John Breslin
@johnbreslin.com
🇮🇪 🇪🇺 👨🏫 Prof in EE @UniOfGalway.bsky.social, Director of TechInnovate 👨🔬 PI at @InsightCentre.bsky.social 🚀 Co-Founder of @PorterShed.bsky.social, boards.ie, adverts.ie 📚 Co-Author of @OldIrelandinColour.bsky.social 💭 Own thoughts #Fanore #Galway #Carcassonne
Over 16,700 homeless - of which there are 5,274 children - last month in another record high www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Over 16,700 homeless last month in another record high
Homelessness has reached another record high with 16,766 people accessing emergency accommodation last month.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Over 16,700 homeless - of which there are 5,274 children - last month in another record high www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Glencurran Cave is near Kilnaboy and Carron in the Burren. More great work by Dr Marion Dowd of ATU and links to QUB and University of Rome Tor Vergata
Glencurran Cave is near Kilnaboy and Carron in the Burren. More great work by Dr Marion Dowd of ATU and links to QUB and University of Rome Tor Vergata
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago
The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the island more than 5,500 years ago.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Wildcat bones found in Co Clare dated to 5,500 years ago www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Glencurran Cave is near Kilnaboy and Carron in the Burren. More great work by Dr Marion Dowd of ATU and links to QUB and University of Rome Tor Vergata
Glencurran Cave is near Kilnaboy and Carron in the Burren. More great work by Dr Marion Dowd of ATU and links to QUB and University of Rome Tor Vergata
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A new RSS Reader for iOS by Jake Spurlock, who I know from Wired and O'Reilly. He works at Automattic now.
Introducing Today: An RSS Reader for the Modern Age
I’m thrilled to announce the release of Today, a new RSS reader for iOS that I’ve been building with a lot of love and a little help from AI. A Love Letter to RSS I’ve loved RSS f…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A new RSS Reader for iOS by Jake Spurlock, who I know from Wired and O'Reilly. He works at Automattic now.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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‘Hello’ from Morocco, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Ireland! 👋
One of the most rewarding parts of #ErasmusPlus for Haizea was the friendships and the sense of community that formed throughout the experience.
Read more on the blog 🌍👉
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One of the most rewarding parts of #ErasmusPlus for Haizea was the friendships and the sense of community that formed throughout the experience.
Read more on the blog 🌍👉
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
‘Hello’ from Morocco, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Ireland! 👋
One of the most rewarding parts of #ErasmusPlus for Haizea was the friendships and the sense of community that formed throughout the experience.
Read more on the blog 🌍👉
eurireland.ie/2025/11/06/h...
One of the most rewarding parts of #ErasmusPlus for Haizea was the friendships and the sense of community that formed throughout the experience.
Read more on the blog 🌍👉
eurireland.ie/2025/11/06/h...
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The featured extract introduces Kay McNulty, a pioneering computer programmer and one of sixteen remarkable women included among the book’s 46 lives. A fascinating look into a life that helped shape modern computing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The featured extract introduces Kay McNulty, a pioneering computer programmer and one of sixteen remarkable women included among the book’s 46 lives. A fascinating look into a life that helped shape modern computing.
Two days to apply: Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
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Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) - publicjobs
Title: Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Vacancy type: publicjobs. Department/Organisation: Commission for Communications Regulation. Location: Dublin. Advertising date:...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Two days to apply: Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
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Get to know Méabh McMahon, co-anchor of Euronews’ Europe Today
Get to know Méabh McMahon, co-anchor of Euronews’ Europe Today
Catch all the essential EU news each morning on Euronews' new show Europe Today with Méabh Mc Mahon, featuring live updates, expert analysis, and conversations with Europe’s top figures.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Get to know Méabh McMahon, co-anchor of Euronews’ Europe Today
Johnson & Johnson expanding neurovascular R&D activities in Galway www.siliconrepublic.com/business/joh...
Johnson & Johnson expanding neurovascular R&D activities in Galway
The medical technology division of Johnson and Johnson is expanding its research and development capabilities at the Galway facility.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Johnson & Johnson expanding neurovascular R&D activities in Galway www.siliconrepublic.com/business/joh...
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
'We did it' - homecoming for man who swam around Ireland www.rte.ie/news/connach...
'We did it' - homecoming for man who swam around Ireland
A homecoming event will be held in Galway to celebrate the achievements of a man who is believed to be the first person to swim around the country's coastline.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
'We did it' - homecoming for man who swam around Ireland www.rte.ie/news/connach...
20 dead, 66 wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
20 dead, 66 wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine
Twenty people were killed in a heavy overnight Russian missile and drone attack that struck a residential tower block in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Ukraine's national police said.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
20 dead, 66 wounded in Russian attack on Ukraine www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Thank you to everyone who has supported my first #Movember in aid of research into prostate cancer. Here's a screenshot/photo of me on day 18, from a workshop we ran yesterday on entrepreneurship for ADT4Blue - Advanced Digital Technologies for the Blue Economy. ie.movember.com/mospace/1546...
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thank you to everyone who has supported my first #Movember in aid of research into prostate cancer. Here's a screenshot/photo of me on day 18, from a workshop we ran yesterday on entrepreneurship for ADT4Blue - Advanced Digital Technologies for the Blue Economy. ie.movember.com/mospace/1546...
Holes in the Web / What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | The long read: Deepak Varuvel Dennison
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
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November 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Holes in the Web / What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | The long read: Deepak Varuvel Dennison
Calling all Spanish speakers in Galway! Tonight’s movie (and tomorrow night) at the Galway Film Society:
Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema www.tickettailor.com/events/galwa...
Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema www.tickettailor.com/events/galwa...
Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema
GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema, Sun 16 Nov 2025 - Mon 17 Nov 2025 - The GFS Autumn season continues in Pálás Cinema! Join us for 6 weeks of acclaimed European cinema. When booking your…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Calling all Spanish speakers in Galway! Tonight’s movie (and tomorrow night) at the Galway Film Society:
Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema www.tickettailor.com/events/galwa...
Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema www.tickettailor.com/events/galwa...
It’s an AgInnovate Saturday!
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s an AgInnovate Saturday!
Good news for St Mary’s, where I sang for a while (and once on RTÉ Sunday Mass) as a member of the Palestrina Choir: Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good news for St Mary’s, where I sang for a while (and once on RTÉ Sunday Mass) as a member of the Palestrina Choir: Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
A woman carries her baby as she comes back from a shelter inside a metro station after a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Yan Dobronosov/Reuters
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A woman carries her baby as she comes back from a shelter inside a metro station after a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Yan Dobronosov/Reuters
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK left the EU. More than half, 53%, were from people living in Northern Ireland.
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK left the EU. More than half, 53%, were from people living in Northern Ireland.
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK formally left the European Union.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK www.rte.ie/news/world/2...
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK left the EU. More than half, 53%, were from people living in Northern Ireland.
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK left the EU. More than half, 53%, were from people living in Northern Ireland.
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
European Sleeper will operate the new service from March 2026, replacing the Nightjet train that is being axed next month
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November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
10 years ago today: Let’s shine a light on Galway’s greatness (Galway Advertiser) www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Let’s shine a light on Galway’s greatness
NUI Galway Senior Lecturer, boards.ie/adverts.ie Co-Founder, Startup Advisor, ACE Fitness/WestBIC Boards
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November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
10 years ago today: Let’s shine a light on Galway’s greatness (Galway Advertiser) www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Ryanair to start 4 new routes from Shannon next summer www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Ryanair to start 4 new routes from Shannon next summer
Ryanair is to start four new routes from Shannon Airport to Rome, Warsaw, Poznań and Madrid, together with a fourth based aircraft, for Summer 2026.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ryanair to start 4 new routes from Shannon next summer www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said Ireland will need more resources to adequately deal with textile waste.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
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November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Gaeilge an teanga ba dheacra a d'fhoghlaim mé agus is mó sásaimh - Ambasadóir na Breataine
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Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
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Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
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Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
Following the example of the late Queen Elizabeth, King Charles has already used Irish in public on a number of occasions.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Gaeilge an teanga ba dheacra a d'fhoghlaim mé agus is mó sásaimh - Ambasadóir na Breataine
www.thejournal.ie/british-amba...
Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
www.thejournal.ie/british-amba...
www.thejournal.ie/british-amba...
Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
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