Patrick Brannigan
@patrickjmb.bsky.social
In Choirs; on board of Housing Rights NI, worked at QUB Belfast
An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....
An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....
Pinned
BLOG: Gestetner to Office 365: Looking back on my time at Queen's
www.qub.ac.uk
This is but one version of my work history. In it, I'm suggesting that social interactions are vital, hint at issues around managerialism and corporatism (see later episodes!); and how singing in a work choir was life changing...
www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffG...
www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffG...
Good piece by Fionola Meredith in the BelTel after Queen's University Belfast took away the plinth and bust.
"Removing George Mitchell bust was easy, but examining culture of uncritical reverence that put it there is much harder".
A comment for our times.
#SpéirGhorm
"Removing George Mitchell bust was easy, but examining culture of uncritical reverence that put it there is much harder".
A comment for our times.
#SpéirGhorm
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Good piece by Fionola Meredith in the BelTel after Queen's University Belfast took away the plinth and bust.
"Removing George Mitchell bust was easy, but examining culture of uncritical reverence that put it there is much harder".
A comment for our times.
#SpéirGhorm
"Removing George Mitchell bust was easy, but examining culture of uncritical reverence that put it there is much harder".
A comment for our times.
#SpéirGhorm
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I am so sick of riding the waves caused by the ripple effect of Westminster psychodramas. I can’t even vote for any of these parties, but I’m entirely at the whim of their nonsense.
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I am so sick of riding the waves caused by the ripple effect of Westminster psychodramas. I can’t even vote for any of these parties, but I’m entirely at the whim of their nonsense.
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UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights has left X (11.057 followers)
Bluesky: @deschuttero.bsky.social
Bluesky: @deschuttero.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights has left X (11.057 followers)
Bluesky: @deschuttero.bsky.social
Bluesky: @deschuttero.bsky.social
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The sun won't set earlier than it did today again until around Halloween...
.. a thought that might help some others cope with this dreary time of year.
.. a thought that might help some others cope with this dreary time of year.
February 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The sun won't set earlier than it did today again until around Halloween...
.. a thought that might help some others cope with this dreary time of year.
.. a thought that might help some others cope with this dreary time of year.
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Day 2157 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Interior" (1901) Georg Achen. Musée d'Orsay. Achen was a prominent Danish naturalist painter who became one of his country's most popular portraitists by the 1890s. His work was deeply influenced by the subdued palette and atmospheric interiors
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Day 2157 #ArtKicksCovid19 "Interior" (1901) Georg Achen. Musée d'Orsay. Achen was a prominent Danish naturalist painter who became one of his country's most popular portraitists by the 1890s. His work was deeply influenced by the subdued palette and atmospheric interiors
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The Monday Stretch, Bach Before 7, Not the Nine O Clock News features, news bulletins and Barry from Ludlow emailing to say he's enjoying the Eric Satie are not reasons listeners choose #Radio3 in the morning.
It's the music.
It's the music.
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
The Monday Stretch, Bach Before 7, Not the Nine O Clock News features, news bulletins and Barry from Ludlow emailing to say he's enjoying the Eric Satie are not reasons listeners choose #Radio3 in the morning.
It's the music.
It's the music.
Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick encouraged more effort to tackle poverty and "focusing on creating cohesion" within communities.
"The minister is seeking to invest millions of pounds in the investigation of fraud, at a time when poverty is increasing and when disabled people are excluded."
#SpéirGhorm
"The minister is seeking to invest millions of pounds in the investigation of fraud, at a time when poverty is increasing and when disabled people are excluded."
#SpéirGhorm
Complaints of benefit fraud in Northern Ireland have significantly increased in the year since Stormont reintroduced the naming of people who have been convicted.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Benefit fraud complaints rise after naming reintroduced
The number of reports from the public have risen by more than 40% in nine months, according to figures obtained by BBC News NI.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick encouraged more effort to tackle poverty and "focusing on creating cohesion" within communities.
"The minister is seeking to invest millions of pounds in the investigation of fraud, at a time when poverty is increasing and when disabled people are excluded."
#SpéirGhorm
"The minister is seeking to invest millions of pounds in the investigation of fraud, at a time when poverty is increasing and when disabled people are excluded."
#SpéirGhorm
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has collected over £1.1 million from controversial Forest Park parking charges in 20 months and now plans to install access barriers in Kilbroney Park ✋ 🛑
Full details and local reaction on our Facebook post, which has received 80k views this weekend.
Full details and local reaction on our Facebook post, which has received 80k views this weekend.
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has collected over £1.1 million from controversial Forest Park parking charges in 20 months and now plans to install access barriers in Kilbroney Park ✋ 🛑
Full details and local reaction on our Facebook post, which has received 80k views this weekend.
Full details and local reaction on our Facebook post, which has received 80k views this weekend.
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The US is shipping people across the Atlantic in chains through our country.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Shannon Airport used for refuelling Ice deportation flights 10 times in past year
The controversial agency chartered small private aircraft for the removal operations
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The US is shipping people across the Atlantic in chains through our country.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
"She [Seamus' lawyer] said Culleton was picked up on a random sweep for immigrants and continues to be held without charging documents, adding that the US government has acted in an “inept” and “capricious” manner".
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
"She [Seamus' lawyer] said Culleton was picked up on a random sweep for immigrants and continues to be held without charging documents, adding that the US government has acted in an “inept” and “capricious” manner".
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
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‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 AM
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
"Our great country".
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
"Our great country".
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RARE have done amazing work in tracking the lies spun by the money-grabbing Newry Mourne & Down District Council.
They are slowly pricing us out of access to the parks we have AND denying Newry the one we've been promised for over 20 years now.
They are slowly pricing us out of access to the parks we have AND denying Newry the one we've been promised for over 20 years now.
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council has collected over £1.1 million from controversial Forest Park parking charges in 20 months and now plans to install access barriers in Kilbroney Park ✋ 🛑
Full details and local reaction on our Facebook post, which has received 80k views this weekend.
Full details and local reaction on our Facebook post, which has received 80k views this weekend.
February 8, 2026 at 9:33 PM
RARE have done amazing work in tracking the lies spun by the money-grabbing Newry Mourne & Down District Council.
They are slowly pricing us out of access to the parks we have AND denying Newry the one we've been promised for over 20 years now.
They are slowly pricing us out of access to the parks we have AND denying Newry the one we've been promised for over 20 years now.
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Everyone here from all backgrounds and constitutional outlook, knows he has always been a complete shitehawk
Says that Mandelson relentlessly undermined Mo Mowlam because he wanted her job and over months - presumably hand-in-hand with willing and complicit media outlets - he hounded her out of her post, and took it for himself.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Everyone here from all backgrounds and constitutional outlook, knows he has always been a complete shitehawk
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First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent.
- Bertrand Russell. Not from Cork.
- Bertrand Russell. Not from Cork.
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent.
- Bertrand Russell. Not from Cork.
- Bertrand Russell. Not from Cork.
This video is so interesting in so many ways, in terms of content & how it is presented. A Premonstratensian Friary, then conduit for Anti-Home rule gun-running, to possession by Cross and Passion Sisters - retreat & conference centre used by the whole community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9t...
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This video is so interesting in so many ways, in terms of content & how it is presented. A Premonstratensian Friary, then conduit for Anti-Home rule gun-running, to possession by Cross and Passion Sisters - retreat & conference centre used by the whole community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9t...
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Well said, Ciara Mageean.
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Well said, Ciara Mageean.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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Eilis O’Hanlon - we have this scandal about how late stage capitalism covered and put in charge lots of old rich men who raped and caused the deaths of young girls, but I need to make this about communism.
How many brain worms do you need to get like this?
How many brain worms do you need to get like this?
February 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Eilis O’Hanlon - we have this scandal about how late stage capitalism covered and put in charge lots of old rich men who raped and caused the deaths of young girls, but I need to make this about communism.
How many brain worms do you need to get like this?
How many brain worms do you need to get like this?
Drumalis is an exceptional place - just attended a fantastic singing weekend there. All part of the Natural Voice Network whose ethos is that we all have a voice.
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Drumalis is an exceptional place - just attended a fantastic singing weekend there. All part of the Natural Voice Network whose ethos is that we all have a voice.
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
Drumalis is an exceptional place - just attended a fantastic singing weekend there. All part of the Natural Voice Network whose ethos is that we all have a voice.
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Drumalis is an exceptional place - just attended a fantastic singing weekend there. All part of the Natural Voice Network whose ethos is that we all have a voice.
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
#Larne
#Latharna
#CommunitySinging
#Aontroim
#SpéirGhorm
www.drumalis.org
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38% is demented - I say as i watch a reform government roll in to govern me imminently 🫠
Donald Trump is:
- Openly racist
- Covering up evidence he may have sexually abused children
- Directly responsible for the murder of US citizens by masked agents of the state
- Openly looting the treasury and taking bribes from foreign leaders
- Polling at 38% amongst the American people
- Openly racist
- Covering up evidence he may have sexually abused children
- Directly responsible for the murder of US citizens by masked agents of the state
- Openly looting the treasury and taking bribes from foreign leaders
- Polling at 38% amongst the American people
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
38% is demented - I say as i watch a reform government roll in to govern me imminently 🫠