author | former principal | educational consultant | researcher I education | history | equity

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined January 2016
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Replying to @X_Global_tv
little mike is failing.
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Who goes out is far more important than who comes in Glazers, Ineos have to go before any real improvement can be expected.
Scholes & Butt say YES or NO to potential next Manchester United manager to replace Michael Carrick… 😱
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When is the period 2019 to 2026 going to be examined. It's unlikely that there were not many more breaches.
For anyone who's forgotten the charges for Manchester city 54 charges: Failure to provide accurate financial info, 2009-2018 35 charges: Failure to cooperate with investigations, 2018-2023 14 charges: Inaccurate player/manager compensation reports, 2009-2018 7 charges: Breaching PSR regulations, 2015-2018 5 charges: Failure to comply with UEFA rules Official verdict: Man City have been found guilty in 114 out of 115 charges
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Still true years later
🚨🗣Ralf Ragnick: "You Don't need GLASSES to see that Manchester United needs a OPEN HEART surgery".
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At this stage, the profession is disenchated with both the process and the NCCA. If the Dept insists on proceeding the outcome will be failure. "Successful & sustainable improvment can never be done to or even for teachers. It can only be done by and with them." (H & F, 2012)
Breda O'Brien in today's Irish Times on 'farcical Leaving Cert reform'.
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Finally one billionaire with some balls.
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Funny how he purchased a defender for himself but not for the team.
🚨🚨📸 Jason Wilcox arriving at Carrington this morning. #MUFC [@MailSport]
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It wasn't just you. Amorin was young in management terns but ws a man of charcater, vision and courage. The courage was too much for Wilcox & Co.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but losing under Amorim hurt more because you could actually see what he was trying to build. The football was exciting, the intensity was there, and even when results went against us, you felt we deserved better.
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Replying to @conorsmurf
AI was not on anyone's radar when senior cycle redevelopment was started. If it was just starting now, with what we know about AI, I believe that AACs worth 40 percent would not be even considered. There is just an unwillingness by the dept to accept that landscape has changed
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Hi Patrick from Dublin
Let's watch as his heartfelt message spreads its warmth across the globe."❤✨
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Manchester United managers since Sir Alex Ferguson: Moyes — Couldn't handle the pressure. Giggs — Never the answer. Van Gaal — Football belonged in a museum. Mourinho — Toxic ending. Ole — Vibes and nostalgia. Carrick (2021) — Caretaker. Rangnick — More excuses than solutions. Ten Hag — Lost the dressing room. Van Nistelrooy — Caretaker. AMORIM — THE ONLY ONE WHO DESERVED MORE TIME. Fletcher — Caretaker. Carrick (2026) — Living off Amorim's groundwork. Amorim was the ONLY manager brave enough to challenge the culture, confront the dressing room and demand a complete reset. He wasn't trying to paper over the cracks and wanted to rebuild the entire foundation. United didn't sack a failed project but sacked the man who was actually trying to fix it and some of you celebrated.
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A case can be made for Bobby Moore and for Harry Kane but bobby was the best English footballer ever imo
Today we remember Sir Bobby Charlton on his birthday. A true football legend ❤️
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RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky against Donald Trump!
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A farm which runs an egg honesty box in Maynooth in Co. Kildare, have taken to social media to upload a video of thieves taking a number of trays of eggs without paying for them. Dunne's Farm Pastured Eggs took to social media to make people aware of the thieves and post said the following: "This week on “People pretending to be honest” "2 more vermin who have been hitting us quite regularly. But this time we have the proof. "We know you live in Clonee and only we are to busy to call and on you and collect either the money or claim the produce back….. "I bet your husband will be mortified when he sees this🤭 "We think ah good shaming is in order! "In fact the daughters egg carrying ability is worthy of a job! We would be thankful if you shared so we could get a name for these two. "They aren’t welcome back at Dunne’s farm and be sure to remind them if you see them🕵️ "For the record… When we post these videos, "We’re not looking for pity, sympathy or anything of the sort. "We run a farm, we work hard, and unfortunately there will always be a certain type of people who think it’s perfectly acceptable to take what doesn’t belong to them. "We just happen to believe that in a fair and honest world, dishonest behaviour should have consequences — and sometimes a little public embarrassment is one of them". 📹 @Dunnesfarmeggs
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As I outlined in my book, the Vatican Pimpernel. the Monsignor did not talk or write about his wartime efforts. He did his duty as he saw it at the time. Delia Murphy constrained somewhat by the fact that her husband was an Ambassador and she didn't publicise her role.
It is telling that Yad Vashem @yadvashem has never recognised Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty and Delia Murphy's joint role in helping to save more than 5,000 Jewish lives through their Rome Escape Line network during the Holocaust in Italy. Seems they don't like Catholics?
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Argaubly the longest standing weakness in Irish education-- official acceptance of "out-of-field" teaching
General PedagogicalKnowledge (GPK) "More knowledgeable teachers are often less likely to report stress from a range of workplace demands." IMO, Irish teachers copingwith "race for points" leaves little time for pedagogy!
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The Irish inspection regime does not have the problems of ofsted. However, it's about compliance rather than improvement. This taken together with other weaknesses means it's not a great model from which to learn.
theguardian.com/education/20… The best way forward would be to commission a high level review of @Ofstednews by the @OECDEduSkills, made up of two OECD experts & two Chief Inspectors from high performing countries such as Ireland that approach inspection in a different way focused on improvement, and/or even someone from high performing Estonia that abolished inspection in favour of building trust. @LucyMPowell @BeatrizPont @SchleicherOECD @TeacherToolkit @_bigeducation @ViviennePorritt
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🚨🗣️ Matthew Syed (English journalist) went HARD against Pep Guardiola about Manchester City's case: "Either Pep knew about it—in which case he is neither a visionary nor a legend, just a fraud—or he didn't know, making him incredibly shortsighted." "I mean, I’m no forensic accountant, yet I’ve been questioning City’s financial arrangements for over a decade, despite facing constant insults and threats. And Pep didn't see a thing? Is he blind?"
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Further discrimination in our education system against those without means.
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In general, I agree teachers should be teaching and not fulfilling admin roles. However, HSCL is one appropriate exception imo.
Replying to @bflemingauthor
Absurd waste of scarce good teachers to have them do non -teaching jobs and also pay them more as an incentive to Abandon their classrooms as home school liaison officers! @CSSPA4
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