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Best of 2011

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The Breakup: Why Ireland Is No Longer the Vatican’s Loyal Follower

O’Bama Come Home: An Irish Village Welcomes Its Prodigal Son

Can a New Coalition Fix Ireland’s Economy?

All Change as Ireland Goes to the Polls

Full Confidence? Irish Leader Faces Grim Election

The Irish Times

How to live on in the digital world

State to pay €1m in rent for offices of defunct agencies

Mental hospital inspectors call for closure of several units

New York is most popular spot for trips by councillors

Hamlet’s name could have ancient Irish origin

Taking a wrong turn: new Fine Gael deputy begins career with a bump

Eircom customers face 3.1% price rise

Sacked AIB whistleblower to be reinstated after tribunal ruling

Irish city dwellers have higher skin cancer risk, study shows

Emigrants to have symbolic online ballot for election

De Burgh dumps the red for white instead

Egyptian protesters gather at Dublin embassy to support families at home


Neary victims excluded from redress will be compensated, say parties

Dempsey ‘confident’ in Cowen leading the country

‘Concern’ at lower maths and literacy rankings

Best of 2010

Do teachers have religious freedom?

Local authority engineer denies he misused position

Issues outlined at priests’ gathering

Purrfect ending as Tweets solve mystery of highly trained kitty

RTÉ disables iPhone app that played its programmes

A final nesting place for Farah the famous falcon

Study finds one in five would deny citizenship to Travellers

Vacant State office could cost €1.5m


Carlow council denies planning irregularities

1916 wording on children ‘misunderstood’, says judge

Grand Unveiling: New Theatre Opens Its Doors With ‘Swan Lake’


Ashton urges EU support for new service

‘It’s like getting into debt and asking the priest to pay for what you’d done wrong’

Man’s remains in Dublin mountains for up to year

Weather has put out 5,700 permit seekers

Snow adds an extra note to ‘magic’ of Christ Church bells

State Papers – 1979 and 1980 (30 year rule)

Paid maternity leave ‘a luxury which society cannot afford’

Objectors warned of ‘abhorrent consequences’ of contraception Bill

Civil servants told to wear more clothes to save energy

DPP said ban on condoms would not be upheld in court

2007-2009 The Irish Times

NEWS COLOUR

Tears and olés for returning warriors

Singer replants Dartmouth Square

Students toast both success and failure

Taylor sets sights on gold as Olympics committee weighs up women’s boxing

Darren dazzles and fans fancy a golden haul

POLITICS

Cowen says no deal done for Sargent to be Ceann Comhairle

File sent to DPP on €600,000 spending by Fás

FF hires web firm that worked on Obama campaign

Revealed – how Aiken outfoxed MacEntee to buy Paris embassy

Andrews changes view on amendment

All a twitter in search of votes

TECHNOLOGY

Student’s Wikipedia hoax quote used worldwide in newspaper obituaries

Teenager’s shamrock and roots design googled by millions

Many independent retailers to stop selling O2 products

Facebook users to vote on terms of use

Download music receives a price hike

Mobile firms criticise text tax plan

SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Dublin Pride celebrations soured by anger over Civil Partnership Bill

Migrants to find it more difficult to get permits

Hanafin concerned over long delays in getting benefits

Down syndrome congress told of genetic drug study

Kennedy Shriver a visionary, says President

Cut in child benefit may ‘force’ low-paid women out of work

Increase in number of girls seeking addiction treatment

HEALTH

No system in place to record verbal complaints

HSE says failures of inspection ‘deeply regretted’

Lives hit by cut in service

Patient death led to new doctor handover policy

Parents urge overhaul of organ donation system

TRANSPORT

Freeze-up to continue as drivers warned over icy conditions

Snow forces Dublin airport to close down

Tracks to be closed for several weeks

Croke Park protests end after talks with GAA

HERITAGE

Searchable 1911 census goes online

Russborough House on list of endangered heritage sites

Cliffs of Moher make ‘Wonders’ shortlist

INDUSTRIAL AND JOBS

Taxi drivers threaten second day of protest

Pay Squeeze Series Case Study

Electricians dispute goes to Labour Court

LISBON TREATY

Lisbon Outtakes

Ganley criticises unelected leaders in EU

People ‘misled’ on EU, says bishop

Developers used ’slave labour from Poland’

Yes campaigners outraged at abortion and euthanasia adverts

EDUCATION

Disbelief and panic greet leak of English exam paper

Catholic control of schooling not tenable, says archbishop

New gender ratio for medicine defended

Staff let go at Ashfield College ‘grind school’

UCD students must pay for medical care sought on campus

Concern about viability of Government’s free pre-school education plan

Trinity Ball line-up fails to hit right note with students

CRIME AND COURTS

Man shot dead at Finglas pub

Injunctions granted to spice burger firm against ex-director over secret recipe

Family’s attitude during inquiry recalled

Chef lost job over racist claims, tribunal told

MEDIA

O’Callaghan ‘relieved’ she was not offered ‘Late Late’ job

RTÉ apologises for news item on Cowen nude portraits

‘Questions and Answers’ finishes run after 23 years

RTÉ name change fixes spelling error that lasted 40 years

ABROAD

COLOGNE:
Bord Bia in drive to boost food and drink exports

Bord Bia predicts beef export growth

ROMANIA
Romania will reject any Lisbon deal that would imply ‘lack of solidarity’

President’s visit highlights links with Romania

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STRASBOURG
MEPs’ pension fund sparks lively debate

Cost of mobile roaming charges reduced

TRAVEL

Utah: Utah has provided the backdrop for films from ‘Stagecoach’ to ‘Thelma Louise’. It’s a great place for an adventure

Mykonos, Greece: The charm of Mykonos lies in the contrast between its proud Orthodox heritage and its hedonistic high life

Caution urged after closure

Applications invited for travel scholarships

Mayo travel firm’s stranded tourists get additional bills

Way home uncertain for over 140 after Mayo travel firm

MY HOLIDAYS

An interview each week in the Go travel supplement with a well known person on their holidays. All suggestions welcome. Here are some examples.

Comedian Andrew Maxwell, Singer John Spillane, Designer Joanne Hynes, Actress Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell Eastenders) , Comedian Karl Spain, Broadcaster Maxi, Author Marita Conlon-McKenna, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny , Pianist John O’Conor, Broadcaster Gareth O’Callaghan , Singer Mick Flannery, Actress Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts Eastenders)
Green Senator Deirdre de Burca

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OLDER WORK

RTE.ie – 2007/2008

Film Reviews – Entertainment Section

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Closing the Ring

We Own the Night

Enchanted

Dublin City Anna Livia FM (Movie Show 04-05) and Newstalk (06/07)

Samples of audio portfolio

The Swan Magazine – 2006
Part of the Masters in Journalism, Genevieve Carbery Current Affairs Editor

Death of Dublin’s Fruit Markets Part I

Death of Dublin’s Fruit Markets Part II

Make Mine a Dubbelbock – Ireland’s Beer Industry

Travel: Dublin to Dubrovnik Roadtrip

Sheer Hell to see Shell by the Seashore

Women’s News – 2005/2006

G8 Summit 2005

Sex Discrimination Act Changes

Teenage Domestic Violence

Women Heads of State

Women in the Dail

COMPACT – DIT NEWSPAPER 2005 /2006

Dublin Riots – An Eyewitness Account

Bob Dylan in Concert Review

Up in Arms Gig Preview

The University Observer 2002/2003

Father’s Rights

Bali

Coober Pedy – Underground City

Travel- Singapore

Film- Rabbit Proof Fence

Profile – SU Welfare Officer

Gig Review – Kudos

News – Disability Right’s Week

News – Women’s Week

News- Belfield FM

News- Rape Drug Campaign

Single Review – Supergrass