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Colm Ó Mongáin

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@latedebaterte & @SaturdayRTE Presenter. Former @RTENews Deputy Foreign Editor; podcaster; @thisweekrte editor & presenter. Views ≠ RTÉ’s. Likes = bookmarks

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RT @RTERadio1: A centre for a children with additional needs stalled mid-construction. @colmomongain asks why, this Saturday from 1pm 📻 ht…
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3 months
Get the read on your constituency in c. 15 mins or go the whole hog & wander along all electoral lanes with the new @RTERadio1 ‘Know Your Constituency’ with @BarryLenihan as Mac an Gobán Saor to shorten the road
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RTÉ Radio 1
3 months
43 constituencies, 43 episodes 😮‍💨 On the cusp of a general election, @BarryLenihan brings us through all the essentials: the seats, the geography, the boundary changes, plus the inside story on party strategies, turf-wars and political dynasties. #KnowYourConstituency
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RT @BarryLenihan: Busy last few weeks preparing 43 podcasts previewing all 43 Dail constituencies for General Election - spicy 🌶️ Presente…
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4 months
Good @WCrowdsLive debate between @shadihamid & @haroonthemoghul re. moral & political dilemmas for Muslims (& voters in general) in the US when considering how & if to vote in the lead up to Nov 5.
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5 months
RIP Camilla Carr, who in the 1990’s survived 400+ days captivity & abuse by her captors in Chechnya. At no little cost to herself, she shared her traumatic experiences & the techniques and therapies she used for living with PTSD with journalists training for hostile environments
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7 months
RT @RTERadio1: UK general election coverage gets underway tonight from 9.45pm with @colmomongain at Titanic Belfast. Reliably informed he’…
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8 months
RT @colmomongain: Mamoun (behind camera), who was a fixer & driver for RTÉ News when we travelled there in 2019 to cover the Great March of…
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8 months
Mamoun (behind camera), who was a fixer & driver for RTÉ News when we travelled there in 2019 to cover the Great March of Return demo, has left Gaza but is now fundraising to get extended family members out. He asked me to share this link. Feel free to RT
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8 months
Never a bad time before any election to re-post this PRSTV explainer by @AislingTM for @news2dayRTE #LE2024 #EUElection2024 #LimerickMayor2024
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RTÉ news2day
5 years
The pupils at @GlenbegSchool won't be able to vote in #GE2020 but they've got proportional representation with a single transferable vote all figured out. @AislingTM has this explainer for children (and anyone else who needs it!)
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9 months
RT @RTERadio1: On June 7th, Ireland will go to the polls to elect 14 members to the European Parliament. 🇪🇺 But what does the European Par…
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10 months
RT @rtenews: An Irishman who was in Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre when the stabbings took place has said it was "just horrific"…
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10 months
RT @rtenews: More than €2m has been spent so far on the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland, even though the body has yet to get up an…
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10 months
RT @SaturdayRTE: Listen back 📻 Clare man Niall Naughton was at #BondiJunction when the stabbings took place earlier today - he spoke to @c
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10 months
RT @joedyke: This is a really great and important piece
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Colm Ó Mongáin
11 months
Civilians caught in the middle of Sudan’s bloody power struggle: @JamesCopnall talks to friends, humanitarian workers & experts to shine a light on the background & current conduct of a conflict that seldom makes headlines. Well worth a listen (28 mins).
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1 year
@CorrAlan2 @MBVofficial @LatedebateRTE Well, we did mention Siún…
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1 year
@swench Did you get the President’s permission before accepting a foreign honour…?
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1 year
@florNEWS @TodaywithClaire Thanks Flor - v kind.
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1 year
13 children in acute hospitals 'beyond medical need' & HSE-TUSLA budget wrangling over children with complex needs FOI docs released to ⁦@SaturdayRTE⁩ reveal - read more on ⁦@rtenews
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1 year
RT @bellingcat: More than 120,000 people have been newly displaced due to the shelling in northwest Syria, according to the UN Office for t…
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