Brian Larkin
@derrymanc.bsky.social
I write on Substack and post music on SoundCloud under the name DerryManc. I moved from Salford/Manchester to Derry in the north of Ireland in May 1989. I graduated in Irish History from the university of Ulster at Magee College in May 1993 #MUFC ⛔️DM⛔️TORY
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Brian Larkin
@derrymanc.bsky.social
· Jan 3
OTD 49 years ago at 1500hrs GMT my first Manchester United game kicked off. From that point I have been enraptured, enraged, elated and enervated by them. Sometimes all at once. An unconditional love supreme #MUFC
The Boss and her one member of staff out on the Larkin Christmas ‘do’ tonight in Sligo. The boss has the ‘junior suite’ and the staff member is in the ‘Kia Sportage’ suite. The world is ill divided 🎄🎅
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Boss and her one member of staff out on the Larkin Christmas ‘do’ tonight in Sligo. The boss has the ‘junior suite’ and the staff member is in the ‘Kia Sportage’ suite. The world is ill divided 🎄🎅
Sharp as a tack ar Billy isn’t he? 🙄🤦♂️
Irish MEP Billy Kelleher has warned that social media has "become a geopolitical battleground"
Social media 'geopolitical battleground', says Kelleher
Irish MEP Billy Kelleher has warned that social media has "become a geopolitical battleground".
www.rte.ie
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Sharp as a tack ar Billy isn’t he? 🙄🤦♂️
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Today is 2025-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today is 2025-12-13, the sun sets at 16:05:43 and the grand auld stretch tonight was 00 mins and 00 secs. #GrandStretch #ZeroStretch
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it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: December 13 edition" — Glenn Beck wrecks it, Donny bedecks it, and so much more...
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this week in stupid: December 13 edition
Glenn Beck wrecks it, Donny bedecks it, and so much more...
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
it's Saturday, and it's time for "this week in stupid: December 13 edition" — Glenn Beck wrecks it, Donny bedecks it, and so much more...
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What happens if Tehran runs out of water next week?
The Iranian leader said the water problem in the capital “cannot be solved” and has suggested evacuating the city’s nearly ten million residents
Listen to the News Meeting:
lnk.to/ZSTEHk
The Iranian leader said the water problem in the capital “cannot be solved” and has suggested evacuating the city’s nearly ten million residents
Listen to the News Meeting:
lnk.to/ZSTEHk
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Translates as ‘thank fuck I have private healthcare for me and my family’
“Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer
Exclusive: PM’s outspoken attack on stoppages planned for 17-22 December risks inflaming tensions with medics
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Translates as ‘thank fuck I have private healthcare for me and my family’
“Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Beyond belief’ that resident doctors could strike amid flu crisis, says Starmer”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Family Going To Take Mother Up On Her 'Don't Get Me Anything For Christmas' Bullshit This Year https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/11/23/family-going-to-take-mother-up-on-her-dont-get-me-anything-for-christmas-bullshit-this-year/
Family Going To Take Mother Up On Her ‘Don’t Get Me Anything For Christmas’ Bullshit This Year
FOLLOWING years of festive exasperation, one Waterford family is to call their mother's bluff and get her nothing for Christmas, as per her request every year since records began.
Maureen O'Lennon, matriarch of the Lennon family, …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Family Going To Take Mother Up On Her 'Don't Get Me Anything For Christmas' Bullshit This Year https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/11/23/family-going-to-take-mother-up-on-her-dont-get-me-anything-for-christmas-bullshit-this-year/
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Amuse and appal people in equal measure with a WWN mug: https://waterfordwhispers.shop/collections/wwnmugs
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Amuse and appal people in equal measure with a WWN mug: https://waterfordwhispers.shop/collections/wwnmugs
Yassss
In Derry the sun will set today at 4pm. Same as yesterday. We no longer lose any more daylight in the evenings. And we start to gain daylight in the afternoon again next Wednesday, five days before the winter solstice - grianstad an gheimhridh. Happy friday.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yassss
Sake
Two Status Yellow rain warnings have been issued for 13 counties over the weekend
Status Yellow rain warnings issued for 13 counties
Two Status Yellow rain warnings have been issued for 13 counties over the weekend.
www.rte.ie
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Sake
Ex United legends getting a few pound and dissing the club is beginning to really bug me. It’s like they can’t take their nose out of the trough for a second 🐽💰💸💵💶💴🪙💲
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ex United legends getting a few pound and dissing the club is beginning to really bug me. It’s like they can’t take their nose out of the trough for a second 🐽💰💸💵💶💴🪙💲
Klass 🤓
‘Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain
Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Klass 🤓
‘Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Hightailing along high streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is one of the most extraordinary, mic drop moments you will ever see in Congress.
In a previous time, the Secretary would have resigned - or have been fired - before the sun set.
In a previous time, the Secretary would have resigned - or have been fired - before the sun set.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is one of the most extraordinary, mic drop moments you will ever see in Congress.
In a previous time, the Secretary would have resigned - or have been fired - before the sun set.
In a previous time, the Secretary would have resigned - or have been fired - before the sun set.
This is quality. Christmas Eve, back from the pub getting wired into the Turkey sarnies. Yes bai 🤓🎅
music.apple.com/gb/album/vin...
music.apple.com/gb/album/vin...
Vintage Jazz Christmas by Lounge Christmas on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 25 Songs
music.apple.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is quality. Christmas Eve, back from the pub getting wired into the Turkey sarnies. Yes bai 🤓🎅
music.apple.com/gb/album/vin...
music.apple.com/gb/album/vin...
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Who could have predicted that an organisation that was so comfortable kissing Trump's backside would also be perfectly comfortable price-gouging customers? 🤷♂️
December 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Who could have predicted that an organisation that was so comfortable kissing Trump's backside would also be perfectly comfortable price-gouging customers? 🤷♂️
Eek 😬 Shorca’s in the water
‘Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Eek 😬 Shorca’s in the water
‘Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🤌 Never wanted to go anyway 🙂↔️
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🤌 Never wanted to go anyway 🙂↔️
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m in 👊
‘Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1’
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
‘Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1’
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
Lullaby features Palestinian singer, lyrics written by Peter Gabriel and artists including Eno and Celeste
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I’m in 👊
‘Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1’
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
‘Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1’
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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On this day in 1831 Derry man Robert Boyd was taken out in the morning and executed on the beach of San Andrés. There are monuments, memorials and streets named after this 'héroe romántico' in Málaga city to this day. This is his grave in the Cementerio Inglés de Málaga.
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
On this day in 1831 Derry man Robert Boyd was taken out in the morning and executed on the beach of San Andrés. There are monuments, memorials and streets named after this 'héroe romántico' in Málaga city to this day. This is his grave in the Cementerio Inglés de Málaga.
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Lidl has put Toy Banks in stores where you can donate a gift for a child who wouldn’t otherwise have one on Christmas Day.
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
Lidl's Toy Bank Donation
We’ve brought back our Lidl Toy Bank Donation, in partnership with Neighbourly, where you can make unopened toy donations. Help share joy over Christmas.
www.lidl.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Lidl has put Toy Banks in stores where you can donate a gift for a child who wouldn’t otherwise have one on Christmas Day.
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
Must be unopened and dropped off by 15th. Wonderful thing to do if you can (and there’s loads of cheap but great toy deals online still). www.lidl.co.uk/c/christmas-...
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NEWS! Donald Trump adds a burning cross to the White House festive decorations newsthump.com/2025/12/11/d...
Donald Trump adds a burning cross to the White House festive decorations
US President and international laughing stock Donald Trump has today added a giant burning cross to the extensive Christmas decorations at the White House.
newsthump.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
NEWS! Donald Trump adds a burning cross to the White House festive decorations newsthump.com/2025/12/11/d...
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Micheál Martin says Derry radiotherapy service saving Donegal cancer patients long journeys
www.derryjournal.com/health/miche...
www.derryjournal.com/health/miche...
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Micheál Martin says Derry radiotherapy service saving Donegal cancer patients long journeys
www.derryjournal.com/health/miche...
www.derryjournal.com/health/miche...
🤌 Never wanted to go anyway 🙂↔️
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🤌 Never wanted to go anyway 🙂↔️
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...