Nadine O'Regan
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Journalist and broadcaster | Acting Editor @irishtimes Magazine | Cover presenter @rteradio1 | [email protected]. Instagram/Bluesky: nadineoregan
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined July 2009
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On our fourth wedding date, finally we did it. Love you Shane @Kav1979 - we are married!❤️❤️❤️
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Delighted to share a bit of good news: I've been appointed Editor of @businessposthq Magazine and Head of Podcasting for the paper. Really excited to take on the new role - and really looking forward to dreaming up great new projects and content for readers and listeners. x.
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Dunno about you, but I find the cute emoticon for #popeinireland abhorrent. There's nothing 'cute' about Ireland's history in relation to the Church.
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It is our duty as responsible Irish citizens to ignore Bono when he’s out in public. I thought everyone knew this. 🤷♀️.
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People need to be more careful with their reporting into Dolores O'Riordan's death: saying that she was at four times the legal limit is a meaningless phrase in the context -- the legal driving limit isn't even a full glass of wine. #doloresoriordan.
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Watching the Phil Hogan interview on @RTEOne news, I couldn't help but be reminded of this line from Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." @tconnellyRTE #philhogan.
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Stop the press! The @SouthernStarIRL in Skibb pulled an all-nighter and swerved print deadlines to achieve this magnificent front page today & do justice to our Olympic rowing champs🍾🏆😊 #Rowing #Olympics #WestCork Always proud to be from Skibbereen but particularly so today😊
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The fab illustration for today’s @IrishTimes Mag cover is by Lauren O’Neill, showcasing a surrealistic take on Irish icons by @PatrickFreyne1 that is not to be missed😊💚 .In the shops today.
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Exclusive: a new online station, which will play 100 per cent Irish music, has been created by Peter McPartlin, Liam Thompson, Martin Byrne, Angela Dorgan and Sinead Troy. Launches March 31 on the Irish Radioplayer app:.via @sundaybusiness.
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Had to pull in from the motorway coming from Stillorgan because of a sudden flat tyre. I was hanging about trying to figure out what to do when along came a man called Bill, who popped out of his car & pumped the tyre enough to get to the garage. So sound! In life, be a Bill👍😊
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I've watched this video of Sinéad pretty often over the years. This young girl arriving out on stage to an audience of celebrities -- and effortlessly owning the space. So brilliant. So admirable.
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Lil pic of my Dad (far right), because today marks ten years since his passing. Here he is, in the 1970s, at the helm of his beloved newspaper @SouthernStarIRL ❤️
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I really object to this whole 'Taylor Swift is good now because members of The National are helping her along' bull. So condescending to her -- and quite astonishing in the context of her remarkable songwriting career.
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I want a complete separation between church and State. Of course I do. Why should religion govern the non-religious as well as the religious?.Hugely troubling that @campaignforleo would assert that the "vast majority" in Ireland do not want a complete separation. #PopeInIreland.
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Proud to say that my final @SongsInTheKey show on @TodayFM is with these guys: Bryce and Aaron from The National. ❤️ @TheNational.Sun 9pm.
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Instead of reading bile by #kevinmyers, read @stephenkinsella in @sundaybusiness, being honest about how men created a system to favour men.
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Could you find two more impressive people than @ciarakellydoc and @ClaireByrneLive to get diagnosed positive for #COVIDー19? Total professionalism and high standards from both, as they do us the great public service of sharing their experiences.
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Isn’t she a beaut! My first week at the helm of @IrishTimes Magazine, stepping in this year for the ace Ciara Kenny. Hope you can bring home from the shops today and enjoy the work of the finest contributors and columnists in the country❤️❤️❤️
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What’s the best album that you love but that relatively few people have heard of? I’d like to do some investigating into lost gems over the next while.
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Very sorry to hear about the passing of Christy Dignam. When I interviewed him for my old radio show Songs in the Key of Life some years back, these were the tracks he picked. A great list from a guy whose passion was inspirational. Rest in peace.
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What I want from our public broadcaster is so simple: a little show where the books, films, exhibitions & LPs of the week get reviewed. No puff, just critique. In college, I used to be glued to The View on Tues nights. There is still an audience for that. Believe in it & them!.
“Some great ideas here. thank you. We are listening.” - Dee Forbes and the team at RTÉ. #whatwewantRTE
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So terribly, terribly sorry to hear of the passing of Sinéad O'Connor. Sympathies to all her loved ones. She was an exceptional singer and a brave and challenging artist. We won't see her like again. RIP.
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@JenniferMaguire @RTE2fm Please don't. You're an influencer; influence people to take care of themselves and stay well -- not to feel free to remove their masks, and spread or get infection.
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Jeremy Irons once served me soup in his castle in West Cork after an interview & it was one of the odder moments of my media life. You'd hardly get 15 minutes out of most young whipper-snappers in interviews these days, but the Oscar-winner made soup & snacks. #gent #latelateshow.
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Earlier this year, while on mat leave, I took part in a creative writing workshop with @DavidNWriter & one of the short stories I wrote, from a prompt he gave, is now on the Francis MacManus prize shortlist. Surprised & delighted! A heartfelt thanks to the judges & readers❤️.
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This is the paragraph rock writers dream of penning. Kinda😳.From @alexispetridis's interview with @marilynmanson.
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I don't usually get troll-type stuff, but I just got a vicious message on Facebook, and I feel really sorry for any stranger who'd think to do that. How bad must their life be? How depressed must they feel? I don't feel bad about their message. I feel lucky I'm not them. Truth.
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So glad I was able to close with the @TheNational tonight. A special thank you to @daveGildedALM & @AlisonGildedALM in that regard, for helping me set up interviews with the band & others -- they have been an endless support to the show, and I'm fierce grateful. @SongsInTheKey x.
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I had to laugh when I got my latest communication from Ikea today -- they're doing my new kitchen but given the pandemic are running very late with it. They're delivering everything, they told me. Bar the kitchen sink.
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Great to see @DeniseChaila making her first appearance on the #LateLate show. And she got an interview after her performance, which is rare for such a young artist, but totally warranted. Brilliant on so many levels. #LateLateShow.
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Leo is never going to recover from Matt Damon calling him a badass, is he? .
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Going out earlier, I was around the house looking for my ‘good’ mask, a fancy black one. I now have good masks the way I have good occasion dresses🙃.
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Maybe it's the socks or the super-relaxed, mischievous stance, but Mike Murphy always gives me such serious Bill Murray vibes. Love it. #latelateshow
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An essential watch. Show it to your teenagers. Show it to anyone who thinks it’s gas craic altogether to belittle and bully people online.
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"My position is totally illogical."."It's impertinent of me to tell a woman to do."."I'm voting no.".Go home, Eamon Dunphy. You just haven't thought about this enough. #tonighttv3.
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Shocked and horrified by the news of the passing of Caroline Flack. You don’t want to leap to conclusions, but there’s no doubt that stupid, shitty Cancel Culture is hurting so many in today’s world. People complain about the tabloids & then they troll online themselves. Awful.
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One of the nice things about being from a small country is when the Oscar nods come, as they have for #AnCailinCiuin, Banshees, Colin, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson & Kerry Condon, you're absolutely glowing with pride for them. A fine haul for the Irish. #Oscars2023.
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Can I recommend that everyone try to pop out to bookshops (and particularly lovely bookshops like Bob's) if you can, to buy people Christmas presents? . Books are brilliant gifts -- they're beautiful and they make you smarter💪.
I'm not going to deny it - I'm worried that tomorrow's storm will mean one of our busiest days of the year will be a washout. But stay home & stay safe if needed - just save a bit of money to support Irish indie businesses on Sun & next week - please! #SupportLocal #Dublin.
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Uh-oh. @eoghanmcdermo just fired shots at Ed Power, after his weirdly vicious review of Wyvern Lingo. Listen to end, he just called him a. #RTEChoicePrize @choiceprize @WyvernLingo
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Are you up very, very early tomorrow morning? Tremendous🙂 Please come hang with me from 6am on Rising Time on @RTERadio1 -- I'm filling in for the wonderful @Lillylatelee this weekend, and very much looking forward to it. #Radio #tunes x.
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"The cover-up is systemic?" -- Brendan O'Connor. "Not only systemic, but directed from central command: the Vatican. It's impossible to believe that all bishops acted equally negligently by coincidence." -- Mary McAleese on church abuse #marian @RTERadio1 now. #popeinireland.
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Happy moment of the day: I slightly dented someone's wing mirror, so I left them a note. The dude just rang to say he was fine not to do anything about it. His words? "I'm from the northside -- so never say people from the northside do nothing for you southsiders!" SOUND. 🙂.
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My mother just sent us a pic she took of the view from the back of the house of the river Ilen. You’d miss West Cork all the same❤️#westcork
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Hi there, if you're a freelance writer with a particular interest in writing features/long reads on a variety of culture/societal topics, please feel free to drop me a DM with your experience/details and ideally links to your previously published pieces. RTs appreciated. Thanks!.
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Don’t allow your children to interact with other kids and be in contact with elderly people. What you do now will save lives. My GP friend asked me to put the below message on my social media from a specialist looking to spread the word. #Covid_19 #Coronavirusireland
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Harry Styles is wearing a sheep vest in public and making it look good, and that is why -- forget the boyband stuff -- we must declare him a genuine star. I'm not sure even Bowie could have gotten away with this one. #HarryStyles #sheepoutfit
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The jurors might have acquitted, but they just handed that poor, poor woman a life sentence. Where to from here for women who report rape? #Belfast.
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"It wasn't blokes in tracksuits that ruined the country. It was blokes in suits.".@EmmetKirwan is terrifying Ryan Tubridy on #latelateshow with his hostility to the government -- and now he's giving out about RTE. Brilliant. THIS is why you pay the licence fee🙂.
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I had an absolute blast interviewing Graham Norton for @wcorklitfest last night. He was funny, smart, incisive, and had the very best anecdotes, but then you wouldn’t expect anything less. The dream❤️ Thanks @grahnort 😊
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I don't think it's said enough either how great she was at combining genres -- she was influenced by reggae, by trad, by punk. Worked with Massive Attack. Worked with Damien Dempsey. That soft vocal could turn whiplash sharp when she wanted it to.
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Myself and the fiance have gone on a date to get the cars washed. The glamour of this pandemic is nearly too much for me😂
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The annoyance of having songs taped from the radio, but bloody DJs ruining the intros by talking over them. You were stuck with those intros forever🙄.
Without saying how old you are, name one thing from your childhood someone younger wouldn’t understand.
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I'll be stepping into the brilliant @Lillylatelee's shoes for a little spell this weekend, presenting #RisingTime on @RTERadio1 on Saturday and Sunday from 6am. Some Neil Young (#TeamNeil!) guaranteed, and plenty more besides. Hope you can join me❤️📻.
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I have unashamedly penned a little love letter to @whelanslive for this weekend's column -- and you know what made me do it? Coppers, everybody talking about bloody Coppers being for sale. Now there's nothing wrong with Coppers, but it is NO Whelan's. End of. @sundaybusiness
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Delighted & thrilled to announce that my radio show Songs in the Key of Life will air on @todayfm Sundays at 9pm from July 3rd. 🎶😀❤️.
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I interviewed @jonronson yesterday & we were talking about cancel culture. He said it struck him that social media users were creating a prison for themselves. They cancel, then they get cancelled. They shame, then they get shamed. Still thinking about it: a system built to hurt.
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Cerys Matthews takes the stage to sing a track dedicated to Dolores O’Riordan as part of the @poguesofficial Shane MacGowan 60th birthday celebrations ❤️ #cranberries @NCH_Music
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Glanmire people are sound. When my car broke down today outside the town, en route from Skibb to Dublin, the couple who stopped to help not only checked out my car, they offered me a room in their house if I wound up stuck for the night. The Christmas spirit lives! ❤️🌲🙏.
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I’ll be playing some tunes tonight on #LateDate, covering for the mighty @fobraonain on @RTERadio1. Prince, Neil Young and Fiona Apple all on the way from 11pm. Hope you can join me❤️🔥🎧.
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Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries has died suddenly -- news just in from her publicists. Desperately sad. She was 46 years old.
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Yes, I know it's early, but. want to join me later? I'm covering Late Date on @RTERadio1 tonight and all this week, standing in for the wonderful @murraycathal. @RTERadio1 from 11pm with tunes new and vintage, ready for a stroll on your airwaves❤️🎧.
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Brave lady to tackle this song -- and what an incredible piece of work it is.
Jessie Buckley & the @rte_co play Troy in tribute to Sinead O'Connor at Culture Night - Live at Dún Lúiche. Stream the full show now on RTÉ Player
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Without wishing to nerd out on anyone, I'm super excited to be interviewing Ed O'Brien from Radiohead today. Some of my best moments in life have been at Radiohead gigs❤️.
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Dear members of the British media, please remember one thing in advance of #Oscars2020: Saoirse Ronan is not British. Yes, even if she wins the Best Actress award for Little Women, she will remain. NOT British. Thanking you in advance. x @businessposthq .
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Sinéad being recognised by the @choiceprize at Vicar Street in Dublin earlier this year. A small accolade in the scope of things, but important nonetheless. #ripsinead
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The rain, the rain! Getting from my house to the car to the studio was biblical. But I'm here now, live from studio 6 from 6am today, sitting in for @Lillylatelee on Rising Time, and playing musical gems for two lovely hours. Hope you can join me❤️ @RTERadio1
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Delighted to announce that I’ll have the honour of interviewing Graham Norton at @wcorklitfest on July 18th. Excited😊 @grahnort
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Great @newyorker profile of Ivanka Trump, but also worth reading just for this paragraph alone 😩
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By the way, I may now be one of the few people alive to have both been exit polled in a #GeneralElection AND been surveyed in the #jnlr radio listenership questionnaire. Yes, it’s not science fiction: I am proof these surveys really do happen💅🏻.
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Is there a certain personality type who clings onto the hotmail account?.
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I once met Noel Gallagher at a party. We stood together while his partner went for drinks at the bar. I had no idea what to ask him about that wouldn't sound like the ravings of a mad fan, so I asked him. about his haircut. Even now I want to cry inside. #LateLateShow.
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They talk about counsellors and therapists and screening people for #LoveIslandUK but truly you'd worry about Faye after an episode like this one, with her unending anger and screaming. If she does a Maura and stays famous, fine, she'll get past it. If not? What then?.
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There's something about the way the National Roads Authority use the same fonts and colours for their warning signs as their direction signposts that makes me think 'Tiredness Kills' is a little spot in Kildare I haven't been to yet.
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“Larry wasn’t [just] professionally happy. He was personally happy. He loved music. He never broke it down into categories. He always had his own voice, and what a voice.” .Beautiful tribute on @RyanTubridyShow this morn by Ronan Collins to the late Larry Gogan😔 RIP. #LarryGogan.
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Shirley Manson of @garbage was an inspiration to me as a teenager -- & she remains just as brilliant a force now. On my podcast, My Roots Are Showing, Shirley talks music, home, fame, @EPfestival, #Metoo & the glory of Sinead O'Connor. Hope you enjoy❤️.
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Side-note: it's always very weird meeting this guy at @EPfestival who's so lovely & friendly and you're like 'Who is this?' -- and then you realise it's Blindboy @Rubberbandits without the bag🙂 Truly he is the Batman of our times.
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What's most dispiriting about this debate for me is that if Michael D suddenly backed out, there's not one candidate I'd be genuinely interested in voting for. Speaks volumes about the level of debate. It's a cartoon. #rtept.
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Not paying artists to perform on TV made sense back when fans bought CDs and appearing on telly (even late-night telly) had a measurable effect on sales. But now - with the exception of the very big shows - the model is broken. It's time promoters and programmers recognised that.
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It's early to bed for me tonight as I'll be up with the lark for Rising Time on RTE Radio One from 6am tomorrow🙂, sitting in for @Lillylatelee. Lots of lovely, summery tunes on the way and great new tracks from the Recommends list. I hope you can join me. @RTERadio1📻❤️.
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Parenting on my own for several days this week thanks to the rugby. The recurring thought? Single parents are absolute heroes.
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Tucked up in bed because I'm up with the lark tomorrow, presenting #RisingTime, standing in for @Lillylatelee for the weekend. 6am @RTERadio1 .Hope you can join me🙂 #Radio #tunes.
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“I found out unexpectedly that this is the biggest gig we’ve ever played outside of a festival. On a Wednesday!” @lcdsoundsystem storm the castle❤️😊 #dublin #malahidecastle
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Dunno how many of you attended @ATNfestival last weekend, but the nicest thing about it for me was the feeling of inclusivity -- it seemed to lack the aggressive vibes of some other festivals. It was just a bunch of ace people having the craic. I've written my column about it.
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My lovely pal @CathalFunge brought this for me at lunch earlier. Onwards and upwards and thank you all so much for being so kind. x
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I hear the weather is bad in Dublin? We just did a little walk to Three Castle Head in West Cork. Please allow me my little moment of smugness. I’ve been dealing with your 😍 staycationing pics ALL summer.
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Things an Irish president can do:.1. Earn a really great pay-cheque.2. Become famous here and abroad. 3. Make speeches, lots of them, and hopefully good ones. 4. Live in a big house. Things an Irish president can't do:. 1. Pretty much everything else. #Aras18.
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I've never really been into online shopping, but in these times I have become an enthusiastic convert. Worse, I now react to the knock on the door like it's Santa Claus and I'm seven. Is this a thing that anyone else is experiencing?.
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Here’s a peek at Sunday’s @businessposthq Magazine cover: @amyohconnor on the Irish comedians breaking big online, including @SeanBurkeShow @BigDirtyFry @JustineStafford @darren_conway and @EmmaLouDoran. Plus @KathleenMacM has a wonderful essay on marriage. #buyapaper
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Hours and hours have passed. and, the obvious Covid-related issues aside, I’m still wondering what on earth possessed a bunch of supposed hipsters to play Mr Brightside as their brunch party anthem @Berlin_D2. I’d have had more respect for them if they’d unearthed Phil Collins.
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A real pleasure to be in the newsroom today for the send-off for the brilliant and multi-award-winning @IrishTimes photographer and photo editor Brenda Fitzsimons, who has been an inspiration to so many in her career, but particularly female journalists👏
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