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Patrick Brannigan

@patrickjmb.bsky.social

In Choirs; on board of Housing Rights NI, worked at QUB Belfast An Dún/music/nature/whatever resonates....

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Ciara Quill@ciaraquill.bsky.social · 2d ago

Day 2333 #ArtKicksCovid19 “The Novel Reader (Une liseuse de romans)” (1888) Vincent Van Gogh. Private Collection. This was created during Van Gogh’s famously creative period in Arles. Painted from his imagination rather than a live model while under the direct influence of his contemporary Gauguin,

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Laura McAtackney@lauramca.bsky.social · 7d ago

Ive always been uncomfortable with the neat dating ‘NI Troubles (1968-1998)’, which is convenient but doesn’t take into account the conflict’s history based in geography, cyclical violence, partition, sectarianism, and structural inequality. It also belies a messy and incomplete ending of violence.

Laura McAtackney@lauramca.bsky.social · 7d ago

This was 3 years after ‘the end’ of the Troubles, as academics like to neatly frame it. His dad was the first paramedic on the scene, who tried and failed to save him. Michael died in 2007, his wife blamed his illness & death on grief. Another victim of the war. When does conflict start and end?

Laura McAtackney@lauramca.bsky.social · 7d ago

The unsolved murder of Gavin Brett from July 2001 is always one I think of when trying to write about the complexities of the NI Troubles. A Protestant shot by loyalists who believed kids standing near a GAA club were (all) Catholics. www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...

The heartbreaking unsolved murder of NI teen shot mistakenly

In a tragic twist, Gavin’s father, Michael, a paramedic, was called to the scene of a shooting - unaware it was his own teenage son.

belfastlive.co.uk

Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d ago

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

Oisín McGann@oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ireland used to have a much more extensive rail network. The small town I live in has a building that was once a train station, now there’s hardly a working stretch of passenger track in the entire county. Dublin and Belfast both had well established electric tram networks in the NINETEEN-TWENTIES.

J.G. Bollard@jamesnonchalant.bsky.social · 2w ago

You can visit many small villages in the UK and find traces of a decommissioned railway. Almost like we had universal transport sorted by the 1950s and decided everything was worth binning for the car.

Simon McGarr@tupped.bsky.social · 3w ago

You sometimes see Government TDs pointing out that Ireland isn’t unique in the world in having a housing crisis. But this graph in today’s Financial Times shows just how extreme ours is compared to the places elsewhere, which also describe themselves as a in a housing crisis.

The share of young adults living with their parents is climbing in many countries and cities, with Ireland leading the way % of people aged 25-34 who live with their parents. National averages vs major regions [5 line graphs. Ireland’s is sharply above 40% since 2010. The rest show US, U.K., Canada and Australia. The next highest result is the US at just over 20%]
The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2w ago

Fire activity on the Slievenamon mountain in Co Tipperary is expected to increase as temperatures rise throughout today. The Journal’s Eoghan Dalton is in Kilsheelan as local authorities and emergency services continue to monitor the area.