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John Breslin
@johnbreslin.com
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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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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 1d
“If in the event Mr Gavin were to win the election despite having withdrawn from the race, he would be entitled to become president.” 🤯
“If he were to turn down that situation, […] a new presidential election would be called.”
www.rte.ie/news/preside...
Jim Gavin's name will stay on Presidential ballot paper
Jim Gavin's name will remain on the ballot paper for the Presidential Election, despite him withdrawing from the campaign at the weekend.
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 3d
Five years ago today (5th October 2020), the first @oldirelandincolour.bsky.social book by myself and @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social was officially published by Merrion Press!
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 4d
‘Delivery robots will happen’: Skype co-founder on his fast-growing venture Starship www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Delivery robots will happen’: Skype co-founder on his fast-growing venture Starship
Ahti Heinla on bringing his tech to small towns, its effects on jobs – and whether he’s still interested in money
www.theguardian.com
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 4d
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 5d
The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally
Record numbers of pupils are seeking opt-outs from compulsory learning. This is misguided – Irish is a portal to a world of imagination, says journalist Una Mullally
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John Greally @greally.bsky.social · 6d
This is how I and @drgmcginty.bsky.social were able to build our careers in the US.

The visa was unique for waiving the 2 year home return for J-1 trainees in Medicine. Congressman Morrison last night told me that was intentional.

We hit the lottery in many ways. Thank you Bruce Morrison.
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 6d
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Elaine Brennan, executive director at Northwell Health … never saw herself as an immigrant.

"I saw myself as an explorer.

"You know, we were in our early 20s, and the world is our oyster, and we happened to have won the lotto - which was the Morrison visa," she said.
'Optimism and success' - Gala celebrates Morrison visas
45,000 Irish people went to America under the Morrison Visa programme between 1992 and 1995, reporter Yvonne Murray meets some of those recipients at a glitzy gala dinner at the top of the…
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 8d
Complete Laboratory Solutions to create 140 Galway jobs www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Complete Laboratory Solutions to create 140 Galway jobs
Complete Laboratory Solutions (CLS) has announced plans to create up to 140 jobs at its Galway City facility over the next three years, bringing its total workforce to 400.
www.rte.ie
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 10d
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
www.theguardian.com
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 14d
I realised it was actually 10 years ago since I spoke to Mary Wilson on Drivetime about the Innovating West conference organised with Dave Cunningham, and the vision for the about-to-be-developed @portershed.bsky.social / Innovation District. It's fun to listen back... soundcloud.com/jgbreslin/in...
Interview with Mary Wilson on RTÉ Radio 1 about Innovating West and the Innovation District
Innovating West, the Galway City Innovation District and the PorterShed / Drivetime with Mary Wilson, RTÉ Radio 1 / 13th March 2015
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 14d
I will miss the amazing Mary Wilson (retiring) and Áine Lawlor (staying with The Week in Politics) from Morning Ireland on @rteradio1.bsky.social. A great final show from them today...
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 14d
It was fun to see this throwback photograph of when Dushyant, Rosemary Gallagher and I were planning out this programme just over a year ago. (Supported by the NDRC Realisation Fund.)
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 14d
Congrats to Dushyant Singh of @portershed.bsky.social | Galway City Innovation District on the truly excellent organisation and management of the AI Venture Forge accelerator programme, and well done to all the cohort companies on your super pitches today.
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 19d
🇮🇪 🚀 Brilliant news about #Galway startup Forge Robotics - one of our #AIVentureForge cohort (@portershed.bsky.social / #NDRC Realisation Fund) - founded by our @uniofgalway.bsky.social engineers Eoin Cobbe (Mechanical) and Robert Cormican (Electronic and Computer) - and accepted onto #YCombinator!
Galway AI start-up Forge Robotics joins Y Combinator
Despite only being days into the accelerator, the start-up has already incorporated a US entity and is on track to launch their first product in July 2026.
www.siliconrepublic.com
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 20d
Not happy with #Spotify CEO #DanielEk’s investment in #AImilitary?

Switch to French companies #Qobuz (high quality, love it) www.qobuz.com or #Deezer www.deezer.com - both are excellent
Qobuz - Unlimited high quality streaming (Ireland)
More than 100 million tracks available for high sound quality unlimited streaming. Qobuz is also the worldwide leader in 24-Bit Hi-Res downloads.
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 20d
As someone* put it, Röyksopp's new one is "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence 2.0", and it's great: play.qobuz.com/album/bel8f0...

👉 "Adversity and Hope", from the soundtrack to "Facing War", a new documentary on former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg

* Marcel Bagus
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 20d
A rare example of ritual Bronze Age monuments has been discovered on Oileán Acla in Co Mayo… during an archaeological field trip with US students from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

It is part of their semester at the University of Galway and Kylemore Abbey.
Bronze Age monuments discovered on Oileán Acla in Co Mayo
A rare example of ritual Bronze Age monuments has been discovered on Oileán Acla in Co Mayo.
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 20d
Could AI help you learn Gaeilge?
Could AI help you learn Gaeilge?
Artificial intelligence could be the key to narrowing the language gap that locks aspiring Gaeilgeoirí out of learning the language
www.rte.ie
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
Helsinki 🇫🇮 (7th) is the highest-ranking European Union cluster by innovation intensity, and other EU clusters include Eindhoven 🇳🇱 (10th), Stockholm 🇸🇪 (11th), Copenhagen 🇩🇰 (12th), Munich 🇩🇪 (16th), and Göteborg 🇸🇪 (20th).

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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
The report also says "Clusters in the European Union – where VC markets are sometimes less vigorous than in the United States and other financial centers such as London or Singapore – also tend to have seen a decline in ranking compared to last year when VC capital activity was excluded."

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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
On Europe and the 🇪🇺 European Union:

"Europe remains the world's leading region in terms of the number of economies ranked among the top 25 of the GII, with 15 economies in this elite group – including six within the top 10."

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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
Weaknesses and ranks:

#135 FDI net inflows, % GDP
#110 Expenditure on education, % GDP
#107 Labor productivity growth, %
#106 Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP
#83 High-tech imports, % total trade [JB: exports are also listed as a strength]
#81 Youth demographic dividend, %

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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
Ireland's innovation strengths and ranks:

#1 Females employed w/advanced degrees, %
#1 GDP/unit of energy use
#1 ICT services exports, % total trade
#1 Intellectual property payments, % total trade
#2 Intangible asset intensity, top 15, %
#3 Software spending, % GDP
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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
** JB: Small error in main report text: "However, the United Kingdom allocates another 20% on the Knowledge and technology outputs pillar (versus 5% for Ireland)": Should be 10%

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John Breslin @johnbreslin.com · 21d
Outputs (#17):
- Knowledge and technology outputs #14 👍🏻👍🏻 (pie share 10%**)
- Creative outputs #21 👍🏻 (pie share 5%)

* A higher (or lower) weight is assigned to those pillars in which an economy is relatively strong (or weak) [DAE-BOD model], and is bounded from 5% to 20%.

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