Ciarán Fahey
@cfahey.bsky.social
Associated Press sports writer, often distracted by news.
I’m not German. I run @abandonedberlin.com in my free time.
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I’m not German. I run @abandonedberlin.com in my free time.
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Aer Lingus’ Irish breakfasts are much smaller now than they used to be. One sausage, one lump of pudding. And the hot drink is no longer included.
#AerLingus #inflation #breakfast ☘️
#AerLingus #inflation #breakfast ☘️
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Aer Lingus’ Irish breakfasts are much smaller now than they used to be. One sausage, one lump of pudding. And the hot drink is no longer included.
#AerLingus #inflation #breakfast ☘️
#AerLingus #inflation #breakfast ☘️
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
AP's photos of the month for September, including this by Niranjan Shrestha of a protestor in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(AP) #photography
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(AP) #photography
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October 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
AP's photos of the month for September, including this by Niranjan Shrestha of a protestor in Kathmandu, Nepal.
(AP) #photography
apimagesblog.com/blog/2025/10...
(AP) #photography
apimagesblog.com/blog/2025/10...
Thomas Melchior is risking fans' wrath by wearing their rivals' shirts to their games to highlight the dangers of sports betting.
Now in video!
(AP) #sportsbetting #addiction #personaldemons
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Now in video!
(AP) #sportsbetting #addiction #personaldemons
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October 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Thomas Melchior is risking fans' wrath by wearing their rivals' shirts to their games to highlight the dangers of sports betting.
Now in video!
(AP) #sportsbetting #addiction #personaldemons
apnews.com/article/spor...
Now in video!
(AP) #sportsbetting #addiction #personaldemons
apnews.com/article/spor...
Memorial for the murdered Antifa, Prenzlauer Berg.
September 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Memorial for the murdered Antifa, Prenzlauer Berg.
I first encountered this memorial on my first visit to Berlin in 2001, when I was struck by the enormity of Germany’s crimes and respect for its remorse and regret. That’s what I thought at the time. Now I know how naïve I was.
#Germany #NeverAgain #NieWieder
#Germany #NeverAgain #NieWieder
August 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I first encountered this memorial on my first visit to Berlin in 2001, when I was struck by the enormity of Germany’s crimes and respect for its remorse and regret. That’s what I thought at the time. Now I know how naïve I was.
#Germany #NeverAgain #NieWieder
#Germany #NeverAgain #NieWieder
Ovations for 20-year-old Ilyas Ansah after he scored two goals on his Bundesliga debut for Union Berlin to beat Stuttgart today.
Also, Leverkusen lost, Dortmund drew, and Frankfurt looking good.
(AP) #Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
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Also, Leverkusen lost, Dortmund drew, and Frankfurt looking good.
(AP) #Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
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August 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ovations for 20-year-old Ilyas Ansah after he scored two goals on his Bundesliga debut for Union Berlin to beat Stuttgart today.
Also, Leverkusen lost, Dortmund drew, and Frankfurt looking good.
(AP) #Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
apnews.com/article/bund...
Also, Leverkusen lost, Dortmund drew, and Frankfurt looking good.
(AP) #Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
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Union Berlin’s fans’ enthusiasm for the new season has led to a delay just after kickoff against Stuttgart started while stewards try and clear some of the confetti off the pitch.
#Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
#Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
August 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Union Berlin’s fans’ enthusiasm for the new season has led to a delay just after kickoff against Stuttgart started while stewards try and clear some of the confetti off the pitch.
#Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
#Eisern #FCUnion #Bundesliga
“Peace for Gaza!” – Hermannplatz, Berlin. 🇵🇸
July 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Peace for Gaza!” – Hermannplatz, Berlin. 🇵🇸
Someone spray-painted this black because it said something about children in Gaza. Tells you all you need to know about Germany’s response.
#Gaza #Germany #ParkamNordbahnhof #Berlin
#Gaza #Germany #ParkamNordbahnhof #Berlin
June 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Someone spray-painted this black because it said something about children in Gaza. Tells you all you need to know about Germany’s response.
#Gaza #Germany #ParkamNordbahnhof #Berlin
#Gaza #Germany #ParkamNordbahnhof #Berlin
They cut down all the swings in Mauerpark because they were just too much fun.
#Mauerpark #Berlin #GoneToTheDogs 🐕
#Mauerpark #Berlin #GoneToTheDogs 🐕
May 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They cut down all the swings in Mauerpark because they were just too much fun.
#Mauerpark #Berlin #GoneToTheDogs 🐕
#Mauerpark #Berlin #GoneToTheDogs 🐕
Seeing as this person blocked me and I cannot reply, I would like to point out if 1,000 people were murdered at an Irish music festival, I would be horrified. But I would not murder any one person in response, let alone 50 or 100 times more people. Killing is wrong, full stop. There are no excuses.
April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Seeing as this person blocked me and I cannot reply, I would like to point out if 1,000 people were murdered at an Irish music festival, I would be horrified. But I would not murder any one person in response, let alone 50 or 100 times more people. Killing is wrong, full stop. There are no excuses.
Holocaust survivor and longtime Hertha Berlin fan Walter Frankenstein has died at the age of 100, the club says. 💙
April 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Holocaust survivor and longtime Hertha Berlin fan Walter Frankenstein has died at the age of 100, the club says. 💙
“Our society’s structures are based on colonial beliefs. So, in order for us to fight the climate crisis or provide equity for all, we have to question those structures that were set up with racist ideologies or racist beliefs” – Justice Mvemba, founder of Decolonial Tours.
March 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Our society’s structures are based on colonial beliefs. So, in order for us to fight the climate crisis or provide equity for all, we have to question those structures that were set up with racist ideologies or racist beliefs” – Justice Mvemba, founder of Decolonial Tours.
Justice Mvemba, the founder of Decolonial Tours, says Germany’s colonial past is often romanticized. Her tours – highly recommended! – strive for "a more critical lens on the colonial era and to also break those glorified narratives.”
March 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Justice Mvemba, the founder of Decolonial Tours, says Germany’s colonial past is often romanticized. Her tours – highly recommended! – strive for "a more critical lens on the colonial era and to also break those glorified narratives.”
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees Berlin’s museums, is responsible for all the colonial loot, including Benin Bronzes, and a huge collection of human remains. Its president, Hermann Parzinger, says everything has to go back. But it’s not so easy.
March 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees Berlin’s museums, is responsible for all the colonial loot, including Benin Bronzes, and a huge collection of human remains. Its president, Hermann Parzinger, says everything has to go back. But it’s not so easy.
Mboro moved to Germany in 1978. His grandmother made him promise her that he’d recover the head of Mangi Meli, a local chieftain murdered by the Germans in 1900, and that he would bring it back to Tanzania for a proper burial. “Up to today, still, I am searching for it,” Mboro says.
March 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Mboro moved to Germany in 1978. His grandmother made him promise her that he’d recover the head of Mangi Meli, a local chieftain murdered by the Germans in 1900, and that he would bring it back to Tanzania for a proper burial. “Up to today, still, I am searching for it,” Mboro says.
Mnyaka Sururu Mboro was among those pushing to have the name changed. He heard stories about Peters from his grandmother in Tanzania. “He liked to hang people, just only, most of the time, for his joy. Seeing, looking at them hanging there and he’s sipping his beer and smoking his pipe.”
March 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mnyaka Sururu Mboro was among those pushing to have the name changed. He heard stories about Peters from his grandmother in Tanzania. “He liked to hang people, just only, most of the time, for his joy. Seeing, looking at them hanging there and he’s sipping his beer and smoking his pipe.”
Last August, Petersallee In Berlin’s “African Quarter” was renamed to disassociate it from Carl Peters, a tyrant who led the establishment of the colony of German East Africa. Peters was murderous racist, a hero for the Nazis. The campaign to rename Petersallee started in 1984. It took that long.
March 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Last August, Petersallee In Berlin’s “African Quarter” was renamed to disassociate it from Carl Peters, a tyrant who led the establishment of the colony of German East Africa. Peters was murderous racist, a hero for the Nazis. The campaign to rename Petersallee started in 1984. It took that long.
Sky over Berlin. Just missing the circle.
March 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sky over Berlin. Just missing the circle.
Germany preparing for the joint Soviet-American invasion.
March 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Germany preparing for the joint Soviet-American invasion.