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); My first time at Twickenham, I was literally shown the kitchen - Rugby writer Kate Rowan details workplace ordeal
Kate Rowan of the Daily Telegraph is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines. By Gavin Cooney Thursday 8 Apr 2021, 9:05 AM 2 hours ago 2,864 Views 0 Comments
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Image: PA
IN 1995, KATE Rowan’s class in Marino were asked to write why they deserved to meet some of Dublin’s recently-minted All-Ireland champions. She didn’t get picked, however, and sought an explanation.
“Well, your parents aren’t members of the club and you have a Protestant surname.”
“From that moment on, GAA wasn’t for me”, says Kate on this week’s episode of
Journalists are among the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Reporters, producers, subeditors, camera operators and many others continue to lift the national mood with stories of joy and hope and fearlessly bring us reliable, fact-based reporting at a time when the rise in false and misleading information is threatening public health. But there are too many reports of decent hard-working people who put the public interest at the heart of what they do falling victim to violence or having their safety threatened - whether that is being punched in the street, threatened with knives or subject to rape and death threats.