Citizenship campaigner Emma DeSouza. Picture by Liam McBurney, Press Association
JOURNALIST Aoife Moore had to have counselling after an anonymous Twitter account linked to former Sunday Independent columnist Eoghan Harris sent her sexualised messages and called her a terrorist.
Derry-born Ms Moore, political correspondent for The Irish Examiner, said she had to contact gardaí after she was repeatedly trolled by the now suspended @barbarapym2 Twitter account. This account sent me sexualised messages about whether Mary Lou McDonald turned me on , the size of my arse and called me a terrorist from the month I started at the Examiner, she tweeted.
Limerick radio station celebrates 25 years on air
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THE Limerick-based student radio station Wired FM is marking 25 years on air this Friday.
Located at Mary Immaculate College and Limerick Institute of Technology, the station is broadcasting a schedule of special programmes throughout the day looking back on the past quarter of a century, as well looking forward to what the future holds for the student radio station.
From 12pm, Wired FM will feature a wide range of guests, including a whole host of MIC and Wired FM alumni who will be sharing their memories of their time at the station.
Hundreds in North gave up British citizenship for foreign-born partners Renunication spurred by changes to immigration rules over past decade
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Emma de Souza and her husband, Jake: Following her legal challenge, the British government in 2020 said everyone living in Northern Ireland would be treated equally when applying under the British government’s EU Settlement Scheme. Photograph: Colm Lenaghan/ Pacemaker
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Hundreds of people in Northern Ireland gave up their British citizenship in the past decade in a bid to ensure they could bring their foreign-born spouses or partners to live with them.
Should we worry about the deficit? - with David McWilliams
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Since coronavirus, governments around the globe have abandoned traditional concerns about deficits and enacted emergency measures in the interest of saving countries from the devastating effects of lockdowns. But in a post-pandemic Ireland, what should the role of the state be? Will the Covid crisis help bring to an end the old economic orthodoxies, or will there be return to a smaller state, balanced budgets and deficit reduction? Economist and The Irish Times columnist David McWilliams joins Hugh and political editor Pat Leahy to discuss.