Ellen Reynor
@ellenrey.bsky.social
PhD, academic, Dyslexia, UDL. formerly Dublin City University. Retired. Tennis fan, rugby too.
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I was suspended right before the Epstein emails were released. If the BlueSky search engine works, you will find a wealth of posts from me about the people in those emails, who I wrote about in my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW. This is the work I feared would be erased on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I was suspended right before the Epstein emails were released. If the BlueSky search engine works, you will find a wealth of posts from me about the people in those emails, who I wrote about in my books HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT and THEY KNEW. This is the work I feared would be erased on Twitter.
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New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New CCAC #climate report covered on multiple RTÉ news bulletins just now, incl. Morning Ireland interview with chair, Marie Donnelly.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
Total mentions of agriculture, Ireland’s largest source of emissions: zero.
“Rebuilding Ireland” (2016 housing plan) has disappeared for the web, so shared here for anyone who’d like a look back drive.google.com/file/d/1wEZJ...
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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The centre-right – the EPP – in the EU Parliament is about to vote with the far-right to dismantle rules making businesses check and report their supply chains for human rights abuses or environmental destruction
They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits
#Omnibus
They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits
#Omnibus
EU lawmakers to vote on unpicking green business rules
European lawmakers are expected on Thursday to back weakening a set of EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly push against red tape that has split parliament.
www.france24.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The centre-right – the EPP – in the EU Parliament is about to vote with the far-right to dismantle rules making businesses check and report their supply chains for human rights abuses or environmental destruction
They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits
#Omnibus
They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits
#Omnibus
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Huh — Twitter is putting this post about a child who was killed by Israeli forces behind a content warning, limiting access to it.
…And then when you try to appeal it, it just takes you to a broken link.
…And then when you try to appeal it, it just takes you to a broken link.
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Huh — Twitter is putting this post about a child who was killed by Israeli forces behind a content warning, limiting access to it.
…And then when you try to appeal it, it just takes you to a broken link.
…And then when you try to appeal it, it just takes you to a broken link.
3-cueing system used for learning to read is 'deceptive' and 'defective'.
Wondering how many teachers are using this type of cueing to teach reading in Ireland?
#Spéirgorm
Wondering how many teachers are using this type of cueing to teach reading in Ireland?
#Spéirgorm
More States Are Taking Aim at a Controversial Early Reading Method
8 more states consider legislation to ban ‘three-cueing’
(April 2025)
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
8 more states consider legislation to ban ‘three-cueing’
(April 2025)
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
3-cueing system used for learning to read is 'deceptive' and 'defective'.
Wondering how many teachers are using this type of cueing to teach reading in Ireland?
#Spéirgorm
Wondering how many teachers are using this type of cueing to teach reading in Ireland?
#Spéirgorm
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Site zoned for open space
Since 2015 developer repeatedly looked to over turn this. In 2021 High Court judge noted site had clocked up 4 decisions by An Bord Pleanála & 10 legal proceedings “and counting”
It’s still zoned for open space.
And this is the headline www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Since 2015 developer repeatedly looked to over turn this. In 2021 High Court judge noted site had clocked up 4 decisions by An Bord Pleanála & 10 legal proceedings “and counting”
It’s still zoned for open space.
And this is the headline www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Concerns for Brent goose help block 580 new homes in Dublin
Concern for the fate of the light-bellied Brent goose has helped bring a halt to plans for a 580-unit apartment scheme for a site near St Anne’s Park in Raheny, Dublin.
www.independent.ie
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Site zoned for open space
Since 2015 developer repeatedly looked to over turn this. In 2021 High Court judge noted site had clocked up 4 decisions by An Bord Pleanála & 10 legal proceedings “and counting”
It’s still zoned for open space.
And this is the headline www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Since 2015 developer repeatedly looked to over turn this. In 2021 High Court judge noted site had clocked up 4 decisions by An Bord Pleanála & 10 legal proceedings “and counting”
It’s still zoned for open space.
And this is the headline www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Do we really want to listen to David McCullagh for 3 hours in the morning 🙄?? NOT a fan of his clowny approach and voice. @rteradio1.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do we really want to listen to David McCullagh for 3 hours in the morning 🙄?? NOT a fan of his clowny approach and voice. @rteradio1.bsky.social
Keeping with the main themes of her election campaign, a great speech by Uachrarán Catherine Connolly #Spéirgorm
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Keeping with the main themes of her election campaign, a great speech by Uachrarán Catherine Connolly #Spéirgorm
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In her inaugural speech, President Connolly invoked our tradition as a sovereign, neutral nation, claiming that "Ireland is particularly well placed to lead and articulate alternative, diplomatic solutions to war.”
She has a popular mandate, not Corporate America or EU think tanks.
She has a popular mandate, not Corporate America or EU think tanks.
Worth acknowledging the fundamentally anti-democratic posture of so much of the mainstream commentariat in Ireland - far more concerned with what the US, UK and EU political elite think, than with what Irish people value and support.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In her inaugural speech, President Connolly invoked our tradition as a sovereign, neutral nation, claiming that "Ireland is particularly well placed to lead and articulate alternative, diplomatic solutions to war.”
She has a popular mandate, not Corporate America or EU think tanks.
She has a popular mandate, not Corporate America or EU think tanks.
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So glad for this article by Paulie Doyle on the 'Serious Guys' who flood our media with their repetitive and vacuous arguments in support of EU militarisation, ending Irish neutrality, US FDI and developer-led policy at all costs.
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
Comment: Taking things Seriously
Seriousness’s function in the media: setting the boundaries of acceptable opinion
www.ontheditch.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
So glad for this article by Paulie Doyle on the 'Serious Guys' who flood our media with their repetitive and vacuous arguments in support of EU militarisation, ending Irish neutrality, US FDI and developer-led policy at all costs.
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
www.ontheditch.com/comment-taki...
Stock images used in DCC presentation planning PR campaigns to promote active travel and use of cycle lane (left), vs images of actual cycle infrastructure in the city. "Only 36% of respondents felt safe cycling in Dublin City". Hmmm.
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
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This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
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#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
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This is what the Taoiseach and a chorus of supporters inside and outside Government mean when they talk about 'removing red tape' and 'unblocking the planning system'.
The State, uniquely, is in a position to react differently. Instead of making better decisions, they just decide they'll make it too hard to sue them, and then they carry on breaking the law exactly the way they were beforehand.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is what the Taoiseach and a chorus of supporters inside and outside Government mean when they talk about 'removing red tape' and 'unblocking the planning system'.
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This @skynewsrss.bsky.social analysis confirms that X's algorithm is blatantly boosting far-right content
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This @skynewsrss.bsky.social analysis confirms that X's algorithm is blatantly boosting far-right content
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
If you are still posting or engaging there, you are volunteering your time and effort towards actively assisting a racist, white supremacist project
STOP ALREADY
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Always nice to see our work picked up and amplified by other, bigger media. These survey results have been on RTÉ radio, Newstalk, FM104, and others are planning to cover it too.
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Always nice to see our work picked up and amplified by other, bigger media. These survey results have been on RTÉ radio, Newstalk, FM104, and others are planning to cover it too.
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For those in any doubt, the ongoing nitrates derogation debate is not about the science on water quality, it's political wrangling, with our rivers, lakes and seas caught in the crossfire.
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
For those in any doubt, the ongoing nitrates derogation debate is not about the science on water quality, it's political wrangling, with our rivers, lakes and seas caught in the crossfire.
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Our waterways deserve better- one can't drink politics.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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The White House has been ordered to reinstall sign language interpreters at press briefings to avoid “imminent harm” to deaf Americans.
Leavitt and Trump Humiliated in Legal Battle Over Briefings
A federal judge said the president didn’t like the “image” of having translators standing next to him.
trib.al
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The White House has been ordered to reinstall sign language interpreters at press briefings to avoid “imminent harm” to deaf Americans.
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Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse.
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
Bird flu outbreak at commercial turkey flock in Carlow
Restriction zones have been put in place around a commercial turkey farm in Co Carlow, after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu was detected there.
share.google
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse.
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
share.google/K4FBGkiuuUdc...
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As the mighty @suzybie.bsky.social said last night, contact your public /FF/FG/SF representatives TODAY and tell them that this or any pivot to racism will cost them your vote and the votes of your family and friends.
That is the only thing they understand.
Use your voice.
bsky.app/profile/suzy...
That is the only thing they understand.
Use your voice.
bsky.app/profile/suzy...
Tomorrow call your FF and FG public reps and SF for that matter (because Matt Carthy et all are doing the same shit) and tell them not in your name.
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
As the mighty @suzybie.bsky.social said last night, contact your public /FF/FG/SF representatives TODAY and tell them that this or any pivot to racism will cost them your vote and the votes of your family and friends.
That is the only thing they understand.
Use your voice.
bsky.app/profile/suzy...
That is the only thing they understand.
Use your voice.
bsky.app/profile/suzy...
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A new survey offers insights into levels of crime in Dublin city centre. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
New survey offers insights into levels of crime in Dublin city centre
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A new survey offers insights into levels of crime in Dublin city centre. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
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“Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?
Centralising power among a few politicians & lobbyists risks edging towards autocracy. Access to the courts is not an obstacle to progress – it is a safeguard that allows citizens to hold power to account”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Centralising power among a few politicians & lobbyists risks edging towards autocracy. Access to the courts is not an obstacle to progress – it is a safeguard that allows citizens to hold power to account”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?
‘As a planning consultant, I’ve seen first-hand how public participation strengthens communities’
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Have we all been gaslit by the construction industry?
Centralising power among a few politicians & lobbyists risks edging towards autocracy. Access to the courts is not an obstacle to progress – it is a safeguard that allows citizens to hold power to account”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Centralising power among a few politicians & lobbyists risks edging towards autocracy. Access to the courts is not an obstacle to progress – it is a safeguard that allows citizens to hold power to account”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, new survey shows
The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There’s a huge gulf between levels of fear of Dublin city centre, and levels of crime, a new survey shows. The City Centre Crime Victim Survey was commissioned by Dublin Inquirer and carried out by Amarách Research.