Brian Cronin

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Motorways could be added to driving test curriculum within three years Lack of formal education means Irish motorway driving is worse than in Germany, a senior RSA official said.

How will this work for driving test centres that are far from motorways? Eg Skibbereen in West Cork. Nearest motorway is 75 km away near Cork city. Does this mean no tests in places far from the motorway network? Driving on N roads is the problem.
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Tyrone find extra gear down the stretch to pip Donegal Tyrone claimed the scalp of Donegal in a very entertaining All-Ireland series game in MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey, winning by 2-27 to 0-20

Donegal V Tyrone was a great game. The new rules are a big improvement. That game would've been defensive muck in previous years.
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Great game. The new rules have made a huge difference. This game would have been defensive muck in previous years. Tyrone were excellent. There must be another All Ireland in this team.

Eason Presents Gavan Reilly In Conversation Join us in The Imperial Hotel, Cork on Tuesday May 27th for an 'in conversation' event with Political Correspondent Gavan Reilly. Gavan will be in conversation with his colleague and podcast co-host, ...

People of #spéirgorm, and more specifically, na spéirgormigh of #cork: Easons are hosting a special event to mark the release of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 at the Imperial Hotel on Tuesday week, 27th May.

Come along for live Q&A and a signed copy of the book!

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English Meet 2025: report — Julian Girdham A report on another excellent and uplifting ‘English Meet’, with six teachers sharing enthusiasms and good practice.

On last week's 'English Meet':

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Jimmy Barry-Murphy: Winning All-Ireland football title in 1973 with Cork is my most cherished memory “Big goals count in big matches and I was lucky enough to get a goal at a vital stage in the final and that will stay with me until the day I die"

JBM- he's the man! www.echolive.ie/corksport/ar...
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"Who ordered the Code Red?"

As a schoolkid in the 1990s, I performed the Few Good Men scene, Jack Nicholson vs Tom Cruise, on my own, in drama class, playing both! So Hasan Minhaj, on his show, challenged me to re-enact it with him.

And we did! Enjoy!

(Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeUU...)

Great thread. Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a great fella. Do they make them like that anymore? Also, I see he did an apprenticeship; would more people (especially young men) be better off if there were decent apprenticeships?

Looked to me like they didn't want to win that match, really. Their All Ireland group will be easier as a result. OTOH, Galway looked very good.

Thinking of my grandmother's brother Cprl Christopher Connolly, gunner in the Royal artillery in WW2 and taken prisoner of war at Dunkirk. Freed by the Allies after 5 years. Died not long after the war in an industrial accident. Buried in the Abbey cemetery, Bantry. #VEDay

And he wasn't happy that the soufflé was heated up!

Member of the Brooke dynasty from Fermanagh. Did not consider himself "Irish." An Ulsterman or British.

Geoffrey Roberts. A pro Russia shill. Disappointing really. Retired prof of 20th century history in UCC. A deeply strange interview. I guess at least he's honest in his pro Russia viewpoint-he doesn't disguise it.

Not true. O'Sullivan got a motion passed in Cork CC in 2014 & a few businesses installed fluoride filters at the time. A load of nonsense. The water supply in Bantry contains fluoride, thankfully.

From presidents to hillbillies, Northern Ireland wants more recognition in the US [FREE TO READ] Its influence in America has long played second fiddle to that of émigrés from the Republic of Ireland

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They should be optimistic, since there's an Orangeman in the White House.

Gort: a beautiful town in Co. Galway. Gort 4 is the nice postcode. The one everyone wants to live in. Just saying...

There's a strong strain of bullshit con-artistry in American history. Trump is the latest example. It runs side by side with the more noble themes of American history. It's probably the 1st time the BS con-artist strain is in the WH, though. Or maybe not?

Didn't see it. Heard it was appalling rubbish. A film as mystifying to the "Irish" as to anyone else. A poor man's "Playboy of the Western World" (JM Synge).

Silly people. Too much time on their hands, obviously.

The figures for Ireland are bananas. And not believable, obviously. Distorted by Multi National Companies trading here. GNP growth per capita is a better figure for Ireland. Some of the MNC investment is here for tax reasons.

The Viennese are famously rude. Too many tourists. Always wanted to go. Went and found it appalling. Other central European cities are more interesting & with nicer people and food - Prague, Budapest.

Okay look I am very opposed to increased militarism and but if you think the state shouldn't seek to replace outdated weapons systems and infantry vehicles, just be honest and say you want the Irish army abolished because that is in effect what you are arguing for

I'll never forget hearing this live.

See some of the most memorable moments from Pope Francis' papacy Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Pope Francis' papacy.

Pope Francis was a master of making emotional connections. He was, at heart, a pastor to wounded souls. Here are some of the most memorable moments of Pope Francis' papacy.

Do that in Ireland and you'd have Revenue on to you wanting to know the origin of 3k in cash.

Terrible. And surrounded by such poor advisors now. An administration unprecedented in its stupidity and lack of a sense of history. I feel the Chinese will have the upper hand.

I doubt it bothered him too much at that stage. When you've dealt with all manner of eejits and bad people as Bergoglio/Pope Francis did, then Vance is just one more. The right ward turn off the Catholic church in the US concerned Pope Francis big time.