberty Hall, Dublin
Panel discussion on nationalism in sport with Brian Kerr
2021
January
Talking Sense, online
Information workshop for journalists in collaboration with Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) and GCN
June
Kilkenny Pride, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Two talks streamed online with Rebecca Harold and Stephen Doyle
Party Scene (Reflections on a ChemSex Crisis), post-show talk, online
Post-show panel on thisispopbaby’s production
September
Paul Rowley, CCI, Paris
Public interview with Paul Rowley at Centre Culturel Irlandais
October
Utopia, National Concert Hall, Dublin
A series of events I co-curated with Conner Habib at the National Concert Hall including, Everyone United a live podcast collaboration, Republic of Birds John Moriarty’s Visions of Ireland, The Chill Out Room as a Radical Space (Loving You) created in collaboration with Kate Butler, Don Rosco, and No Place Like Drone, Cypher a rap cypher with Rebel Phoenix, Celaviedmai, Strange Boy, Alicia Raye, Dyramid, DJ Replay, Murmuration an experimental improvised concert created in collaboration with Ben Castle, Rory Friers, David Kitt, MayKay, Darren Beckett, Daoirí Farrell, Gemma Doherty, Dave Le'aupepe, Izumi Kimura.
2020
January
Nollaig na mBan, The Circular, Dublin
Reading at Women’s Christmas event
February
Debriefing the Election: Who cracked the code?, Dublin
Panel discussion at Coffee and Circumvention about digital behaviours during the 2020 Irish general election
British Art Show artist workshop, London
Talk to artists and curators involved in the British Art Show, 2020
August
GasYard Féile, online
Public talk
September
United Ireland podcast live at Science Gallery, Dublin
Live podcast
November
Gabriel Byrne interview, online
Public interview with Gabriel Byrne
2019
February
ConsentFest, Dublin
Live response poem
March
In Conversation with Viv Albertine, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Countess Markievicz School, Liberty Hall, Dublin
Panel discussion on women and social media
April
The Best Banned in the Land, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Chair of a forum on artistic freedom of expression
May
Reproductive Rights in Ireland and the US, Roosevelt House, New York City
Speaker at a conference on reproductive rights
June
Papi Chulo director Q&A, Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin
Post-screening Q&A with John Butler
Call It Out
Panel at Project Arts Centre with GCN
Dán na nDaoine, Turkfest, Inishturk, Ireland
Multi-disciplinary poetry project with Lucid Lucid
July
How can we counter the online abuse of female journalists?, Dublin
Panel discussion at the British Ambassador’s residence, Dublin
What does being transgender mean?, Galway International Arts Festival
Hosting panel discussion
How is #MeToo doing now?, Galway International Arts Festival
Hosting panel discussion
Konenki, Renewal of Life, Sugar Club, Dublin
Panel discussion
Fix, Hang Tough Gallery, Dublin
Hosting artist talk
August
No More Hotels, Wigwam, Dublin
DJ set
United Ireland @ Love Sensation, Dublin
Live podcast
September
United Ireland, Electric Picnic, Laois
Live podcast
October
Creative Mornings, Dublin
Lecture on Dublin as a muse
Ireland Music Week, Dublin
Are We Demolishing Dublin?
Chairing panel discussion
Blast: International Critics’ Forum, Dublin
Moderating panel discussion, Dublin Theatre Festival
November
Public interview with Margaret Atwood, Dublin
National Concert Hall
EU-MENA Seminar (EYL40 and Young Leaders and Young Mediterranean Voices), Brussels
The Next Generation’s Political Engagement seminar, discussion on online activism
December
Banter Review of the Year, Dublin
Panel discussion on 2019 current affairs
X-Pollinator, Dublin
Talk on transferring creativity from journalism to screenwriting and back again
Jerwood Collaborate! symposium with Array, Jerwood Arts, London
Public talk about Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland activism, dialogue, and radical change
2018
March
Town Hall Sessions, Where We Live, Dublin
This Party's Over panel discussion
Seaview, Where We Live, Dublin
Post-screening discussion
Playing With Space, Offsite, Dublin
MCing lunchtime talk hosted by Offset and A Playful City
April
Repeal the 8th anthology launch, Dublin
Launch of my new book
Double Take: Creative Women In Conversation, ANAM, DCU
Conversation about journalism
Students Create, The Complex, Dublin
Talk with Andrea Horan
May
Yestival, Tivoli Theatre, Dublin
Hosting the Repeal Room stage with Andrea Horan
The Question of the Eighth, Smock Alley, Dublin
Event discussing and reading from the Repeal the 8th anthology
Thinking Gender Justice conference, UCD, Dublin
June
Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas, Carlow
The Death or Re-birth of the Catholic Church in Ireland, with Emmet Kirwan and Fintan O'Toole
Body & Soul Festival, Westmeath
Come Rhyme With Me on the Wonderlust stage and a public interview with Louise O'Neill
Meeting House Square, Dublin
Launch of Ireland's National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy
July
Bradford Literature Festival
Repeal the 8th anthology book event
August 20th
STAND book club, Books Upstairs, Dublin
Discussing Maggie Nelson's Bluets
October
Banter 200, Dublin Podcast Festival
Panel event about book-writing
Repeal the 8th, Manchester Literature Festival
Repeal the 8th anthology book event
Repeal the 8th: Repealed, Belfast International Arts Festival
Repeal the 8th anthology book event
November
Institute of International & European Affairs, Brussels
Speech at the IIEA
Trinity College Literature Society, Dublin
Public interview
Stomptown Brass Requiem for Truth, Dublin
Giving a eulogy for truth
Marxism Festival, Dublin
Speaking about the aftermath of the Repeal campaign
December
Two Girls, THE THEATRE MACHINE TURNS YOU ON VOL. 5, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Work-in-pogress live performance
2017
January
DanceForChoice, Dublin
Come Rhyme With Me hour-long show at the Tivoli as a fundraiser for RepealEight
Danse, Morob post-show discussion, Dublin
Moderated the post-show discussion at Olwen Foureré's Danse, Morob at the Project Arts Centre
Debate at The Phil, Dublin
Guest speaker at a debate on abortion rights in Trinity College
GCN Talks, Dublin
Panelist at a talk about the future of LGBTQ activism at Outhouse
ChoiceBox x HunRealIssues, Dublin
Guest speaker at an under-18s event on reproductive rights at Tropical Popical
Under Surveillance, Dublin
Provided the introduction to this Connect The Dots/Goethe Institute event at the Project Arts Centre
February
HeadStuff Lectures, Dublin
Talk on the meaning behind the blue sweater scene in The Devil Wears Prada
March
Roscommon LGBT Friendly 2017
Launched this initiative in Roscommon
April
Alone Together, Outhouse, Dublin
Work in progress reading of an extract of a long poem I'm developing
Who Am I - No System is Safe, Dublin
Moderating a panel discussion at the Irish Film Institute about data privacy as part of the Goethe Institute's 'Fading Memories' Season
No Church No State, Dublin
Chairing a talk titled Breakin' the Law at Jigsaw
Facebook Live event for the National LGBT Youth Strategy, Facebook Dublin
Cruinniú na Cásca, Dublin Castle & Shelbourne Hotel
Women In Irish Society: Speaking Up, Speaking Louder, Forgotten Women in the Arts
LGBTQIA Visibility in Irish Society
Repeal: A Night In The Key Of 8, Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Performing the poem 'The Us's'
May
Covering Fear: how media covers gender-based violence, UCC, Cork
Presenting a paper at a workshop on Representing Gender Based Violence
In Conversation with Aisling Walsh, Dublin
Interview with filmmaker Aisling Walsh for Women in Film and Television Ireland
June
Yokespiracy, Cat Laughs Festival, Kilkenny
Collapsing Horse Science Fiction Radio Hour play by myself and Sarah Francis / LucidLucid
HOT TUB PRIDE MACHINE, Body & Soul
Lecture performance about hidden Irish queer figures
Come Rhyme With Me, Body & Soul
Post-truth edition of Come Rhyme With Me
July
First Thought Sessions, Galway Arts Festival
Public interview with Professor Becky Earley on The Power Of Less
August
Amnesty International Belfast Pride Lecture
Lecture on LGBT rights at the Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast
October
Scéals of the City, Dublin
Spoken word performance at the Hacienda bar, Dublin
November
Fading Memories: Privacy and Data Ownership in the Digital Ag conference, Rotterdam
Lecture on algorithms in daily life at the Goethe-Institut, Rotterdam
Alone Together, Outburst, Belfast
Performance reading of an extract of a long poem
Waking The Media, Dublin
Organised a forum on women's experiences in the Irish media industry at Project Arts Centre
December
Banter, Other Voices festival, Dingle
Review of the year in culture at Banter at Other Voices, Dingle, Kerry
2016
January
#FEMPOWER, Tallaght, Dublin
Feminist conference speech about gender auditing media
February
Practice & Peril, Science Gallery, Dublin
Public conversation collaboration with Change of Address and asylum seekers
UCD LGBTQ+ Society, Dublin
Receiving the Foy-Zappone Award
Irish Perinatal Society Conference, Drogheda
Speech about women in Irish society
March
Waking The Feminists, Liberty Hall, Dublin
Speech about street harassment of women
Trinity College Law Society, Dublin
Receiving the Praeses Elit Award
National Women's Council of Ireland, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin
Soapbox speech at the bandstand
The Ultimate Sunday, St Patrick's Day Festival, Dublin
Chairing a panel event with journalists in conflict zones at Belvedere Collage
April
Using the Proclamation: Art, Activism and the Academy, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Delivering a talk about the proclamation and its relevance to contemporary activism
What's next? The state of our LGBTQ Nation, Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Chairing a discussion on LGBT activism
May
Yestival, Tivoli Theatre, Dublin
Spoken word performance
The Road To Equality, Wood Quay, Dublin
Speech about the marriage referendum anniversary
June
Cumann Rhyme With Me, Body & Soul, Westmeath
Co-produced and performed at our Come Rhyme With Me event on the Wonderlust Stagv
August
A Wake For Roger Casement, Kilkenny Arts Festival
Performed a new spoken word piece called Watch The Throne as a eulogy for Roger Casement as part of the Casement Project
Viva, IFI, Dublin
Chairing a Q&A with Mark O'Halloran and Paddy Breathnach after a screening of their film, Viva
September
After 62%, Electric Picnic
A lecture performance about the aftermath of the marriage equality referendum in the Theatre Tent in Mindfield
Drama Queens / Character Building, Electric Picnic
Chaired panels about television writing and acting at the Irish Times Tent, Mindfield
We Face This Land
Part of the Repeal Project video performance
RIOT, Dublin Fringe Festival
Guest performer of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised at the Spiegeltent
Banter, Culture Night, Dublin Castle
Panel discussion on what a revolution would look like in 2016
Choice Box x Repeal, Liberty Hall, Dublin
Performance of a new poem on the eve of the March for Choice
November
Atlantic Isles: Contemporary Cultures, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Panel discussion about contemporary culture in Britain and Ireland
Queering Ireland seminar, University of Lille
Lecture at the University of Lille
December
Ireland's Edge, Dingle, Kerry
Panel discussion on Commemoration 1916-2016, Past, Present and Future
2015
January
Nollaig na mBan, Irish Writers Centre, Dublin
Soapbox performance
Well Versed, Outhouse, Dublin
Spoken word performance
Made It, Twisted Pepper, Dublin
Talk about working in the music industry
February
Banter 101, Twisted Pepper, Dublin
Hosted a public interview with Jim Carroll for his 101st instalment of Banter
Love In A Wet Climate: Sex, Sexuality and Equal Rights In Ireland, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Panel discussion for Rough Magic
A Woman's Place Is In The World conference, Dublin Castle
Chaired a parallel session on media, sexism and the stereotyping of young women
March
GALAs, Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin
Receiving Journalist of the Year Award
National Women's Council Soapbox
Soapbox speech
The Dublin Lectures, Little Museum of Dublin
Charing a lecture on the history of the Irish Times
May
The Late Late Show, RTE1
Debating the marriage referendum
Marriage referendum debates and media appearances
RTE Radio 1, Spin 1038, Today FM, BBC Wales, BBC Scotland, ABC Australia, Monocle 24, Newstalk, Canadian radio wires, BBC Woman's Hour, etc.
June
Dublin Pride Political Debate, Pearse Street Library
Panel discussion
Saturday Night With Miriam, RTE1
Interview
August
GirlCrew, Irish Times building, Dublin
Speech about working in journalism
September
Let's Talk Equality, Electric Picnic
Panel discussion, Mindfield area
Music Critics, Irish Times Tent, Electric Picnic
Panel discussion
How The Yes Was Won, Electric Picnic
Panel discussion, Body & Soul area
The Future of Sex and Our Bodies, Electric Picnic
Chairing Science Gallery tent discussion
What We Call Love, IMMA
Launching IMMA's Autumn exhibition
Downstairs Dublin, Culture Night
Gave a reading from the Irish Times archive
Petty Cash, Barricade Inn, Dublin
Spoken word performance
Guts Magazine launch, Dublin
Reading from Kintsugi issue
October
Historical Society, Trinity College Dublin
Speech on the future of the Irish LGBTQ movement
I Got The Seanchaí, I Got The Secret, Dublin
Come Rhyme With Me production at the Project Arts Centre as part of the Bram Stoker Festival
Chasing The Rainbow
Workshop talk for young European LGBT rights campaigners
December
Banter, Other Voices, Dingle
Guest at Jim Carroll's Banter series in Foxy Johns