Patrick O'Donoghue
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Journalist at The Sunday Times, Ireland | Email: patrick.odonoghue @sunday -times.ie | Mobile: +353 89 427 3780 | 3 x Justice Media Awards Merit Winner
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I was delighted to win another Merit Award in the Newcomer Of The Year category in this year’s
@LawSocIreland
Justice Media Awards. A great day out as always and congratulations to all winners.
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Exclusive: The mother of Enoch Burke, the jailed schoolteacher, has said Irish teachers are afraid of gender identity issues in schools, and that she is proud of her son’s defiance of a court order.
I interviewed the Burke family outside court on Friday:
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Exclusive: A lesson plan that would teach junior pupils that gender identity is “experienced along a spectrum” has been dropped after consultation with the public |
@ST__Ireland
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"It’s impossible because schools cannot solve all the problems of society."
I spoke to secondary school teachers about how they are navigating growing gender diversity in the classroom:
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Enoch Burke’s younger brother is in danger of not qualifying as a barrister as he is set to appear in court on the same day as his crucial final-year examinations for his degree get under way:
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I wrote about my favourite comedian/philosopher
@DaftLimmy
. Can we see if we can get him to notice this article somehow? Please react to this tweet
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“I’ve been in the same house since I was born. It’s mental for me because I know my dad built the house when he was about my age, and I’m nowhere near even getting on the property ladder.”
Thanks to
@loraadoyle
for speaking to me for this feature:
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A recently bereaved single mother has criticised the Department of Social Protection for demanding that she return a disability payment for her son that was collected in the week of his death.
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Report on yesterday’s demonstrations held by gender-critical feminists and transgender rights activists in Dublin city centre.
@ST__Ireland
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@AddressingLife
@welfare_ie
@HHumphreysFG
@AnneRabbitte
Hi Tracy, I'm a journalist with
@thetimesIE
. Could you follow me back for a DM, please? Thanks!
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'To have a teacher like Burke could embolden other students. I can only imagine how horrific that would be because being one of the only trans people in a school is incredibly isolating.' Thanks
@jennymaguir
@Comrade_Ollie
@BethOReilly
for speaking to me.
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After 8 weeks of being shown the ropes, I'm very proud to say that I'll be starting the
@thetimesIE
@SunTimesIreland
Graduate Scheme from Monday.
I count myself very lucky to be given this opportunity to continue doing what I've always wanted to do. Can't wait to get started.
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2. Interviewed one of my all-time biggest influences
@georgegalloway
. George paid me the courtesy of making me feel like our discussion was airing on BBC radio rather than being recorded on my crap phone from my flat in Glasnevin. He was on great form.
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Sister Máire Brid O’Driscoll becomes the newest nun in Ireland.
“It’s like marriage.”
Witnessing this increasingly rare yet magnificent ceremony was one of the most memorable experiences I’ve had in journalism.
@Sionmeadow
@therednuns
@CatholicBishops
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Ecstatic to say I'll be joining the
@SunTimesIreland
@thetimesIE
in July to gain reporting experience and work as part of their news team!
After a dreadful year, this has made it all worth it. Will always be grateful to
@DCU
@DCU_SoC
for making this possible.
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Quite a bizarre experience to be told by a friend I’d been mentioned on this podcast at 26 minutes by
@FootballCliches
. Time to kick on, apparently!
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Exclusive: There was no discrimination in a dispute that resulted in a series of controversial Liveline broadcasts about transgender issues, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled.
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A 2.1 in my degree and a 1st in my dissertation (looking forward to sleeping and breathing again). Over and out
@tcddublin
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Absolutely chuffed to be nominated in 3 categories in this year’s
@LawSocIreland
Justice Media Awards. Delighted to be recognised in the Newcomer of the Year (3rd time lucky), Print/Online Journalism (Sunday) and Court Reporting categories. Best of luck to all nominees!
@LRoddy_
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Thrilled to find out this morning that I've been nominated in the Newcomer of the Year category in this year's Justice Media Awards run by the
@LawSocIreland
.
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This took a long time to get here but made for a nice surprise this morning when it finally did
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A pleasure to interview
@georgegalloway
about his newly formed
@WorkersPartyGB
. Read below for a fascinating perspective on the current state of British politics.
“The Labour Party is dead to me”, says firebrand Scottish politician
@georgegalloway
.
Now he’s founded his own movement, the Workers Party of Britain, which he says will make a class-based argument for the UK’s future – and embrace its EU exit
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I'm on the hunt for Ireland's most expensive cup of coffee. If you think you have an idea of where it might be, drop me a DM or an email to patrick.o'donoghue
@sunday
-times.ie
#journorequest
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Over the moon to be nominated for the second year running in the Newcomer of the Year category as part of the
@LawSocIreland
Justice Media Awards.
#JMA23
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Had a very memorable day at yesterday's Justice Media Awards
#JMA22
.
I was very honoured to be awarded a certificate of merit by
@LawSocIreland
in the Newcomer of the Year category and to be in the company of so many excellent journalists.
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Tributes have been paid to a Dubliner who served as head of security for the Smiths at the height of their fame in the 1980s and befriended Morrissey, the band’s lead singer and lyricist.
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Mightily pleased to be in the new
@propelmagazine
anthology. Nothing beats the physical thing, especially when it comes looking as good as this!
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@frank_oconnor
and
@judesherry
of
@anoisagency
will appear before today's Oireachtas committee on housing to discuss dereliction and vacant homes/buildings. They will propose putting existing resources to new social use. Read more about their ideas here:
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An Oireachtas inquiry should be carried out into the decision making of the planning board after it approved a hotel development beside Merchant’s Arch in Temple Bar, a heritage watchdog has said.
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Graduated with my second degree on the weekend. Here's me and my mum on the day. I couldn't wait to get the robes off.
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Last Monday, I was at DCU's All Hallows campus for the 2022 memorial Scholarship Ceremony where I was awarded the James Downey Memorial Prize.
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I was very impressed by what I saw at Citywest's walk-in vaccination clinic yesterday. Also good to hear directly from 16-17 year olds getting the jab after all that's been said about young people throughout the pandemic.
Via
@SunTimesIreland
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It was weird to be the one answering the questions rather than asking them for a change.
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Looking to speak to over-50s who have moved into house-shares because they couldn't pay their individual rental/housing costs for an article.
My DMs are open or you can email me at patrick.o'donoghue
@sunday
-times.ie
Retweets appreciated.
#journorequest
#HousingCrisis
#Rent
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Finally some good news that the UT magazine won a mark of excellence award for Best Student Magazine from
@spj_tweets
!!
SPJ recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 2 with 2019 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. Congratulations to the student winners from Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia!
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‘I lost my mum and daughter to suicide, but sharing the pain helps’
A lot of work, and difficult but vitally important conversations, went into pulling this piece together.
Thanks to
@foslireland
,
@MaureenSlo34622
, Diane Clabby and Terry Connolly.
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The reintroduction of expensive permits for bars and nightclubs to open late would mark the return of the “most inflexible” licensing system in the world, a nightlife campaign group has said.
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The boyfriend of one of the three 18-year-old girls who died in the car crash in Clonmel laid flowers yesterday and said: “She was the love of my life.”
Aaron Costin, 18, said he had been in a relationship with Grace McSweeney for the past two years:
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Delighted to have a poem included in this fantastic issue of
@propelmagazine
🔵 Propel Issue Nine is out NOW! 🔵
You can read and listen to the 20 poems selected by Issue Editor Fran Lock, here:
Huge thanks to Fran, each of our contributors and to each of you who takes the time to read & share Propel 💙
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I've no doubt that some of my most enduring and happiest memories of Trinity in years to come will centre around my involvement with the University Times. I'm sad tonight to be saying goodbye to the Magazine but even more excited about its future. Over to you
@ellierose6452
Cormac Watson has appointed Molly Furey as Deputy Editor of The University Times for 2020/21, while Emer Moreau and Aoife Kearins will serve as assistant editors
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Interviewed Graham Linehan for today’s
@ST__Ireland
.
On Helen McEntee’s proposed hate speech legislation, the Father Ted writer said: “We cannot allow this fragile, perpetually offended generation of activists to decree what is and isn’t hate.”
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Exclusive: An Italian priest who submitted a religious charity for registration in Ireland previously linked to a far-right Catholic group founded by a Holocaust denier is currently on a “missionary tour” of Asia with the author of an antisemitic book.
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@FootballCliches
No need to apologise, I was delighted. Very funny and glad to discover the podcast too. I’ll be listening more often!
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A strong case presented here for making urgent interventions to ensure a healthy, sustainable and fairer future for Irish media. My contribution is negligible compared to some of the great work of others, but I'm proud to have played even a small part in putting this together.
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Really happy to see all the hard work that's gone in to the UT magazine this year recognised again in this year's
@TheSmedias
nominations !
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Monkeypox is not a gay disease and the high numbers found in that community are “coincidental,” a public health expert has said.
The first confirmed case of monkeypox was confirmed on the island of Ireland yesterday.
@thetimesIE
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Took a look at the impact on Irish language culture of the new Kneecap film for today’s
@ST__Ireland
and the hip-hop trio’s role in bringing about a Gen Z Gaelic revival.
Thanks to
@Eoconghaile
,
@MiseCiara
,
@rosnodaigh
,
@caoimhecaoimhe
for their insights.
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NEW: Two out of three Irish voters are in favour of legalising assisted dying to spare people with terminal illnesses from suffering, according to a new Behaviour & Attitudes poll for The Sunday Times.
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"Dublin airport was just bedlam."
"There were three de-icing trucks but only one of them was working."
Frustrated passengers told me yesterday about flight cancellations and 6-hour waits sitting on planes that never took off.
@ST__Ireland
#DublinAirport
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Thrilled to have my poem in the latest edition of
@propelmagazine
.
Very thankful to the exceptional Fran Lock, who was recently shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, for choosing it.
You can read the poem below and listen to an audio version I recorded:
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Another fantastic installment of Pivotal Moments in the Magazine. Many thanks to Stephen Jones for writing it. Never would've thought one of the most important artists in my life could be so obliging.
@xbabybird
@Babybird_Music
@babybirdrip
Stephen Jones, the founder of iconic UK act Babybird, talks about a moment that stands out – meeting Johnny Depp for the first time – as part of The University Times Magazine's Pivotal Moments series
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Was on radio earlier discussing today's story on Tourism Ireland's payment of marketing fees to social media influencers.
Listen here:
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An interesting proposal from
@CatuIreland
, modelled on similar registries already operating in other countries - Tenants demand registry to check on landlords before moving in.
What do you think? Read more:
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Exclusive: I was in Armagh this week to interview
@ArchbishopEamon
, the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland for today’s
@ST__Ireland
.
Read what he had to say about our “polarised” immigration debate and the influence of cancel culture here:
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This took a lot of work to pull together but it's all worth it when you see it out there on the stands in the real world.
It's not too late to pick up a copy if you haven't already
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Off and running with the
@indie_pendent
. Here's my review of the title track from
@fontainesdublin
's forthcoming album "A Hero's Death". Give it a read and a listen
"Fontaines D.C. are a dead certainty to imperiously transcend the dreaded second-album syndrome."
@paddyod_97
is impressed with 'A Hero's Death', the title track from the Irish rockers' upcoming sophomore album |
#Music
on The Indiependent
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Gambling addiction campaigners have warned that young men trading cryptocurrency have begun to seek help for symptoms associated with problem gambling.
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Enoch Burke could stretch out his clash with Wilson’s Hospital School for many years to come, warn legal experts, adding that the teacher’s actions have raised deep concerns about the limits of the court system’s power to enforce orders in civil matters.
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As anti-migrant protests continued in Ballybrack last week, I returned to East Wall to speak to locals about the reality of life since the arrival of asylum seekers to the area over half a year ago:
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It was nice to be in Nice 🇨🇵 and Marseille... and Monaco 🇲🇨
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@crazyhouseprice
@marktigheST
The article has now been updated. We should have credited you in the story to begin with, apologies.
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Organised by - or, at the very least, surely to get a sizeable portion of its support from - the same people who, on another day, will rightly complain about a lack of paid opportunities in the media for young people.
The cognitive dissonance on issues like this is astonishing.
A petition has been launched to hold a referendum to slash the funding of The University Times, including making the paper’s editor an unpaid position
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A lot of work went into this investigative piece with
@beaudonelly
and
@JohnMooneyIRL
. Great to see it recognised in the Print Journalism (Sunday) category in this year’s Justice Media Awards.
@ST__Ireland
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Sharing this story from the weekend now, as it was in the Ulster edition of the ST only.
Sean Murray, a Northern Irish filmmaker, has launched a High Court action against Austin Stack, an anti-republican campaigner whose father was shot by the IRA, accusing him of defamation:
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Looking to speak to people about the differences between nightlife in Dublin back in the 90s and today.
I want to get people's views on whether Dublin after dark was safer back then compared to now and whether the dangers people now face in the city at night are anything new.
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You'll hear me on
@NewstalkFM
in the morning sometime talking about the Sunday Times national property price guide, out tomorrow.
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@rianjkeogh
Hi Rian, I'm a reporter from
@thetimesIE
@SunTimesIreland
. Could you follow me back so I can drop you a message ?
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Some details in today’s
@ST__Ireland
about how fears of deportation due to the UK’s Rwanda bill is driving asylum seekers to Dublin and life in a tent on Mount Street.
Read more at the link: Asylum claims in Ireland to more than double this year
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I asked
@Bambiethug
about the version of Irish culture they presented to the world in this years Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden last week.
@ST__Ireland
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Here's a roundup of my writing and editing highlights from 2020 because I'm feeling unhappy about the fact that I should be paralytic in the pub right now.
Throw in completing my undergrad and starting my Master's and I can convince myself that it's not been all bad this year:
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My last article as Magazine Editor of The University Times and very much the hill I am willing to die on.
Ireland's linguistic traditions endured British oppression. Now we're willingly signing them away to the forces of US cultural imperialism, writes Patrick O'Donoghue, in Sigh
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Here's my first article for
@SmallScreenGB
. Many thanks to
@EdLauder
for commissioning it. Maybe the most fun I've ever had writing an article!
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I met Olena and her sons Artem and Dmytro in Dublin airport shortly after they landed here on Friday.
Yesterday, I caught up with them in Wexford to discuss their first 24 hours in Ireland, accommodation and how they have been treated so far.
@ST__Ireland
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Law Society honours Sunday Times writers
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‘Younger men lose faith in a priestly vocation’
I wrote about some of the challenges facing the Catholic church’s next generation as numbers of priests serving in parishes across the country dwindle
@ST__Ireland
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I talked to parents of pupils at Wilson's Hospital School this week to find out what they think about Enoch Burke and his actions, as the teacher returned to the school two days in a row in defiance of a court order.
Read here:
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In my first article for
@TCSNetwork_
, I express some worries about the trivialisation of American politics and the slippery slope it is sliding down. Have a read!
@TCSNetwork_
does great work to challenge the beliefs we hold but often fail to question
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Sure does take the shine off getting a First Class Honours in your Dissertation when you don't have a physical copy in one of those fancy gold-embossed binders 📒📒
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Puritanical traditionalist Enoch Burke disapproves of everything from TV comedies and dancing to drinking alcohol and tattoos. Specific personalities who draw his ire include pop star Ed Sheeran.
However, in 2021 he established his own YouTube channel:
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Looking to speak to some health and safety officers who inspect construction sites. Please retweet.
My DMs are open or email patrick.o'donoghue
@sunday
-times.ie and I'll explain more
#journorequest
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1. Made my debut with
@novaramedia
. Always had been a personal goal of mine to write for this publication, which is always at the cutting edge of left-wing, progressive thinking.
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Incontrovertible.
Editorial: No matter what people think of The University Times, surely everyone can agree that no one should have to work a round-the-clock job for a year without pay
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Campaigners have criticised the ESB for restarting imports of coal from a Colombian mine which the UN has blamed for damaging the environment and the local indigenous community.
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Sharing this here as it wasn't online today. The auction ends at midnight on Tuesday.
@SunTimesIreland
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The Sunday Times has been told about a culture at Blackrock College in the Seventies and Eighties that passively allowed predator priests to unleash sexual and psychological abuse on the most vulnerable.
@beaudonelly
@ST__Ireland
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