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ng 724 square meters, Dublin native Sean Atmos’s mural Bláthú is Ireland’s largest mural by surface area. The mural is an augmented reality piece designed to calm and regulate the nervous system. A collaboration between local community members, Ireland’s autism charity AsIAm and Neurodiversity, Irishtown, Ringsend and Pearse Street, the piece is meant to be accessible and meld to its surroundings in Boland Mills. Partially funded by Google, the mural intends to give back to the community and honor the rich history of the area. THE SKY AT NIGHT Each year, the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies awards a series of photographs of space in their competition Reach for the Stars, Ireland’s biggest astrophotography competition. This year, Liam Reddall’s Voyager won the Back on Earth – Landmark category. Reddall’s stunning photo features the Voyager statue in Laytown, County Meath, illuminated in long exposure. The winning entries and a selection of the shortlisted images are currently on public display outside DIAS HQ on Burlington Road, Dublin 2. English-born, but Ireland-shaped, photographer Steve Pyke honors 40-plus years of Ireland’s literary history in his new book, Scribendi: Irish Writers 1982-2025 which sees a physical release on October 9th. Alongside the book launch100+ portraits of contemporary Irish writers will be exhibited at the Photo Museum Ireland from 9th October to 2nd November. Pyke’s work is part of his work with the Photo Museum and he is the second recipient of the Archive Residency. His portraiture was motivated not just by admiration for the writers’ works but a desire to permanently etch them into the record of literary history in Ireland. Starting in 1985 with his portrait of filmmaker and writer Neil Jordan, his subjects bridge poetry and prose, alive and dead, and include Kevin Barry, Anne Enright, Seamus Heaney and Cathy Sweeney, pictured. Photo Museum Ireland, Meeting House Square, D2 www.photomuseumireland.ie 6