John Breslin
@johnbreslin.com
🇮🇪 🇪🇺 👨🏫 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
When I saw this splash screen image at first glance on the Channel 4 player, I thought there was some sort of Red Dwarf reboot with a new Lister - turns out it’s just Cr-AI-g Charles, reimagined by AI. Oops. The response comments on Reddit and other sites are brutal! www.reddit.com/r/RedDwarf/c...
January 11, 2026 at 11:12 AM
When I saw this splash screen image at first glance on the Channel 4 player, I thought there was some sort of Red Dwarf reboot with a new Lister - turns out it’s just Cr-AI-g Charles, reimagined by AI. Oops. The response comments on Reddit and other sites are brutal! www.reddit.com/r/RedDwarf/c...
I've emailed GIS at the Department of the Taoiseach this morning to ask that the Government of Ireland leaves X.
January 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I've emailed GIS at the Department of the Taoiseach this morning to ask that the Government of Ireland leaves X.
Have a Moogy Christmas everyone! 🎹 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Have a Moogy Christmas everyone! 🎹 🎄
Little pig wins in the end
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Little pig wins in the end
Thank you to the Radio Times and the Aardman team for making me smile this morning when I loaded up a copy of the Radio Times in my PressReader app! More: www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...
It's all about the little things in the picture, see if you can find them!
It's all about the little things in the picture, see if you can find them!
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thank you to the Radio Times and the Aardman team for making me smile this morning when I loaded up a copy of the Radio Times in my PressReader app! More: www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...
It's all about the little things in the picture, see if you can find them!
It's all about the little things in the picture, see if you can find them!
Ceapacháin mar Ghnáthbhaill ar Bhord TG4
Appointment of Ordinary Members the Board of TG4
(An tAire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt)
(Minister for Culture, Comms and Sport)
Dáta Dúnta: 15:00 ar an 11ú lá de Nollaig 2025
Closing Date: 15:00 on 11th of December 2025
www.publicjobs.ie/restapi/camp...
Appointment of Ordinary Members the Board of TG4
(An tAire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt)
(Minister for Culture, Comms and Sport)
Dáta Dúnta: 15:00 ar an 11ú lá de Nollaig 2025
Closing Date: 15:00 on 11th of December 2025
www.publicjobs.ie/restapi/camp...
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ceapacháin mar Ghnáthbhaill ar Bhord TG4
Appointment of Ordinary Members the Board of TG4
(An tAire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt)
(Minister for Culture, Comms and Sport)
Dáta Dúnta: 15:00 ar an 11ú lá de Nollaig 2025
Closing Date: 15:00 on 11th of December 2025
www.publicjobs.ie/restapi/camp...
Appointment of Ordinary Members the Board of TG4
(An tAire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt)
(Minister for Culture, Comms and Sport)
Dáta Dúnta: 15:00 ar an 11ú lá de Nollaig 2025
Closing Date: 15:00 on 11th of December 2025
www.publicjobs.ie/restapi/camp...
(I mentioned this on a panel today, but thought it deserved a pic/explainer.)
Shortwave radio was one of our windows to the wider world before we had access to the Internet and prior to the advent of the WWW, and the broadcast stations used their own versions of both crowdsourcing and gamification.
Shortwave radio was one of our windows to the wider world before we had access to the Internet and prior to the advent of the WWW, and the broadcast stations used their own versions of both crowdsourcing and gamification.
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
(I mentioned this on a panel today, but thought it deserved a pic/explainer.)
Shortwave radio was one of our windows to the wider world before we had access to the Internet and prior to the advent of the WWW, and the broadcast stations used their own versions of both crowdsourcing and gamification.
Shortwave radio was one of our windows to the wider world before we had access to the Internet and prior to the advent of the WWW, and the broadcast stations used their own versions of both crowdsourcing and gamification.
Nice to see Old Ireland in Colour 1 (paperback) and 3 (hardback) are available in Waterstones Belfast!
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nice to see Old Ireland in Colour 1 (paperback) and 3 (hardback) are available in Waterstones Belfast!
"Dear Ireland, thank you for your attention to Ukraine"
"Thank you for not losing faith in us"
"The day will come when we welcome all friends to Ukraine, and welcome home all of our people who were forced to flee"
-- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
"Thank you for not losing faith in us"
"The day will come when we welcome all friends to Ukraine, and welcome home all of our people who were forced to flee"
-- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Dear Ireland, thank you for your attention to Ukraine"
"Thank you for not losing faith in us"
"The day will come when we welcome all friends to Ukraine, and welcome home all of our people who were forced to flee"
-- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
"Thank you for not losing faith in us"
"The day will come when we welcome all friends to Ukraine, and welcome home all of our people who were forced to flee"
-- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 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
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...
It’s an AgInnovate Saturday!
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s an AgInnovate Saturday!
Having my second today! Courtesy of Bacus Bhearna www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Having my second today! Courtesy of Bacus Bhearna www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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
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
Berg Katse (Zoltar) has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Berg Katse (Zoltar) has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
Galway Film Society Winter 2025
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Galway Film Society Winter 2025
Musk won’t stop. It’s time the government gave up on X for good (The Observer), 02 Nov 2025
pressreader.com/article/2821...
pressreader.com/article/2821...
November 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Musk won’t stop. It’s time the government gave up on X for good (The Observer), 02 Nov 2025
pressreader.com/article/2821...
pressreader.com/article/2821...
Northern and Western AgInnovation Ecosystem (updated for 2025)
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Northern and Western AgInnovation Ecosystem (updated for 2025)
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
TechInnovate / AgInnovate
University of Galway - School of Engineering
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
I’m Going Slightly Mad
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m Going Slightly Mad
I've been going to the Galway Film Society on and off since the nineties, and I'm delighted to see that it's back again for 2025, starting this Sunday. Book your tickets and sign up for their newsletter: linktr.ee/galwayfilmso...
October 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I've been going to the Galway Film Society on and off since the nineties, and I'm delighted to see that it's back again for 2025, starting this Sunday. Book your tickets and sign up for their newsletter: linktr.ee/galwayfilmso...
This is a square version of the above.
October 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is a square version of the above.
In 2017, I made a slide showing some of the organisations in our Western AgInnovation Ecosystem. Eight years later, it's time for a major update, expanded to the Northern and Western AgInnovation Ecosystem. It's available from GitHub: github.com/techinnovate...
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
In 2017, I made a slide showing some of the organisations in our Western AgInnovation Ecosystem. Eight years later, it's time for a major update, expanded to the Northern and Western AgInnovation Ecosystem. It's available from GitHub: github.com/techinnovate...
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!
October 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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!
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.)
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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.)