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John Reynolds
@johnreynlds.bsky.social
Freelance business journalist, Sunday & Irish Independent / The Currency.

Also cover climate and energy. Other writing, editing & comms work too.
A must-listen interview with one of the writers, Declan Lawn, if you’re a #BlueLights fan
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
One for @andyburnham.bsky.social

Here’s an AI analysis of the ongoing annual impact of Covid in the UK

Sizeable GDP win if you can mandate cleaner air mitigations that put even a dent in these numbers
September 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A recent evening photo
July 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A lot of agreement with and views of my LinkedIn post about @kosull.bsky.social ‘s article in today’s Irish Times on Ireland’s renewables future

I’d written something similarly downbeat back in 2012…
April 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
By Larry Elliott in @newstatesman.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A local casualty of #StormDarragh passed on my evening walk with the dog

Eir mobile network also down since last night.

That they have no backup seems pretty bad…
December 7, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Copy nothing they said….🤔

New #Jaguar is similar to (much more expensive) Rolls Royce Spectre
December 2, 2024 at 5:21 PM
No punches pulled by Diarmaid Ferriter…

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
November 30, 2024 at 3:34 PM
This is kind of a sick joke on us all in Ireland as the world faces the serious possibility of a recession in 2025
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
View of mist over the river valley on my evening walk
November 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Some recent pieces I wrote for The Currency

thecurrency.news/articles/159...

thecurrency.news/articles/163...
November 18, 2024 at 8:01 PM
November 18, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I sometimes write about the intersection of health and business in Ireland, particularly given the HSE’s €24 billion budget and how it gets spent

Then there’s its need for digital transformation as well, which involves more billions

Here’s a few examples…
November 18, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Autumn colours in Wicklow
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Another reason to leave the other place

Content being used to train AI seemingly with no opt out
November 16, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Merry Christmas one and all 🎄

(Card from / by the Irish Cancer Society)
December 25, 2023 at 2:06 PM
November 30, 2023 at 8:51 PM
November 11, 2023 at 3:02 PM
Climate reality becoming clearer to the Taoiseach it seems as he talks about changes in land use?

But is Ireland ready for a likely bigger, more interventionist state?

Also we arguably have a moral duty to accordingly change how we live…however unpopular
October 25, 2023 at 7:39 PM