Group Head of News - Mediahuis 🇮🇪, Executive Editor - Irish Independent. ‘The Indo Daily’ presenter. Once Political Journalist of Year. Offaly man in Dublin.
The last 4 years have been a rollercoaster in our house but with things on the up Tara wanted to use Mother’s Day to tell her story about living with brain cancer. In today’s Sunday Independent paper and link below.
So we can…
- Go to Mass but not meetings.
- Play football but not watch it.
- Eat in pubs but not have Sunday lunch with parents & siblings.
- Attend a wedding with strangers but not have a BBQ with neighbours.
- Send the kids to school but not go to work. #Covid_19
Tonight a hero teacher is in hospital after risking her life to save children from a savage knife attack - meanwhile some other patriots got new runners in Footlocker, helped set buses on fire, trapped people in the city and attacked gardaí.
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.
#BREAKING
View from Dublin:
1. Withdrawal Agreement is unchanged
2. Joint statement is a legal interpretations of what’s in the WA (agreed by both sides)
3. Unilateral statement is UK talking to themselves.
Mood in Gov Buildings described as “calm”. #Brexit
💔 “To my daughters Zoe (12) and Hailee (7), I hope I have done enough to secure you both a future free of financial worries and that even with me not here to guide you, you can both pursue your dreams. And always remember, Mammy loves you.” independent.ie/irish-news/i-p…
Just wow! This tweet from the NI First Minister cannot age well. It’s actually jaw dropping.
People engaged into ‘vandalism and attempted murder’ are not to be considered the ‘real law breakers’.
Ironically the transition of power from Biden to Trump was a lot more peaceful than the transition of power from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to... Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
Who wants to explain to @FoxNews that there’s nothing “deeply offensive” to Irish people about the idea of Rob Kearney beating the hell out of the Black and Tans?! As gaffes in an Irish pub go, it couldn’t have been better if it was scripted. ☘️