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Paul Cunningham

@paulnews.bsky.social

Radio Presenter for RTÉ News, on “This Week” and “Behind The Story” podcast. Former Political, Europe and Environment Correspondent. Reported from 50+ countries. Author. Documentary maker.

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'Wonderful' war photographer Paul Conroy dies aged 61 Jamie Doran played the photographer, who has died aged 61, in the 2018 movie A Private War.

Such a loss - his book “Under the Wire” about his assignment with Marie Colvin in Syria will endure. The real deal

www.bbc.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thanks to Alliance Française Dublin for the special evening on #Ukraine tonight with Correspondent / Author Lara Marlowe, Ambassador Larysa Gerasko and Yulia Mykytenko live from Donetsk

25.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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How Reuters snapped former prince Andrew leaving custody Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the 'Playboy Prince' stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.

www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

20.02.2026 15:52 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Harris hopes Thalidomide issues will be resolved in 2026 Tánaiste Simon Harris has said 2026 "has to be the year" when the Government finally resolves the outstanding issues facing the Irish Thalidomide Association, including a State apology.

www.rte.ie/news/2026/02...

15.02.2026 18:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In Tehran, on this day, 12 years ago

27.01.2026 09:27 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fantastic

23.01.2026 10:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee is outlining Ireland’s priorities for upcoming presidency of the European Council, which begins in July. She said the EU is Ireland’s “guiding star” when it comes to the formulation of foreign policy.

22.01.2026 10:36 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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What is inside Poland's new 'Safety Guide'? Poland's government is currently posting 17 million copies of a 'Safety Guide' to every household in the country, explaining how to prepare for times of conflict and crisis. RTÉ News' Eastern Europe R...

A good read from Liam Nolan www.rte.ie/news/europe/...

18.01.2026 08:46 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Could be interesting

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Mea culpa

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Clearly my cropping skills require upgrading

17.01.2026 12:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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RTÉ News journalist Niall Martin dies, aged 58 The death has occurred of RTÉ News journalist Niall Martin, aged 58.

So sudden and so sad. A great colleague and a lovely man. RIP Niall www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council

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Cheers F - like doing an exam: walk out and can’t remember anything

11.01.2026 17:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First programme of “This Week” under my belt - onwards!

11.01.2026 17:10 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Tomorrow on #RTÉTwip, Áine Lawlor will be joined by journalists Sam McBride and Fintan O’Toole as well as minister of State Neale Richmond, Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway Walsh and DUP MLA Phillip Brett.

#Unity#UnitedIreland will be up for discussion.

Tune in tomorrow on RTÉ One at noon!

10.01.2026 12:27 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

He returned to Dublin this morning at 2am

08.10.2025 18:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Dubliner Colm Byrne has posted this video from the Hio vessel which is part of the #globalsumudflotilla seeking to reach #Gaza

29.09.2025 15:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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@paulnews.bsky.social will be stepping in to present tomorrow's show, where he will be joined by guests:

Minister of State, Eimear Higgins, TD Nash Ged and TD Louise O'Reilly to discuss the #presidency and the upcoming #budget2026.

Broadcasts at noon on @rteone.rte.ie

27.09.2025 10:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Best of luck to Aine Lawlor and Mary Wilson after stellar work on morning ireland over many years - two generous colleagues and excellent journalists

24.09.2025 11:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Reform’s Disaster Capitalism Reform has been accused of lacking policy: its critics say it’s a party of Farage and his epigones, with few firm...

"Britain is on the cusp of race war, he told me. If that prospect saddened him, it didn’t show. ‘We are talking about inter-ethnic violence.’"

I went to Reform UK's conference, for @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

17.09.2025 12:43 — 👍 64    🔁 32    💬 6    📌 2
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The troubled history of Irish involvement in Lebanon Ireland's relationship with Lebanon goes back as far as 1958, when a team of 50 officers was deployed there.

A very good overview of Ireland's relationship with Lebanon by @paulnews.bsky.social

28.08.2025 11:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in #Gaza.

The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient.

This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...

25.08.2025 13:21 — 👍 308    🔁 240    💬 7    📌 14
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Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks dies aged 63 Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks, the voice of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, has died aged 63.

Shocking: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

31.07.2025 07:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Taoiseach 'deeply moved' at meeting Hiroshima survivor When the US warplane dropped a 4,400kg atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and 43 seconds later it detonated 600 metres above the city, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden on what was a sunny...

My blog from Japan: www.rte.ie/news/politic...

06.07.2025 14:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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EXPO25 in Osaka, Japan, tonight

03.07.2025 10:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A school beating, defence spend and 27 dresses! Behind the Story · Episode

Behind the Story: @paulnews.bsky.social and @katiehannon.bsky.social on the 'wild west' of corporal punishment, defence spending and Jeff Bezos wedding

27.06.2025 18:57 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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'Die trying to live' - Survivor on Srebrenica genocide On the 30th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia Herzegovina, Paul Cunningham tells the story of one man who survived the genocide, but whose four brothers were killed.

My latest blog www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

29.06.2025 10:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Dept has 'concerns' about Iranian opposition group The Department of Foreign Affairs says it has concerns about an Iranian opposition group, which a delegation of seven Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators supported at a conference in Paris last May.

An unusual political story: www.rte.ie/news/politic...

23.06.2025 07:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Historic abuse policy is welcome but is just a first step The policy - Child Protection Procedures for Schools, 2025 - is an update on its original 2017 document. One of the key innovations is, for the first time, to provide explicit guidance to schools on h...

A personal blog this time: www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

22.06.2025 09:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0