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Conor O'Reilly EdD

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Irishman - Former teacher - EdD on Irish HE - ADHDer - Back in Dublin after another 4 years in Korea - into poetry Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Trans lives matter 🏳️‍⚧️ Read me on substack: conororeilly.substack.com

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
captain rational has a different idea
Steven Pinker
@sapinker Sep 13 
Worth watching: "It is not a genocide; it is a counterattack in a war."
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(Screenshot of bill Maher looking constipated and bitchy next to an image of a smoking tower)
@SpencerG... • Sep 12
This should be pushed far and wide.
Watched in every college class in the U.S.
Thank you @billmaher The moral confusion is gross. "It is not a genocide, it is a counterattack in a war...Gaza equals ...
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Long after the names of the cowards and quislings in the FAI are forgotten, the name Gavin Bazunu will be remembered as a byword for courage and integrity in standing up for justice in the teeth of a savage genocide. www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAI
Gavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“Humanity goes before the sport - it's that simple." Former Palestine captain Imad Zatara wants to send a message to Irish football - boycotting the games against Israel would send a powerful message to the world. Full interview & video here: philipoconnor.com/humanity-goe... #SpeirGorm
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think we should all be reading much more fiction.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster): This is a small passerine bird native to southeastern Australia. Photo taken by Nikki Long, Tasmania, Australia. #robin #pinkrobin #australia #bird #wildlife #pink
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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm still looking for people's stories and insights about location tracking of family, friends, partners for good and/or ill.... If anyone has anything on this subject they'd like to talk to me about please email me on patrick.freyne@gmail.com (it can by anonymous)
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The future is grim
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Felt clever and tried to #cycle from Marlborough St to D'Olier St. I honestly felt like I'd die about five times. #Dublin is madhouse for cyclists. #speirgorm
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They let Australia into the Eurovision. Canada in EU shouldn't really be that surprising.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I can't get Michael Cronins essay on the island of Ireland out of my head. It's something we take for granted, among other things www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... Sorry if this behind a paywall - I really do think it's worth your time to read, but also think deeply about it.
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It matters that Ireland is an island. That makes its past and present different from many other countries
Integrating island thinking into every area of public policy, from economy and security to education and the arts, is an exercise in connection not withdrawal
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wrote about how making it harder for people to become Irish citizens is a move that cannot be isolated from a broader context in which immigrants are being scapegoated. The reasoning around bringing Ireland in line with other EU states is also very thin.
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Una Mullally: It’s easy to look tough on immigration. It’s much harder to build empathy
In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wish I stayed in my bedroom and read a novel #manutd
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone got any good news out there?
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Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The film features first-person accounts about the destruction of neighbourhoods where up to 25% of residents were still sheltering in their homes, the systematic burning of civilian homes, and the killing of civilians at a food distribution site.” #Naza www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film
Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wrote a job application letter. Was supposed to have examples using STAR. Put into copilot to see what it said. Even robots cause RSD. Fucker ruined my evening.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Frequently feel a bit deflated heading into the weekend. Always looking for something to enliven me. Joy. Music. Art. How do people look forward to doing nothing? Beyond the normale, it's my constant gaping hole of emptiness that's easily filled in. Escuse the pun but its kind of shallow.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Normal late August mini-harvest from a secret location in Blanchardstown (of all places)
An assortment of apples and figs from the garden
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ireland has ‘stalled if not regressed’ on human rights, rights groups to tell UN in Geneva jrnl.ie/7140488
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Ireland has ‘stalled if not regressed’ on human rights, rights groups to tell UN in Geneva
The groups will warn that proposed legal changes could restrict access to the courts, while new housing rules risk increasing homelessness.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reposting and resharing from my old WordPress blog - Higher education and even higher rents #Ireland #highered #housing #speirgorm conororeilly.substack.com/p/repost-hig...
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Repost: Higher Education and Even Higher Rents
In 2018 I posted this on my old WordPress account. Has much changed or does the process continue to acerbate?
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We react to increasingly chaotic systems collapse with attempts to continue as normal which will be more expensive, less effective, and with much more human and animal suffering. The hunger stones are out ffs, we can't keep propping up what got us here
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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The idea that we wouldn't have to respond to climate breakdown was always nonsense..we had (and still to an extent have) 2 choices. Either we respond preemptively reduce emissions, restore habitats, rewet land, plan our food system based on need not market forces or ...
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“And now the weather…”
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The things we do to be outstanding - another ADHD longish jaunt about why being confident in yourself is vital for survival with the acronym substack.com/@conororeill... #Adhd #rsd #overcomingyourself
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Conor O'Reilly (@conororeilly)
Talking about trying to make something of myself in the world.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
#waterfordwalls Yesterday #speirgorm
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Going post some more stuff on substack shortly. Make sure to block me beforehand
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#Belfast is I
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is what happens when everyone in your family hasn't been briefed fully on the famine.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
To mentor is to talk, not to prompt - read now on my substack open.substack.com/pub/conorore...
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To Mentor is to Talk, not to Prompt
Have we lost patience with conversation and discussion? Increasingly we lean on AI tools to complete creative asks or solve problems, but once upon a time we discussed with friends and mentors.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Wrote about creativity, seeking mentorship and why conversation outstripS AI when we seek new discoveries. Have a read here - some tasters below #substackwriting #creativity #mentoring #AI open.substack.com/pub/conorore...
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Weather in Ireland is now at 'cool enough for tea' levels
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Wrote about creativity, seeking mentorship and why conversation outstripS AI when we seek new discoveries. Have a read here - some tasters below #substackwriting #creativity #mentoring #AI open.substack.com/pub/conorore...
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
To mentor is to talk, not to prompt - read now on my substack open.substack.com/pub/conorore...
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To Mentor is to Talk, not to Prompt
Have we lost patience with conversation and discussion? Increasingly we lean on AI tools to complete creative asks or solve problems, but once upon a time we discussed with friends and mentors.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fires around the wrokd. Racists attacking everyone without pale skin. Politicians afraid to spend money on public services. Oligarchs driving governments. What a world we have to leave to young people to fix.
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
'The Journal Investigates reported in April that the tech industry successfully lobbied European Union to change legislation to hide the environmental impacts of data centres from the public ... 'Ultimately, it’s not really known how much data centres are contributing to water shortages in Ireland'
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Andrew Jackson @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In 2021, Meta’s data centre complex in Clonee, Co. Meath, used more water from the mains than Irish Water said was being used by all Irish data centres combined. “Does Irish Water even know how much water data centres are using?”, by @lokapila.bsky.social www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
According to Irish Water, as of 2021, data centres across Ireland drank about 810 megalitres of water from the public mains a year – which is about 0.13 percent of overall national supply. 

But that same year, Meta reported that it withdrew 928 megalitres of water for its data centres in Clonee in Meath. Planning documents say that it was to rely on water from the mains. 

That’s more than Irish Water said was consumed overall in the country that year. 

A spokesperson for Irish Water said on 19 June [2026] that it couldn’t lay out its methodology behind the 810 megalitres figure – or give more up-to-date figures on water use by data centres, since the AI boom. Irish Water knows how much water it supplies daily and monthly across the country, they said. But “we cannot outline how much water is utilised cooling a Data Centre should a Data Centre have alternative sources of water.” 

As the public water supply in some areas becomes more stressed, data centre operators are exploring greater use of groundwater, to prevent competition between water for homes and water for data centres.  

But so far, there’s no public data showing how much it is already happening.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
All bagpipes busking in Dublin should be disarmed. They can be said for anyone singing dermot Kennedy.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Well done to Helen Ogbu in #galwaywest - a really solid performance in a tough constituency
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Fun post for haters of both #starbucks and asshole chaebol in #Korea
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A poem written and shared in solidarity with the killing of Yves Sakila in Dublin on May 15, 2026 www.instagram.com/reel/DYk3FuF...
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Follow up to my last substack. Posted in a bit of a whirlwind after the last post on my ADHD. I'll keep writing about this until someone listens. open.substack.com/pub/conorore... #adhd #adhddiagnosis #useyourvoice
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Diagnosis or Bust
Pursuing a diagnosis for ADHD was challenging but necessary. The more you know about yourself, the better you will know about what matters to you.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Don't just write your name on the wall... #lessonforexistence Ali Smith, Glyph
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I feel we should all be listening to Mon Rovîa all the time www.instagram.com/reel/DXIlS_E...
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Mon Rovîa on Instagram: "They try to bury us not knowing we are seeds. This is “heavy foot,” — a song for these times"
16K likes, 154 comments - monroviaboy on April 14, 2026: "They try to bury us not knowing we are seeds. This is “heavy foot,” — a song for these times".
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Just don't ask me any questions in the morning #Adhdandme
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It's a private company/interest group sending material to schools & paid for by private interests, and not endorsed by any official. Endorsment by famously ferocious independent populist business 1st TD. schools should send to recycling once it comes in the letterbox. #sitkaspruce #speirgorm
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Wrote something on substack recently which I'll share here. It has made me feel quite vulnerable posting online, but seeing as hardly anyone uses bluesky I'm not bothered by those here that actually read it: conororeilly.substack.com/p/my-adhd-or...
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My ADHD Origin Story
I wrote about having ADHD as an excuse for not having the gumption to sit down and actually be the writer I've always dreamed of being.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Read it now: ADHD: Diagnosis or Bust - open.substack.com/pub/conorore... These are the kinds of things which just need to be said. #adhd #adhddiagnosis
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Honestly, O'Connell Street was much more interesting with the tractors on it than the open top buses.
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Read it now: ADHD: Diagnosis or Bust - open.substack.com/pub/conorore... These are the kinds of things which just need to be said. #adhd #adhddiagnosis
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Conor O'Reilly EdD @conororeilly.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Will the state act like a democracy and engage in negotiations. Or will it just raid the blockade in the middle of the night and throw all the trucks a compound and treat everyome like bold children? #fuelprotest
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