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Brian Cronin

@bcroninbantry.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad, History Teacher, School Principal. West Cork

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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
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murchadhfinn.bsky.social @murchadhfinn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
“There is no Israeli public figure whose sleep is disturbed by the children screaming in terror and in hospitals…” ~Gideon Levy Haaretz ☕️🥐
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
How will this work for driving test centres that are far from motorways? Eg Skibbereen in West Cork. Nearest motorway is 75 km away near Cork city. Does this mean no tests in places far from the motorway network? Driving on N roads is the problem. www.thejournal.ie/motorways-dr... #speirgorm
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Motorways could be added to driving test curriculum within three years
Lack of formal education means Irish motorway driving is worse than in Germany, a senior RSA official said.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Donegal V Tyrone was a great game. The new rules are a big improvement. That game would've been defensive muck in previous years. www.rte.ie/sport/footba... #speirgorm
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Tyrone find extra gear down the stretch to pip Donegal
Tyrone claimed the scalp of Donegal in a very entertaining All-Ireland series game in MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, winning by 2-27 to 0-20
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 14/05/2025
People of #spéirgorm, and more specifically, na spéirgormigh of #cork: Easons are hosting a special event to mark the release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 at the Imperial Hotel on Tuesday week, 27th May. Come along for live Q&A and a signed copy of the book! ti.to/eason/eason-...
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Eason Presents Gavan Reilly In Conversation
Join us in The Imperial Hotel, Cork on Tuesday May 27th for an 'in conversation' event with Political Correspondent Gavan Reilly. Gavan will be in conversation with his colleague and podcast co-host, ...
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Julian Girdham @sccenglish.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
On last week's 'English Meet': www.juliangirdham.com/blog/english...
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English Meet 2025: report — Julian Girdham
A report on another excellent and uplifting ‘English Meet’, with six teachers sharing enthusiasms and good practice.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
JBM- he's the man! www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar... #speirgorm
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Jimmy Barry-Murphy: Winning All-Ireland football title in 1973 with Cork is my most cherished memory
“Big goals count in big matches and I was lucky enough to get a goal at a vital stage in the final and that will stay with me until the day I die"
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
"Who ordered the Code Red?" As a schoolkid in the 1990s, I performed the Few Good Men scene, Jack Nicholson vs Tom Cruise, on my own, in drama class, playing both! So Hasan Minhaj, on his show, challenged me to re-enact it with him. And we did! Enjoy! (Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeUU...)
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Thinking of my grandmother's brother Cprl Christopher Connolly, gunner in the Royal artillery in WW2 and taken prisoner of war at Dunkirk. Freed by the Allies after 5 years. Died not long after the war in an industrial accident. Buried in the Abbey cemetery, Bantry. #VEDay
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Jude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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From presidents to hillbillies, Northern Ireland wants more recognition in the US
[FREE TO READ] Its influence in America has long played second fiddle to that of émigrés from the Republic of Ireland
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/04/2025
They should be optimistic, since there's an Orangeman in the White House.
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The Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Okay look I am very opposed to increased militarism and but if you think the state shouldn't seek to replace outdated weapons systems and infantry vehicles, just be honest and say you want the Irish army abolished because that is in effect what you are arguing for
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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I'll never forget hearing this live.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/04/2025
Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Pope Francis' papacy.
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See some of the most memorable moments from Pope Francis' papacy
Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Pope Francis' papacy.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Russia will be capable of attacking NATO territory in 2029, –Inspector General of the German Bundeswehr Breuer "We see that Russia is now significantly increasing its armament,including about 1,500 battle tanks per yr.These are either tanks that are taken from warehouses&repaired,or new production
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Former Ireland international Niall Quinn criticises people who use Easter Rising to ‘score petty points’
Quinn made the comments while speaking at 1916 Relatives Association commemoration in Dublin
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 19/04/2025
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Kerry secure thrilling extra-time victory over Cork to book Munster final spot
In a game of 50 scores, Kerry’s three goals proved the difference in the end
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"Homegrown" by Jeffrey Toobin. Great book on that horrific act of terrorism. Many children killed in a child minding service in the building that was blown up.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Stone Mad" Cork sculptor Seamus Murphy's legendary book on his craft to be republished. www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/... #speirgorm
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Seamus ‘Stone Mad’ Murphy: A comprehensively, combatively modern Irish artist
Late sculptor’s influential book is about to be republished. It’s full of esteem for the fellow ‘men of the dust’ he met as an apprentice stone carver in Cork
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 14/04/2025
ok but where'd his putter go? it disappears into the sky like Prince's guitar
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/04/2025
Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: After a tense playoff, Rory McIlroy won his first Masters to become just the sixth golfer to complete a career Grand Slam. www.nytimes.com/athletic/627...
Rory McIlroy is celebrating. He is on his knees with his chin tilted upward as he yells. A headline reads: "Rory McIlroy Secures 
Career Grand Slam, Making History With Masters Win." Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times.
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Three Red Kings @threeredkings.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It deserves the Hoppípolla treatment, I don't give a fuck.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump acting in cavalier fashion with legal rules and principles to disadvantage of those affected - other commentators: 'oh you legal commentators do exaggerate'. Trump acting in cavalier fashion with trade rules and principles to disadvantage of those affected - 'we didn't see this coming'.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
3, 16, 7, 7, 15, 15, 15, 9, 17 Ages of the children killed by russia yesterday
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Appalling interview on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social with Sebastian Gorka. A right wing Orban fellow traveller. Ignorance and condescension masquerading as "combative." Verging on misogynistic. #tariffs
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Lovely evening looking out over the inner harbour from the GAA grounds in Bantry. #speirgorm #bluesabu
View from GAA pitch over Bantry Bay
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Croatia has 20 times the number of soccer academy coaches that the FAI has in place. All of the betting levy going to the horsey/greyhound set..Crazy stuff. #speirgorm
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Beautiful day walking near Bantry Bay but cold in a northerly wind. Hungry Hill on the majestic Beara peninsula in the distance. #speirgorm
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Didn't know the 2 seasons in Toronto one. Building does come to a halt in the winter.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Excellent article in @irishtimes.com from a practising secondary teacher on Netflix's "Adolescence" www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
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Adolescence: Five truths about our teenage boys we need to address urgently
In Ireland, masculinity is at a crossroads. We are in the process of rejecting the harmful ideas of the past but are feeling our way slowly and uncertainly forward
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
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Founder of Cork rape crisis centre says McGregor White House visit was ‘outrageous’
Mary Crilly said she was confident that the people of Ireland would make clear that Mr McGregor did not represent them 'in any form'.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Excellent comment here from @juliangirlandboy.bsky.social on the new senior cycle English reform. An oral exam in English worth 20% - the so-called Additional Assessment Component (AAC). #edchatie
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
He represents nobody in Ireland. Disgusting that he's in the WH today. I had no problem with An Taoiseach meeting with Trump on Wednesday, because that's diplomacy, and Micheál Martin is our democratically elected head of govt. But McGregor? A St Patrick's Day low! www.rte.ie/news/2025/03...
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McGregor praises Trump's 'inspiring' work ethic
Conor McGregor has praised US President Donald Trump's work ethic as "inspiring" during a meeting in the White House.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I really liked this interview with @schumer.senate.gov in the @nytimes.com. I get that people are furious, but a shutdown under Trump 2 & Doge would be very different. He also talks about what happens if Trump decides not to obey court orders. @davidallengreen.bsky.social pca.st/episode/7fa8...
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
And as ever, sharing the brilliant @ria.ie Confessio project where we can read St Patrick’s own words & his experience of being trafficked into Ireland as a child - sadly as relevant as ever today w so many children displaced due to violence, war & climate change. #speirgorm. confessio.ie
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'My name is Patrick... | St. Patrick’s Confessio
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Happy St Patrick's Day. Trawler in the distance this morning off Gearhies pier, Bantry Bay. #speirgorm #stpatricksday
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Great column from @patrickfreyne.bsky.social on the meaning of Irishness today.
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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Leadership is about imagining the organisational future while managing the impact of the organisational past.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Many thanks to @joerolston.bsky.social for moderating tonight's #edchatie. Interesting discussion as always.
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I think school BOMs are under utilised in school leadership (paradoxically). The role of the chairperson is critical in terms of managing school change. Chairs should be rewarded for their unpaid work. And they shouldn't be enthusiastic amateurs. #edchatie
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Cover of @strickomaster.bsky.social book. #edchatie
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#edchatie
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Brian. Cork. Principal in a Deis post primary. A recent book that i really liked "Is leadership a race?" by @strickomaster.bsky.social #edchatie
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Julian Girdham @sccenglish.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Starting at 8.30pm with @joerolston.bsky.social Join in by using #edchatie. No sign-in required. All welcome!
#EdChatie on Bluesky"
All sessions on Monday evenings, 8:30-9:30 pm.

Jan 13th: How can Ireland address its teacher recruitment and retention crisis?
Host: @humphreyjones.bsky.social
Jan 27th: AI in Irish education.
Host: @john-hurley.bsky.social
Feb 10th: Cognitive Science in Irish education.
Host: @patjburke.bsky.social (circled in black)
Feb 24th: Supporting additional needs in Irish schools: barriers and opportunities.
Host: @trinagolden.bsky.social
Mar 10th: Leadership in Irish schools: challenges and opportunities.
Host: @joerolston.bsky.social
Mar 24th: ESD in Ireland: the role of education in helping Ireland become climate leaders.
Host: @codiel1cory@bsky.social
April 7th: Leaving Certificate reform: pros and cons.
Host: @sccenglish.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/03/2025
BARTIROMO: Are you expecting a recession this year? TRUMP: I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 06/03/2025
A former chief of staff of the Defence Forces has told Prime Time that 'neutrality as a statement in a globalised world is a myth'
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Former Defence Forces chief says Irish 'neutrality is a myth'
A former Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces has told Prime Time that "neutrality as a statement in a globalised world is a myth."
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
A DEIS Plus model for some schools would be a good thing. Not all disadvantaged schools are disadvantaged in the same way. Current supports are inadequate anyway. No detail on when, where, how much and which schools. #edchatie www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Schools in poorest areas to get extra support under ‘Deis-plus’ scheme
McEntee plans to tackle drop-off in school attendance with supports for at-risk pupils
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Delicious Avgolemono soup from the @financialtimes.com magazine Recipe Club. Something different & fed everyone, including fussy eaters. #speirgorm
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Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social is always excellent. Recent episode with @fareedzakaria.bsky.social was very good. pca.st/episode/aeb1...
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The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy - The Ezra Klein Show
Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of ou...
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