Freya McClements
@freyamcc
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Northern Editor @IrishTimes. Award-winning author of Children of the Troubles with @joeliveline. Represent NI on Round Britain Quiz @BBCRadio4.
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Joined March 2011
When the Border was being drawn, my grandad tried to put Derry in the Free State https://t.co/TAykQZzmqi
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What if Derry city was included in the Irish Free State or Donegal included in Northern Ireland? Or if there was no Border at all?
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See you tomorrow in Bellaghy at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace with the wonderful @freyamcc Starts at 2pm. Good conversation and a bit of craic. Signed books on sale đđđ Tickets at https://t.co/DpFdCxx3We Or from
stephenwalker.uk
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A week today I will be at @SHHomePlace in the company of @freyamcc Really looking forward to it đđđ Tickets still available đđđ
Join us at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Sunday 16th November at 2pm for an afternoon of conversation and insight as journalist @StepWalkTV discusses his latest book, David Trimble: Peacemaker, with Freya McClements. Secure your tickets here! > https://t.co/3TSJFdEZFq
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âIs this really happening?â: Bad Bridgets book to become Margot Robbie film https://t.co/g0dLJ1ceN1
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Northern Ireland professors wrote about Irish emigrant women that âhistory chose to forgetâ
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Bloody Sunday: Not guilty verdict in Soldier F murder trial - In The News | Podcast on Spotify
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âWe took him to the wire.â Silence in court as Soldier F, who sat obscured from view, was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder on Bloody Sunday https://t.co/7MZJkUQLs5
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âWe took him to the wireâ: Tears and disappointment as families react to verdict
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Irish Times Northern Editor @freyamcc says until there is clarity from @MikeNesbittNI there will now be a focus on who the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party will be. @MarkCarruthers7
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âThe six counties is a s**tholeâ: âŠ@SeaninGraham22â© is in studio as Michelle Gildernew and Ian Paisley jnr go toe to toe on a united Ireland https://t.co/U6wT4iAIAn
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The former Sinn FĂ©in and DUP MPs have made a BBC Northern Ireland podcast on the thorny subject
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Seamus Heaneyâs Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time https://t.co/fIDeB29Do6
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The reader is transported by Heaneyâs illuminating memory: weâre in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken
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For the day that's in it, an interview with Teresa Kelly, who prayed for the killers of her beloved husband Patsy and appealed for no retaliation after his sectarian murder A remarkable woman who raised her 5 children with "no bitterness" @paddyjkelly
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âCollusive behavioursâ between security-force members and loyalist paramilitaries exposed in document
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Sue Grey: The daughter of Irish emigrants who became âBritainâs most powerful womanâ https://t.co/dc13eP65Sz
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Sue Gray became a household name when she led investigation into lockdown gatherings at 10 Downing Street
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Why new Troubles legacy deal is seen as a âonce in a lifetimeâ opportunity https://t.co/PtvOe1i6bn
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Inquests halted by the Legacy Act will resume and the ban on Troubles-era civil cases will be lifted
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Troubles victims will wait to see whether new legacy deal represents the âsea-changeâ promised https://t.co/3TM7qfzEli
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New joint framework is certainly different from the controversial Legacy Act
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This is a pretty depressing read. I grew up in a house with books and newspapers (both of which helped me find my voice). I loved the local library and I still use one (and take the children). Words matter. Reading matters.
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âWe cannot save these treesâ: The Dark Hedges, made famous by Game of Thrones, are dying https://t.co/teJ5UsDDpq
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Beech trees, made famous by their appearance on Game of Thrones, are 250 years old and âway, way beyond their expected life expectancyâ
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Delighted to announce details of the book tour for my biography of David Trimble. I am on the road and taking in Bangor, Belfast, Ballymena, Enniskillen, Antrim, Larne, Downpatrick, Bellaghy and Lisburn. Tickets from https://t.co/yUdl116SJq
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Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings
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Some investigations will result in arrests for killings 50 years ago, official says, despite unpopular new legacy regime
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Former BBC reporter Peter Taylor on a lifetime reporting on war and peace in NI: âPeople forget how we got to Good Friday â how precious it isâ https://t.co/bXfaLW9RUm
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Award-winning broadcaster speaks of how journalism is âunder threatâ today and likelihood of Irish unity âin the next 20, 30 yearsâ
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Parents of teen killed after being left on roadside by emergency services: âThey failed Shannonâ https://t.co/LqhnJ1xLLw
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Inquiry into 2018 incident in Derry found PSNI officers breached duty of care to the law student and her boyfriend
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âTheir infectious energy, their open smilesâ: Murder of mother and children has shaken Co Fermanagh community, âŠ@SeaninGraham22â© writes https://t.co/gKFaf3BtkI
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Removal service held for Vanessa Whyte and her children Sara and James Rutledge
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