Dearbhail McDonald
@DearbhailDibs
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Author, Broadcaster, Eisenhower Fellow @EF_Fellows Boards @cc_irlandais Documentaries @RTEOne #LastMissionariesOfIreland #LastNunsInIreland #FertilityShock
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Joined November 2010
Imagine if @IrishTimes splashed every Monday morning with this vital #familycourt series led by @MaryCarolanIT on the shadow pandemic of #GBV and ‘domestic abuse’ - an insufficient term for an horrific range of crimes - https://t.co/SMvYjGGFKL
irishtimes.com
Mother of three said man pursued her to homeless shelters with baseball bats and hammers
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Ah, she represented the very best of us. What an incredible life. Rest in power #SisterStan Sister Stanislaus Kennedy dies aged 86 via @RTENews
rte.ie
Campaigner and advocate Sr Stanislaus Kennedy has died at the age of 86. Known to many as Sr Stan, she died this morning at St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown.
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Twenty five years after I graduated from @tcddublin @TCDLawSchool it’s great to be back - with a huge rainbow on front square - to speak to students honouring the great @TrinityFlac tradition 👏
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Public service journalism at its sweetest 😂 hat tip @gavreilly #Aras25
Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works? Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted. @VirginMediaNews
https://t.co/mMs9zSKelL
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‘It’s closer to one in three now than one in four,’ says @oneinfourirish CEO Deirdre Kenny on @morningireland We are repeating the past, Kenny warns …
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So honoured to host #HomeAgain - A Celebration of Gerald Dawe (1952 - 2024) | Poetry Ireland @poetryireland @dlrLexIcon
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Flight delay flew by reading tweets @eimer_mcauley #aras25
I'll put updates on the Dublin City Council meeting here 🧵Malachy Steenson has asked Lord Mayor Ray McAdam not to chair the meeting as he says he's not impartial. Met with a cry of 'nonsense' from a colleague and a general laugh. Morrissey Smyth is up first.
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It’s that other most wonderful time of the year… dilemma of shoe selection notwithstanding, love hosting the annual @businesstoarts awards @NCH_Music #BtoAAwards #purposefulpartnerships 🎭🎼📚🎹
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This 👉 Rich economies will need foreign workers to fuel growth, policymakers warn h/t @FT
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Central bankers say low birth rates in world’s largest economies pose threat to productivity and prices
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We are delighted to welcome back Journalist, Author & Broadcaster @DearbhailDibs as our MC at #ITICConf25 "Resilience in an Uncertain World" BOOK NOW for this must attend #tourism conference @LyrathEstate Co. Kilkenny on October 1st Full details & registration
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This @MaryCarolanIT High Court judge says judgments should avoid Latin and ‘terms of art’
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Legal terms for costs orders would mean ���double-Dutch’ to lay person, says judge in costs ruling
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This by @kathysheridanIT 👉Refusing to see the links between domestic violence and wider society amount to reckless denial https://t.co/IVGXjfoDXN
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Abuse in the home is a red flag for what happens in the public space
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Mater semper certa est? State secures Supreme Court appeal against citizenship ruling for children of same-sex couples https://t.co/XYEZ29lYAw
irishtimes.com
State says High Court decision introduces ‘uncertainty’ about law on citizenship by descent
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Ah no… those dulcet Monaghan tones and that relentless curiosity and passion for artists, who have lost a dear champion. The cultural and broadcasting landscape in Ireland and further afield will miss the incredible voice of @RTEArena Sean Rocks. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks, the voice of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, has died aged 63
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Thank you for all of the kind messages on #TheLastIrishMissionaries Both episodes streaming on @RTEplayer
Dearbhail McDonald and Bryan Dobson travel to Kenya and The Philippines to visit Irish priests, still active in the field in their 80s after decades of service. Stream both episodes of #TheLastIrishMissionaries on @rteplayer now
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From Rathlin Island & Clonmacnois to Kenya & the Philippines, @DearbhailDibs & Bryan Dobson continue to retrace the footsteps of #TheLastIrishMissionaries as the chapter and series draws to a close at 21.35 on @RTEOne & the @RTEplayer
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Ah, gorgeous #Glenties 💕 ☘️ Good to be back @MacGillSchool to host ‘Let’s Talk About The Presidency’ this evening #MacGill25 #IrishPresidency #Áras #Presidency
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The Last Irish Missionaries: Ep 1 tonight 9.35pm RTÉ One (with Part 2 on the Player immediately after) Really worth watching, and great to be a part of. We met many brave, selfless & thoroughly decent people. With a superb team behind the camera. #LastIrishMissionaries
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