Reposted by Kevin O'BrienCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼 851926535
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienHarry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My cartoon in today's @independent.ie. 19628
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bazunu's statement on Instagram is pure class. Bad day at the office for Irish football but at least in years to come we can say at least one person made a stand when others froze. Hope he gets the support he deserves. ✊ 031
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Snapped this last time I was in CUH. This shed was almost full and there were lots more bikes locked up and scattered around the grounds. The need for proper bike facilities at hospitals is massive. 12814
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienSave Our Bride Otters @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social · 05/05/2026www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...irishexaminer.comRivers of Munster: River Bride brings wildlife 'right up into Cork village'Central to Blackpool's development in the 1700s and 1800s, the OPW now want to cover the River Bride over for flood relief, thus losing it as an amenity for the village, writes Michael Moynihan 11816
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 01/05/2026"Paddy Dunning claims 'Dublin Giant' will ensure bumper summer harvest if we just trust him". #MayDay 050
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Never in doubt! Two in a row for Rory is some achievement. #themasters 010
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 12/04/2026McIlroy making this look a lot easier than this time last year. No mistakes on the 18th and it's done #themasters 110
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/04/2026That hole in one from Lowry. Big day ahead for him tomorrow. Just 2 off the lead currently! 120
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Lowry hitting a hole in one at the masters! Incredible 020
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Not a great start here for McIlroy. A bogey on the first and others picking up birdies left right and centre. A 6 shot lead down to 3, and potentially 2 in a few mins. Early days. 010
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Looks like a scaled-up prop from a crazy golf course 010
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienThe lie in tamer @iamreddave.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Clerke crater is just to the east of Mare Serenitatis crater and I think #artemis2 will fly over it 142
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienThe lie in tamer @iamreddave.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Agnes Mary Clerke was an Irish astronomer born in Skibbereen Co Cork and she has a crater imon the moon named after her 13915
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 24/03/2026It was a pleasure working with 4th year students from Douglas Comm to create this mural featuring past pupil Adam Idah ahead of a big week for the boys in the green. Also featured are some of the schools soccer jerseys through the years. My thanks to the lads for their hard work! #coybig 021
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 19/03/2026You have to wonder what's in the milk if this is what Avonmore think people at a parade look like... #aislop 75216
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienCork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Cork new's e-bike library to offer a chance to try before you buy The scheme, which has already been successfully piloted in Dublin, will give households the opportunity to test out what type of e-bike might best suit their needs. www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...echolive.ieCork new's e-bike library to offer a chance to try before you buyThe scheme, which has already been successfully piloted in Dublin, will give households the opportunity to test out what type of e-bike might best ... 11210
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienAnne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026En 12 ans, Paris s'est transformée comme jamais. 22693264
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The amount of events and festivals around the country using genAI for their promotional images is slightly maddening. All about supporting local, except their local artists. 25602136
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienMithras - Left Justified and Ancient @mithras.bsky.social · 18/02/2026There was one A.i.-ified listing I saw recently where the exterior of the house was shown from several different angles, and each angle showed different lawns, features, even trees and livestock enclosures. 031
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 18/02/2026The thing is the AI images don't "show potential" and are definitely misleading. They distort the size of rooms, move walls and windows, and place bathtubs and furniture in places where they physically won't fit. 23011
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This clip has everything that makes sport so compelling but hardly features the sport itself! Poor Atle McGrath tho. 000
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienThe Onion @theonion.com · 16/02/2026Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-t… 131056176
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienLiam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Roger Casement: “A nation is a very complex thing. It never does consist; it never has consisted solely of men of one blood or one single race – it is like a river, rising in the hills with many sources, many converging streams, that become one great stream.” (1905) 5329127
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienDublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 13/02/2026"Space for kids, just like affordable housing and culture, should be a fundamental part of Dublin’s planning," writes Neil Dunne, of the inspiration for the illustration he did for our print edition #119. www.dublininquirer.c... 05217
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienBallincollig Sustainable Travel @bcolligst.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Still time to show your support for 30km speed limits in Cork city. Get your submissions into Cork City Council before 5pm tomorrow here 👉 consult.corkcity.ie/en/consultat...consult.corkcity.ieNational Speed Limit Review Phase 2 - Built-up and Urban Area Speed Limits – Cork City | Cork City Council's Online Consultation Portal 022
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Ireland have just been drawn with Israel in the Nations League draw. It's only been a few months since the FAI passed a motion to ask Uefa to suspend Isreal. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer...irishexaminer.comFAI insist any Nations League fixture against Israel will be fulfilledIreland, who are in the second pot of League B for the Nations League draw, can be drawn against one of Israel, Hungary, Scotland and Poland 110
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienSocial Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Ten years after the sod was turned, Cork still has no Event Centre. Just a derelict site and a bridge to nowhere in the heart of the city. Cork deserves delivery, not another decade of broken promises. 02213
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Jim Ratcliffe all of a sudden concerned about draining public resources... Not too concerned to not ask for public money himself for his own business while taking 4 billion out of UK coffers by living as a tax exile in Monaco.theguardian.com‘Tax exile’s half-baked scheme’: Jim Ratcliffe challenged over Man Utd plan to use public funds for £2bn stadium projectClub co-owner’s request for hundreds of millions of pounds to help regenerate local area labelled ‘outrageous’ by critics 020
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienCork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Lower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City Council irishcycle.com/2026/02/06/l...irishcycle.comLower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City CouncilMembers of the public in Cork City are being asked to get behind the wider adoption of 30km/h speed limits in the city, campaigners have said. The move to set 30km/h speed limits in cities and town… 0168
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienIrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 07/02/2026Lower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City Council Members of the public in Cork City are being asked to get behind the wider adoption of 30km/h speed limits in the city, campaigners have said. The move to set 30km/h speed…irishcycle.comLower limits on Cork’s streets “will take many decades” if the public does not send a clear message to Cork City CouncilMembers of the public in Cork City are being asked to get behind the wider adoption of 30km/h speed limits in the city, campaigners have said. The move to set 30km/h speed limits in cities and towns was delayed when the Government abandoned a system that would have made 30km/h the base limit for urban areas. The new system of councils rolling out the lower limits has started. 0187
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Cork City Council Speed Limit Review consultation is open until 13th February. There's a telling paragraph explaining that speed limits "need to be credible, self-regulating, and should be regarded as appropriate by road users". 100
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienAlan Hurley @hurleybiy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026HD Comics, Cork City’s newest comic book shop opening late next week in the Market Parade. 23513
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienMixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Maybe I am alone in thinking that it would be good for just one of them to visit Minneapolis www.rte.ie/news/politic...rte.ieEvery minister going abroad for St Patrick's Day visitsFor the first time, every Government minister will be going abroad on St Patrick's Day trips. 0147
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 27/01/2026A local rep using Chat Gpt for speech writing is the very essence of phoning it in. The quote, "...you can do something now in seconds that before would have taken hours", translates to, "I used to have to think this shit up myself, but now I don't". 063
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienIrish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026dlvr.itSean Murray: 'There’s something rotten in the state of Minnesota'After a second fatal shooting in a matter of weeks, Irish immigrants and Irish Americans are among thousands taking to the streets, amid freezing temperatures, to fight off the intimidation 012
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienJosef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I really wish I wasn't still ranting about this, ten years later - but the risk to Cork city is huge 🚨corkbeo.ieEvents Centre to 'Student Accommodation' - will Cork abandon its historic core?Will it be a 'library and 250 shoe boxes'? 0115
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Quint from Jaws could have been talking about this guy... "Lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'." Also, that AI windmill is having a laugh! 020
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/01/2026The families of Danes killed in Afghanistan have a message for Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comThe Sacrifice of the DanesAfter September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump. 522185899
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienKevin Burke @kevburkeie.bsky.social · 16/01/2026www.irishexaminer.com/property/hom...irishexaminer.comPeter Dowdall: 'Cork showed real imagination in 1985 when it turned a derelict site into a public park'Urban green areas are not just outdoor sitting rooms, writes Peter Dowdall as he contemplates the redeveloped Bishop Lucey Park 011
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienAlan Hurley @hurleybiy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Our comic book shop is nearing completion with new lights and carpentry added this week. Some more painting and finishing touches to be done over the next week, add the remaining stock and organise what we have. Opening soon. 2114
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienDeirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Thanks @conorom.bsky.social for writing this piece for us setting out the legal position on X and CSAM… in short, yes, they could be prosecuted. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...irishexaminer.comIreland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakesThe horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies 821081
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienJoe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Ireland: Disarray as one Minister says black, one (Junior) says white. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...irishexaminer.comX 'breaking the law' by facilitating the creation of explicit images by Grok, says ministerNiamh Smyth said it is 'at a point' now where enforcement action is required against X and Grok 2219
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienRichard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026My word. The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X. 53414130
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienAoife Gallagher @aoifegall.bsky.social · 08/01/2026The spinelessness of our government is astonishing. "The fascist enabling, CSAM-producing platform has some good features too, yanno?", is a hell of a take. Christ. They need to be raked over the coals for this at every opportunity. 03111
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Artists as the world crumbles around us 10670134
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienDeirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Over the past month my colleague Clodagh Finn and I recorded six podcasts about Irish women in history - a Christmas miniseries to replace my usual output. First one, Grizelda Steevens “the pig faced woman of Dublin” dropped today. Listen by searching for the Deirdre O’Shaughnessy podcast 05016
Reposted by Kevin O'BrienMark Malone @soundmigration.bsky.social · 04/12/2025A deep dive on two key figures in the Irish far right. hopeandcourage.ie/plastic-pay-...hopeandcourage.iePlastic Pay-triots | H&CC 097
Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 04/12/2025To read this reply from CCC to @mikemoynihanex.bsky.social piece in the Examiner today, it's impossible to know that not only was the tree removed, but the area concreted over too. Essentially, an area that once had grass and 4 mature trees in recent years, is now a car park. 044