Sarah McInerney
@SarahAMcInerney
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Journalist, broadcaster, writer, politics junkie. Galwegian. Radio @drivetimeRTE • TV @RTE_Primetime • Insta @sarahamcinerney • TikTok @sarahmcinerney1
Joined June 2009
“Haven’t worn that green suit in ages,” I thought to myself. “Why not give it an outing tonight.”
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Here we are! Finally, I can talk about how excited I am to start presenting @RTERadio1 new Drivetime programme with Cormac �� hEadhra. Best of luck to Mary Wilson, who will be brilliant on @morningireland . #rtenewseason
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I just got charged €5.50 for a cup of tea. Five. Euro. Fifty. That’ll teach me to leave the house.
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A stranger just approached me in the gym to tell me that, after three years of treatment, he got the all clear on his cancer this morning. He said he just had to tell someone. I’m so glad he told me. #cancer #CancerResearch.
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The #IBelieveHer hashtag gives an insight into how deeply upsetting this court case was for so many people. If nothing else, it must surely lead to a change in how rape trials are conducted. Is there any other crime in which the alleged victim appears to be the one on trial?.
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Walked into the kitchen at 3am to get water, and STEPPED in my BARE FEET on the biggest slug I’ve ever seen. House strictly private.
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Some news this Monday! Very excited to join the @RTE_PrimeTime team from next month 😊.
Some good news to start the week 👉 Congrats to @SarahAMcInerney and @franmcnulty who are joining @MiriamOCal for a new @RTE_PrimeTime presenter line-up! Sarah and Miriam will co-host on Tuesdays with Fran presenting with Miriam on Thursdays. Roll on the 6th April!
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Nikita Hand wins her case against Conor McGregor.
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A woman on the flight next to me has pulled out a roll of sellotape twice now. Once, to tape her phone to the window to….film the flight? . Then, to get something to spit her chewing gum into. Can’t wait for what happens next.
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My son has a new sperm whale toy, and he's decided to call him Spermy. Which is nice.
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One of my oldest friends, Suzanne, so rightly proud of her husband and son. Well done Patrick and Morgan 🙌.
Emotional scenes at Galway Port as fisherman Patrick Oliver and his son Morgan return from saving the lives of two young women in Galway @RTENewsNow @GalwayLifeboat #alive
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Sometimes, when I my deliver my children to school fully dressed and mostly clean, I wonder why is no-one applauding for all I’ve achieved today.
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I think I lost my sense of taste from Covid. I almost bought a Dublin jersey.
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Someone on social media told me I look like a Labradoodle, and honestly, I am so here for it.
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I genuinely thought this headline was a joke when I read it earlier.
Kneecap suffered another blow yesterday (16th) when their movie lost five out of six Bafta awards it was up for.
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Around this time every year, I buy washing powder that shrinks my jeans.
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I missed a call from my hairdresser four hours ago, and only realised now. I wonder how many weeks that’s cost me 😬😞.
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My six year old says he wants to be a ‘YouTuber’ when he grows up, and I don’t know where I went wrong.
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Total chaos in Dublin tonight:. - Public transport on fire.- Shops looted.- Gardai & emergency services under attack.- Pregnant women warned not to attend Rotunda unless absolutely necessary. And the horrendous attack on small children today. A devastating day for the capital.
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2yr old decided to PRETEND he has a cough when we went to the pharmacy. Started fake coughing and talking loudly about how he needed medicine, to the horror of everyone there. And now I need a new pharmacy.
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Had a disagreement with my son, and it’s inspired him to write a book.
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Was planning to peruse the minutes of the latest Nphet meetings today - only to find they haven't been updated since 17 December. 7 weeks ago.
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Actual tears.
Watch this mother react the moment she sees her baby move . This newborn baby boy was born at Sedgwick County Zoo via c section on November 15 and was put on oxygen, . here is mum and baby reunited .
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I wish somebody would ambush me with cake. That happens with much less frequency than I’d like.
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I was asked to explain the NI protocol in under a minute 😱😭. I failed.
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“The first genocide in history where victims are broadcasting their destruction in real time in the hopes that the world might do something. The world should be absolutely ashamed.". Presentation from Irish lawyer Blinne Ni Ghralaigh KC at #ICJGenocideConvention.
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Special shout-out to the texter to @drivetimerte this evening about our item on Bee Hotels, who said:. "That's not a hotel. It's a Bee & Bee.".
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Winding down this eve with some marshmallows and reheated pizza. Take your judgement elsewhere.
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This has triggered some people…🤔. I’m not looking for an echo chamber or even no abuse. I would like:.• replies to a tweet to be relevant, not blue ticks.• fewer random violent videos.• a proper verification system.• less Elon Musk. It’s just not what it used to be 🤷🏻♀️.
Staying here for another while, but I'm also where the sky is bluer - @sarahmcinerney.bsky.social.
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Ah, bless.
“Misogyny is absolutely wrong, whether it’s a man against a woman, or a woman against a man”
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Just confidently told my actuary husband that ‘those maths don’t sound right to me’.
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So chuffed to win Radio moment of the year ☺️ .Go the brilliant team @drivetimerte 🍾🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂.
🥳 @SarahAMcInerney wins gold “Radio Moment of the Year” for Yuri Filatov versus Sarah McInerney ⭐️🙌🏼 #imro22
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Got a flat battery in my car. Spent two hours waiting for help to arrive. Cold, miserable, thirsty. The very nice man from the AA arrived, smirked, and pointed out there's a BUTTON IN MY CAR to jumpstart it.
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Father-in-law shakes his head grimly - “People are going to get soaked at that ESB picnic.”. #ep2019 #ep19 #electricpicnic2019 .#ElectricPicnic.
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That’s game, set and match.
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This is so lovely, and also so sad.
A family singing to grandpa outside Mercers institute for Ageing StJames hospital- ‘we love you grandpa we do ‘ @stjamesdublin
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Finally took the plunge and went sea swimming. I may never be warm again.
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Lots of breaking news this evening. I hope I remember to stand, eh, narrowly. @RTE_PrimeTime @rteliveline.
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Watching Bohemian Rhapsody on Netflix and remembering that time someone on Twitter told me I look like Brian May.
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I've been waiting so long for my toddler's shoes to arrive from #Brexit beleaguered Britain, he's now an adult size 9.
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In bed last night, a gigantic spider crawled up my arm, and I accidentally flicked him onto my husband’s face. One of us screamed like a girl. In better news, Cormac and I are starting our Drivetime show soon 💃🏻#rtenewseason
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Me, chatting to friend: “Must clean my engagement ring.”. Instagram:”Here’s an ad for a handy ring cleaner you might like.”. Me:.
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This is delicious.
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Never not at it.
He’s one of our most exciting actors — a combustible shape-shifter onscreen, a moon-howling dynamo off it. And he spent the last couple years achieving his Hollywood aspirations. Now, Barry Keoghan is deciding what to manifest next. Read the cover profile here:
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The #LateLateShow tonight ❤️💔. Beautiful and heartbreaking and uniquely Irish in the best possible way. #AislingMurphy #shewasjustoutforarun.
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I got this email from a listener a couple of days ago, and my brain keeps returning to chew it over.
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This is properly depressing. A casual disregard for the community, the environment, and the council workers left to clean it up. #heatwave #Ireland #IrishWeather.
Everybody on the Burrow Beach,Sutton,Dublin yesterday should know this is what it looked like this morning.Council workers say they’ve never seen the likes of it.Every type of glass/plastic bottles,soiled nappies,barbecues etc etc…
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Apparently this not my toaster any more. It’s his toaster.
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Charlotte Fallon tells @Jennifer_Bray she was in tears after her exchange with Simon Harris. Disability worker says she was ‘shaken’ and in tears after exchange with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris in Kanturk – The Irish Times
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About as decent as it gets, from people fleeing war.
Many bags of litter from the footpaths and from the water - #UkrainianCleanups🇮🇪 #GrandCanal #Portobello Dublin. "This is our way to say thanks to this amazing country." Great job, @UkrainianAction volunteers and big thanks to @DubCityEnviro!
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By George, I think he’s got it.
"This is life and death to the people of Ireland.". Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland Stephen Pound MP, discussing Brexit's impact on Northern Ireland and Ireland, says as soon as you've got "uniformed officers on that border", the "peace process is finished".
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This wins the internet.
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter
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My son rearranged the decorations, so now the Santas are having a union meeting.
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Swim instructor just said ‘Well you’re improving anyway’. And it couldn’t have sounded less like a compliment.
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Breaking - Katherine Zappone announces she will not accept the appointment as special envoy.
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This paints a very different picture to the 3.9% positivity rate announced earlier 🤔.
More comprehensive data from the HSE this eve on the school antigen testing programme so far: .90,351 kits dispatched (each with 5 tests).8,170 results reported .Of those, .4,867 negative,.3,303 positive, .1,873 subsequent positives in follow up PCR tests.
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Thanks for all the kind messages about the show. Looking forward to working with a great team @todayradiorte over the next few months.
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The House of Commons right now better than anything on Netflix.
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I just won 8th prize in our local Scouts Christmas draw. Take that, Mayo lotto winner. It truly is a good day.
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I now regularly, wistfully, end sentences with “….that was 20 years ago, now.”.
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How does a fine do anything to help this situation?. Working mother fined after son (8) found ‘wandering streets of Dublin in his pyjamas’ -
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Thanks so much for all the kind messages. I had a chat to @ElleLenn last week about what’s to come. 💃🏻.
We chatted with @SarahAMcInerney after her final Today show and she shared some her exciting news about the move to @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 .⬇️
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Really heartbreaking speaking to Lauren today. She last slept in a bed 3 months ago.
"I don't know what I did to get there. I went back to college at 37 to try and better my life.".Homeless trainee nurse, Lauren tells @SarahAMcInerney how she is currently sleeping in her car and is now separated from her two children. @drivetimerte
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Backstage at #NYECountdown in the Gaiety, with my fellow guests. I wouldn’t have spent NYE with anyone else. !. Except my husband, obvs.
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The ham tastes “dusty” according to the 7-yr-old. I wish I didn’t know what he means, but I do. #ChristmasEve.
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Verona Murphy rules that Michael Lowry’s Regional Group can now NOT be recognised as a technical group.
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Very sad and shocking news this evening. David was a lovely man and passionate about his job; the voice of RTE's political coverage for many years. Ar dheis De go raibh a ainm.
The former RTÉ broadcaster and correspondent David Davin-Power has died. He was 72
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100 years in 4 mins. Or my best shot at it…🫣.
On the eve of the 25th anniversary, @drivetimerte presenter, @SarahAMcInerney breaks down the details of The Good Friday Agreement in 4 minutes 😅 . #GoodFridayAgreement
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Got so many beautiful pics from around Ireland sent in response to this photo of Howth this morn. It occurred to me, if we had to be locked down, it’s not a bad place to be stuck. Sharing some of the photos below. I’d love to see more.
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The number of houses built last year DECREASED by 6.7% according to the CSO. A total of 30,330 homes were built in 2024.
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A 35-year-old woman attacked and killed while walking home in the UK, ten mins from her house. Her family wrote a beautiful tribute. They say Zara Aleena believed “a woman should be able to walk home”.
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I know it’s a while away, but I could have done without seeing this.
The left galaxy is the Milky way, the right one the Andromeda galaxy. This is what will happen within 4 to 5 billion years from now [full video by SaltyMikan + read more: [2012 NASA model:
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Bit late to this, but the way Murdoch’s @nypost reported on Trump’s announcement is quite something.
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