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Bryan O'Brien @BryanJOBrien

Photojournalist @irishtimes. Media here:©Bryan O'Brien or ©The Irish Times. Instagram:@bryanjobrien

Joined August 2011
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14 Sep 2025
Another great day at the Liffey Swim irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…

Joy for 71-year-old Derek Wilkes after winning his second Liffey Swim

Liz Kearney won women’s race on day when 324 swimmers took part

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Taoiseach has a lot of good things to say about Jim Gavin .... irishtimes.com/video/video/2…

Taoiseach: 'I'm very supportive of Jim Gavin, he has the right values'

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has spoken about his meeting with Jim Gavin and how his background and values would make him a very good candidate for the presidency.

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Dramatic footage of @DubFireBrigade battling IFSC fire . Video: @StoranPhoto irishtimes.com/video/video/2…

Firefighters tackle blaze near IFSC in Dublin city centre

Dublin Fire Brigade has responded to a fire near the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Dublin city centre. Photo: Damien Storan

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‘I’ve never walked down this side’: sisters living in the shadow of Belfast peace wall irishtimes.com/video/video/2…

‘I’ve never walked down this side’: sisters living in the shadow of Belfast peace wall

Sisters Patsy and Jean Canavan live in the shadow of the West Belfast peace wall, which separates the Falls Road from the Shankill Road. Video: Bryan O'Brien

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New world record at @fleadhcheoil irishtimes.com/video/video/2…

Musicians break World record at Fleadh Cheoil in Wexford

Musicians at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Wexford have broken the Guinness World record for the largest céilí band ever assembled. Video: Bryan O'Brien

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david burnett@davidb383
13 Jul 2025
In 1970, prior to heading to Asia (Vietnam) for two years as a TIME-Life photojournalist I spent a few days inDublin, apparently near the O"Connell tower, I photographed these young lads... 55 years ago...WHO are they? Where are they? Would love to share a beer with them now!
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Thousands turn out for @DublinPride parade irishtimes.com/video/video/2… #Dublinpride

Thousands turn out for Dublin Pride Parade

Over 12,500 people have marched in Dublin's Pride parade including members of the LBGTQ community, their families and friends. Video: Bryan O'Brien

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Marty Whelan@martylyricfm
25 Jun 2025
From today’s Irish Times… so sad.
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Great looking page 1 today’s @irishtimes via photo by @dan_ & design by @liamPRyan91
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Photo story: Energy in the room as Feis Ceoil comes to Dublin

More than 180 contestants compete over the week-long festival of music

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6 Jun 2025
‘Go like f**k mate’: How the MV Matthew ship and a €157 million drugs haul was seized Great blow-by-blow account by reporter Eoin Reynolds of this dramatic seizure irishtimes.com/crime-law/cou… via @IrishTimes

‘Go like f**k mate’: How the MV Matthew ship and a €157 million drugs haul was seized

Further details of the ship’s capture emerged during this week’s sentencing hearing of eight men who have pleaded guilty to drug trafficking offences

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Kevin Barry: ‘You can almost fool yourself into thinking there’s no class system in rural Ireland’ irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…

Kevin Barry: ‘You can almost fool yourself into thinking there’s no class system in rural Ireland’

The author on writing, living in the Sligo countryside and how digitalisation is warping our sense of reality

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Damages award to Dublin firm over online review should make people ‘think twice’ before ‘venting’ online, says internet law expert irishtimes.com/crime-law/cou…

Damages award to Dublin firm over online review should make people ‘think twice’ before ‘venting’...

More cases likely over critical reviews after €40,000 damages awarded in ‘hugely significant’ case

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In pictures: When the showband era ended, Jas Fagan adapted and began making First Communion suits irishtimes.com/photography/2…

In pictures: When the showband era ended, Jas Fagan adapted and began making First Communion suits

Jas Fagan, a trombone player with showband The Cadets, started his tailoring business over 56 years ago. Joe Dolan was a client

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This photo strips the camogie skorts controversy back to its absurd essence irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-…

Camogie skorts controversy can explained by a single photo

Eleventh-hour postponement of Munster final escalated a row that governing body cannot win

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Great work here by @tom_honanphotos
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A mother rescued from Gaza: ‘I’m happy to be here in Ireland – no violence, no air strikes’

Najwa Alsabbagh, one of 23 Gazans who arrived in Dublin on Friday, is reunited with her daughter after 17 months and an odyssey through five countries

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Ian Kehoe@ipkehoe
29 Mar 2025
This piece is outside the paywall this weekend. It is well worth a read. thecurrency.news/articles/18…

Sam Smyth: I didn’t buckle when Lowry sued me personally twice. It is sad to see this government...

A Fine Gael minister once explained to me how he categorised Michael Lowry losing a defamation action against me in the High Court back in 2012: “It’s not personal, it’s just business.” I am not so...

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Great looking page 1 @IrishTimes with pic by @Franveale
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