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1/ I'm covering crime - especially in Dublin - for many years.
What I can tell you with certainty is this: There is zero evidence (zilch) that the increase in refugees or asylum seekers coming into the Republic in the last couple of years has led to an increase in crime.
Gavin from Finglas addressing demonstators outside the Irish Times building.
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Some fantastic photos out of the latest Garda passing out ceremony at the Garda College, Templemore, Co Tipperary, today
166 new gardaí graduating, best of luck to all of them
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Did u ever think u'd see this in
#Dublin
? Homeless people living in a tent in a city park; their baby's buggy next to it.
I took this ystrdy, March 22, '18.
A baby
Living in a tent
In a park
In Dublin
When we stop seeing things like this; THEN tell us the country is in recovery
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Gardaí confirm 3 people have died in the gas explosion in
#Creeslough
Co Donegal.
More are still unaccounted for and are being searched for in the rubble of the explosion at the building next to the Applegreen service station.
What an awful tragedy
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Anna Mooney, née Shupikova (46), who was murdered in her home on Kilbarrack Rd, Dublin 5, on Thursday.
She was a mother of 2 children and was originally from Ukraine but had been living in Ireland for many years.
Her husband, Stephen Mooney (51), is charged with her murder.
RIP
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Bloke on the radio lecturing people about their credit rating if they withdrew €1,000 at an ATM last night.
What planet are these people on? As if many people who run to an ATM to take advantage of a glitch are worried about credit rating
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Garda has come in for criticism in recent years. But don't forget those on the front line, the vast majority of whom have never been implicated in controversy. This is reservist Alan Burke jumping into Corrib last week to save a man & his female colleague about to jump
#respect
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Republic of Ireland top of the class in Europe for incidence of Covd-19; we've done well, let's not be too hard on ourselves.
But hopefully everyone won't go nuts over the next few weeks.
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Protestors (some from anti mask campaign) have repeatedly shouted “justice for Aaron Brady” at Caroline Donohoe, the widow of Det Garda Adrian Donohoe, as she was leaving court after seeing Brady jailed for 40 years.
Caroline Donohoe came out the front door; ignored the shouts.
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Why do news reports keep calling the protest in Achill a “silent vigil”?
At the very, very least it’s an anti migrant protest. And that’s putting it mildly.
Forming a mob to keep 13 women out of accommodation can be branded many things, but “a silent vigil” it is not.
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Army Rangers being winched onto MV Matthew a long way off Cork coast.
The ship is carrying a huge quantity of drugs, believed to be cocaine.
The Naval Service's LÉ William Butler Yeats fired twice at the large vessel to deter it from trying to escape
#Ireland
🇮🇪 👌🤌
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Just a reminder what the victim, Cillian McCarthy, looks like in this case, he's the lad on the left below...
Judge wonders if Kyle Hayes ‘sheltered from realities of life’ during sentencing hearing
@ConorGallaghe_r
has a great report here ⤵️
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BIG news coming out of Dublin Port - huge cocaine seizure, one of the biggest in the history of the State.
Made by Revenue's Customs officers and the Garda
More to come
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This poor kid
Alanna Idris Quinn (17) loses sight in eye and requires major surgery after attack via
@IrishTimes
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BREAKING: Garda criminal investigation launched into organisers of Black Lives Matter protest in Dublin yesterday.
Organising any events is banned under Covid19 regulations and organising Dublin protest was a criminal offence, say gardai.
Story to follow.
#BlackLivesMatter
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One really worrying feature of Dublin riots was the apparent reluctance of uniform gardai to use force (for fear of being disciplined or prosecuted).
Something has gone very badly wrong when gardai feel they shouldn't use force during a riot, or any serious public order incident.
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This 'aney stokes' account is just the worst, it's nothing short of gross
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Big crowd on The Diamond in Clones tonight to bring home Kiea McCann (17) for the last time after her death in yesterday's road crash.
Hundreds of people waiting in silence for her, lots of tears. My video doesn't do justice to the turnout
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Many thanks to Alanna's mam for speaking to me today - been covering crime in Dublin a long time but these injuries stopped me in my tracks
Teenage girl (17) may lose eye after Dublin attack by gang of ‘tormentors’ via
@IrishTimes
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What an absolute disaster involving the Garda in the ATM Bank of Ireland debacle.
Unclear who came up with the idea to ask the gardaí get involved - and who in the Garda agreed - but it's a disaster amid a public debate about lack of gardaí on streets after several attacks...
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What a day, you wouldn't put Teresa Mannion out in that weather
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I want a United Ireland.
But it's far too soon - this is a process that would take many decades.
All you have to do is look at Brexit - it's ripped Britain apart.
Pushing this now is bonkers; peace has barely settled in.
It's the wrong time and it's electioneering by Sinn Fein.
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Frank Feighan (TD) new Jnr Minister for National Drugs Strategy says he never heard of Nitrous Oxide (hippy crack) being abused by young people until this week.
And (wait for it) just days after first hearing of it he says it’s only a problem in Dublin...
Best of luck with that
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You've got to hand it to Mary Lou McDonald - love or loathe her, she is some communicator.
Absolutely five star stuff. So clear & firm. Every time.
No mistaking her message whenever she speaks and very quick on her feet.
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Clones did itself proud tonight – huge crowds waiting for over an hour for guard of honour through town as remains of Kiea McCann (17) brought home. Cortege stopped on The Diamond outside family home of her best pal, Dlava Mohamed (16) also killed in yesterday’s crash. Harrowing
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Mary Lou Mc getting a history lesson from Claire Byrne; specifically that the violence around the birth of the Republic was VERY different to Provisional IRA blowing up innocent people with bombs in public places and wasn’t supported by the people whose fight secured independence
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The Breda O’Keeffe 'redundancy' deal though....
500k for her even though her position not made redundant and, wait for it, some of the people who should have approved or rejected it (who had sign off) never even knew about it
That is absolutely nuts
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Hang on now, "the Irish people" didn't blow up young people in pubs - by planting timed bombs and running off - and shoot & bomb so many others to death for decades.
The Provisional IRA did that, not the Irish people.
PIRA emerged in 1969. It's not the same group as the 1920s IRA
Asked whether she believes IRA violence was justified, Sinn Féin President
@MaryLouMcDonald
says the Irish people were justified to stand against British imperialism.
Watch the full interview on View From Stormont tonight at 11.05PM on
@UTV
.
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A Garda member has accidentally shot himself while guarding the Isreali ambassador in Dublin 4. Garda suffered a leg wound in an accidental discharge.
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Republic of Ireland vaccinated more people than any EU nation in last 7 days (latest data today ⬇️)
And since vaccines became available (rather than just last 7 days) we are 3rd in EU.
Stay home & keep the faith people, we'll get through this
#COVID19
#vaccinationCovid
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4/ Having covered crime for 20yrs I can say with certainty the vast, vast majority of crime in Ireland is committed by Irish people.
Do some foreign people here commit crime? Of course, just like Irish people do in other countries.
Be VERY careful who you believe
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This shows why you need to be careful when claims are made about migrants on social media.
These buses were actually being used to bring kids to athletics meeting in Santry.
Yet very specific claims are made that couldn't possibly be true - eye witness accounts of "men only" etc
Footage emerges of 5 bus loads of migrants in Santry/Ballymun area 😲
Social media users in Dublin who spotted the migrant convoy say all buses were packed with men only 😳
Please follow us and retweet 🔄
#IrelandForAll
#eastwall
#ballymun
#santry
Crd: Matt Hinton
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A picture to stop you in your tracks; the broken-hearted tribe gathers to bury one of its young sons.
@PAImages
picture of the funeral of Michael Roarty, one of the four victims of Donegal road crash.
God help their families; so much potential and with the world at their feet..
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We should be doing this all over Ireland in cities & towns.
Many parts of Dublin city & village suburbs would be transformed by taking space away from vehicles and giving it back to people
Cork to permanently pedestrianise 17 streets for outdoor dining
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Not sure people are "romanticising the Troubles" by singing 'Up the Ra' with the Wolfe Tones
It's an anti-establishment thing at this stage, a backlash against the tut-tutting about the lyrics
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Horses being used to block traffic in Ballymun as part of anti direct provision protest
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Absolute nail on head by CNN's
@donie
⬇️
Zuckerberg extending Trump ban on Facebook & Instagram is absolute bullshit at this stage, with just days left in his term.
They've facilitated Trump's lies all the way
Beware the social media companies - an evil like we've never seen
Executives at social media companies have enabled conspiracy theories and hate for years -- making billions of dollars -- only taking piecemeal and sometimes bullshit steps to confront any of it.
They should probably take a look in the mirror this morning.
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Shane Ross has a book to sell.
He's an insufferable bore and full of his own self-importance.
He's trying to make a national story out of the fact he was dropped by RTE (as lots of interviewees are) and the media is playing into his hands.
He's just trying to publicise his book..
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The Liberal's "story" re animals being slaughtered by Muslims in Croke Park has been branded by Facebook as 'false information" on The Liberal's Facebook page.
And when you click on the warning notice it takes you to The Journal's story that fact checked The Liberal's story.
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2/ Great efforts have been made to link foreign men to sex offences. The truth is sexual crimes fell last year (having increased for about 5-6 years) as the number of foreign nationals coming into Republic as refugees or international protection applicants increased
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I'm the least Catholic person you could meet, but....
RTE would never do something like this based on the beliefs of, say, Jewish or Muslim people; not a hope.
RTÉ apologises for ‘blasphemous’ sketch after 600 complaints
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5/ I think scale of anti immigration sentiment (& also size of far right) is being over-estimated, though time may prove me wrong. Please examine the motives of people trying to convince u black/brown/foreign people are somehow more dangerous than white Irish people. It's untrue
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Huge mistake...
We could have re-imagined Dublin with the Phoenix Park at the centre of it, as an actual park rather than a rat run and car park.
The Office of Public Works (OPW) today announces the re-opening of the perimeter gates to the Phoenix Park, with the exception of Knockmaroon Gate, with affect from Friday 10th July 2020. Further details
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This membership of Soho club for RTE cost €4,200. They meet clients there (after closing their own offices in London). They say 5% of their income is from UK.
Is €4,200 a massive sum of money for a meeting venue for a year in London for a national broadcaster?
€4,200...
RTÉ Commercial Director Geraldine O'Leary has defended the money spent on Soho House membership in London – an exclusive club where meetings were held | Follow updates:
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The Timmy Dooley U-turn was gas - he was the one asking the questions about the RTÉ person who had a lend of a car for 5 years only to realise it was Marty Morrissey, one of his constituents, an extremely popular one at that.
Then the reverse ferret...
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1/ Notorious Limerick criminal Ger Dundon (38) has been jailed for 10 years for a violent abduction in Britain. Here's a video of Dundon caught by armed police driving a van with his kidnap victim in the back on a mattress.
Dundon & Co were demanding £300,000+ for his release
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If you want to see two absolute clowns who know nothing about Ireland actually discussing Ireland, here you go
Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon, a frightening combination
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We lost one of the very best this week; our colleague and great friend Dave McKechnie. Took this shot of Dave at a party in Sydney 20 years ago; we had the best of times. He was just a brilliant guy. Life is very hard to understand. Thinking of Lilian and Dave’s mam today
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3/ There is absolutely zero evidence the number of sexual offences being committed in the Republic has increased as more refugees or IP applicants have arrived here. As I say, recorded sexual offences actually fell last year
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Joe Brolly on Rory Gallagher:
"Rory, who has parental responsibility for three vulnerable children, must also be given space and support."
I wonder what makes these kids "vulnerable"?
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Crazy scenes in Wicklow and parts of Dublin
Gardaí turn away snow tourists and tow cars in Wicklow uplands amid 5km rule
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The current Sinn Fein party wasn’t created until the early 1970s.
It has nothing to do with 1905 (or 1916 for that matter!).
On this day in 1905 Sinn Féin was founded at a meeting in the Rotunda in Dublin.
After the meeting, we outlined our position:
“Our declared object is to make England take one hand from Ireland’s throat and the other out of Ireland’s pocket.”
#OTD
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Give me a break🙄
The vast majority of people who go to Dublin city do so without falling victim to any sort of crime, never mind having coats stolen on O'Connell Bridge.
Sidenote... Ireland was on its hands & knees, most people living in abject poverty, when this photo was taken
A beautiful memory from Dublin back in the day. Try standing there now and you'd be minus coat, shoes and handbag within minutes.
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Veronica Guerin, 24 years gone today; murdered by the John Gilligan gang.
I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news and who I was with; someone who was, bizarrely, closely linked to her murderer.
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@thewhitmore
Nasty stuff. Niamh Walsh is only doing her job. Could the agent not just reply to her rather than piling into Niamh online? This is not cool.
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No disrespect to anyone on
#MurrayTweetIndex
, most of whom I respect, some of whom are friends of mine; some great journalists.
But...
Any journalist who thinks being on a PR company list is some sort of achievement needs to take a very, very long look at themselves.
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I invite you to watch this, while keeping in mind Sinn Fein is in power in the North where the Covid19 situation is off the charts
.
@LNBDublin
Sinn Féin Senator says instead of a flight ban people coming into the country should be monitored and there should be proper contact tracing and testing in place. She says it's a huge concern with people traveling home for Christmas.
#rtetwip
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It's true what they say, you really can't buy class
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Text from Vietnamese woman Pham Thi Tra My (26) to her mum, apparently from inside trailer found in Essex as she was dying.
"I'm sorry Mom. My path to abroad doesn't succeed. Mom, I love you so much! I'm dying bcoz I can't breathe.. I am sorry, Mom".
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Fucking hell
@OwenJones84
took 27 screen grabs from
@thesundaytimes
investigation that was published behind a paywall & shared them with everyone on Twitter.
The amount of work&money that went into that investigation was huge & he's nicked it & given it away for free.
Shameful
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Ship is full throttle to get away, check out spray at back (not a v nautical term😂)
Top job by Rangers, Air Corps (pilot=😱&🥇), crew of LÉ William Butler Yeats.
These folks are starved of resources.
This operation is major wake-up call for Govt re resources for Defence Forces
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Shane Cassells now roaring at Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly, calm down man.
He seems to be raging someone in media earns lots of money - we're now gone way off what went wrong in RTÉ, it's just a complaint now about the fact someone dared to use an agent and get the best deal
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Mother of God this is powerful footage featuring brilliant women
‘Come forward and ‘don’t be afraid’ - Helen, whose father James O'Reilly was jailed for 20 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his seven daughters and his younger sister, appeals to other victims of abuse.
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Just Ryan Tubridy bouncing back in style after being treated appalling by some senior figures in RTÉ
Of course, we know a lot more about RTÉ now than we did when Tubridy was being thrown under the bus
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT!
Ryan Tubridy is joining Virgin Radio!
He’ll be hosting Monday-Friday from 10am-1pm and starts with us in January 📻
Welcome to the station ❤️
#RyanTubridy
@Q102FeelGood
#ChrisEvansBreakfastShow
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The man being questioned in Tullamore, who was arrested on Wednesday after the killing of Ashling Murphy, has been released without charge.
He has also been eliminated from the Garda investigation.
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This is a GoFundMe campaign for the 5-year-old girl most seriously injured in the Parnell Square stabbing attack 2 weeks ago
She remains gravely ill in Temple St.
I'm sharing this here as very few people seem to know about this effort to help the family
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Not sure I've ever seen anything like this in the courts. Saw the McCarthy Dundons throw their legal papers around before but not these kind of scenes with a group having to be removed like this
The Enoch Burke case continues...
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Exactly the same age I was when I took off myself for few years - I had a fantastic time.
The days of people tearfully emigrating are gone - most people, especially the young, are doing it for adventure, to broaden their horizons. They've always done it; boom or bust, always
People Before Profit TD Mick Barry says: 'My colleague, Cllr Leah Whelan, 25 years of age, is in a WhatsApp group, with 21 of her friends. This year 20 of them have emigrated.'
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Another bit of the (endless) casual classism in Irish society, this time from Ivan Yates.
Every one in Tallaght has guns, who knew?
Imagine making this to remark based on a person's ethnicity/religion etc
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Gardaí identify chief suspects in attack on teenagers in Ballyfermot, arrests expected
via
@IrishTimes
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BREAKING: Exclusive south Dublin private school St Columba's College launches review of allegations of racism made by current & former students, some of whom are black. School tells
@IrishTimes
it is taking very seriously what it calls allegations of a "culture of racism".
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Closing all night life at midnight is crazy from a pandemic point of view, from a policing perspective and a transport perspective.
Literally it goes against every effort Gardai - especially in Dublin - are making to keep assaults and public order down.
What🤡came up with this?
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Nothing, and I mean nothing, beats Ryan Tubrudys
#LateLateToyShow
It was absolute golden entertainment and uniquely Irish.
My Kids gone to bed shattered from eating so many sweets & staying up so late 😂
Well done to all Late Late team, they nailed it (yet again) ✊🙏
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Imagine the IRA shot so many people in the head - women, men, the young - they can't remember where they dumped the bodies.
Too many to remember - including this poor kid
Latest search for Columba McVeigh (19), murdered by IRA, ends without success
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Good man
@barryokellyrte
An absolute pro 👌
Respect for
@barryokellyrte
for calmness, courage and dignity in responding to people who harassed a very good journalist at work.
#RTEInvestigates
#TruthMatters
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Wondering why all of Sinn Fein's leadership from Dublin went North for the funeral of an IRA enforcer and why they led the funeral? It's all explained in this piece ⬇️
The close links between Sinn Féin and IRA untangled via
@IrishTimes
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I’m amazed & delighted to win an award at Newsbrands National Media Awards. There were many incredible winners this year. Thanks to
#journoawards2020
for persevering in tricky circumstances and to all my colleagues at
@IrishTimes
for putting up with my nonsense; it’s never easy
The NewsBrands Ireland Broadsheet Features Writer 2020 is
@conormlally
from
@IrishTimes
. Congratulations Conor!👏👏😀
#journoawards2020
sponsored by
@NationalLottery
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Absolute disaster for the London Met police; these scenes at a vigil for Sarah Everard while a police officer from the same police force is charged with her abduction and murder
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Garda Com Drew Harris has appointed senior officer to investigate people who gathered at/outside Dublin's Four Courts today&last week for a court challenge being taken by John Waters&Gemma O'Doherty.
He said those who gathered breached Covid19 rules, this was being investigated
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I see Tommy Robinson is in Ireland. Did nobody tell him Ireland is full 😳
From Tommy Robinson
I’m going to be covering what’s going on in Ireland right now, but not in the way I originally was, I want to keep this about the Irish people and their fight, I want this to be about them and not a media circus about me.
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RTE's Kin is fantastic
We saw a big finish last night but every episode has been great, really strong all the way through.
I think it's the best Irish production on RTE for a long time.
It also really captures modern day gangland in Ireland
#Kin
#rtekin
#KinFinale
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🤯
She (brilliantly!) plays a teenager in a show despite being a grown woman.
I think any actor male or female in such a role has to expect a question re their age, surely?
Tubridy a misogynist? Nah.
I think he'd ask a male actor the same question.
Ryan Tubridy accused of ‘misogyny’ by Derry Girls actor Jamie Lee O’Donnell after asking her awkward question on Late Late Show
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A 98-year-old man who recovered from Covid19 just sang a song on Morning Ireland on
#rte
You've got to love Ireland 🇮🇪
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NUI Galway threatening to expel students who gather (off campus!) for drinking.
What jurisdiction would a college have over anything happening off campus?
Crazy
Gardaí to share locations of student house parties with NUI Galway authorities via
@IrishTimes
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We are off our trolleys if we don't reclaim outdoor spaces *from* vehicles and reallocate to actual people - walkers, cyclists, diners and general messers.
People, not cars, thanks very much
State to invest €17m to create ‘European-style’ outdoor dining
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We gave gardai power to arrest & prosecute people more than 2km from home. Yet we're afraid to give gardai same power re pubs.
Literally people's civil liberties were less important than pubs; crazy.
Give guards power to close pubs on spot or else don't ask them to inspect pubs.
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This is not quite an "allegation" - it just cropped up in conversation between Dowdall and Hutch when they didn't know they were being recorded. Remarkable
Mary Lou McDonald says allegations she used Hutch family for money and votes ‘absolutely not true’
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Absolutely senseless stuff - a passing motorcyclist objected to the way Martin Lynn opened a taxi door, which led to the fatal assault on the 30-year-old in north Dublin.
He was well known on Dublin's rock/metal scene and apparently a really decent guy
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Re sexual offences 2022 Vs 2021: "In the 12 months to November 2022, there has been a 9% decrease in reported sexual offences compared to the 12 months prior." (Drew Harris)
The 12-month period to end of November 2022 is the latest crime data available (Dec '22 not yet available)
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One of my parents got text last night to have vaccine first thing this morning, the other got text this morning and vaccine just hours later.
Seems very efficient, fast.
Hopefully the supply issue picks up now.
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Gardaí have released the names and photos of all 10 people with tragically died in the explosion in
#Cresslough
on Friday
Catherine O'Donnell (39) her son James Monaghan (13)
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Jesus the ignorance and racism expressed by some people in the
#primetime
vox pop on the proposed centre for asylum seekers in Wicklow is just shocking. Shameful really.
#rtept
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% of people in Republic who are foreign born = 14% (Source: CSO, August, 2022)
% of people in jail in Republic who are foreign born = 15% (Source: Irish Prison Service as of 31st Dec, 2022, figure includes foreign nationals held pending deportation)
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A few points
1)Recorded crime has fallen for best part of decade (though rising of late)
2)Burglaries are an overwhelmingly urban issue
3)When burglaries rose as overall crime fell, rise was in urban areas
4)There's no rural crime epidemic. There's a rural fear of crime epidemic
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I’ll tell you one thing, I’d murder a few pints in a pub.
A bag of cans is grand, but it’s defo not the same ☹️
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