Paul Cunningham
@RTENewsPaulC
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Political Correspondent for RTÉ. Ex Europe Corr + Environment Corr. Author. Documentaries. Reporting from 50+ countries. Fan of @flornews #Spurs
#Dublin / Ex #Brussels
Joined November 2009
With the @UNIFIL_ flag removed, .the body of Private Seán Rooney is carried by his comrades to the @defenceforces plane which will repatriate him from Lebanon to Ireland @rtenews
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Good news from the Polish border - Denis Duggan, from Wexford, has collected his extended family from Kyiv and is now on his way back to Ireland @rtenews
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Dutch PM says the Netherlands stands “shoulder to shoulder” with Ireland, regarding the NI protocol . He says he still gets emotional when thinking back to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement . He says the EU has shown maximum flexibility. @rtenews.
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The body of Irish UN peacekeeper, Private Seán Rooney, has arrived at Beirut Airport, ahead of repatriation to Ireland @rtenews @defenceforces @UNIFIL_
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Leaving #Poland with @ocor1 - our colleagues @emma_okelly & @PaulDeighano take over tomorrow. Thanks for all of the engagement over the past 8 days on what’s an ongoing, horrendous and heart breaking story. @rtenews
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Small gripe in the middle of a pandemic but. there’s got to be a better way
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Something looks verrrry different here. Can you work it out? Finland’s new Cabinet: Education Minister Li Andersson (32), Finance Minister Katri Kulmuni (32), PM Sanna Marin (34) and Interior Minister Maria Ohisal (34). #WomenInPolitics @rtenews .
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Breaking - Coalition leaders to hold news conference at 8am tomorrow in Dublin. Agenda not disclosed but seems highly likely Ireland is about to recognise the State of #Palestine - despite major objections by #Israel. @rtenews
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New - the Ukrainian Embassy says Ireland is "literally at the forefront of European countries" when it comes to providing "overwhelming and practical support" for its people + both President Zelensky and Prime Minister Shmygal are "unequivocal and clear" on this. @rtenews.
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Some news of my own to break - delighted to be appointed Political Correspondent for @rtenews.
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Best thing I’ve seen from #Ukraine today - my buddies nearing Lviv from Kyiv. On the left, cameraman Stijn De Smet (filmed with me on the Maidan in Feb 2014). In the back @tconnellyRTE & cameraman Bram Verbeke. On the right, driver Artemiy @rtenews
Reporting from a war zone - ever present was the knife-edge sense that the longer we stayed to report the more difficult it would be to get out to safety, writes @tconnellyRTE
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At the funeral mass in #Dublin of cameraman #PierreZakrzewski who was killed on assignment in #Ukraine
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At the #Srebrenica commemoration in Dublin, I met a man whose father was one of the more than 8,000 murdered men and boys. His father was 54 in 1995. I am now 54, and reported from 🇧🇦 during the 92-95 war. It underlined to me why, when it comes to genocide, we can never forget.
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One person who will be hugely missed, as the General Election count gets underway, is our colleague and former Political Correspondent David Davin-Power. Erudite, perceptive and very very witty, @theddp always had the right word for this occasion
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Foreign Affairs Minister @simoncoveney has told the Dáil that "the scale, pace and strategic nature" of Israel's settlement action "is de facto annexation" of Palestinian land. He said Ireland is the first EU State to say so, adding that he does not "do it lightly". @rtenews.
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Today is Emily Hand’s 9th birthday which she will spend as a Hamas hostage in Gaza. Thinking of her family on this day and hope for her swift and safe return
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Breaking - Two Fianna Fáil politicians have travelled to the Ukrainian city of Lviv to meet political leaders. Senator Timmy Dooley, Vice President of the EU political grouping ALDE, and MEP Billy Kelleher, met the Mayor, Regional Governor and MPs. More on @rtenews at 9pm
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Please consider buying a paper - both our national and regional colleagues could really do with public support at the moment. #buyapaper #journalismmatters
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Brilliant.
Superb
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Breaking - Israeli FM: "Today, I am sending a sharp message to Ireland and Norway: Israel will not go over this in silence. I have just ordered the return of the Israeli ambassadors from Dublin and Oslo to Israel for further consultations in Jerusalem," @rtenews.
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End of an era: Senator David Norris has arrived at Leinster House to deliver his final speech to Seanad Éireann after 36 years of service. He is due to speak around 1pm. @rtenews
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I’d like to thank Tom Hand for telling his story today. He made time for the @rtenews.interview in between attending funerals of close friends.
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Dubliner Tom Hand shared photos with me today of his 8 year old daughter Emily who was killed by Hamas on Oct 7th in southern Israel. The girl she spent a sleepover with that night, and that girl’s mother, are missing presumed taken hostage. @rtenews
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Back in 1992, @roisinshortall was a newly-minted TD when, minutes after the declaration, she kindly granted me (a rookie reporter) her first interview. Dozens of ivs later, lovely to meet back in the RDS as the @SocDems co-leader bows out after a 3 decade political career.
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Lots of head scratching at the European Parliament on UK border proposals - MEPs wondering why British Govt treating NI differently, when its objections to WA were about treating NI differently #Brexit.
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The coffin bearing the remains of UN peacekeeper Private Seán Rooney, at Beirut Airport @rtenews
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What a picture. What a moment for @Sammmy_Be - cheered up a weary nation. #tourdefrance2020
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The @pb4p deputy @paulmurphy_TD contends that if TDs who are landlords absented themselves from tonight’s vote - then his party’s Rent Reduction Bill would be passed by the Dáil. @rtenews
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Seeking help - white SUV smashed into the back of my car at 13:10 today in Deansgrange, south Dublin, and fled the scene. Might anyone have dashcam footage? Maybe, like me, you were on the way to pick up a kid from school at the time? (I’m okay.) Details on map. Pls RT
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Woman in the bus having a FaceTime with friend. No headphones. Noise of bus means she has to raise her voice. And put phone on full volume. Fascinating conversation on laptop screen size. - will 17 inches be enough?.
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Some good news from the Dáil - Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD tells @alankellylabour that Pfizer has just made its biggest delivery of #covid19 vaccine - more than 191k doses landed in Ireland today. @rtenews.
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Her name was Greta Price-Martin, 22, from Templetown in Co Louth who was studying at IADT. Her family says: “She will live on in the hearts and minds of her many family and friends.”.
Candles burning tonight in Dun Laoghaire for the female cyclist who was killed this morning in a traffic incident involving a truck. She was only in her 20s.
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Good news - my journalistic colleague and contact in Gaza, Mohammad, has made contact - he is okay… and still working tonight.
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A poignant vigil for Greta Price-Martin, the 22 year old Co Louth IADT student and cyclist who was killed last week. Family, friends and residents in Dun Laoghaire were told by her father, Breffni: “She should have been safe here.” Her mother Vanessa said: “Keep cycling.”
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In its manifesto, @sinnfeinireland wants an “independent human rights and journalistic expert review into the objectivity of coverage by RTE of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and other international conflicts.” 1/2 .@rtenews.
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Polish reporter on blasts tonight: My sources in the services say that what hit Przewowo is most likely the remains of a [Russian] rocket shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Moje źródła w służbach twierdzą, że to co uderzyło w Przewodowo to najprawdopodobniej szczątki rakiety zestrzelonej przez Siły Zbrojne Ukrainy.
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Candles burning tonight in Dun Laoghaire for the female cyclist who was killed this morning in a traffic incident involving a truck. She was only in her 20s.
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Relieved to hear my friend Stijn De Smet is recovering after being shot in the leg while reporting from Beirut last night for Belgian channel VTM. He worked with @rtenews for many years, including in Ukraine in Feb, 2014.
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Bród and Síoda are not impressed at being excluded from the big Áras #GE2020 moment @PresidentIRL @rtenews
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Shout out to the lads who rush into supermarkets on Sunday night to buy 3 things… don’t take a basket…end-up selecting 10 things…and then juggle the lot to the scanner.
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Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Abdalmajid arrives at the @sinnfeinireland Ard Fheis @rtenews #sfar23
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Education Minister @NormaFoleyTD1 asked 4 times by 6:1 presenter @mcculld what is the date when the Govt will decide whether or not to proceed with #LeavingCert2021 exams. She declined to answer the question, or explain why she could/would not answer @rtenews.
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They have arrived - top tip to politicians: ignore this at your peril .#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #schoolstrike4climate #Dublin #Ireland
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What a brave family - what a heart breaking story of torture inflicted on their son/brother by bullies.
Four months after Eden Heaslip died by suicide, his family have been left devastated. Their lives will never be the same explains @ConorMcMorrow | #rtept | Read more:
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35,000 people will be vaccinated this week against #covid19 , nearly twice the scheduled amount - Health Minister @DonnellyStephen @rtenews.
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Rural Independent leader @mattiemcgrathtd says the Taoiseach failed in the Dáil to produce evidence of effectiveness the Covid pass. He said the system was “discriminatory” and the Govt decision is “about politics rather than science, as there is no justification” @rtenews.
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The @SocDems co-leader @RoisinShortall demands Health Min @DonnellyStephen give a “full statement” re his contact with #NPHET last Sunday. She said he needs to explain: “what he was told [by CMO] on Sunday morning and evening and what he did with that information.” @rtenews.
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The @sinnfeinireland foreign affairs spokesman @mattcarthy tells the consultative forum on international security at UCC that Ireland should be focused on ending conflict rather than participating in it @rtenews
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Delighted for @TommyMeskill who is the new London Correspondent for @rtenews - a talented journalist and a great colleague. He's jumping in at the deep end, with UK elections approaching, but it won't faze him in the slightest. Beir bua.
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This is very sad news. We worked together in Belfast, Brussels and Dublin over three decades. A generous colleague - my condolences to Tommie's family. "Former RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman dies aged 68" via @rte.
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‘Take me home….country roads’. Again today, ‘Piano man’ David Martello, aka @klavierkunst welcomes refugees on the Ukr/Pol border. He says he wants them to arrive to the sound of music, to drown out the sounds of shelling and gunfire. @rtenews
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Tanaiste @MichealMartinTD responds to protests at UCC forum on international security @rtenews
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Breaking - Green Party TD @neasa_neasa tells @rtenews that she will break ranks with the Govt and vote in favour of a @sinnfeinireland motion on the National Maternity Hospital. More 1/3.
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Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD rules out introducing a 2k limit - saying 5k is already very restrictive @rtenews.
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I hear that Traveller rights activist Eileen Flynn @Love1solidarity could be made a Senator by the new coalition. She would become Ireland’s first female Traveller in the Oireachtas. Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD due to announce the 11 Senators shortly at @TheCCD . @rtenews.
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A total professional and absolute gent: Bryan Dobson to retire from RTÉ after 37 years via @RTENews
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Just a #small number of the rejection letters I received while trying to land a job in journalism - #small is today’s theme in #ExploreYourArchive week by @ARAIreland
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Indep TD @catherinegalway told the Dail she finds it "incomprehensible" how the Commission drew a conclusion that there was no evidence any woman was forced by the Church or State to enter a Mother and Baby Home. She said: "Either we believe the women or we don't." @rtenews.
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Thanks to the Engineer Corp of the @defenceforces for their colour party who joined us today for the funeral of my uncle, Lt. Col. Charlie Cunningham. Very much appreciated by the family
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Cabinet approves May 10 plan:.🚗intercounty travel.✂️hairdressers/barbers.🛍 click & collect .⚽️ team training .⛪️ 50 @ services .☕️ 3 households outdoors .🏛 Museums/Libraries.🚘 Driving lessons for essential workers.🔨 All construction .🎤 15 @ outdoor event .@rtenews.
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Thinking of the family, friends and @defenceforces colleagues of Irish UN peacekeeper, Private Seán Rooney, who was killed in south Lebanon on this day last year.
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The ceremony for @defenceforces Private Seán Rooney has been completed. He will shortly be repatriated to Ireland. @rtenews @UNIFIL_
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Breaking - @fiannafailparty TD @MarcMacsharryTD has resigned from the parliamentary party and will vote no confidence in Foreign Minister @simoncoveney @rtenews.
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Protesters interrupt speech by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at consultative forum on international security at Dublin Castle @rtenews
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The Cabinet’s challenge tomorrow is explaining - why they’re likely to propose a mix of Level 4 + 5 restrictions; what supports are available; what their Covid reduction target is; how + when restrictions will be lifted. The public/political solidarity of March is gone @rtenews.
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Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD says we really have to dismiss any suggestions that #COVID19 is like the flu. He describes the analogy as “very dangerous.” @rtenews.
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Former President Mary Robinson tells @morningireland that we should "get angry" with people who are not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis, adding " and that's governments." @rtenews.
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Asked if they were vaccinated, both Independent TDs @mattiemcgrathtd and @MHealyRae say they should not have to discuss their personal medical records with anyone. @rtenews
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US Congressman / Committee Chair Richard Neal says the problems with the NI Protocol could be “ironed out quickly” and the dispute appears “manufactured”. He adds: I hope this is not about domestic [UK] politics: .@rtenews
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The queue at Dublin Airport, before you get to queue for security
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A wonderful send-off tonight for Neilus Dennehy - an extraordinarily talented RTÉ cameraman who I was lucky enough to work with in Pakistan, Indonesia, Kosovo and Chile. Witty, engaging & erudite - Neilus was the difference between brilliance and mediocrity
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Still hard to get used to our #Covid19 lock-in. At the junction of Dublin’s Merrion Row; Merrion St Upper; Baggot St Lower; and Ely Place at 19:30 #covidireland
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Cabinet to consider opening: .May 10.🚗inter-county travel.✂️hairdressers/barbers.🛍 click & collect .⚽️ team training .⛪️ 50 @ services .☕️ 3 households meet outdoors .May 17.🛍 all shops .June 2 .🏨 Hotels & B+Bs.June 7 .🍽 Restaurants & pubs .🏋️♀️ Gyms & Pools.🥅 Match.@rtenews.
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