Brian Cronin
@bcroninbantry.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, History Teacher, School Principal. West Cork
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“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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~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
May 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“There is no Israeli public figure whose sleep is disturbed by the children screaming in terror and in hospitals…”
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
~Gideon Levy
Haaretz
☕️🥐
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
www.thejournal.ie/motorways-dr...
#speirgorm
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.
www.thejournal.ie
May 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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
www.thejournal.ie/motorways-dr...
#speirgorm
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
www.rte.ie/sport/footba...
#speirgorm
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
www.rte.ie
May 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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
www.rte.ie/sport/footba...
#speirgorm
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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-...
Come along for live Q&A and a signed copy of the book!
ti.to/eason/eason-...
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, ...
ti.to
May 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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-...
Come along for live Q&A and a signed copy of the book!
ti.to/eason/eason-...
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"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...)
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...)
May 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"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...)
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...)
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
May 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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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They should be optimistic, since there's an Orangeman in the White House.
April 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
They should be optimistic, since there's an Orangeman in the White House.
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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
April 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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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I'll never forget hearing this live.
Good article
Opinion: Michael O'Brien's intervention was a watershed moment in our reckoning with abuse jrnl.ie/6686439
Opinion: Michael O'Brien's intervention was a watershed moment in our reckoning with abuse jrnl.ie/6686439
Opinion: Michael O'Brien's intervention was a watershed moment in our reckoning with abuse
Dr Sinéad Ring of Maynooth University says Ireland owes a huge debt of gratitute to Michael O’Brien, survivor of abuse, who passed away this week.
jrnl.ie
April 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'll never forget hearing this live.
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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.
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.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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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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
"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
April 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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
"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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"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.
Thirty years to the day after a truck bomb leveled a federal building, former president Bill Clinton said the country desperately needs to heed the lessons of how this city recovered, rising above anger and polarization to become a better place to live.
Bill Clinton, Oklahoma City commemorate 1995 bombing amid extremism fears
The former president said “service, honor and kindness” are what’s needed today instead of the heated political rhetoric putting the country at risk.
wapo.st
April 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"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.
"Stone Mad" Cork sculptor Seamus Murphy's legendary book on his craft to be republished.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
#speirgorm
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
www.irishtimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Stone Mad" Cork sculptor Seamus Murphy's legendary book on his craft to be republished.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
#speirgorm
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ok but where'd his putter go? it disappears into the sky like Prince's guitar
April 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
ok but where'd his putter go? it disappears into the sky like Prince's guitar
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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...
April 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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...
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It deserves the Hoppípolla treatment, I don't give a fuck.
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It deserves the Hoppípolla treatment, I don't give a fuck.
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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'.
Trump acting in cavalier fashion with trade rules and principles to disadvantage of those affected - 'we didn't see this coming'.
April 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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'.
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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3, 16, 7, 7, 15, 15, 15, 9, 17
Ages of the children killed by russia yesterday
Ages of the children killed by russia yesterday
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
3, 16, 7, 7, 15, 15, 15, 9, 17
Ages of the children killed by russia yesterday
Ages of the children killed by russia yesterday