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John Breslin
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🇮🇪 🇪🇺 👨‍🏫 Prof in EE @UniOfGalway.bsky.social, Director of TechInnovate 👨‍🔬 PI at @InsightCentre.bsky.social 🚀 Co-Founder of @PorterShed.bsky.social, boards.ie, adverts.ie 📚 Co-Author of @OldIrelandinColour.bsky.social 💭 Own thoughts #Fanore #Galway #Carcassonne
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A new RSS Reader for iOS by Jake Spurlock, who I know from Wired and O'Reilly. He works at Automattic now.
Introducing Today: An RSS Reader for the Modern Age
I’m thrilled to announce the release of Today, a new RSS reader for iOS that I’ve been building with a lot of love and a little help from AI. A Love Letter to RSS I’ve loved RSS f…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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‘Hello’ from Morocco, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Ireland! 👋

One of the most rewarding parts of #ErasmusPlus for Haizea was the friendships and the sense of community that formed throughout the experience.

Read more on the blog 🌍👉
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November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The featured extract introduces Kay McNulty, a pioneering computer programmer and one of sixteen remarkable women included among the book’s 46 lives. A fascinating look into a life that helped shape modern computing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Two days to apply: Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
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Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) - publicjobs
Title: Commissioner, Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Vacancy type: publicjobs. Department/Organisation: Commission for Communications Regulation. Location: Dublin. Advertising date:...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Get to know Méabh McMahon, co-anchor of Euronews’ Europe Today
Get to know Méabh McMahon, co-anchor of Euronews’ Europe Today
Catch all the essential EU news each morning on Euronews' new show Europe Today with Méabh Mc Mahon, featuring live updates, expert analysis, and conversations with Europe’s top figures.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Johnson & Johnson expanding neurovascular R&D activities in Galway www.siliconrepublic.com/business/joh...
Johnson & Johnson expanding neurovascular R&D activities in Galway
The medical technology division of Johnson and Johnson is expanding its research and development capabilities at the Galway facility.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What if the United States had high-speed rail? www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Wouldn’t it be nice? 🚅🇺🇸🚄
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
'We did it' - homecoming for man who swam around Ireland www.rte.ie/news/connach...
'We did it' - homecoming for man who swam around Ireland
A homecoming event will be held in Galway to celebrate the achievements of a man who is believed to be the first person to swim around the country's coastline.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Thank you to everyone who has supported my first #Movember in aid of research into prostate cancer. Here's a screenshot/photo of me on day 18, from a workshop we ran yesterday on entrepreneurship for ADT4Blue - Advanced Digital Technologies for the Blue Economy. ie.movember.com/mospace/1546...
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Holes in the Web / What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | The long read: Deepak Varuvel Dennison
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Calling all Spanish speakers in Galway! Tonight’s movie (and tomorrow night) at the Galway Film Society:

Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema www.tickettailor.com/events/galwa...
Buy tickets – GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema
GFS: The Other Way Around – Pálás Cinema, Sun 16 Nov 2025 - Mon 17 Nov 2025 - The GFS Autumn season continues in Pálás Cinema! Join us for 6 weeks of acclaimed European cinema. When booking your…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It’s an AgInnovate Saturday!
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Good news for St Mary’s, where I sang for a while (and once on RTÉ Sunday Mass) as a member of the Palestrina Choir: Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral
Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A woman carries her baby as she comes back from a shelter inside a metro station after a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Yan Dobronosov/Reuters
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK left the EU. More than half, 53%, were from people living in Northern Ireland.
Post-Brexit record in Irish passport applications from UK
Almost a quarter of a million people living in the UK applied for an Irish passport last year, the highest number since the UK formally left the European Union.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
New sleeper service will run from Paris to Berlin next year
European Sleeper will operate the new service from March 2026, replacing the Nightjet train that is being axed next month
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
10 years ago today: Let’s shine a light on Galway’s greatness (Galway Advertiser) www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Let’s shine a light on Galway’s greatness
NUI Galway Senior Lecturer, boards.ie/adverts.ie Co-Founder, Startup Advisor, ACE Fitness/WestBIC Boards
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November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Ryanair to start 4 new routes from Shannon next summer www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Ryanair to start 4 new routes from Shannon next summer
Ryanair is to start four new routes from Shannon Airport to Rome, Warsaw, Poznań and Madrid, together with a fourth based aircraft, for Summer 2026.
www.rte.ie
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Bursting at the seams: Ireland's textile waste problem
The National Centre for the Circular Economy has said Ireland will need more resources to adequately deal with textile waste.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Old fishing nets from France become vital protection against Russian drones in Ukraine
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets to catch weapons and shield civilians and soldiers
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Gaeilge an teanga ba dheacra a d'fhoghlaim mé agus is mó sásaimh - Ambasadóir na Breataine
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Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
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Irish is the most difficult and most rewarding language I've learned - British Ambassador
Following the example of the late Queen Elizabeth, King Charles has already used Irish in public on a number of occasions.
www.thejournal.ie
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
High-speed rail network possible by 2040, says European Commission
Plan to cut journey times between major cities could reduce Berlin-Copenhagen trip from seven to four hours
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘I can quiz for 17 hours a day!’: how Émilien became Europe’s greatest ever gameshow winner www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘I can quiz for 17 hours a day!’: how Émilien became Europe’s greatest ever gameshow winner
The 22-year-old history student spent almost two years on a popular French quiz show – becoming a multimillionaire in the process. He discusses the importance of curiosity, frugality and 10-11 hours…
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November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM