Vincent Hoban
@vphoban.bsky.social
I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. Now, how much reality can there be in that? - David Hockney
It was a real honour to receive my long service award for 25 years as a photographer at University College Dublin from President Professor Orla Feely. I was in good company, nearly 40 other colleagues were honoured.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It was a real honour to receive my long service award for 25 years as a photographer at University College Dublin from President Professor Orla Feely. I was in good company, nearly 40 other colleagues were honoured.
@johncreedon.bsky.social My heart goes out to Jamaica tonight. I was in Kingston in ‘88 for Gilbert, also a Cat 5. Not something I’d like to go through again. The track and strength of #melissa looks even worse.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@johncreedon.bsky.social My heart goes out to Jamaica tonight. I was in Kingston in ‘88 for Gilbert, also a Cat 5. Not something I’d like to go through again. The track and strength of #melissa looks even worse.
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Such a lovely community at event at our Apple Pressing Festival today! Thanks to Lord Mayor Ray McAdam for launching the day. Tks also to Seedsavers for the heritage apple tree and @communityfoundirl.bsky.social for funding this #CircularEconomy project.
October 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Such a lovely community at event at our Apple Pressing Festival today! Thanks to Lord Mayor Ray McAdam for launching the day. Tks also to Seedsavers for the heritage apple tree and @communityfoundirl.bsky.social for funding this #CircularEconomy project.
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For the weekend that's in it, St Brigid's Crosses photographed in 2010 for the National Folklore Collection
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
For the weekend that's in it, St Brigid's Crosses photographed in 2010 for the National Folklore Collection
@johncreedon.bsky.social - what a coincidence-I was only listening to this track today
July 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@johncreedon.bsky.social - what a coincidence-I was only listening to this track today
Great presentations at Rewild Dublin Conference in the F2 Centre Rialto by Finola O’Kane UCD, DCC Parks and Mary Kelly-Quinn UCD
May 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Great presentations at Rewild Dublin Conference in the F2 Centre Rialto by Finola O’Kane UCD, DCC Parks and Mary Kelly-Quinn UCD
Donore Credit Union & Dublin 8 residents formed Donore Area Sustainable Community (DASC) in 2023. We’re holding a Sustainability Workshop, June 21st, Griffith College to imagine a sustainable future for D8. Everyone’s welcome. We’ll focus on creating a vision and working together to achieve goals.
May 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Donore Credit Union & Dublin 8 residents formed Donore Area Sustainable Community (DASC) in 2023. We’re holding a Sustainability Workshop, June 21st, Griffith College to imagine a sustainable future for D8. Everyone’s welcome. We’ll focus on creating a vision and working together to achieve goals.
I feel we need a bit of spring - Crocus flowers in bloom outside @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Architecture, Richview
February 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I feel we need a bit of spring - Crocus flowers in bloom outside @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Architecture, Richview
‘Peace in our time’ comes to mind mediarichlearning.com/wp-content/u...
February 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
‘Peace in our time’ comes to mind mediarichlearning.com/wp-content/u...
February, exactly 20 years ago, the weather was a bit worse but we had daffodils @ucddublin.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
February, exactly 20 years ago, the weather was a bit worse but we had daffodils @ucddublin.bsky.social
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Residents across the city have called on the council to move more quickly to replace trees it cuts down on their streets. “Five years is a long time to be looking at a stump,” says Phibsboro resident Jonathan Healy. dublininquirer.com/2...
Residents call on council to move more quickly to replace trees it cuts down on their streets - Dublin Inquirer
“Five years is a long time to be looking at a stump,” says Phibsboro resident Jonathan Healy. The council says it’s working on updating its tree strategy.
dublininquirer.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Residents across the city have called on the council to move more quickly to replace trees it cuts down on their streets. “Five years is a long time to be looking at a stump,” says Phibsboro resident Jonathan Healy. dublininquirer.com/2...
For the weekend that's in it, St Brigid's Crosses photographed in 2010 for the National Folklore Collection
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
For the weekend that's in it, St Brigid's Crosses photographed in 2010 for the National Folklore Collection
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Connecting Cabra are a practical sustainability community group working hard in the centre of Dublin. We are 7 followers away from 1k followers, so please give us a share so we can hit 1000 (which is more than we reached in four years on Twitter!).
January 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Connecting Cabra are a practical sustainability community group working hard in the centre of Dublin. We are 7 followers away from 1k followers, so please give us a share so we can hit 1000 (which is more than we reached in four years on Twitter!).
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🛰️🏆 History Made: EIRSAT-1 has won the 2024 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition for securing UCD’s place in Ireland’s space history. 🧵
January 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🛰️🏆 History Made: EIRSAT-1 has won the 2024 UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition for securing UCD’s place in Ireland’s space history. 🧵
A beautiful morning on @ucddublin.bsky.social Belfield campus. The upper lake is teaming, a heron, a coot, lots of mallards and what seems to be our new swan. He(?) started visiting before Christmas and now seems to be in permanent residence. I've a tough job but someone has to do it!
January 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A beautiful morning on @ucddublin.bsky.social Belfield campus. The upper lake is teaming, a heron, a coot, lots of mallards and what seems to be our new swan. He(?) started visiting before Christmas and now seems to be in permanent residence. I've a tough job but someone has to do it!
From a previous ‘great freeze’ the Belfield campus during the big snow of 2010 in @ucddublin.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
From a previous ‘great freeze’ the Belfield campus during the big snow of 2010 in @ucddublin.bsky.social
Was bowled over by Maus, did a “cartooning” course in SVANY because of him - just full of admiration
@MiddleEastEye: Art Spiegelman, author of Maus, has announced that he will be collaborating with Joe Sacco, creator of the documentary-comic Palestine, in a new project about Gaza
Main link in OG tweet
https://pulse.ly/uzs4jyu3mi
pulse.ly
January 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Was bowled over by Maus, did a “cartooning” course in SVANY because of him - just full of admiration
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@MiddleEastEye: Art Spiegelman, author of Maus, has announced that he will be collaborating with Joe Sacco, creator of the documentary-comic Palestine, in a new project about Gaza
Main link in OG tweet
https://pulse.ly/uzs4jyu3mi
pulse.ly
January 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@MiddleEastEye: Art Spiegelman, author of Maus, has announced that he will be collaborating with Joe Sacco, creator of the documentary-comic Palestine, in a new project about Gaza
On Christmas Eve, I wish you all a peaceful time spent with your loved ones and a New Year filled with positive outlooks
December 24, 2024 at 11:23 PM
On Christmas Eve, I wish you all a peaceful time spent with your loved ones and a New Year filled with positive outlooks
Wishing all my friends and colleagues in @ucddublin.bsky.social a very merry Christmas and a happy 2025!
December 18, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Wishing all my friends and colleagues in @ucddublin.bsky.social a very merry Christmas and a happy 2025!
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Dublin City Council has refused a request to scrap a Newmarket market space. The owner, Patrizia, had asked to convert the ground-floor space to a convenience store and off-licence. dublininquirer.com/2...
Dublin City Council refuses request to scrap Newmarket market space - Dublin Inquirer
Owner Patrizia had asked to convert the ground-floor space to a convenience store and off-licence.
dublininquirer.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Dublin City Council has refused a request to scrap a Newmarket market space. The owner, Patrizia, had asked to convert the ground-floor space to a convenience store and off-licence. dublininquirer.com/2...
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We don’t normally post for individual members, but the theft of dedicated, veteran member Colm’s Giant bike - in Dublin 8 this morning - is an exception.
Please keep an eye out and DM us if you’ve any news. Has hub brakes, a hub gear and blue seat cover.
Please keep an eye out and DM us if you’ve any news. Has hub brakes, a hub gear and blue seat cover.
December 15, 2024 at 11:07 AM
We don’t normally post for individual members, but the theft of dedicated, veteran member Colm’s Giant bike - in Dublin 8 this morning - is an exception.
Please keep an eye out and DM us if you’ve any news. Has hub brakes, a hub gear and blue seat cover.
Please keep an eye out and DM us if you’ve any news. Has hub brakes, a hub gear and blue seat cover.
wildpostcardproject.com lovely artwork by kids highlighting biodiversity in D8
December 14, 2024 at 11:15 AM
wildpostcardproject.com lovely artwork by kids highlighting biodiversity in D8
Another one from the vaults - 2002, a paper conservator working on a manuscript in the UCD Archives
December 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Another one from the vaults - 2002, a paper conservator working on a manuscript in the UCD Archives