Ita Dungan
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BBC Northern Ireland Radio and TV reporter. A Dublin woman who likes to mend chairs. [email protected]
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Joined May 2011
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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐'๐๐๐๐๐๐!!!! She's done it!!!๐คฏKate O'Connor has just won Ireland's first ever global outdoor senior medal in the multi-events with a national record-breaking performance in Tokyo๐ ๐ฅHeptathlon: 6,714 NR She joins an
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SHE'S DONE IT!! WOW ๐ญ KATE O'CONNOR IS A WORLD SILVER MEDALIST IN THE HEPTATHLON!! ๐ฎ๐ช She racked up FIVE personal bests in seven events. Just an incredible performance from an incredible athlete. A NEW IRISH SENIOR RECORD! WOW. ๐๐ผ
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MI5 'illegally obtained data' from ex-BBC journalist's phone
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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard that MI5 conceded unlawfully obtaining communications data twice.
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6 vehicles were burnt outside Sam Carsonโs house where a number of his tenants live. Police say it was a racially motivated attack. Sam told me โSome people in Ballymena do not like foreign nationals, even though they are good working people, they don't understand thatโ
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A Newry company has been hailed as an inspiration after donating an entire day's sales revenue, almost ยฃ180,000, to Oxfam Ireland's Gaza emergency appeal https://t.co/cvyoX1kD9s
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A Newry company has been hailed as an inspiration after donating an entire day's sales revenue, almost ยฃ180,000, to Oxfam Ireland's Gaza emergency appeal.
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This is terribly tragic news. Thinking of his family, friends and colleagues tonight in a conflict that has claimed the lives of so many journalists.
โญ๏ธ LIVE: Al Jazeera Arabic reporter Anas Al Sharif was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Gaza City.
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Our sad, disturbing reality. NI murders the visible tip of a massive iceberg of abuse. @TVconormac
https://t.co/jdkvJYzaz6
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Since 2020, 28 women in Northern Ireland have been murdered by partners, former partners or family members. The murders are just the visible tip of a massive iceberg of physical and psychological...
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Almost half NI race rioters reported for domestic abuse - Investigations & Analysis - Northern Ireland from The Detail
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The figures for Northern Ireland โ 48% - were higher than the UK average (41%).
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A picture of violence โฆโฆ@ItaDunganโฉ โฆ@BBCNewsNIโฉ 27 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland as young pregnant mother Sarah Montgomery latest name to be added to devastating roll call.
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In at least 20 of the 28 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
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Freelancers report with the fewest resources and with a heightened risk to their own safety, and in 2024 accounted for one in three killings, an unprecedented increase in our history. The majority were Palestinians reporting from Gaza, where international media continue to be
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CPJ documented its second-highest number of journalists behind bars with a global total of at least 361 journalists incarcerated on December 1, 2024, in a year that saw more than 100 new jailings. Read CPJโs #2024PrisonCensus: https://t.co/zCH2HNdBts
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Chemical burns, assaults, electric shocks - Gazans tell BBC of torture in Israeli detention
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Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to reports of misconduct by military and prison staff.
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Thank you to everyone who has contacted me today by DM with more information. And not just about this story or about a Belfast school.
bbc.co.uk
The school said it took disciplinary action and contacted the police after a complaint about incidents on a school rugby trip to Portugal.
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BBC News - Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says Phillips https://t.co/TiytByA4CB
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The tech billionaire and Trump adviser has fiercely criticised the safeguarding minister in recent days.
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Murder inquiry under way into death of woman in Co Cork https://t.co/zgi4DSajIj via @rte
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A murder investigation is under way into the death of a 31-year-old woman following the results of a post-mortem examination carried out on her body.
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A Stormont strategy to tackle hate crime and racism has been undermined by the lack of an action plan and budget, according to a new review.
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The review's author says the Racial Equality Strategy can only be as good as "actions being taken".
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Karen Cummings was a mother of two, a nurse who worked in the paediatric unit of Daisy Hill hospital in Newry.
Police have launched a murder inquiry after 40 year old Karen Cummings was found dead in Banbridge last night. Two men have been arrested. More @rtenews
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Fourth police investigation of this nature to be launched in the last seven days in Derry - the latest happened in the Top of the Hill area of the city.
Detectives are investigating a second sexually motivated attack in Derry/Londonderry this weekend. Read more here: https://t.co/A2kVUHbpjM
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Alexander McCartney has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years in jail for the extreme online sexual abuse of children and the manslaughter of a 12-year-old girl, who was one of his victims.
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A 12-year-old girl in the US took her own life as she was being abused by a man from Northern Ireland.
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Such a powerful interview with Kathleen Coreira with @MiriamOCal on tonight's @RTE_PrimeTime. If someone is making you feel isolated, unsafe and controlled, please call the Women's Aid 24hr National Freephone Helpline 1800341900 https://t.co/9sbAgoZ2Ic
#coercivecontrol #RTEPT
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