Noel Hogan
@noelahogan.bsky.social
Husband of one, Dad of two, I want to make Drogheda an Active Travel town! Day job is teaching history and geography in Ireland.
@thinkorswim.bsky.social great book, only problem is I can’t read it in bed, can’t sleep after it.
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
@thinkorswim.bsky.social great book, only problem is I can’t read it in bed, can’t sleep after it.
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‘Bikelanes’ must be SAFE for AAA: All Ages & Abilities.
Cities must ban (and enforce it) vehicles that are too big, too heavy, too fast.
Those e-motorcycles endanger people riding bicycles. Many stop riding, others do if necessary & risk lives.
Cities: act! SAFE for all riders.
Cities must ban (and enforce it) vehicles that are too big, too heavy, too fast.
Those e-motorcycles endanger people riding bicycles. Many stop riding, others do if necessary & risk lives.
Cities: act! SAFE for all riders.
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‘Bikelanes’ must be SAFE for AAA: All Ages & Abilities.
Cities must ban (and enforce it) vehicles that are too big, too heavy, too fast.
Those e-motorcycles endanger people riding bicycles. Many stop riding, others do if necessary & risk lives.
Cities: act! SAFE for all riders.
Cities must ban (and enforce it) vehicles that are too big, too heavy, too fast.
Those e-motorcycles endanger people riding bicycles. Many stop riding, others do if necessary & risk lives.
Cities: act! SAFE for all riders.
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Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
We have completely normalised investment in congestion, pollution and the continuation of car-first planning, writes Ciarán Cannon.
www.thejournal.ie
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bike-...
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Great spin around Drogheda and out to the Boyne Greenway today for European Mobility Week, ahead of World Car Free Day, organised by @droghedacycling.bsky.social #Drogheda #WorldCarFreeDay #BoyneGreenway #cycling @navancycling.ie
September 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Great spin around Drogheda and out to the Boyne Greenway today for European Mobility Week, ahead of World Car Free Day, organised by @droghedacycling.bsky.social #Drogheda #WorldCarFreeDay #BoyneGreenway #cycling @navancycling.ie
Public consultation on a new national anti obesity strategy, deadline this Thursday:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
National Obesity Strategy Public Consultation
ec.europa.eu
September 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Public consultation on a new national anti obesity strategy, deadline this Thursday:
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Rarely see a discussion of immigration that starts from the point of view of something that naturally happens as opposed to a discussion of threats and numbers
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Rarely see a discussion of immigration that starts from the point of view of something that naturally happens as opposed to a discussion of threats and numbers
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Motorcyclist (40s) dies following collision in Drogheda
Motorcyclist (40s) dies following collision in Drogheda
Man sustains critical injuries in incident with van at John Street, Dublin Road
www.irishtimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Motorcyclist (40s) dies following collision in Drogheda
Hoping to upskill this year so I can teach the new LC Climate Action and Sustainable development course. Anyone on Bluesky planning similar?
August 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Hoping to upskill this year so I can teach the new LC Climate Action and Sustainable development course. Anyone on Bluesky planning similar?
Taking teachers seriously as professionals would solve some big problems in Irish education
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Breda O'Brien: Taking teachers seriously as professionals would solve big problems in Irish education
Primary and post-primary schools are struggling to fill teaching posts and having to resort to employing unqualified people. Why?
www.irishtimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Taking teachers seriously as professionals would solve some big problems in Irish education
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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This is a "Surron type e-bike". Top speed 75km/h.
Absolutely not an e-bike under Irish law, which is a pedal cycle with pedal-assist 25km/h.
My thoughts are with the young girl and her family, as well as hopes for her speedy recovery — and that the young man arrested faces the fullest of the law.
Absolutely not an e-bike under Irish law, which is a pedal cycle with pedal-assist 25km/h.
My thoughts are with the young girl and her family, as well as hopes for her speedy recovery — and that the young man arrested faces the fullest of the law.
August 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is a "Surron type e-bike". Top speed 75km/h.
Absolutely not an e-bike under Irish law, which is a pedal cycle with pedal-assist 25km/h.
My thoughts are with the young girl and her family, as well as hopes for her speedy recovery — and that the young man arrested faces the fullest of the law.
Absolutely not an e-bike under Irish law, which is a pedal cycle with pedal-assist 25km/h.
My thoughts are with the young girl and her family, as well as hopes for her speedy recovery — and that the young man arrested faces the fullest of the law.
Theres a small river running through our school grounds that we use for geography and science practicals. But thanks to a pump failure it was polluted with sewage this week. Disgraceful. Decades of neglect coming home to roost.
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Theres a small river running through our school grounds that we use for geography and science practicals. But thanks to a pump failure it was polluted with sewage this week. Disgraceful. Decades of neglect coming home to roost.
Depicting MetroLink as primarily an airport service is an example of Michael O’Leary’s myopic thinking
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Eamon Ryan: Depicting MetroLink as primarily an airport service is an example of Michael O’Leary’s myopic thinking
Arguments by the Ryanair boss that we should give up on rail solutions and rely on the car and bus make no sense
www.irishtimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Depicting MetroLink as primarily an airport service is an example of Michael O’Leary’s myopic thinking
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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We had hoped this interview would reassure us that the current government is committed to prioritising road safety, active and public transport, and making our transport system a source of health and wellbeing. It did not.
That is simply not good enough.
That is simply not good enough.
Minister Darragh O’Brien on the future of Irish transport
The Pat Kenny Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We had hoped this interview would reassure us that the current government is committed to prioritising road safety, active and public transport, and making our transport system a source of health and wellbeing. It did not.
That is simply not good enough.
That is simply not good enough.
www.rte.ie/news/middle-... - well done France.
France to recognise Palestinian state - Macron
France will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, President Emmanuel Macron has announced.
www.rte.ie
July 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
www.rte.ie/news/middle-... - well done France.
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Just to clear up some business Hulk Hogan's real name was Terry Gene Bollea, he never was a Hogan.
Thank you for your attention in this matter
Thank you for your attention in this matter
July 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just to clear up some business Hulk Hogan's real name was Terry Gene Bollea, he never was a Hogan.
Thank you for your attention in this matter
Thank you for your attention in this matter
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The decision (to walk away) “in no way reflects a lack of commitment to climate action”
I’m increasingly amazed by the neck of some PR people who will tell outright lies with a straight face.
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I’m increasingly amazed by the neck of some PR people who will tell outright lies with a straight face.
on.ft.com/4f7tqYm
Global oil and gas emissions standard put on pause after Shell walks away
Energy group experts quit after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’
on.ft.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The decision (to walk away) “in no way reflects a lack of commitment to climate action”
I’m increasingly amazed by the neck of some PR people who will tell outright lies with a straight face.
on.ft.com/4f7tqYm
I’m increasingly amazed by the neck of some PR people who will tell outright lies with a straight face.
on.ft.com/4f7tqYm
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Countess Markievicz died on 15 July 1927 in Dublin. A founding member of Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she took part in the Easter Rising in 1916. She was sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of her sex. 1/3
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Countess Markievicz died on 15 July 1927 in Dublin. A founding member of Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she took part in the Easter Rising in 1916. She was sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of her sex. 1/3
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EU Commission president responds to Trump's latest tariff letter
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
July 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
EU Commission president responds to Trump's latest tariff letter
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I raised this issue a while back on a Labour Party members forum (after Alan Kelly opened a McD). They didn’t react well. But childhood obesity in Ireland is a real problem, you can’t say your in favour of tackling it and then go around promoting junk food providers.
July 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I raised this issue a while back on a Labour Party members forum (after Alan Kelly opened a McD). They didn’t react well. But childhood obesity in Ireland is a real problem, you can’t say your in favour of tackling it and then go around promoting junk food providers.