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Business Editor of @newstalkFM . I’m still heard on @BBCworldservice . Headline Money & Wincott Prize winner. Got a story? business @newstalk .com

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@JoeBLynam
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6 years
Trump's advice to Trump on brexit talks: Sue the EU//// He thinks brexit is a property deal for which both sides should 'lawyer up' #marr
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6 years
Journalist to Theresa May: “is this hell, prime minister?“
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6 years
As Ireland's hockey team reach the world cup final. Just a reminder that each player had to pay €550 to represent their country
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@jameskanter I thought it was a criminal office to impede or attack the police
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8 years
Morgan Stanley says it's begun a process to relocate 2,000 key Investment banking staff from London to either Dublin or Frankfurt
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Maureen O'Hara 72 years ago was ahead of the game....
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4 years
A strong parting shot from the outgoing chairman of the BBC
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7 years
On c4 News, IDS said that Ireland is playing politics over Brexit because it has upcoming presidential elections. 1. That election is in Nov 2018. 2. The president in Ireland has no power
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6 years
Tommy Robinson fans post a picture of pro democracy protests in Cairo in 2010 and purport it to be yesterday's modest march in London. They complain that we dont give their cause enough coverage. #iwonderwhy ?
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4 years
@rhowardbrowne This video is not an anti lockdown march. This is a pro democracy march in Minsk
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7 years
James Dyson on a post Brexit UK: It should be easier to hire and fire and Corporation Tax should be eliminated #Marr
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7 years
Boris demands a retraction from @UKStatsAuth re £350m a week reference
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6 years
I’m honoured to have won ‘Business Story if the Year’ for my work on #GRG #headline18
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2 years
@manori_r His anti Meghan rant is gonna prove to be v expensive
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6 years
Mr Lawson has obviously never been in a truck shipping goods from CH to FR. It is NOT a frictionless border and French customs officers are allowed into CH to chase after suspects. I dont think the DUP would allow Irish officials roam around Co Antrim
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7 years
Barnier: I'm not hearing any whistling - just the clock ticking #Brexit
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7 years
Jeffrey Donaldson from @duponline said on #r4today 64% of Ireland's exports go to the UK. Not true. It's 13%.
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@Schuldensuehner But the countries with the highest living standards work the lowest number of hours. Putting in the hours doesnt add more value
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7 years
@alstewitn I agree. He wants further deregulation as most entrepreneurs would. I suspect most of those who voted for brexit (ie not millionaires) might disagree
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2 years
I’m loving @PaulBrandITV PartyGate podcast. Not least because of the great journalism but because it shows how much work goes on behind the scenes to break original journalism eg Lawyers, editors, right to reply and people denying the truth
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7 months
@thejournal_ie If you feel strongly about something in a liberal democracy, why would you hide your face at a protest?
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6 years
. @The_IoD response to Jeremy Hunt comments describing businesses' concerns re Brexit as 'completely inappropriate'
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6 years
. @Jacob_Rees_Mogg says Irish economy is heavily dependant on the UK for trade. Fact: UK accounts for 13% of RoI exports #Marr
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8 years
Hey @Mo_Farah . As a dual UK/ Somali citizen, are you now banned from your own training ground in Oregon #VisaBan
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3 months
@CraigOliver100 @joncraig I disagree with you on this one Craig. Jon was being stonewalled and wasn’t answering the questions. It would be better if journalists stood up to this kind of nonsense and ignored SPADs more.
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2 years
@piersmorgan That’s a ‘bombshell’?
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2 years
@freddiejh8 @alexwickham @NewStatesman The hard left never stopped loving Russia even though it ceased to be communist or even socialist 3 decades ago.
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6 years
Looks who's back on the BBC (taking North Korea) and he's left the door open again!
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4 years
@BBCJonSopel You would be shocked how many people disagree with wearing face masks on principle in the UK. I was a victim of a “pile on“ only this week when I supported our colleague @BBCHughPym who asked a woman on public transport to put on a mask.
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@JoeBLynam
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7 years
Statement (Swedish) on the death in his sleep of the IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad aged 91
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Ingvar Kamprad har i stillhet somnat in i sitt hem i Småland. Han föddes 1926 i Småland och redan som 17-åring grundade han IKEA. Ingvar kommer att vara mycket saknad och varmt ihågkommen av sin familj och av IKEA-medarbetare över hela världen.
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7 years
Flags at the @EU_Commission at half mast #LondonAttacks
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2 years
A massive decision by one of the biggest companies in the world. And the chief executive – Irishman Bernard Looney – quits the board of Rosneft
@carlquintanilla
Carl Quintanilla
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* bp will exit its 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft. * Both bp-nominated directors to resign from Rosneft board with immediate effect. * bp will no longer report reserves, production or profit for Rosneft. (h/t ⁦ @zacharybasu ⁩) #OOTT
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@adrianweckler Sh** stirring on a global scale. Tucker Carlson probably can’t find Ireland on a map and wouldn’t be discussing this before Elon Musk started tweeting about it.
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7 years
'Carillion asks Govt to speed up payments to it'. This is ironic, given that Carillion demands payment terms of up 120 days (4months) from its suppliers and some of its subcontractors
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6 years
Arron Banks ‘discussed digging dirt on journalists’ /// Irrespective of how you feel about Brexit, this can't be the correct thing to do.
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6 years
Someone please take the phone & booze off @BBCSimonMcCoy
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8 years
Ian Botham on Brexit: "England is an island and we should be proud" That'll go down well in Scotland, Wales and NI #bbcdp
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@DermotMurnaghan @IrelandEmbGB Unfortunately, Dermot, they regularly need reminders about the law that has existed for almost a century
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3 years
@JP_Biz @julianoneill So unelected terrorists are demanding that a democratically elected leader in another country (one they hate) should resign over an agreement signed by 2 sovereign nations (including the country they love)
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7 years
Downing St says 'No change' to plans for Trump visit to UK - although that doesnt mean he hasn't postponed
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3 years
@mattuthompson That these people are politically tone deaf should not come as a shock to many people
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9 months
A guy who knows nothing about Ireland wades into a v sensitive situation.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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@dogeofficialceo Ironically, the Irish PM hates the Irish people
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@NaomiOhReally Aphorism: “the English/Irish are too polite to be honest. The Dutch are too honest to be polite”
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6 years
@GoodwinMJ Didn't the Dublin Govt have a clear set of legislative proposals in the event of a Yes vote - so that the electorate knew exactly what it was voting for?
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6 years
I, for one, am very proud to come from a ‘scummy place’ as Eddie Jones has described Ireland
@danroan
Dan Roan
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England rugby head coach Eddie Jones has "apologised unreservedly" after a video of him giving a sponsor’s speech about leadership in July in which he describes Wales as “a little shit place” and Ireland as “scummy” emerges. Here it is;
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6 years
You wait 40 years for the optimal pronunciation test on air....... Forfar 5. East Fife 4
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There should be a bank holiday tomorrow or something, right?
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2 years
That pales into significance when compared to Poland but it also embarrasses the UK which has taken in so few refugees - despite its size and wealth.
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Germany has accepted almost 1 million refugees from Ukraine. A rare bright spot in Germany's Ukraine policy.
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@fromTGA @JamesBlitz Macron is a very skilled politician. Is this Dissolution a “put up or shut up’ election that he is calling in the hope of making the French people decide who they really want to rule them before the next presidential elections in 3 years?
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4 years
Ireland goes into lockdown. Citizens only allowed out to buy essential food and medicine. Only clearly defined 'key workers' can travel to work. Cocooning for everyone over 70 #COVID19
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I’ve passed my volunteering test. So now I can soon help get people in Ealing vaccinated. #COVIDVaccination
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5 years
RIP Julian Keane - One of the best voices you will ever hear on @bbcworldservice and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet in your life. He was a huge influence on me when I joined the BBC. We’ll miss you buddy
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7 years
Jacob Rees Mogg tells #Marr there's a pending Vote of No Confidence in Irish Deputy PM. NOT TRUE. Dep PM stood down a week ago. New one appointed already ( @simoncoveney ) VoNC removed #Brexit #Irishpoliticsknowledge
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4 years
@BBCSimonMcCoy @BBCHughPym Awful. 60,000+ deaths is not enough proof apparently. Also knowing Hugh, he was certainly polite and friendly in his reminder re masks
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7 years
RBS chief executive can’t recall all 4 of his own banks core values. He missed the 4th: Do the Right Thing. #GRG #tsc
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2 years
@BobbyMcDonagh1 @davidallengreen Or jump on a plane to Dublin.
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@CWeston_Indo Given Aldi's increasing market share in Ireland and the pressure it will put on other supermarkets to follow suit, this price cut might have a notably positive impact on grocery price inflation which had remain stubbornly high
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@lewis_goodall It’s a pity it’s £10 a pint in Oslo
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@PickardJE Imagine the youth turn out if you could vote by App
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@IainDale Didnt UK ministers negotiate it?
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4 years
@RottenTomatoes Seriously. Could they not have approached an Irish actress? Saoirse Ronan or Evanna Lynch or Jessie Buckley? But I guess their Agents had one look at this script and ran a mile
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7 years
I presume this is a parody website and that the Telegraph editor didn’t really sign off on this
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The Telegraph
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Germans hate us celebrating our glorious victory against Nazism because it reminds them of their own shameful past
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2 years
@jason_corcoran @bazabazon Just a fine. That’s a relief.I thought she would “disappear“
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6 years
Looks like YES has won by a mile in Ireland #repealth8th #ExitPolls
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2 years
@dinosofos In Ireland, we would send them back and ask the barman whether “the Bishop was in town“ due to the size of that collar
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7 years
Jacob Rees-Mogg says Treasury 'fiddling figures' on Brexit. // This is quite an accusation against civil servants from a senior MP
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@ShaneBeattyNews And the fact that so many have been elected shows that the vocal yobs online arent so plentiful when it comes to casting ballots
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@IAPonomarenko For those in the West who think the war in Ukraine is ‘frozen’…
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@jason_corcoran Let me guess: “special military repairs“?
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7 years
Conservative Home snap survey: 2 in 3 Conservative Party members say that May should announce her resignation
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3 years
@MartinSLewis I’ve just had the most relaxing cup of coffee after dropping the kids at school that I have had in three months
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@RobLooseCannon Awful. A hidden gem in Dublin has now been destroyed.
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8 years
HSBC will relocate up to 1000 jobs in 'Euro Clearing' from London to Paris if UK quits the Single Market. EEA vital for 'passporting'
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2 years
@DeborahMeaden @FarshoreBooks That's good news Deborah. We teach our kids about glaciers and the iron age but not about money and how the world works
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6 years
Macron is doing the talking while Merkel leans in to offer suppor. Abe is standing back trying to remain neutral and Theresa May is there (obscured by Kudrow) but not really there. Trump's seated nonchalance with folded arms. John Bolton is just about to bark back
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4 years
Brexit: Nissan commits to keep making cars in Sunderland
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8 years
@mattholehouse Gosh I thought there followed a brutal civil war in India and Ireland
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3 years
Say it ain't so @BBCSimonMcCoy . I have 'enjoyed' broadcasting with you for 17 years. You kept whichever correspondent was on the set on their toes. And that's a good thing. Fare thee well my friend. Here's you banging your head off the desk with @MartineBBC
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Joe Lynam
7 years
Once again @duponline MP Sammy Wilson tells #r4today that more than half of Rep of Ireland exports go to the UK. Not true (still). It was 13.8% and falling in 2015.
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@AnnCoulter All four of Donald Trump’s grandparents weren’t born in America.
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6 years
. @CommonsCMS is recalling @CamAnalytica because it 'misled' by giving 'false statements to MPs about Facebook profiles used for electoral purposes in 2016
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4 years
All a little bit rushed but great to be back with my @BBCNewsnight colleagues and @MarkUrban01 in particular #noTieNoTime #JamesMurdoch
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BBC Newsnight
4 years
While we have been on air James Murdoch has resigned from the board of News Corporation citing "disagreements over editorial content" - is Lachlan Murdoch now heir apparent of the Murdoch empire? The BBC's Joe Lynam has the latest. @JoeBLynam | #Newsnight
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4 years
@theJeremyVine “If you think education is expensive, let me show you how much ignorance costs”
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7 years
I'm shocked an upset to hear that by former @BBCNewsnight colleague @lizmackean has passed away. What an incredible journalist and person
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3 years
@davidmcw Indeed. How many young people these days go to a branch to open up an account with a traditional bank? It’s all in their phone. I recall opening up my first bank account aged 14 hoping that my loyalty would be rewarded when I came to look for a mortgage. It wasn’t
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6 years
Full page apology from the @facebook boss in many British newspapers today #cambridgeanalytica
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Joe Lynam
3 years
I can’t wait to tackle the big issues of the day on . Great to be coming back home.
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NewstalkFM
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Newstalk has today announced that Joe Lynam will join the station as Business Editor.
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@AdamMaguire @duponline It might be from 1935 ;-)
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7 years
Police conduct inquiries into Royal Bank of Scotland unit GRG
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