Kate McDonald
@KateNicDho
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Journalist - current affairs digital unit @rte via @storyful @bbcnews @irishtimes
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Joined September 2011
We set up TikTok accounts registered as 13-year-olds and scrolled the For You feed for an hour. By watching mental health related content, we were quickly shown content related to self-harm and suicide that concerned those working in children's mental health. Full piece below:
'13 on TikTok: Self-harm and suicide content shown shocks experts' Following concerns raised by researchers about the design and functionality of TikTok, we set up accounts and registered as 13 years old... READ @KateNicDho: https://t.co/FJZlU7Qsfe
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Finally, I can share my news! I’m thrilled to say I’m joining the brilliant team at Morning Ireland, the country’s biggest current affairs show, alongside Audrey Carville, Gavin Jennings and Justin McCarthy. Now, I’m off to buy three more alarm clocks…@RTERadio1 @rtenews
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“Prime Time found examples of dating role-play games and simulated sexual acts in public toilet games rated suitable for five years and older…”@RTE_PrimeTime report by @KateNicDho and @Genbrennan at 9:35 on @RTEOne #rtept
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Amid growing concerns over child safety on Roblox, one of the most popular gaming platforms among primary school pupils, Prime Time set up test accounts and spent roughly 12 hours playing on the...
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'Revealed: The fake letters and 'miracle cure' behind Carey's scam' A special report on DJ Carey from @MurphyPaule and Sallyanne Godson will broadcast tonight on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 9.35pm. READ: https://t.co/gBGnSVJ8Sb
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Prime Time has obtained ten forged medical letters at the heart of DJ Carey's cancer scam, for which he was jailed for five and a half years yesterday.
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ahead of her report on tonight’s @RTE_PrimeTime @KateNicDho reveals security concerns as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale #rtept
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Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investig...
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Data protection Commission “deeply concerned” by availability of location data. Excellent investigation by @KateNicDho for @RTE_PrimeTime ⬇️
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase from companies working in the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found. https://t.co/Nw6rtccsBG
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Next: We hear the @centralbank_ie warn government to tighten spending plans for Budget 2026 @KateNicDho investigates the trade of data transmitted from smartphones through everyday apps & More from Donabate, Anti-Trump protests in the UK & seabirds on Ireland's Eye Island
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The Irish ambassador to Germany has conveyed her concern to German authorities after an Irish demonstrator was assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin https://t.co/EDqm4y4YHK
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The Irish ambassador to Germany has conveyed her concern to German authorities after an Irish demonstrator was assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin.
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There is "growing evidence" journalists in Gaza have been "targeted and killed by the Israeli army on the basis of unsubstantiated claims that they were Hamas terrorists" according to Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression.
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We urge all Irish reporters & concerned citizens to join us at 6pm today at The Spire to stand against the targeting of colleagues in Gaza. If we stay silent, we fail our courageous colleagues & facilitate a new norm where brave reporters on the frontline are legitimate targets.
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Shot in the head and chest. We investigated the killing of two-year-old Layan and six-year-old Mira. We also found many more cases of children shot in the head and chest in Gaza, from the beginning of the war right up until last month. https://t.co/rAMLWsEyQp
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Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.
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'They just ruined me' - Dublin torture survivor speaks out Natalie Ennis, who was brutally tortured in a flat in Dublin, told Prime Time her life has been ruined by the men who attacked her last year. READ: https://t.co/uKihRRaFDD
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A mother who was brutally tortured in a flat in Dublin's north inner city has said her life has been ruined by the men who attacked her over the course of three hours last September.
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This afternoon's final panel, chaired by @paraicobrien discusses masculinity, media and power. @KateNicDho @EamonMcGee and @ihrobertson 📸 all pictures today by https://t.co/ZWJZBxcF1h
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On the difference between the information consumed by young men and boys now and by previous generations, @KateNicDho emphasises the role of social media: "They cannot escape this content" which finds them via algorithms even when they do not actively seek it out. #MacGill25
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'Mother of wounded Gaza child pleads to reunite family in Ireland' The mother of a six-year-old child who was brought to Ireland from Gaza under a medical evacuation programme is calling on the Government to reunite her family. READ: https://t.co/hc1xasdZDF
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A Palestinian woman whose child was brought to Ireland for medical treatment as doctors tell us about their concerns that the impact visa delays could have on other children due to be brought here.
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'940 missing: Are there lessons from the Gaine or Satchwell cases?' With hundreds of people missing in Ireland, how do gardaí search for them and what lessons can be learned from the cases of Mike Gaine and Tina Satchwell? READ: https://t.co/sQXCBYXI3T
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An Garda Síochána told Prime Time that 940 people are currently listed as missing on the Garda Pulse system. So could some of them be found, if fresh thinking, new tools, or different investigative...
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Truly horrific images of children, toddlers, babies- their bodies torn apart by an Israeli bombing whilst waiting for food supplements. Distraught mothers are hugging lifeless small bodies. ‘We’re appalled’ says @unicefchief
We’re appalled by the reported killing in Gaza today of children and women waiting in line for nutritional supplies provided by UNICEF’s partner organization, Project HOPE. The killing of families trying to access life-saving aid is unconscionable.👇
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As a café in Gaza popular with journalists was targeted by Israel yesterday, killing photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab, we stand in solidarity with all journalists there and condemn Israel’s continued refusal to allow international media access. #SupportPalestinianJournalists
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Journalists in RTÉ stood again today in solidarity with all media workers trapped in the hell that is Gaza & to deplore again Israel’s continued refusal to allow international media in. #supportpalestinianjournalists
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