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You never really get why your parents are so worried when you head off out as a teenager until you're older. My mum always said she never slept until she knew we were back in and safe . Thinking of those families in Cookstown today. A worst nightmare come to life.
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Sincere thanks again to everyone who got in touch today. Really overwhelmed by the support for Radio Foyle. Breakfast Show on-air tomorrow morning 7am
@bbcradiofoyle
📻
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The lights are on…the Magee graduate entry medical school will officially opens its doors this morning. Special edition of Breakfast coming up this morning at 7am.
@bbcradiofoyle
@davidhunter7
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Derry Girls mural this morning. The work by
@uvartscic
is unreal! Lots of people taking photographs 📸
@BBCRadioFoyle
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Say it every year, but nowhere does Halloween like Derry 🎃❤️ the best!
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Our most golds ever
@BBCRadioFoyle
- very proud night for our team. We try and take great care in what we do. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to listen to us x
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In a glass class of emotion after the loveliest send-off from the best team in the business
@BBCRadioFoyle
this morning.
Final broadcast from the front room done, maternity leave time now. Back on the radio next year, will v much miss the best listeners & colleagues❤️📻❤️
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Thread on health-care racism 🧵
“I felt like walking away”.
Beverly Simpson has been a nurse for 25 years but says racial abuse within the NI health sector pushed her to considering quitting.
She’s calling on
@RobinSwannMoH
to take action on racism towards health workers.
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Lovely news to get today from
@IMRORadioAwards
amid the night feeds and lack of sleep 👶 🍼
In great company in this category.
Great showing on overall shortlist for team
@BBCRadioFoyle
and colleagues at
@bbcradioulster
- best of luck to everyone nominated!
#IMRO20
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🚨 From this Monday - the North West Today will be one hour long . On-air from 8am
@bbcradiofoyle
📻 New hour-long programme for
@BBCRadioFoyle
’s North West Today
Expect even more trusted news and analysis from presenter
@Elaine_McGee10
and the North West Bureau team from 8am, Monday 15 January
More ➡️
📸 Stephen Latimer
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Really lovely to be shortlisted
@IMRORadioAwards
and even more chuffed to be one of three women on the shortlist. In such great company overall. Nine nominations in total for the team here
@BBCRadioFoyle
Looking forward to the Kilkenny trip x
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Taking a social media break now for Christmas! We are on-air
@BBCRadioFoyle
Christmas Eve as usual 👍🏻
This is a time I find v hard since my brother died - 16 years on I still find it lonely. My little boy bringing back the magic though. Merry Christmas everyone & take care ❤️
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Unreal!
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"It was worth it all".
Pat Hume very kindly gave me some of her time today to give her reflections on the 20th anniversary of the GFA and John's legacy. You can hear Pat as part of a GFA special
@BBCRadioFoyle
tomorrow from 7am
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Still the best. Love the hen.
You know how it is, you've hypnotised a hen in your kitchen and now it won't wake up. Luckily here's some advice on how to get that hen clucking again!
As part of
@bbcradiofoyle
's 40th Birthday celebrations, On The Air is back next week starting Monday 10:35PM
@bbconeni
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BBC News - Sean Coyle returns to present new show on BBC Radio Foyle
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New hat for my wee man who has been dressed in his
@derrycityfc
kit and ready to go since half seven this morning ❤️
All set for the match at the Brandywell tonight 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
#RAWA
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In the midst of all the gloom around this is the absolute best news. Enda is not only the most amazing journalist with but a great friend too. He is so supportive of his colleagues and just the best person. You will be such a fantastic political editor
@endamcclafferty
Enda McClafferty has been appointed BBC Northern Ireland’s Political Editor.
@endamcclafferty
has been covering politics in Northern Ireland for 20 years and has worked as a political correspondent since 2016.
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LYRA is a truly phenomenonal piece of work by
@ericastarling1
and the cinematography by Derry’s Mark McCauley is extraordinary. Beautifully and carefully told and a chance to learn so much about Lyra’s life and legacy. The film goes on general cinema release from tomorrow.
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The most beautiful tribute to a wonderful woman
@mariemccolgan
on The One Show tonight ❤️ congratulations on your lifetime achievement award ❤️❤️ nobody could be more deserving xx
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Such a great night at the Omniplex.
Everyone so generous with their time. Just lovely atmosphere.
Sworn to secrecy on the first two episodes but oh my WORD, Derry Girls Season 3 will not disappoint. ❤️ Hear full report
@BBCRadioFoyle
tomorrow am. Off to edit now.
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Lost phone out walking earlier. All of Finn's baby pics on it, was in a FLAP. young fella Nathan found it and got it returned. People are good ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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“Dad always said the signing of the Good Friday Agreement was just the beginning”.
The daughter of John and Pat Hume, Aine Abbott has been reflecting on her parents’ legacy and the current political landscape on the 25th anniversary of the GFA.
Interview this am
@BBCRadioFoyle
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“They will walk with us”.
As Derry prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, our coverage begins tomorrow morning
@BBCRadioFoyle
Jean Hegarty, sister of 17-year-old Kevin McElhinney, reflects on the day everything changed for the families and for the city.
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Derry nurse
@Beverly85371041
has been telling of how her own struggles with mental health has inspired her to organise a conference which will be held in the city next week.
The summit is aimed at removing stigma around mental health for black and minority ethnic people.
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Tomorrow morning
@BBCRadioFoyle
:
Remembering the Annie’s Bar murders 50 years on.
Five men were shot dead while watching a football match after loyalist gunmen burst into the bar and opened fire.
No-one has ever been brought to justice for the killings.
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Lovely time at the premiere of the
@PuffinRock
film today. Gorgeous wee film. Another great Derry success story ❤️ My two-year-old watched the whole thing which is a success in itself 😆
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“Put your hand out for help, there is people here to guide you”.
Derry’s
@mo_mahon
has been speaking of how overcoming addiction has led him to now helping others in the community find their own path to recovery.
Hear Mo’s interview
@BBCRadioFoyle
this morning 📻
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🚨🚨Documentary day 🚨🚨
“We were factory girls and that was a gift.”
They were the Derry girls who not only made shirts, but made history.
So why do they feel their legacy is being allowed to fade away?
Hear
#Factorygirls
today
@BBCRadioFoyle
@bbcradioulster
12:30pm 🕧
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Solicitor for some Bloody Sunday families Ciaran Shields on High Court judgement re prosecutions of former paratroopers:
“This is a very positive day for the families. They should feel vindicated”.
@BBCRadioFoyle
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It was a true privilege to speak to Pat Hume in 2018. So welcoming and just a wonderful woman to chat with.
She speaks so beautifully here about her husband and their life together.
My deepest sympathies to Pat, the Hume family and to everyone who knew and loved John. RIP.
In 2018, the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement,
@Elaine_McGee10
spoke with Pat Hume on her life with John and her thoughts on modern politics.
Listen again on
@bbcsounds
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1/2 John Kelly
@JJKELLY93241421
has been to the forefront of the Bloody Sunday families campaign for truth and justice for almost 50 years.
But he says coming to terms with losing his wife Margaret to cancer has proved to be his biggest challenge yet.
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Derry man Seamus Conway was just 11 when he was given infected blood products.
He died last May aged 45.
Seamus’ sister Christina says she will be his voice when she gives evidence to the public inquiry into the scandal this week. Hear tomorrow am
@BBCRadioFoyle
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Police in Derry appealing for anyone who believes they had their drink spiked while out in Derry city-centre last weekend to contact them ⬇️
One teenage girl had to be hospitalised
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Far from our usual weekday routine. One of the few silver linings in all this difficulty. Hope everyone doing okay x
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“I would spend a billion pounds to get my dad back”.
The Chief Exec of Manufacturing NI has told of the pain of losing his father Terence to a fatal crash on the A5 and has called for the long-running project to be finished once and for all.
Interview this am
@BBCRadioFoyle
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Important point here made by
@NUJofficial
- radio and digital can work in tandem - one doesn’t have to cancel the other out.
1/ NEW : The
@BBCRadioFoyle
breakfast programme is being extended to one hour, thanks to a campaign by
@NUJofficial
members.
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Meet the youngest election watcher here at Meadowbank ❤️
Baby Donnachadh is just 11 weeks old.
His mum is Alixandra Halliday - Aontu candidate in Mid-Ulster 🗳️
@bbcnewsni
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Stormont’s Racial Equality Strategy:
Why after almost two decades and two drafts, is it still not implemented?
Here’s a recap from my report for
@bbctheview
this week
A thread 🧵⬇️
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