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Aoife Barry

@sweetoblivion.bsky.social

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Journalist, author of Social Capital, Corkonian in Dublin.

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 5h

My latest column for the Sunday Times (out in the paper on Sunday) on why it feels radical for Sharon Horgan to put periods and perimenopause on screen in Youth www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

Sharon Horgan’s on-screen period shouldn’t be revolutionary — but it is

Forget blue liquid — in her new show Youth, Horgan captures the unpredictable reality of perimenopause experienced by women in their 50s by showing the real thing

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It’s difficult to attract sponsorship if you’re small. You need to show numbers. I’d rather get my recommendations from people who’ve worked in the culture space for decades than some influencer bullshit. Please have a listen to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Here's me (and a bunch of wonderful writers) in the Irish Examiner today talking about the TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul. With thanks to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social for the interview. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...

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Irish authors on what it's really like to have their books turned into TV shows

Irish writers, agents and producers reveal why homegrown novels are increasingly becoming sought-after television dramas for global audiences

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Still a table or two left at our July arts and culture table quiz! These are SO much fun. This latest one is 8 July www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-around...

Get Around To It arts & culture table quiz - 8 July 2026

Join the hosts of Get Around To It podcast for our third arts and culture table quiz!

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Still a table or two left at our July arts and culture table quiz! These are SO much fun. This latest one is 8 July www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-around...

Get Around To It arts & culture table quiz - 8 July 2026

Join the hosts of Get Around To It podcast for our third arts and culture table quiz!

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I had such a great time chatting to @elaineburke.bsky.social about clipping, Geese, Chaotic Good, and the good/bad/influential days of Old Twitter

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My efforts this week to astroturf a Gilbert O'Sullivan revival have been noticed. Column by @sweetoblivion.bsky.social in today's @thetimes.com Irish edition:

Screenshot of newspaper article by Aoife Barry in the Ireland edition of The Sunday Times headlined: Is your taste in music tied to 'trend simulation'.

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The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We loved this gorgeous piece on CTRL: Essays on Video Games in last weeks @thetimes.com 👾 A massive go raibh maith agat to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social (brilliant writer and future gamer) for the write-up in her column (which you should read) ✨

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Another excellent episode of Get Around To It with @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social . They’ve had some excellent interviews and this one with author Louise O’Neill is no exception. sponsored by us! #speirgorm podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...

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Deep Dive: Author Louise O'Neill on her new book, feminism, growing up in the 2000s & more

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 13 April · 1hr 3min

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Thanks so much for all the support Gary! You can find our Deep Dive interview with Jan here - she's such a great interviewee and a fab writer! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...

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Deep Dive: Jan Carson on writing her new novel, Few and Far Between

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 22 April · 46min

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

If your favourite part of a table quiz is the arts & culture round... well how about a table quiz that is nothing but arts & culture rounds?! That's the Get Around To It table quiz. Our next one is 13 May in Madigan's on Leeson St. Pick up your tickets here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-around...

Get Around To It arts and culture table quiz - May 2026

Join the hosts of Get Around To It podcast for our second arts and culture table quiz!

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Your culture fix for the week - the latest Get Around To It includes reviews of Inside the Manosphere, Love Story, Good Boy and La Grazia, previews of The Pitt, Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace & more! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: The Pitt, Inside the Manosphere, Love Story, Chris Fleming

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 23 March · 1h 3m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Your culture fix for the week - the latest Get Around To It includes reviews of Inside the Manosphere, Love Story, Good Boy and La Grazia, previews of The Pitt, Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace & more! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: The Pitt, Inside the Manosphere, Love Story, Chris Fleming

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 23 March · 1h 3m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We love to see it!! The support from @imbibecoffee.bsky.social is essential to keeping Get Around To It podcast up and running. It's amazing to have Irish businesses supporting the arts like this!

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Dave O'Grady @davegildedalm.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

ELLIE O’NEILL Time Of Fallow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “There’s so much we can say about how beautiful this record is” @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena 👂🏻to Time Of Fallow ⬇️ open.spotify.com/album/5iAURo...

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Thoroughly enjoyed being on The 250 pod as always!!

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We're holding a Get Around To It arts & culture table quiz on 11 March! Tickets here - profits to MSF: www.eventbrite.ie/e/get-around...

Get Around To It arts and culture table quiz

Join the hosts of Get Around To It podcast for our first arts and culture table quiz!

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

We also review Eureka Day which is on at @gatetheatredublin.bsky.social at the moment!

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

On our latest Get Around To It (sponsored by the fab @imbibecoffee.bsky.social!) we review These Sacred Vows, preview Wuthering Heights and ask whether its press campaign is TOO much, and review the Tyler Ballgame album - for starters. Plus: John Butler interviewed podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: These Sacred Vows, Wuthering Heights, Jeff Buckley, Eureka Day

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 09/02/2026 · 59m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If you haven't heard our interview with the one and only Aidan Gillen about the culture that made him... whatcha doin'? :)

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Had a lot of fun at this! Talked about Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls, Just Kids by Patti Smith and Cal by Bernard Mac Laverty (themes: romance, art, falling in love with unavailable men/sea creatures, people trapped in grim lives). So good to hear about Jane and Dave's books!!

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 19/01/2026

Choice Music Prize 2025: CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year

Choice Music Prize 2025: CMAT and Amble among shortlisted nominees for Irish Album of the Year

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 winner is set to be announced in March

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Yes I went there - why women are so obsessed with Heated Rivalry (contains the phrase 'horny toads') sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/heres-why-...

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Here's why women are so obsessed with Heated Rivalry

Yes, I'm going there.

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Wondering how Heated Rivalry became such a *massive* phenomenon? We explain all on Get Around To It - plus reviews: Marty Supreme/Sentimental Value/Dove Ellis album and previews: A Knight of the 7 Kingdoms/Ye Vagabonds podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: Heated Rivalry, Marty Supreme, Hijack, Ailbhe Reddy

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 12/01/2026 · 53m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This is a great primer on the history of AI - it goes back much further than we often are led to think

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We're SO excited to have Maggie O'Farrell (!!!!) on the pod this week to chat about Hamnet! This is a special short bonus episode with just the interview. Thanks for resharing @imbibecoffee.bsky.social :) podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/b...

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Bonus: Maggie O'Farrell talks Hamnet, Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 07/01/2026 · 9m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

There'll be a fresh new Previews & Reviews episode next Monday!

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This week's episode of Get Around To It (sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social ) is a replay of our Deep Dive where we spill what it's really like to interview celebrities... includes when @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social met Enya & I was mesmeriesed by Paul Mescal podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...

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Deep Dive: What's it really like to interview celebrities? (Replay)

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 05/01/2026 · 33m

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Couldn't get Marty Supreme out of my head, so after a long unintentional break, here's my latest newsletter about this film: sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/marty-supr...

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Marty Supreme and the desperation-humiliation vortex

Timothée Chalamet's best role yet sees him play a talented but manipulative table-tennis player.

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Couldn't get Marty Supreme out of my head, so after a long unintentional break, here's my latest newsletter about this film: sweetoblivion.substack.com/p/marty-supr...

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Marty Supreme and the desperation-humiliation vortex

Timothée Chalamet's best role yet sees him play a talented but manipulative table-tennis player.

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Late to @sweetoblivion.bsky.social and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social Get Around It podcast this week. It's a great one for book/TV lovers. Interviews with @ronanhession.bsky.social , Andrea Mara and Catherine Ryan Howard about their novels that were adapted to hit TV shows. linktr.ee/getaroundtoit

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Thanks so much Jackie! I learned TONS from them all about it!

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

What's it like to have your book adapted for screen? Delighted to have @ronanhession.bsky.social, @andreamara.bsky.social and Catherine Ryan Howard on this week's episode of Get Around To It! Co-presented by me and @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...

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Deep Dive: What's it like to have your book adapted for TV?

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 29/12/2025 · 1h 14m

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The Get Around To It podcast highlights of 2025 are here! Plus our disappointments of 2025… podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...

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The GATI Highlights (and Lowlights) of 2025

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 22/12/2025 · 47m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The Get Around To It podcast highlights of 2025 are here! Plus our disappointments of 2025… podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...

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The GATI Highlights (and Lowlights) of 2025

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 22/12/2025 · 47m

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Sean Carlson @sean-carlson.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Catching up on end-of-year best-ofs here! With @sweetoblivion.bsky.social including @oonaf.bsky.social on her "10 Irish writers you should read" list, dusting off my short review of her very deserving work — This Interim Time — for @commonmag.bsky.social: www.thecommononline.org/what-were-re...

Ignore the bestsellers — these are the Irish writers you should read

With the help of booksellers and festival directors, Aoife Barry picks the best of this year’s fiction, non-fiction and short stories

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Brand new Get Around To It podcast for your enjoyment: Which new series did myself & @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social find so bad we had to abandon it? Is the Simon Cowell series good... or bleak? Should you go see Hamnet? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: Hamnet, Amadeus, The Abandons, Simon Cowell

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 15/12/2025 · 1h 2m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Thanks so much Darach! So shocked about his and Michele’s death… awful

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

You can find all the podcast providers here: linktr.ee/getaroundtoit - We also have an interview with the fab David Kitt! @imbibecoffee.bsky.social. Enjoying the pod? Please do spread the word :)

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Brand new Get Around To It podcast for your enjoyment: Which new series did myself & @laurenmurphyjourno.bsky.social find so bad we had to abandon it? Is the Simon Cowell series good... or bleak? Should you go see Hamnet? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: Hamnet, Amadeus, The Abandons, Simon Cowell

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 15/12/2025 · 1h 2m

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Donald Clarke interviews Elizabeth Olsen about the excellent Eternity by David Freyne (apparently related to me) which is in cinemas from tomorrow www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

Elizabeth Olsen: ‘I’ve always wanted to be involved with an Irish mafia’

The actor discusses Marvel, shunning social media, and her role in David Freyne’s new romantic comedy, Eternity

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Eoghan @eoghantpoe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New episode of my TPOE music podcast is out today featuring Maykay in a 45-minute chat about her debut solo album Link in bio or just search for 'The Point of Everything' wherever you get your podcasts

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We cover a lot on GATI on our Previews & Reviews episodes - think of it as akin to a magazine radio show. Plus there's a shorter deep dive every second week

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

On the latest Get Around To It podcast ep we chat: Plur1bus (is it the best thing on streaming?), Joanne McNally's 3Arena date, the live show of The Dead at MoLI, and ask - is Stranger Things past it? Sponsored by @imbibecoffee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/p...

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Previews & Reviews: Plur1bus, With Love Meghan, Joanne McNally, The Dead

Podcast Episode · Get Around To It · 01/12/2025 · 1h 4m

Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We're delighted too! :) Thanks as always for the support Gary! linktr.ee/getaroundtoit

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

This is a really nice piece in Hot Press about how we're differently to other businesses and why. It'd be great if you could read and share. My perhaps naive hope is that a big business might see it and copy us. It works. #speirgorm www.hotpress.com/lifestyle-sp...

Imbibe Coffee Roasters – proving that a different way of doing business is possible: "There's huge satisfaction in giving" | Hotpress

The founder of Imbibe Coffee Roasters, Gary Grant, explains how they have built a flourishing business selling great coffee, while also supporting an array ...

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Basically, please subscribe to the "Get Around To It" podcast and put it on your pod rotation. it's really good! #speirgorm linktr.ee/getaroundtoit

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Aoife Barry @sweetoblivion.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Thanks so much @imbibecoffee.bsky.social! So delighted to have them as our sponsor :) We currently do two styles of podcast - preview/review and deep dives, alternating weeks - find the full list here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/g...

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Get Around To It

Arts Podcast · Updated weekly · Get Around To It is the weekly culture podcast for curious people. Join arts journalists Lauren Murphy and Aoife Barry every Monday for previews, reviews and interviews...

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Imbibe Coffee Roasters @imbibecoffee.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Was out of work 17 years ago, watched a documentary about coffee farmers and trade unions and decided to start a coffee business. It was a big struggle for a long time. Really grateful we got mentioned yesterday in Irish Times 50 great brands. Never underestimate timing, dumb luck and persistence.

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