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Michael O’Toole

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Michael O’Toole

@mickthehack

Crime and Defence Editor, @isfearranstar, @irishmirror. Linguist: 🇮🇹🇫🇷🇪🇸🇸🇦. Crime novelist. Signal: Mickthehack.1970. #MCFC fan. Sopratutto, papà.

Ireland

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Born August 6

Joined February 2009

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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Mar 16, 2025
Updating my pinned tweet for contacts as @signalapp now has the facility of getting in touch via username, no number needed. My @signalapp username is: Mickthehack.1970 - I do find Signal is the most secure means, but there are others: -Threema, which is anonymous. My ID:
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Jan 15, 2020
In March I’ll have done 20 years as a crime reporter in Dublin. Have, conservatively, covered 600+ murders in that time. Thought I’d seen it all, including bodies being dismembered. But the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods changes everything. Hard to believe, to be honest.
Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Aug 3, 2020
I was born in 1970. Grew up in north Belfast. Let me tell you, the troubles were horrendous. It’s quite hard to explain, trying to live a life in an abnornal world. I don’t know how we got through it. John Hume is one of the reasons why we did. We owe him everything. RIP.
Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Nov 25, 2023
I’ve had more than a few guards tell me this. Some people will undoubtedly disagree, but that’s grand, I think it’s important you know what they’re thinking. They genuinely applauded the Brazilian hero Caio Benicio for smacking the knife attacker hard with his helmet, but they
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Nov 25, 2023
Three heroes who risked their lives to tackle Dublin creche knifeman
Three heroes who risked their lives to tackle Dublin creche knifeman
From irishmirror.ie
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Dec 1, 2023
Hero school worker who put life on the line to save kids out of intensive care
Hero school worker who put life on the line to save kids out of intensive care
From irishmirror.ie
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Feb 8, 2020
Kudos to the RTÉ staff working on #GE2020 tonight - it can’t be easy for them after the loss of their much admired colleague Keelin Shanley earlier today.
Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Aug 7, 2024
Grim that Daithi has to limit replies on this.😡
David Coughlan
@davidcoughlan_
Aug 7, 2024
Plenty of Irish support in Stade de France tonight for Rhasidat Adeleke, including her brother Abdullahi and her friend Zainab Ogunmade
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Jan 18, 2022
Someone asked me, so I checked; from what I can see of the 38 homicides in Ireland in 2021 foreign nationals are charged over four (10.5 %). But six victims were foreign national (15.7%). This claim that foreigners are behind many/most murders in Ireland does not stack up.
Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Mar 22, 2020
A lot of cops really can’t believe the way many Irish people have acted today. These are police officers who are quite cynical and have seen it all. They’re shocked at the amount of people congregating, from what I’m told. Lot of anger about it, to be honest.
Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Oct 5, 2023
The family of the lady killed in Wednesday night’s hit and run in central Dublin have released this photograph of her, through @gardainfo. Her name was Carol Seery.
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Dec 11, 2019
Still the highlight of the UK general election campaign. It’s a crazy plan, but it might just work...
Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸
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Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸
Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Aug 23, 2024
Moment man is arrested after woman allegedly sexually assaulted in Dublin
Moment man is arrested after woman allegedly sexually assaulted in Dublin
From irishmirror.ie
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Michael O’Toole
@mickthehack
Feb 9, 2025
🚨RIGHT. Gardai initially believed victims were Romanian and were known to the attacker. This is now not the case. It happens. Victims all Irish. Suspect is from South America. Random attack.
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