Brónagh Tumulty
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Reporter @WGNNews . 🇮🇪 Irish immigrant in Chicago. I often pronounce words oddly on American telly. Got a story? Email me: btumulty @wgntv .com
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#BREAKING
: I’ve just received a copy of the lawsuit being filed by the McCluskey family against
@UUtah
. Press conference starting now.
@KUTV2News
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Eight years ago today, I boarded a plane in Dublin and moved to America.
Since then, there have been a lot of ups and downs, with stints in many different states and cities across the country.
This city though, makes my ❤️ happy.
#Chicago
#Immigrant
#Immigration
#Irish
🇮🇪🇺🇸
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First day anchoring
@WGNNews
= ✅
Loved it all and hopefully I’ll get another chance to fill in soon! ☘️🤞🏻
(And thank you
@seanlewiswgn
- and everyone else - for welcoming me to the weekend morning show!)❤️
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I distinctly remember the first time I met
#TomSkilling
@WGNNews
.
Me: Tom Skilling! As I live & breathe!
Tom: Brooonagh Tumulty! Boy, I’ll tell ya…
*conversation about Ireland for 45 mins*
Me: Tom, I need to do some work round here or I’ll be fired!🤭
Best of luck
@Skilling
!☘️
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#BREAKING
: I just received a statement from Lauren McCluskey's parents.
Her mother says the 21-year-old had dated Melvin Rowland for about a month.
She says he "lied to her about his name, his age and his criminal history."
Full statement:
@KUTV2News
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A fully grown “man” blocked me tonight on social media, because I wouldn’t join him in River North - for a first date - at 11pm on a Saturday night.
Aside from having no interest in dating him, 11pm on Saturday is prime “eating cheese in my PJs, while watching Ozark” time. 💅
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I get a key to the city now or something, right? 😉
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Any jobs goin in Miami? Asking for a friend...🥶😆
#Chicago
#Winter
#SoCold
#MyFaceHurts
#BlizzardConditions
#ChiWx
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My apartment feels very quiet tonight after dropping my Mam at O’Hare today. But we had a fun two weeks, after not seeing each other in almost 2 years.
(If anyone needs me, I’ll be eating my own weight in Cadbury’s chocolate. 😭)
#BackToReality
#Chicago
#JoysOfImmigration
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I’m sorry, what in THEE HELL did I just pass on Elston? Is there a person in here? Are the Beatles in it? I have so many questions…
#YellowSubmarine
#WhatIsHappening
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Sometimes you have to enlist the help of a bungee cord to hold onto your modesty (or what’s left of it) whilst reporting in the appropriately-named *Windy* City…
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Finishing 2023 on top of the world!
(Ok, on top of a very cloudy Chicago!) 🏙️
#SearsTower
#WillisTower
@SkydeckChicago
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Hopefully still smiling at the end of this! Here goes nothing…(except my knees…) ☘️
@ChiMarathon
#FirstMarathon
#AndLast
#Running
#SSEEO
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I really enjoy getting lost in Lower Wacker.
Especially at 4am.
Adds a little spice to life. 🌶
🥴
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Exactly 9 years ago, I flew from
#Ireland
to
#America
…and it’s been a wild ride ever since!
Being back in the air today over
#Chicago
, was the perfect way to celebrate. 🚁
❤️
@WGNNews
#Immigrant
#NineYearAnniversary
🇮🇪🇺🇸
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Year 1 = ✅
Excited to see what the next year
@WGNNews
will bring.
#ReporterLife
#News
#WorkAnniversary
#Chicago
#WGN
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Ireland: Where a hoodie and sunglasses may be necessary at the same time… ☘️
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When your name is “Brónagh”, sometimes it’s just easier to say your name is “Emily”.
Follow me for more life hacks. 💅
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Exactly 10 years ago, I boarded a plane in Dublin & moved to America.
I asked one of my photographers, Joe, to take a picture tonight to “commemorate” the occasion.
As I posed, this is the picture he - purposely - took & this is the kind of humour you can expect from
@WGNNews
.
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A quick reminder below as we kick off
#March
and everyone gears up for the 17th…☘️
…if I see even one “St Patty’s” sign over the next 3 weeks, I’m going to be VERY disappointed. 👀
Lá Fhéile Pádraig ✅
St Patrick’s Day ✅
Paddy’s Day ✅
St. Patty’s ❌
Here’s why⬇️
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#BREAKING
: just got this from a source showing the arrest happening about 45 mins ago.
That’s Robert Crimo face down on Hwy 41, after he was spotted by a North Chicago officer.
#HighlandPark
@WGNNews
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For everyone wondering, yes, the life of a news reporter IS very glamorous. 💅
(I’m fully aware there’s a serious hood situation happening here… 👀)
@WGNNews
#LifesARealBoxOfChocolates
#IrishSummer
🌧️☔️
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Apparently the Kenosha CHEESE CASTLE is *NOT* made out of cheese...
…it was super awkward when I licked the wall, but I’m glad I was there to conduct this vital research for all of you. 🧀
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Funniest things I’ve heard today:
• Are you from Mayo?
• You seem really tough on TV - I wouldn’t mess with you
• I thought you were taller
• You sound like the people in my Harry Potter book (from this wee 5-year-old!⬇️)
Excellent
#StPatricksDay
in
#Chicago
! ❤️
@WGNNews
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Cicero is really badly flooded right now…it’s like trying to drive through a lake.
(Not advisable)
@WGNNews
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After declining the job - and with the world turned upside down - I didn’t know where to go or what to do.
So I came to live with wonderful relatives in Illinois.
One year on, I feel like I’m on top of the world. Life has a funny way of working out, when you least expect it.☘️
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It’s been 2 weeks of no makeup, messy hair and hiking through 6 national parks.
Not ready to return to TV…but I guess I’ll see you all anyway on
@WGNNews
tonight! 😉
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Year 3
@WGNNews
= ✅
Thank you so much
#Chicago
(and beyond!) for all the fun over the last 12 months! ❤️
@WGNMorningNews
#WGN
#Brozo
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How frickin’ ADORABLE is this?!
This little cutie was “celebrating vocations” today at school and she had to pick her “dream job” - apparently it’s my job! 🤣 Her Mam sent me this photo! ❤️
I better warn the boss
@WGNNews
that he’ll have TWO “Brónagh Tumulty’s” soon! ☺️☘️
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For those who’ve asked, he *did* take a picture of me after I stopped laughing. 😂
Here’s to the next decade! 🥂
@WGNNews
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Two years ago today, (the 14th, I’m a tad late!) I walked through the doors of
@WGNNews
for the first time…in the thick of a global pandemic. 🫣
Since then, it’s easily been one of the top 50 places I’ve worked... ✍🏻
#Chicago
#ReporterLife
#News
#Anniversary
☘️
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If we’re redoing the
#Chicago
tourism campaign, can we please make a mention of the 12 seasons? 💁🏻♀️
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I hope everyone’s Saturday is as good as this dog’s...😂
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It’s been SO MUCH FUN filling in on
@WGNMorningNews
this month with
@seanlewiswgn
,
@gaynor_hall
and the rest of the crew.
Not sure when I’ll be up again this early, but hopefully I’ll be back soon! ♥️
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Television is so glamorous… 💅
#WGNsWorstHireOfAllTime
🏆🙋🏻♀️
(Do I get some sort of
@WGNNews
crown now?) 😎👸🏻
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As I was getting groceries tonight, the cashier seemed very confused by one item - a piece of ginger.
She held it up and asked me, “Is this turkey?”
In case anyone reading this has also never seen ginger, I’ve added a picture so you can note its’ uncanny resemblance to turkey…
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#NEW
: Lauren’s mother
@jjmccluskey
is speaking now.
“On October 22nd 2018 he brought that gun to campus and killed her with it.”
“...individuals failed Lauren with fatal consequences.”
“The University has taken no responsibility...no one has been held accountable...”
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Apparently we are still celebrating 2 years
@WGNNews
…and we’re also big on balloons in this fam! 😂🤣
Thank you
@ODonoghueCarrie
- you’re the best! 💕🎈
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Today’s been a Jack-of-all-trades kinda day
@WGNNews
- and I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Anchored the midday show ✅
Reported for the evening shows ✅
Covered traffic ✅
I just need my meteorology degree plus a solid understanding of sports and I’ll be UNSTOPPABLE… ✍🏻
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Thank you for all your lovely, welcoming messages today - it’s always fun to fill in on the morning show! 🚗
#Traffic
@WGNMorningNews
@WGNNews
#TeamNoSleep
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The
#Irish
do 2 things superbly well - weddings and funerals.
RIP Shane ☘️
A rousing performance of 'Fairytale of New York' was given by Glen Hansard and Lisa O'Neill at the funeral of Shane MacGowan in Nenagh, Co Tipperary. The performance was greeted by cheers inside and outside the church |
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PSA: the term “St. Patty’s” is like nails on a chalkboard to the ears of
#Irish
people.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
#StPatricksDay
#PaddysDay
#PattysDay
❌
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Stopped at the Jewels (yes, I’m a Chicagoan now 💅) on the way home from work and came out with gummy worms, soda water, crisps and chocolate eclairs.
I went in for milk.
Which I still have none of.
#NailedIt
🙄
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Such a fun night attending - and presenting the big awards last night -
@chi_natas
!
Congratulations to all!
#Emmy
#Chicago
@WGNNews
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I vastly underestimated how much glitter was on these bells. 🙄 But here we are.
#HopeSantaBringsAHoover
Happy Christmas to all!
#NollaigShonaDaoibh
#O
ícheChiúin ⭐️ 🎄🎅🏼🤶🏻
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Many of you have been asking where I’ve been the last month… 👀
…well, the answer is Thailand, Vietnam & Cambodia. (Via Turkey!)
My ❤️ and I had the absolute best time.
The people, food, buildings, history, culture - all phenomenal!
We’d go back in a heartbeat.🫶
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And if you’re Irish, this forecast is in seconds, not minutes. 🥴
It won't take long to get a sunburn this afternoon if you don't take precautions.
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It took over a year, but finally made it back into
#Skycam9
!! Absolutely love this view of
#Chicago
- Happy Monday everyone!
@WGNNews
@WGNMorningNews
❤️🥰
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Without a doubt, the only time I’ll ever be a “cover girl”! 🤣
Thanks so much to Chicago’s
#IrishAmericanNews
for a lovely article this month.
There’s still time (I think) to grab a copy (shameless plug) at
#Irish
businesses - or read online: ☘️
@WGNNews
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Over the past 3 weeks I’ve been on 3 continents, in 4 countries & travelled more than 26,000 miles through the air…✈️
There’s a good chance I’ve forgotten how to write a story, but if you wanna find out, I’ll be back on
@WGNNews
this evening! 📺
🇺🇸➡️🇮🇪➡️🇹🇷➡️🇿🇦➡️🇺🇸
☺️
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She’s pretty, but it’s like 12 frickin degrees out here. 🥶
*Googles jobs in Miami*
#StayAtHome
#ItsFreezing
#ThatViewThough
❤️
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Manicure ✅
Massage ✅
Holiday Mode ✅
Cya in September Chicago! (I should have shares in O’Hare airport at this stage…)
✈️
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I think my favourite thing about
#Chicago
is wondering how long it’ll take me each day to drive 3 miles to work.
Could be 10 minutes, could be an hour.
No one knows.
Such a thrill.
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Today was an absolute blast. The South Side knows how to party. I ❤️ Chicago!
(And yes, in true
@WGNTV
style…we somehow ended up bringing an Italian flag with us instead of an Irish one... 😂)
#PaddysDay
@WGNNews
#Chicago
#Bozo
@SSIrishParade
☘️
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*Grabs List*
•Dibs 🤯
•Terms like “Aldermen”
•Obsession with hot dog condiments
•Everyone within a 200-mile radius is “from Chicago" 👀
•The weather ☀️🌧⚡️☃️ (<-same day)
•Highways having 2 names
•Absolute horror if someone says “Willis Tower”
•Drinking Malort for fun 🤢
What’s something that’s normal to Chicago but seems weird to outsiders?
#ChicagoHistory
👈
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I’m in a glass case of emotion...🥺
Nostalgic live shot today at
#Willis
(
#Sears
😉) Tower. (I visited as a kid.)
The doors have been shut
@SkydeckChicago
since mid-November, but they’re back open now.❤️ Thank you to all the staff - especially Daniel - for this 📸!
@WGNNews
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What a poser… 👀
Thanks for the cute photos
@chi_natas
- it was so fun to be nominated last month at the
#Emmys
and I really enjoyed the opportunity to present some of the big awards!
@WGNMorningNews
@WGNNews
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This wee darlin was separated from his family in the middle of this
#HighlandPark
mess.
He’s been reunited now with relatives and we will hopefully be speaking with them soon on
@WGNNews
.
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This lasted all of about 5 minutes before someone came and emptied both bowls - which was roughly about $50-$60 worth of sweets/candy.
Sometimes people really suck. 🙄
Happy
#Halloween
to those who understand how to share.
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Between a new mayor…storms…a former president in court, it’s been quite a week…
…and my photographer & I can add ‘car crash’ to the list after being slammed into by another vehicle today, on Michigan Ave.
We’re both pretty sore, but thankfully, no broken bones.
Be safe! 🚗
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GOD I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
• If it’s not the mayor (👀), who is it?
• If it’s not the mayor (👀), where’s the mayor?🕵️♀️
• Why does this “imposter” have (taxpayer) security?
• Why would the car have left him?
• How did
@MaryAnnAhernNBC
not spot a fake mayor?
#Rookie
😉
UPDATE:
The mayors office responds, as you can see the mayor and his detail left in a hurry and did not answer q’s.
Johnsons office says, “That isn’t Mayor Brandon Johnson in the video and the person that is being filmed running was trying to catch the car before it departed.”
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If anyone knows this man, tell him to come to the South Side parade on Sunday - with his shirt - and I’ll buy him a beer!! 🍻😂
@WGNMorningNews
@WGNNews
@Groovyhoovy
#SouthSide
#Irish
☘️
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Thrilled to fly again this morning - it’s one of my favourite things to do! 🚁
I’ve loved filling in on
@WGNMorningNews
over the past few weeks - hopefully I didn’t screw up anyone’s commute! 🫣
(And cheers to all who tuned in & sent lovely, supportive messages/texts. ❤️☘️)
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For all those asking…
…I’m sorry, I won’t be at the
@WGNNews
#PaddysDay
event tomorrow.
But, I WILL be at the
#SouthSideParade
on Sunday - hope to see you all there!☘️
And remember, every time someone says “St Patty’s”, a snake gets released back into
#Ireland
.
So stoppit…
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A year ago today, I was sitting in a hotel room in Denver. I had a contract in my hand for an amazing job - that I knew I wouldn’t be happy in.
So I turned it down.
March 13th was also the day the national emergency was declared over the pandemic. (1/2)
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So…over the next 8 weeks, I’ll be learning how to dance…for an amazing cause!
Arthur Murray Dance Centers raise money annually for breast cancer research, through their
@AMDWCC
event. We will perform in March at Navy Pier. More details to follow, but for now…
Lesson 1 = ✅
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#NOW
: Matt McCluskey:
“I do not want to be in this world without Lauren but...I’ve no choice but to make this world better.”
“We cannot stand by while students are in peril. It is with the greatest reluctance we’ve chosen this last resort of legal action.”
@KUTV2News
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Obligatory bathroom selfie before emceeing the wonderful fundraiser last night for
@DannyDidOrg
at Theater on the Lake.
Honoured to be part of such a spectacular evening in
#Chicago
. ❤️
(I also forgot to take any other photos because I was having too much fun! 🤣)
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Congratulations to my neighbour who either got some new furniture he needed to move at 2am, or a girlfriend.
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