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Ex-hack now PhD. Adoption/M+B institutions/Laundries. @IrishResearch Scholar @maynoothuni. Fulbright Scholar 2024-2025 'Oh Conall...the bee in Conall’s bonnet'

Cork, Ireland
Joined October 2009
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@ococonuts
Conall Ó Fátharta
1 year
Bit of news. I have been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to @GIHNYU at New York University to research the role played by US journalism in bringing the Irish-US adoption scheme (Banished Babies scandal)to light.Thanks to @Fulbright_Eire #FulbrightAwards #FulbrightFamily
@Fulbright_Eire
Fulbright Ireland
1 year
We are delighted to announce 21 #Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2024-2025. Congratulations!👏 #FulbrightFamily #FulbrightAwards #Ireland #USA 🇮🇪🇺🇸 Read the news: https://t.co/dk6k7P4sO5 Photo: Robbie Reynolds
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@Cathal_Dennehy
Cathal Dennehy
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Remarkable story at the Dublin Marathon where 19-year-old Ava Crean from Limerick takes the women's national title in 2:34:12, a 9-minute PB - 6th overall. Crean had never run competitively before signing up for the Manchester Marathon in April - listing her target time as 3:30.
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@WhatThenStudio
What Then? Studio
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What if the world ended tomorrow… and the first to sense it wasn’t you — but the one sleeping at your feet? In this cinematic short, we explore a chilling yet heartwarming what-if scenario: when the deceased begin to rise, and every bark, growl, and whimper from your loyal
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Conall Ó Fátharta
11 days
If Heather Humphries won, I wonder would RTÉs main interview on This Week be Maria Steen?
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Conall Ó Fátharta
11 days
RTÉ with a set piece interview with Maria Steen...truly bizarre
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Conall Ó Fátharta
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So, instead of Catherine Connollys win being the narrative, we are going back 15 years to get Declan Ganleys view...ffs
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Conall Ó Fátharta
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Heard this a few days back. It's beyond dreadful not to mention insulting to the affected people
@FinnEoghan
Eoghan Ó Finn
19 days
Car crash interview by Heather who says “It doesn’t really matter now at this stage” about sealing Mother & Baby Homes survivor testimony for 30 years. Heather: “I don’t know exactly what is sealed and what isn’t sealed” John Morley (host): “You voted for this!” @Galwaybayfmnews
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@DonnchaLaw
Donncha O'Connell
23 days
Gentle reminder…the Special Criminal Court was opposed trenchantly and for compelling reasons by Mary Robinson before she became President; its continued existence has been criticised by the UN Human Rights Committee, UN Special Rapporteurs, the Irish Human Rights & …
@rtenews
RTÉ News
23 days
The two candidates in the Presidential Election have clashed over the Special Criminal Court with Heather Humphreys saying she supported it and Catherine Connolly calling for its abolition https://t.co/PJsS0Avknb
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Conall Ó Fátharta
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Just when things weren't going any worse for Heather Humphries, she gets an endorsement from Bertie Ahern. Quick, more questions on Russia
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Conall Ó Fátharta
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Only in Ireland could Ray D'Arcy leaving a radio station be the top story. Christ alive
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Conall Ó Fátharta
1 month
Listening to the hacks and talking heads scrambling to put health warnings on the presidential poll, while expressing sympathy for the tough week Jim Gavin had, is quite something
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@owenjonesjourno
Owen Jones
1 month
1) This is based on conflating Israel with Jewish people. 2) The anti-Palestinian racism in all of this is utterly shameless. Yesterday, Israel killed dozens of Palestinians, as it does every day. They never talk about respecting the grief of British Palestinians.
@Keir_Starmer
Keir Starmer
1 month
I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise and respect the grief of British Jews. This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain. It is a time to stand together. We are a country that welcomes all people, no matter
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@DonnchaLaw
Donncha O'Connell
1 month
Lots of Undecideds to be won over but great momentum for Connolly and no sign that negative campaigning is benefiting those targeting her. Gavin seems to be going the way of Gay Mitchell in 2011. #Áras25
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@DonnchaLaw
Donncha O'Connell
2 months
Hope The Irish Times affords Catherine Connolly a right of reply to this fanciful and risible opinion piece…
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Conall Ó Fátharta
2 months
Important questions raised here by @cmcgettrick re OLC graves in Glasnevin following their PR. Her research on this issue has been crucial, and its an issue that has been woefully underreported in the media
@cmcgettrick
Dr Claire McGettrick, born Lorraine Hughes
2 months
1) We founded JFM in 2003 when we learned about anomalies at the High Park graves, exposed by Mary Raftery. 22 yrs later, the Srs of Our Lady of Charity (OLC) say they’ve rectified errors & omissions at their Glasnevin graves. A few initial observations: https://t.co/bhmt0F5Lk3
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@kenfoxe
Ken Foxe
2 months
Chief Executive of Land Development Agency believes there should be a "social stigma" for people who object to housing and other development. What about a "corporate stigma" for public bodies who waste taxpayer money running to the courts to block transparency?
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Conall Ó Fátharta
3 months
If you are interested in one of the earliest Hollywood adoptio nscandals involving an Irish child and Irish authorities looking the other way. See below
@lawlormary
Mary Lawlor
4 months
Just a glimpse of the Banished Babies trafficking practice facilitated by the Dept of Foreign Affairs yet to be addressed by the government my own brother being 1 of them Thanks to @ococonuts for this piece @breeda_murphy https://t.co/viPdbcBFXO
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@Trickstersworld
Tony - Pod Guy - Groves
3 months
No. Next question.
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Conall Ó Fátharta
3 months
Seriously?
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Conall Ó Fátharta
3 months
It says stop killing children and civilians. Utter madness take
@stephenpollard
Stephen Pollard
3 months
#uefa statement on the pitch for #supercup They might as well have gone the whole way and written "Fuck you, Jews"
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@lawlormary
Mary Lawlor
4 months
Just a glimpse of the Banished Babies trafficking practice facilitated by the Dept of Foreign Affairs yet to be addressed by the government my own brother being 1 of them Thanks to @ococonuts for this piece @breeda_murphy https://t.co/viPdbcBFXO
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The removal of thousands of children from Ireland for adoption in the United States between the 1940s and 1970s was ‘revealed’ to Irish society by the news media in 1996. The ‘Banished Babies scand...
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Conall Ó Fátharta
3 months
From the man who said Israel had the right to cut off power and water to Gaza.
@Keir_Starmer
Keir Starmer
3 months
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
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