Miriam O'Callaghan
@MiriamOCal
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TV & Radio Broadcast Journalist with RTE, Ireland’s public service broadcaster. The views here are my own personal opinions. https://t.co/CP6TYlE1Y5 @rte_primetime
Joined March 2010
It is Kevin x.
BREAKING: Miriam O'Callaghan is to present The Late Late Show tonight. Due to a persistent cough, Ryan Tubridy is in self-isolation. I think this is the first time a woman has ever fully presented the world's longest running TV chat show.
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As Conor McGregor lost his temper in the witness box, for the jury it was the moment the mask slipped.
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Like everyone else I am so shocked and saddened by this news. All the while he was minding all of us, he and his family were going through this incredibly difficult time. Like others, I feel eternally grateful and humbled. My thoughts are with them tonight.
From today, I will be taking time out from all of my work commitments to be with my family. I would like to thank everyone for their support, understanding and respect for my family’s privacy and would wish that to continue. Continue to stay vigilant and look after each other.
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A little news - just to stop all the questions, including from my wonderful Mum 🥰
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This powerful moment from Prof Rónán Collins on last night’s @RTE_PrimeTime clearly resonated with many - in less than 24 hrs over 100k views and still growing.
"I think a lot of older people are now expressing the feeeling that maybe life isn't worth living any longer". Professor Rónán Collins on @RTE_PrimeTime on the impact Covid 19 & the measures being taken to halt the virus are having on our society.
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V sad tonight as it’s the last time the truly wonderful @mcculld is my copresenter on @RTE_PrimeTime -he joins the 6:1 from Monday.Everyone on the show loves him,esp me.Brill journalist&presenter,but more importantly the nicest kindest loveliest colleague #rtept
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Really looking forward to chatting to Ireland’s newest favourite son @JohnKingCNN tomorrow morn Sunday with Miriam 10am @RTERadio1 about his v Irish upbringing in Massachusetts,the marathon US Election coverage,his Magic Wall&how he’s looking forward to coming here soon
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Very proud of my talented, creative and super kind husband - his Mum&Dad would be so proud too. Hopefully they are celebrating right now in heaven 👏👏👏.
BBC Scotland has appointed the hugely experienced programme maker, commissioner and award-winning broadcaster Steve Carson, as its new Director:
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It’s my wonderful Dad’s anniversary today&when out earlier in my Mum’s dropping in food, she reminded me of this beautiful obituary she has hanging on the wall written by his dear brilliant friend Paddy Moriarty brother of the gt Mícheál O Muircheartaigh - Kerry abú
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Our beautiful Samoyed Chance seems a bit sad and was just asking me when might lockdown end?
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No wonder they call it the Kingdom-my wonderful dad’s county. In Dingle on holiday rt now,my favourite place on earth&our dog Chance agrees.The summer of staycations.Fungie also never lets us down.Tks to @DingleSkellig for the view&to @JessMcGurk for the gt photos
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At a family funeral in Belfast and I just walked by Gerry Conlon’s grave in Milltown Cemetery. It was a privilege to know and interview Gerry down the years. Codladh sámh Gerry
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This brilliant interview by @mcculld with the Russian Ambassador to Ireland is now at almost 6m views. An absolute masterclass.
RTÉ Six One interview with Russia’s Ambassador to Ireland Yuriy Filatov | Live updates:
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Andrew McGinley is a remarkable man - @SamanthaBourke and myself both feel humbled to have been able to interview him .
"I have to believe it was insanity. I can't think of any other way for the kids to have died.". Following today's verdict, Andrew McGinley spoke to @MiriamOCal about moving forward after the loss of his children | #rtept | Read more:
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This was such a joy-what a talented duo @tconnellyRTE & @laoneill111 are. Best friends since college,they’ve gigged together for decades. In a Covid/Brexit free zone,tune in tomorrow morn 10am Sunday with Miriam @RTERadio1
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Farewell to a true feminist icon with endless courage, a ground breaking journalist, a brilliant writer, an incredible interviewee I was lucky enough to interview on many occasions, Nell McCafferty was also great fun,always kind&most of all a proud Derry woman. Codladh sámh Nell
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Watching Theresa May right now at her Press Conference ahead of our @RTE_PrimeTime this evening on @RTEOne - putting everything to do with Brexit&politics aside,all I can say is that I greatly admire her tenacity,resilience,grace under pressure and endless good manners #rtept.
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I feel very sorry for Ireland - sometimes things just go all wrong in life & this is one of those days for our Irish rugby heroes. Still really proud of them all,they’ve given us such joy in recent times&they will do so again v soon #walesvirl.
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Codladh sámh Sinead - incredibly beautiful soul, inside and out. Precious memory here of Sinead duetting with Kris Kristofferson on Saturday Night with Miriam “Help Me Make It Through Th. via @YouTube.
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Shocked,saddened&deeply frustrated to hear today about the number of women who have bought this so-called face cream of mine - total scam. Makes me more resolute to proceed.
Broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan is suing Facebook for defamation in a landmark Irish case.
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Just how pitch perfect and informative and fair was @tconnellyRTE just now on @rtenews - brilliant journalist as ever, also always an incredibly kind, helpful and decent colleague.
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I always knew Keelin was an incredible person,in every possible way,had the privilege of working with her for decades,but humbled&in awe watching her in Keelin Shanley:Faraway, Still Close-courage beyond belief.Beautifully made by her beloved @theonlymrsoft & @judykelly50.
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Incredible work and courage went into the making of that #rteinvestigates - outstanding investigation from an ace team headed up by @barryokellyrte , Lydia Murphy & David Doran.
New footage shows the threats and vitriol directed at workers at the former Crown Paints site in Coolock on 15 July. RTÉ Investigates was filming inside the site when one of the largest anti-immigration protests to date erupted into rioting. WATCH: . #rteinvestigates | @rtenews
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Beautiful start to 2025 spending time on magnificent Coomeenole Beach in my father’s beautiful home county Kerry. Here’s to a wonderful 2025 for all.
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Congrats to the truly exceptional @KatieGHannon who just won the overall award for Women of Outstanding Achievement at Women in Media Awards @wimballybunion .So well deserved. Not just a brilliant journalist,also the kindest most supportive friend&work colleague
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A huge loss for all of us in RTE - superb journalist and exceptionally warm, kind and generous colleague. Una you will be greatly missed.
Una O'Hagan has just signed off her final news report, we couldn't let her go without a little trip down memory lane. Wishing you a fond farewell and the best of luck in the future!
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Codladh sámh John Hume - Ireland’s Greatest. It was my greatest honour to champion you. My thoughts right now are with your adored Pat and your wonderful children. Ní bheidh a leitheid ann arís.
“We should all be eternally grateful to John Hume,” Miriam O’Callaghan (@MiriamOCal) said when encouraging people to vote for the peace campaigner to be named Ireland’s Greatest in 2010. We must always appreciate what he did for peace on this island.
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In @RTE_PrimeTime studio about to go on air&looking at my wonderful copresenter @mcculld thinking how much I’m going to miss him when he goes onto a gt new role on the 6:1 @rtenews -a brilliant broadcast journalist&the kindest& most decent friend #rtept
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Stay safe all of you and thank you - I have a recent very good reason to be eternally grateful to you all - thank you.
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I know I have said it before , but watching Reeling in the Years rt now on @RTEOne as I cook dinner,It’s just such a superb programme. way ahead of its time,kudos to the great team especially John O Regan Janet Couchman Shirley Dalton&the genius that is Nathan Nugent.
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Sometimes in my job you can be lucky and get to interview one of the greatest interviewers of all time. I loved spending time with Michael Parkinson&got to chat to him on a good few occasions. I loved being in his company. He was a beautiful man in every way.Codladh sámh Michael
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I have found it very very difficult today to believe Vicky is gone. Words seem wholly inadequate.What an extraordinarily wonderful courageous woman Vicky was,what fun she was,what an incredible legacy she has left, how indebted we all are to her.I loved her. Codladh sámh Vicky
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That was an incredibly powerful documentary on Maurice & Lorraine McCabe and the hell they have gone through by the A team that is @KatieGHannon @mairekearney @seanmacgiolla Ray Roantree& Matt Naughten.Part 2 tomorrow night. #whistleblower.
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Ciara Kelly: In Iraq the age of consent for girls may soon be nine. In Afghanistan women have been banned from speaking aloud. Why are we not out marching?.
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We are all here in @rte broken hearted today at this news. Like my colleagues, I loved Tommie - he was so kind and supportive, always full of advice&guidance,he was also gt fun with a huge heart. Thinking of Ceara, Moya, Joe and all his wider family&friends. Codladh sámh Tommie.
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This is a really superb documentary about a superb broadcast journalist who has made it big in the toughest media environment - but much more importantly, he’s just a really lovely guy from the Kingdom, my beautiful Dad’s home county. Go Donie ⭐️.
We follow Kerry’s own @donie as he reports for @CNN in the run up to the 2020 US Presidential Election and its aftermath with footage from the January 6th US Capitol attack. #Donie O’Sullivan: Capitol Man, tonight, 9.35pm
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Beautiful brave interview now on @RTELateLateShow with @theonlymrsoft the wonderful husband of our former brilliant courageous kind and deeply loved colleague Keelin Shanley. She would be so proud of you Conor-she was definitely there guiding u through the interview tonight.
We are honoured to publish Keelin Shanley’s beautiful memoir, ‘A Light That Never Goes Out’ today. Written in the final months before her passing in February this year, it is a reflection on her life, career, motherhood and philosophies. #ALightThatNeverGoesOut
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Love her advice for life - ‘When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out’. Brilliant woman. Codladh sámh Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
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I have loved @vanmorrison &his music forever.After 20 yrs of trying to get an iv with Van the Man,I finally got it&it was a joy&privilege to meet him.Big tks to producer @msogorman -that’s tomorrow Sunday with Miriam @RTERadio1 10am #VanMorrison
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What an extraordinarily courageous,strong&wonderful woman Vicky Phelan is - the woman at the centre of the cervical smear misdiagnosis scandal. In Limerick to interview her for Sunday with Miriam in the morn @RTERadio1 10am. Also in the morn,we’ll be joined by the gt Mary Black
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I’m v sad today that I’ll no longer be able to listen to the brilliant journalist that is @TodaySOR every morn.His show was unmissable&set the agenda.I have always been in awe of his fearless interviewing&journalism,but as importantly he’s always been such a kind&decent colleague.
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You’re a wonderful broadcaster Pamela,and a beautiful person inside and out.Anyone who writes a letter like this is clearly deeply unhappy.Pity them.More importantly forget about them.They really don’t matter at all. Stay being your brilliant self. They’ll stay being miserable.
They wouldn’t even spend the price of a postage stamp on me - it was hand delivered 😢. This was the last excerpt in a letter I received today telling me how “horrible”, “cold” and “smug” I am. The perks of the job eh.
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I give you the wonderful Nell ❤️. RTÉ Archives | Society | Condom Train and Women in the Media
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Very powerful&important iv by @TodaywithClaire with the incredibly courageous @aoibhinn_ni_s following her weekend revelations to @UnaMullally - by speaking out, things will change.
"I love my work and I don't want to leave but it did feel like I was going to have to.".@aoibhinn_ni_s discusses the immense impact harassment had on her life. @TodaywithClaire #TodayCB
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We all moan about X but it’s still THE social platform tonight for breaking news.
My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term. My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best
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Very late to this - but love it! My Kerry father would be very happy.
The music class from St Brendan’s College in Killarney had their Irish trad instruments with them on yesterday's flight from London Stansted to Kerry 🇮🇪. And they put on quite a show 👏 #RivAirDance #RyanairStories
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CNN’s John King: 'I've been in contact with my Irish cousin Jackie . there's a pint waiting for me in Ballyconneely'.
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Part Two was another extraordinary documentary tonight on the most incredible couple in the country Maurice&Lorraine McCabe - congrats again to the journalistic brilliance of @KatieGHannon @mairekearney @seanmacgiolla Ray Roantree and Matt Naughton #whistleblower.
That was an incredibly powerful documentary on Maurice & Lorraine McCabe and the hell they have gone through by the A team that is @KatieGHannon @mairekearney @seanmacgiolla Ray Roantree& Matt Naughten.Part 2 tomorrow night. #whistleblower.
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Stunning sunset earlier this evening over Lough Owel - we live in such a beautiful country. I am en route to Carrick on Shannon for tonight’s Prime Time Election 2024 debate.
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Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful mother and namesake Miriam - the ‘real’ Miriam O’ Callaghan as my family says.Incredible role model for all of my family-school headmistress for decades,caring,super stoic,loving&great fun.Thank you always&forever. #rteloveourmammies
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Broken hearted that the incomparable Mícheál has left us.A friend of my father-two beautiful Kerrymen-I was blessed to interview him often,including this special moment on @RTELateLateShow when he gave us all great advice during lockdown.Dúiseacht le dúthreacht le breacadh an lae.
"Ní neart go cur le chéile"". Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh on the unity of the Irish people and his hopes for the future. #LateLate #StayAtHome
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It was a privilege today to interview Dr Anthony Fauci ahead of @RCPI_news giving him their most prestigious award,the Steane Medal.He was fab to our entire team.Tks to RCPI especially @siobhancreaton .Watch the iv tonight @RTE_PrimeTime 9.35 #rtept
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A superb journalist, a wonderfully supportive colleague, always unflappable and calm, incredibly kind, great fun, and a true gentleman. Looking forward to watching your next chapter Bryan. We’ll miss you greatly.
RTÉ broadcaster Bryan Dobson retires today after 37 years in the newsroom. Mr Dobson says farewell after many remarkable years presenting flagship RTÉ news and current affairs programmes | Read more:
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Superb @RTE_PrimeTime documentary tonight from @barrycummins12 and @Sallyannegodson on the murder of Garda Adrian Donohue #rtept.
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Congrats @RTELateLateShow on superb tribute show last nt to the legend that is Gay Byrne.Interestingly I was asked all day about Nell,even in the just to reassure her many fans,Ireland’s greatest living feminist was fab&happy @RuthbMax
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It’s a really beautiful and emotional programme @bazashmawy - incredible family. Congrats to all involved.
Tonight's EP of #DIYSOSIrl was one of the hardest and most heartbreaking stories I've ever had to be part of as a presenter! If you were in anyway part of this thank you from the bottom of my heart, you’ve restored my faith at a time when it would be easy to lose it! 💜 6:30PM
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So sad to hear about the death of Paddy Hill of the Birmingham Six. At least he’s now reunited with his great friend Gerry Conlon. What a nightmare they lived through. Here they are chatting in 2014 shortly before Gerry died.
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Brother Kevin doesn’t like me saying it. but he is a living saint . and clearly a fine singer too.
Love this man! Br kevin singing at the annual Xmas dinner in the capuchin day centre @capfrans @MiriamOCal @ICHHDUBLIN
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@planetjedward Your mum would be so incredibly proud of you both tonight @planetjedward - well done ⭐️.
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It was a privilege to interview Alan Black this morning - a truly exceptional man. No bitterness, full of forgiveness and humanity.
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Packed @dublincastle yard as the crowd here awaits the final result which will be announced here - expected in about an hour
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A constant for decades in my family’s life has been Dingle’s Fungie - here he is,once again never letting us all down courtesy of @JessMcGurk - hope he returns. 2020 has been bad enough
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Brilliant presenter, wonderful colleague and one of the nicest men on earth - we will all miss you very much Michael.
After 35 seasons, Michael Lyster has presented his last All-Ireland final for The Sunday Game - we look back at some highlights from his career with the programme and @rte
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Thank you so much to Tony Lunney - what an incredibly decent, kind caring and wonderful brother to Kevin he is. An absolute privilege to meet and interview him.
Tonight, Tony Lunney speaks to @MiriamOCal about the horrific assault his brother Kevin endured. That's Prime Time, RTÉ One 9.35pm. #RTEPT
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It’s a real privilege today to interview the super talented & courageous BBC Correspondent @OrlaGuerin - that’s @RTERadio1 10am Sunday with Miriam
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Just watching the historian Catherine Corless on @rtenews - all alone, she fought to expose the Tuam scandal-what a wonderful woman she is.
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I was so shocked to hear this news, David was such a brilliant journalist, incredibly sharp in his analysis with a beautiful turn of phrase and a wonderfully supportive and caring colleague. My thoughts tonight are with his wife Dearbhla, his children and his entire family’ .
The most erudite, witty colleague, always great fun and wonderful company. Gone far too soon. RIP. Former RTÉ broadcaster David Davin-Power dies aged 72 via @rte.
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Our dog Chance is absolutely loving this weather - he finally feels properly at home.
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Wonderful news - so happy for @theonlymrsoft - very emotional. Keelin was always a winner ⭐️.
You voted in your thousands!. RTÉ is delighted to announce that Keelin Shanley's memoir, A Light that Never Goes Out, has been voted by YOU as the @RTERadio1 Listeners' Choice Award at the 2020 @AnPostIBAS. Watch the @AnPostIBAS . ceremony live on
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In important news our family dog Chance bumped into these guys on the street earlier& has just become the 5th member of the great @TheCoronas - we are v proud. Great pic by @JessMcGurk
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As a former practising lawyer and also as a woman of a liberal disposition, delighted with this news. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court Justice returns to work from hospital bed - BBC News
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Earlier today I had the privilege of interviewing 19 yr old Alanna Quinn Idris, the victim of a terrible assault by 4 people in Dublin 2 years ago leaving her permanently blind in her rt eye.2 of her attackers have been jailed. The iv is coming up now on @RTE_PrimeTime
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@JohnKingCNN Hi John,I work as a TV anchor in Ireland for the National State Broadcaster RTÉ.Many of us here have been glued to&riveted by your superb coverage.I also know you are v proud of your Irish roots.Could I e mail u about doing a radio interview with you for my show?.
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Congratulations Patrick - you’ll be brilliant! Great news. I’m up in Belfast right now and they’re delighted here too ⭐️.
Posting this before they change their mind! A real honour to follow in the footsteps of Gay, Pat and Ryan. Thanks RTE for the chance to be a part of the next chapter. @RTELateLateShow.
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That looks @PhelanVicky like you and @KeoghChauffeur had a really lovely journey in spite of what you were travelling for - mind you Vicky, Pat is clearly a great guy,but you do bring out the very best in people because you are such a wonderful woman, in every possible way.
Home from @svuh for my infusion of Pembro. I was nervous about travelling to Dublin with the ⬆️ in cases since my last trip up. I needn't have worried! My personal chauffeur, and friend, @KeoghChauffeur offered to drive me up and back. We had a lovely day. Thanks Pat 🙏
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Coming up this morning on @RTERadio1 10am on Sunday with Miriam my guest is the incomparable @christymoore45 as we chat about his life &listen to some of his work from the early years. A real privilege.
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I was so shocked to just hear this incredibly sad news. Like everyone else, I loved Michael. A super talented journalist with a fine wit, but more importantly he was a beautiful, kind and gentle Kerryman. We often discussed the Kingdoms’s wonders. Codladh sámh Michael.
Michael O’Regan, ‘generous, compassionate’ Irish Times journalist, dies at home in Dublin
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Comhghardeachas @HelenORahilly - brilliant news.
How good is my publisher @ivanobp of @OBrienPress? He cycled here with the first 50 copies of #stairliftascends just now! we had a celebratory sup. from an idea to a book in 2 weeks - head-spinning!
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As we return to broadcast our @rte TV Referendum Results Prog live from Dublin Castle,the crowds are truly gathering http://t.co/f4grLDTr5E.
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On @RTERadio1 10am I’m talking to Nicola whose ex partner-former member of the Gardai,Paul Moody-is currently serving a prison sentence for coercive control of her. In court she was anonymous but now she’s appearing in a TV Doc on @RTEOne on Dec 11
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Out of respect to them, and to our serving President, I have always declined to engage in those discussions. However, given the recent resurgence of speculation, I want to state that I will not be a candidate in an upcoming Presidential election.
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It was a real treat today to get to @Wimbledon for the first time-gt matches&even got to be on de telly - pic courtesy of @pauletteoconnor of @RTE_primetime who spotted us! I was also sitting beside ace football legend&commentator @martinkeown5 - fab day ⭐️
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Like so many others, as the TV viewing figs show,I am in love with the Olympics,all of it,not just our heroes in action but sports I know zero about. In a world of bad news,it’s a stunning reminder of human endeavour,&the greatness,goodness&kindness of most human beings.
🥊|Boxing.Let’s hear it more time: .🎶 Let’s get Kellie to rumble! 🎶. Team Ireland’s boxing queen is just three rounds away from making even greater Olympic history. Can she become only the 4th Irish athlete to retain an Olympic 👑 tonight?. OLYMPIC 60kg FINAL. 🇮🇪 Kellie
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The outpouring of love,affection and respect for you here in this often very harsh crazy twitter world Fergal must make you realise what a truly wonderful,courageous&inspirational journalist you are&have always been for so many of us. Go easy. Mind yourself. Pop home soon ❤️.
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This is a magnificent read from the incomparably brilliant Róisín Ingle: My profound, challenging, surprisingly joyful, life-changing year.
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So looking forward in the morn @RTERadio1 10am talking to some truly exceptional women @PhelanVicky @SarahJayBee @emerthescreamer @ailbhes @i_am_jessica_b - tune in if you can.
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Feel really happy to help support the 2021 launch today of #darknessintolight - it takes place on Sat May 8 with the help of @PietaHouse & @ElectricIreland to aid all those affected by suicide. For details to register go to
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It was a really special day in @UCC and so delighted myself and @BrigidQuilligan received our honorary doctorates on the same day-great to speak to Brigid this morn too @RTERadio1.
Great to hear @BrigidQuilligan speaking to @MiriamOCal this morning about 30 years of Irish Traveller Movement @itmtrav & role of women. Remembering the day in 2017 when both women were in honoured in @UCC
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The great Fergus O’ Flaherty in O Flaherty’s iontach pub in Dingle singing as ever brilliantly - thanks to @DingleSkellig for minding us so well as ever and sending us here ❤️
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There is something particularly special about hearing The Fields of Athenry sung at Twickenham, especially when we are ahead - come on Ireland, you can do it IrlvEng.
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What a real joy&privilege it was to interview the legend that is Larry Gogan this morn.Wonderful reaction to him.
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Brilliant @ConorSketches - have a fab St Patrick’s Day ☘️.
The story of aul St Patrick ☘️ As told by by 21 “Irish” personalities 🤔 HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY 🇮🇪
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