Reposted by Brian Croninmurchadhfinn.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 ☕️🥐 27528
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/05/2025How 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... #speirgormthejournal.ieMotorways could be added to driving test curriculum within three yearsLack of formal education means Irish motorway driving is worse than in Germany, a senior RSA official said. 140
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Donegal 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... #speirgormrte.ieTyrone find extra gear down the stretch to pip DonegalTyrone claimed the scalp of Donegal in a very entertaining All-Ireland series game in MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, winning by 2-27 to 0-20 071
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Great game. The new rules have made a huge difference. This game would have been defensive muck in previous years. Tyrone were excellent. There must be another All Ireland in this team. 110
Reposted by Brian CroninGavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 14/05/2025People 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-...ti.toEason Presents Gavan Reilly In ConversationJoin 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, ... 22811
Reposted by Brian CroninJulian Girdham @sccenglish.bsky.social · 11/05/2025On last week's 'English Meet': www.juliangirdham.com/blog/english...juliangirdham.comEnglish Meet 2025: report — Julian GirdhamA report on another excellent and uplifting ‘English Meet’, with six teachers sharing enthusiasms and good practice. 011
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 07/05/2025JBM- he's the man! www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar... #speirgormecholive.ieJimmy 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" 020
Reposted by Brian CroninMehdi 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...) 681405153
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Great thread. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great fella. Do they make them like that anymore? Also, I see he did an apprenticeship; would more people (especially young men) be better off if there were decent apprenticeships? 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Looked to me like they didn't want to win that match, really. Their All Ireland group will be easier as a result. OTOH, Galway looked very good. 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Thinking 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 010
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 04/05/2025And he wasn't happy that the soufflé was heated up! 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Member of the Brooke dynasty from Fermanagh. Did not consider himself "Irish." An Ulsterman or British. 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Geoffrey Roberts. A pro Russia shill. Disappointing really. Retired prof of 20th century history in UCC. A deeply strange interview. I guess at least he's honest in his pro Russia viewpoint-he doesn't disguise it. 100
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Not true. O'Sullivan got a motion passed in Cork CC in 2014 & a few businesses installed fluoride filters at the time. A load of nonsense. The water supply in Bantry contains fluoride, thankfully. 010
Reposted by Brian CroninJude Webber @judewebber.bsky.social · 28/04/2025on.ft.com/4iCzTuaon.ft.comFrom 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 3145
Reposted by Brian CroninJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/04/2025They should be optimistic, since there's an Orangeman in the White House. 4365
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Gort: a beautiful town in Co. Galway. Gort 4 is the nice postcode. The one everyone wants to live in. Just saying... 010
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 27/04/2025There's a strong strain of bullshit con-artistry in American history. Trump is the latest example. It runs side by side with the more noble themes of American history. It's probably the 1st time the BS con-artist strain is in the WH, though. Or maybe not? 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Didn't see it. Heard it was appalling rubbish. A film as mystifying to the "Irish" as to anyone else. A poor man's "Playboy of the Western World" (JM Synge). 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Silly people. Too much time on their hands, obviously. 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 26/04/2025The figures for Ireland are bananas. And not believable, obviously. Distorted by Multi National Companies trading here. GNP growth per capita is a better figure for Ireland. Some of the MNC investment is here for tax reasons. 020
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 25/04/2025The Viennese are famously rude. Too many tourists. Always wanted to go. Went and found it appalling. Other central European cities are more interesting & with nicer people and food - Prague, Budapest. 010
Reposted by Brian CroninThe Foggy Jew @hmcevansoneya.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Okay 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 3215
Reposted by Brian CroninStan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I'll never forget hearing this live. 053
Reposted by Brian CroninNPR @npr.org · 21/04/2025Pope 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.npr.orgSee some of the most memorable moments from Pope Francis' papacyPope 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. 25081671447
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Do that in Ireland and you'd have Revenue on to you wanting to know the origin of 3k in cash. 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Terrible. And surrounded by such poor advisors now. An administration unprecedented in its stupidity and lack of a sense of history. I feel the Chinese will have the upper hand. 110
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I doubt it bothered him too much at that stage. When you've dealt with all manner of eejits and bad people as Bergoglio/Pope Francis did, then Vance is just one more. The right ward turn off the Catholic church in the US concerned Pope Francis big time. 010
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Or a President? The 2024 US general election had (up to July) one octogenarian and a 78 year old Trump in the race. Crazy stuff in a Republic. 010
Reposted by Brian CroninAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Russia 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 591039390
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Bananas to think that the actions of 1 man can have such bad consequences. Thought the world had moved on from that nonsense. Obviously not. 100
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Yes, fair enough. But it does matter if think. Just been reading Paul Kennedy's book, so maybe that's where it came from. What if China attacked Taiwan? Would it effect chip manufacturing and supply? 100
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025A bunch of ol lads of varying intelligence and with no direct experience of marriage or family life meet to pick the next leader. Bananas stuff, really. Conclave did it too much justice, I fear. 010
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Trump already a busted flush. The famous 100 days are up and what has he got to show for it? Chaos and nothing legislative. Very difficult for the EU though. It's an economic power with internal disagreements but not a military one like China and the US. 100
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Is an EU - China trade deal possible in reality? EU manufacturers already struggling with cheaper Chinese imports, eg EVs. 100
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Did they mean literal "children" or the different parts of the Irish "nation"? Eg Catholics, Protestants, dissenters etc. There's some dispute about the meaning of that sentence. The document was of its time, obviously. 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 20/04/2025That's it, and that's what he wants. No point pretending anything else now. Constitutions only work if the politicians agree to be bound by them. 010
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Great article. The realism about what Trump has done in strategical terms is brilliant. Not the first time the US has acted unilaterally: happened in the isolationist 1920s and 1930s too. Perhaps it's a current in American history. 000
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...irishtimes.comFormer 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 000
Reposted by Brian CroninThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 19/04/2025irishtimes.comKerry secure thrilling extra-time victory over Cork to book Munster final spotIn a game of 50 scores, Kerry’s three goals proved the difference in the end 061
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025People are so used to it that they take it for granted, unfortunately. Do they understand it was the EU that made it possible? OTOH, we're jealous of the ability to travel within North America or the Caribbean. Such variety, eg Florida or Colorado. 000
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. 000
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. 0110
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Very little of that culture left now. People go to church on Sunday if at all. There's a family meal, chocolate eggs for kids etc. Schools are off, so some families might head to the sun, eg Spain. 130
Brian Cronin @bcroninbantry.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Growing up it was dominated by religion: Holy Thursday Washing of the feet, Good Friday Stations of the cross, Holy Saturday Vigil Mass at 10 pm or Easter Sunday Mass. I was an altar boy so were kept busy that week! 140
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/... #speirgormirishtimes.comSeamus ‘Stone Mad’ Murphy: A comprehensively, combatively modern Irish artistLate 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 040
Reposted by Brian CroninTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 14/04/2025ok but where'd his putter go? it disappears into the sky like Prince's guitar 2074660355
