Patrick Brannigan
@patrickjmb.bsky.social
In Choirs; on board of Housing Rights NI, worked at QUB Belfast
An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....
An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....
Pinned
BLOG: Gestetner to Office 365: Looking back on my time at Queen's
www.qub.ac.uk
This is but one version of my work history. In it, I'm suggesting that social interactions are vital, hint at issues around managerialism and corporatism (see later episodes!); and how singing in a work choir was life changing...
www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffG...
www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffG...
Barry Kerr’s "Curlew's Cry” has been shortlisted for “Folk album of the year” for 2025 in Ireland and Britain.
One for #BandCampFriday - Friday 5th Dec
#SpéirGhorm
barrykerr1.bandcamp.com/album/curlew...
One for #BandCampFriday - Friday 5th Dec
#SpéirGhorm
barrykerr1.bandcamp.com/album/curlew...
Curlew's Cry, by Barry Kerr
10 track album
barrykerr1.bandcamp.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Barry Kerr’s "Curlew's Cry” has been shortlisted for “Folk album of the year” for 2025 in Ireland and Britain.
One for #BandCampFriday - Friday 5th Dec
#SpéirGhorm
barrykerr1.bandcamp.com/album/curlew...
One for #BandCampFriday - Friday 5th Dec
#SpéirGhorm
barrykerr1.bandcamp.com/album/curlew...
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If anyone in Northern Ireland is looking for a great Christmas event for kids who don’t like a lot of noise or crowds, @downrail.bsky.social have a handful of places left on their Lapland Express ‘Quiet Train’ on Saturday 29th November. Details here:
www.downrail.co.uk/2025/10/lapl...
www.downrail.co.uk/2025/10/lapl...
Lapland Express: Quiet Train 2025 - Downpatrick and County Down Railway
If you want to travel on our Lapland Express trains to meet Santa, Mrs Claus and the Elves but you have someone in your group who doesn’t respond well to crowds, music and other loud noises, you can n...
www.downrail.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If anyone in Northern Ireland is looking for a great Christmas event for kids who don’t like a lot of noise or crowds, @downrail.bsky.social have a handful of places left on their Lapland Express ‘Quiet Train’ on Saturday 29th November. Details here:
www.downrail.co.uk/2025/10/lapl...
www.downrail.co.uk/2025/10/lapl...
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Why have so many of us stopped posting on social media? Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline. By Aoife Ryan-Christensen with insights from Constance de Saint Laurent @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why have so many people stopped posting on social media?
Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline, especially among teens and twentysomethings
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Why have so many of us stopped posting on social media? Time spent on social media platforms peaked in 2022 and has since gone into steady decline. By Aoife Ryan-Christensen with insights from Constance de Saint Laurent @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Nice account by Mary Carolan of David Hanly's memorial service.
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
David Hanly was ‘unique’ broadcaster and man of ‘integrity’, memorial service told
Morning Ireland presenter ‘sought to see news stories in a broader context’, former colleague says
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Nice account by Mary Carolan of David Hanly's memorial service.
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Obituary: actor Jack Shepherd from Leeds. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Jack Shepherd obituary
Versatile actor, director and playwright who found television fame in the detective series Wycliffe
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Obituary: actor Jack Shepherd from Leeds. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Leadership is required to bring about the exodus from Twitter of so many organisations, bodies, analysts, and influencers of good faith. There are substantive organisations still using the debased man's channel.
I suspect a minority of Irish social media users are here on Bluesky.
#SpéirGhorm
I suspect a minority of Irish social media users are here on Bluesky.
#SpéirGhorm
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Leadership is required to bring about the exodus from Twitter of so many organisations, bodies, analysts, and influencers of good faith. There are substantive organisations still using the debased man's channel.
I suspect a minority of Irish social media users are here on Bluesky.
#SpéirGhorm
I suspect a minority of Irish social media users are here on Bluesky.
#SpéirGhorm
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Analog Devices International is sending parts from its Limerick factory to the Israel Defense Forces' largest weapons supplier
The IDA gave it €85 million last year
Its microchips were recently found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine
www.ontheditch.com/state-backed...
The IDA gave it €85 million last year
Its microchips were recently found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine
www.ontheditch.com/state-backed...
State-backed company supplying parts to Israeli arms firm
It got an €85 million grant from the IDA last year.
www.ontheditch.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Analog Devices International is sending parts from its Limerick factory to the Israel Defense Forces' largest weapons supplier
The IDA gave it €85 million last year
Its microchips were recently found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine
www.ontheditch.com/state-backed...
The IDA gave it €85 million last year
Its microchips were recently found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine
www.ontheditch.com/state-backed...
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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Not the ‘UK’ folks. The right to a jury trial was abolished here in the north of Ireland years ago. The imperial boomerang at work
The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Not the ‘UK’ folks. The right to a jury trial was abolished here in the north of Ireland years ago. The imperial boomerang at work
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The Kneecap effect - gatekeepers of minority languages need to loosen their grip and let language live.
Yesterday I learnt that the first Irish-Irish dictionary (monolingual) was published THIS year!
#GaelicRevival #AthbheochannaGaeilge
www.irishcentral.com/no-english-a...
Yesterday I learnt that the first Irish-Irish dictionary (monolingual) was published THIS year!
#GaelicRevival #AthbheochannaGaeilge
www.irishcentral.com/no-english-a...
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Kneecap effect - gatekeepers of minority languages need to loosen their grip and let language live.
Yesterday I learnt that the first Irish-Irish dictionary (monolingual) was published THIS year!
#GaelicRevival #AthbheochannaGaeilge
www.irishcentral.com/no-english-a...
Yesterday I learnt that the first Irish-Irish dictionary (monolingual) was published THIS year!
#GaelicRevival #AthbheochannaGaeilge
www.irishcentral.com/no-english-a...
This a good listen
Of the 7,000 languages estimated to exist, half will have disappeared by the end of this century. That’s the stark warning from the Director of the Endangered Languages Archive, Mandana Seyfeddinipur. One of the guests.
#SpéirGhorm
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Of the 7,000 languages estimated to exist, half will have disappeared by the end of this century. That’s the stark warning from the Director of the Endangered Languages Archive, Mandana Seyfeddinipur. One of the guests.
#SpéirGhorm
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This a good listen
Of the 7,000 languages estimated to exist, half will have disappeared by the end of this century. That’s the stark warning from the Director of the Endangered Languages Archive, Mandana Seyfeddinipur. One of the guests.
#SpéirGhorm
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Of the 7,000 languages estimated to exist, half will have disappeared by the end of this century. That’s the stark warning from the Director of the Endangered Languages Archive, Mandana Seyfeddinipur. One of the guests.
#SpéirGhorm
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Some of our Antrim Soprano 2s have been leaning Irish and are thrilled with their Cúpla Focal badges.
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Some of our Antrim Soprano 2s have been leaning Irish and are thrilled with their Cúpla Focal badges.
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
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#Sudan: We call on the RSF to protect health facilities and staff, following the death of a Ministry of Health colleague during a shooting at Zalingei hospital.
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
Sudan: MSF calls for protection of health facilities and staff after health worker killed | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF calls for protection of health workers and facilities after a colleague was killed at Zalingei Hospital in Central Darfur, disrupting care.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#Sudan: We call on the RSF to protect health facilities and staff, following the death of a Ministry of Health colleague during a shooting at Zalingei hospital.
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
For the second time this year, we have withdrawn staff to ensure their safety.
ow.ly/O8VW50XxNcx
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Some great lines in this piece by @clodaghfinn.bsky.social - Josephine McNeil - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
Clodagh Finn: Remembering the first female envoy who paved the way in foreign affairs
Cork-born Josephine McNeill became the first Irish woman to head a diplomatic mission abroad in 1949
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some great lines in this piece by @clodaghfinn.bsky.social - Josephine McNeil - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
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Katherine Butler - a nun who was one of the first women in Ireland with a pilot's license
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
Any counteroffers?
Any counteroffers?
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Katherine Butler - a nun who was one of the first women in Ireland with a pilot's license
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
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🪧 New apartments for sale
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🪧 New apartments for sale
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)
Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)
.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐
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Can a political journalist ask the DUP why they are (correctly) stripping this man's name off of street signs and yet continue to get selfies with Trump, who is accused of doing the exact same thing as this man?
Council votes to change street named after former prince
[ From BBC News NI ]
[ From BBC News NI ]
Council votes to change street named after former prince
BBC News - Northern Ireland
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Can a political journalist ask the DUP why they are (correctly) stripping this man's name off of street signs and yet continue to get selfies with Trump, who is accused of doing the exact same thing as this man?
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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NIC ICTU Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls 2025.
WHERE’S OUR SAFE LEAVE? RALLY FOR SAFE LEAVE: 25 NOVEMBER AT 12.30, OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, STORMONT.
WHERE’S OUR SAFE LEAVE? RALLY FOR SAFE LEAVE: 25 NOVEMBER AT 12.30, OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, STORMONT.
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NIC ICTU Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls 2025.
WHERE’S OUR SAFE LEAVE? RALLY FOR SAFE LEAVE: 25 NOVEMBER AT 12.30, OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, STORMONT.
WHERE’S OUR SAFE LEAVE? RALLY FOR SAFE LEAVE: 25 NOVEMBER AT 12.30, OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, STORMONT.
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Sarah explains how she struggles to afford enough food and heat for her family as a result of four of her children being impacted by the two-child limit ⬇️
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sarah explains how she struggles to afford enough food and heat for her family as a result of four of her children being impacted by the two-child limit ⬇️
"Face to face GP appointments are available to be booked each day at 11 am for that day two weeks ... In addition, we have phone access to a Duty Doctor for urgent on the day medical queries from 8.30am to 10.30am, if all allocated, you will be asked to ring back the next day".
I sense a big gap!
I sense a big gap!
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"Face to face GP appointments are available to be booked each day at 11 am for that day two weeks ... In addition, we have phone access to a Duty Doctor for urgent on the day medical queries from 8.30am to 10.30am, if all allocated, you will be asked to ring back the next day".
I sense a big gap!
I sense a big gap!
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
"Rethinking the history of the last thirteen centuries, in 'Crucible of Light", Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim and Christian worlds."
www.elizabethdraysonart.co.uk/books/
#Islam
#EuropeanHistory
www.elizabethdraysonart.co.uk/books/
#Islam
#EuropeanHistory
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Rethinking the history of the last thirteen centuries, in 'Crucible of Light", Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim and Christian worlds."
www.elizabethdraysonart.co.uk/books/
#Islam
#EuropeanHistory
www.elizabethdraysonart.co.uk/books/
#Islam
#EuropeanHistory