Doctorate in Teacher Ed. M.Ed Sch Leadership/Curriculum. Consultant/ Prof Speaker. Former National Director of PDST. Class Teacher @ heart. Love all animals💕
Joined June 2022
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Míle buíochas ☘️Andy. Look forward to presenting at our joint symposium @Icsei256799 @damianmurchan @WrynnBernadette @rosedolan @PSullivan28 @patriciamannixm @Editor_IES @DrLynnRamsey @NormaFoleyTD1 @IPPN_Education @NAPD_IE @network_will @DrAileenK
Groundbreaking research by @ciaraconsult. A beacon for those who aim to forge stellar new academic careers on the back of decades supporting schools. @wambua_andrew @JPCCJournal @CarolCampbell4 @tristateach @debsnet @ICSEIglobal @mtpoc @EmeraldEdu
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How do we sustain & not merely retain our teachers? My next book's now available on amazon with advanced order. Endorsements are in & going to press from @SchleicherOECD @rweingarten @Heino1Olli @MatthewAKraft @MichaelFullan1 @pasi_sahlberg @daveswords @YongZhaoEd @TCPress amazon.com/Changing-Teachers…
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Ireland has the shameful title as the puppy farm capital of Europe, with more than 122,000 dogs registered last year.
No ban on surgical artificial insemination.
No cap on the size of puppy farms.
We need to ban this industrial farming of dogs.
#BanPuppyFarming
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
Ireland's cruel hare coursing: Thousands of hares are netted from the wild, transported in boxes to coursing fields, held in enclosures for weeks/months and forced to run for their lives from dogs @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD #BanHareCoursing #Ireland #AnimalCruelty
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
"Behind these beautiful cute puppies, over 100,000 a year are dogs kept in horrific conditions. There are up to 300 breeding bitches in one establishment alone. They are kept in cages without water, food, bedding, engagement, etc" - Paul Murphy TD youtube.com/watch?v=LP0fmFzV…
I still see you and donate to your kibble club 🤗🤗🥰
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
Imagine there is a #puppyfarm in Fermanagh where there are 800 breeding dogs. Always think of these dogs on sunny days when they are in darkness... please read what Wicklow Animal Welfare says below! We need to stop these hell on earth for dogs.
Deeply grateful for the encouraging comments about my paper comissioned by the INTO and endorsed by @HargreavesBC
Would be interested in your thoughts @bflemingauthor and @ainehyland
linkedin.com/posts/dr-ciara-…
My paper commissioned by @INTOnews
is now published : Sustained School Support for curriculum enactment.
into.ie/2026/10/12/into-publ…
A reminder of what teachers need and deserve , a story waiting to be told. Deeply grateful for @HargreavesBC endorsement.
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
Ireland's cruel hare coursing: Hares running for their lives today and over the weekend at the 3-day Abbeydorney coursing meeting. Join calls on the Irish Government to #BanHareCoursing banbloodsports.wordpress.com… @MichealMartinTD @SimonHarrisTD @JamesBrowneTD #AnimalCruelty #Ireland
What’s “fair and square “ anout being torn apart ???
Cub hunting cruelty: “Never lose sight of the fact that one really well-beaten cub killed fair and square is worth half a dozen fresh ones killed the moment they are found, without hounds having to exert themselves in their task” #Ireland #BanFoxHunting
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Exposed: Inside the horror puppy farm run by shamed ex-garda Sean Drumm crimeworld.com/ireland/expos…
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
Coillte's idea of "recreation" includes allowing hunters into forests to gun down young fawns in front of their mothers, before blasting the mothers to death 💔🦌 Retweet to urge @Coilltenews to keep hunters out of the forests. Killing should NOT be a part of "forest recreation"
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
Right direction @LucyMPowell. Now take it one step further. Bring head, hand & heart together for all kids, from primary school on, not just those who can't make it to uni. Johann Pestalozzi advocated for it. @_bigeducation MAT models it. My book subtitled Teaching to Repair the World, out soon, gives examples of how to do it. @LizzieRobinson3 @steve_munby @MelAinscow
New polling out today shows young people strongly support our plans for better vocational and technical education. Yet they also say snobbery and pressure is putting them off pursuing it.
I’m putting hands-on learning on equal footing with academic.
I will ensure all our young people have options and pathways open to them, no matter what path they want to take.
Read in full 👇
lbc.co.uk/article/education-…
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We are happy to have been one of the 160+ to sign the letter calling on @CostasKadis to stop octopus farming 🐙
Please sign the petition: bit.ly/471yPwV 🙏
This #WorldOctopusDay, 160+ NGOs & scientists & 35 Members of the European Parliament called on European Commissioner @CostasKadis to stop octopus farming.
️✍️ Sign the petition: bit.ly/471yPwV
ALT An octopus with textured skin is pictured underwater. Overlay text reads: "35 MEPs, over 160 NGOs & scientists call for EU octopus farming ban." The logo "END.IT" is visible in the corner.
ALT The image consists of two parts. The top part shows five MEPs, each holding signs that read "Stop Octopus Farming" with one poster displaying the logo "END.IT." The bottom part features an outdoor scene with a large mural displaying an illustration of an octopus and the words "Keep Them Wild," hung above a waterfront.
Dr. Ciara O'Donnell retweeted
Horse racing is "basically animal cruelty" - Queen guitarist
@DrBrianMay • "Every year horses die...How can it be possible to justify a race which risks the life of even one animal? That horse will die in terror and agony. Is anything worth that?" https://xitter.cf/t.co/9KYMFS0kGi ❌🏇❌
We should never forget this
Shocking cruelty at the now-closed Shannonside Foods horse slaughterhouse in #Kildare #Ireland. Most horses killed at this hellhole were thoroughbreds used in racing • Watch RTE's "Horses - Making a Killing" youtube.com/watch?v=ymm0xh3g… #YouBetTheyDie #RejectRacing
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POLITICAL FOCUS: Cathy Bennett TD (Sinn Féin, Cavan-Monaghan) - Voted against proposed bans on cruel fox hunting and hare coursing. Supports massive state grants to horse racing and greyhound racing banbloodsports.wordpress.com… #Ireland #AnimalCruelty
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On @UNESCO WorldTeachers Day, here's why I think teachers matter on the opening page of my new book - out in December with @TCPress & @BloomsburyBooks. @eduint @CTFFCE @TeacherToolkit @rweingarten @pasi_sahlberg @UofGCfTE @uOttawaEdu @bclynchschool
Nice chap 🤥
Timmy Dooley TD (Fianna Fail, Clare) believes fox hunting and hare coursing - cruel bloodsports which most people in Ireland want outlawed - "are an integral part of the fabric of rural life" banbloodsports.wordpress.com… #Ireland #AnimalCruelty
