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Kevin O'Brien

@kevob777.bsky.social
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Artist based in Cork City www.kevinobrienart.ie

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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Harry Burton @hbtoons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My cartoon in today's @independent.ie.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bazunu'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. ✊
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A nation holds it's breath...
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Snapped 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.
A rundown, but almost full bike shed at CUH.
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Save Our Bride Otters @saveourbrideotters.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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Rivers 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
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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
Lord Summerisle, (Christopher Lee) standing in front of the wickerman, just before sacrificing Sargeant Bowie in the film, The Wickerman.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Never in doubt! Two in a row for Rory is some achievement. #themasters
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
McIlroy making this look a lot easier than this time last year. No mistakes on the 18th and it's done #themasters
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
That hole in one from Lowry. Big day ahead for him tomorrow. Just 2 off the lead currently!
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Lowry hitting a hole in one at the masters! Incredible
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Not 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.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Looks like a scaled-up prop from a crazy golf course
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The lie in tamer @iamreddave.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Clerke crater is just to the east of Mare Serenitatis crater and I think #artemis2 will fly over it
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The lie in tamer @iamreddave.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Agnes Mary Clerke was an Irish astronomer born in Skibbereen Co Cork and she has a crater imon the moon named after her
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It 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
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You have to wonder what's in the milk if this is what Avonmore think people at a parade look like... #aislop
Ai Slop image of a giant Avonmore milk carton on a float during a St. Patrick's parade Close of the image showing badly distorted blob figures representing the crowd Ai Slop of marching band in parade. Instruments morph into limbs, figures badly distorted etc
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Cork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Cork 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...
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Cork 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 ...
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Anne Hidalgo @annehidalgo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
En 12 ans, Paris s'est transformée comme jamais.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The 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.
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Mithras - Left Justified and Ancient @mithras.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
There 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.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The 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.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
This clip has everything that makes sport so compelling but hardly features the sport itself! Poor Atle McGrath tho.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/02/2026
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-t…
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door
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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Roger 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)
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Dublin 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...
Kids play at the gate to Dublin Castle, near Chez Max.
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Ballincollig Sustainable Travel @bcolligst.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Still 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...
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National Speed Limit Review Phase 2 - Built-up and Urban Area Speed Limits – Cork City | Cork City Council's Online Consultation Portal
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ireland 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...
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FAI insist any Nations League fixture against Israel will be fulfilled
Ireland, 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
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ten 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.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Jim 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.
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‘Tax exile’s half-baked scheme’: Jim Ratcliffe challenged over Man Utd plan to use public funds for £2bn stadium project
Club co-owner’s request for hundreds of millions of pounds to help regenerate local area labelled ‘outrageous’ by critics
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Cork Cycling Campaign @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Lower 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...
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Lower 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 limits in cities and town…
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IrishCycle.com @irishcycle.com · 07/02/2026
Lower 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…
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Lower 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 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.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Cork 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".
From the consultation website... "To be effective speed limits need to be credible, self-regulating, and should be regarded as appropriate by road users. Otherwise, they will tend to not be adhered to, which in turn will lead to enforcement issues for An Garda Síochána."
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Alan Hurley @hurleybiy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
HD Comics, Cork City’s newest comic book shop opening late next week in the Market Parade.
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Mixed Messages @signsthereading.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Maybe I am alone in thinking that it would be good for just one of them to visit Minneapolis www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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Every minister going abroad for St Patrick's Day visits
For the first time, every Government minister will be going abroad on St Patrick's Day trips.
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A 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".
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
dlvr.it
Sean 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
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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I really wish I wasn't still ranting about this, ten years later - but the risk to Cork city is huge 🚨
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Events Centre to 'Student Accommodation' - will Cork abandon its historic core?
Will it be a 'library and 250 shoe boxes'?
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Quint 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!
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/01/2026
The families of Danes killed in Afghanistan have a message for Trump www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Sacrifice of the Danes
After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.
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Kevin Burke @kevburkeie.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
www.irishexaminer.com/property/hom...
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Peter 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
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Alan Hurley @hurleybiy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Our 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.
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Thanks @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.com
Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The 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
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Ireland: Disarray as one Minister says black, one (Junior) says white. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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X 'breaking the law' by facilitating the creation of explicit images by Grok, says minister
Niamh Smyth said it is 'at a point' now where enforcement action is required against X and Grok
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My 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.
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Aoife Gallagher @aoifegall.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The 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.
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Artists as the world crumbles around us
The Danny Devito Egg In This Trying Time meme, with the egg replaced with one of my prints. This is fine. It's all fine.



#Art #ArtSky#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Over 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
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Mark Malone @soundmigration.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A deep dive on two key figures in the Irish far right. hopeandcourage.ie/plastic-pay-...
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Plastic Pay-triots | H&CC
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Kevin O'Brien @kevob777.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
To 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.
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