John Breslin
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🇮🇪 🇪🇺 👨🏫 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
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.
www.rte.ie
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
www.theguardian.com
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
www.theguardian.com
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
www.thejournal.ie/british-amba...
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission
Plan to cut journey times between major cities could reduce Berlin-Copenhagen trip from seven to four hours
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘I can quiz for 17 hours a day!’: how Émilien became Europe’s greatest ever gameshow winner www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘I can quiz for 17 hours a day!’: how Émilien became Europe’s greatest ever gameshow winner
The 22-year-old history student spent almost two years on a popular French quiz show – becoming a multimillionaire in the process. He discusses the importance of curiosity, frugality and 10-11 hours…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘I can quiz for 17 hours a day!’: how Émilien became Europe’s greatest ever gameshow winner www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The bubonic plague bacterium has just endorsed Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The bubonic plague bacterium has just endorsed Cuomo.
Berg Katse (Zoltar) has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Berg Katse (Zoltar) has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
Galway Film Society Winter 2025
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Galway Film Society Winter 2025
Musk won’t stop. It’s time the government gave up on X for good (The Observer), 02 Nov 2025
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November 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Musk won’t stop. It’s time the government gave up on X for good (The Observer), 02 Nov 2025
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#Movember the 1st
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It’s my 1st #Movember! Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in men worldwide. Please donate to my #Movember efforts to change this statistic and support men's health.
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It’s my 1st #Movember! Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in men worldwide. Please donate to my #Movember efforts to change this statistic and support men's health.
Support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/15464392?m...
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John's Motivation: It’s my 1st #Movember! Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in men worldwide. Please donate to my #Movember efforts to change this statistic and support men's health.
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November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#Movember the 1st
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It’s my 1st #Movember! Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in men worldwide. Please donate to my #Movember efforts to change this statistic and support men's health.
Support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/15464392?m...
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It’s my 1st #Movember! Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in men worldwide. Please donate to my #Movember efforts to change this statistic and support men's health.
Support my fundraiser: movember.com/m/15464392?m...
How much packaging waste are EU citizens producing? www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg generated more than 200kg of packaging waste per inhabitant.
Ireland recycled 131.6 kg per inhabitant.
Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg generated more than 200kg of packaging waste per inhabitant.
Ireland recycled 131.6 kg per inhabitant.
How much packaging waste are EU citizens producing?
Despite packaging waste having risen over the past decade, seven EU countries achieved the 2030 goal of recycling at least 70% of all packaging waste as early as 2023.
www.euronews.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
How much packaging waste are EU citizens producing? www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg generated more than 200kg of packaging waste per inhabitant.
Ireland recycled 131.6 kg per inhabitant.
Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg generated more than 200kg of packaging waste per inhabitant.
Ireland recycled 131.6 kg per inhabitant.
Dracula - listen to the classic RTÉ Players production www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Dracula - listen to the classic RTÉ Players production
We creep into Dead Man's Month with a chilling classic from the archives: Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted for radio by the late, great P.J. O'Connor...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Dracula - listen to the classic RTÉ Players production www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Why 4,000 skeletal remains adorn this underground crypt | CNN edition.cnn.com/2025/10/24/t...
Why 4,000 skeletal remains adorn this underground crypt | CNN
Closed until just a few years ago, this less popular tourist spot is adorned from floor to ceiling with the remains of 4,000 Capuchin friars and offers a stark warning for all who choose to enter.…
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October 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Why 4,000 skeletal remains adorn this underground crypt | CNN edition.cnn.com/2025/10/24/t...
‘I let ChatGPT decide:’ This American woman moved to a French town after asking AI for advice | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/t...
‘I let ChatGPT decide:’ This American woman moved to a French town after asking AI for advice | CNN
Seeking a reset after burnout, Julie Neis let ChatGPT choose her next home. Its answer — Uzès, in southern France — has given her the peace she was searching for.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
‘I let ChatGPT decide:’ This American woman moved to a French town after asking AI for advice | CNN www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/t...
Why have anime films become such big box office hits? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why have anime films become such big box office hits?
For Japan, entertainment like anime, manga, and videogames are the embodiment of soft power
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October 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Why have anime films become such big box office hits? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Northern and Western AgInnovation Ecosystem (updated for 2025)
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Northern and Western AgInnovation Ecosystem (updated for 2025)
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
Reposted by John Breslin
From my latest work for the @nytimes.com in the magical Burren
#nyt #nytimes #nytassignment #nyttravel #theburren #burren #limestone #tombs #ocean #atlantic #landscape #creativity #inspiration #art #burrennationalpark #stones #photojournalism #onassignment #westofireland #ireland
#nyt #nytimes #nytassignment #nyttravel #theburren #burren #limestone #tombs #ocean #atlantic #landscape #creativity #inspiration #art #burrennationalpark #stones #photojournalism #onassignment #westofireland #ireland
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
From my latest work for the @nytimes.com in the magical Burren
#nyt #nytimes #nytassignment #nyttravel #theburren #burren #limestone #tombs #ocean #atlantic #landscape #creativity #inspiration #art #burrennationalpark #stones #photojournalism #onassignment #westofireland #ireland
#nyt #nytimes #nytassignment #nyttravel #theburren #burren #limestone #tombs #ocean #atlantic #landscape #creativity #inspiration #art #burrennationalpark #stones #photojournalism #onassignment #westofireland #ireland