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Reporter, Prime Time, RTÉ. #rtept Personal a/c. Author of True Crime Japan @truecrimejapan . RTs show interest only.

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@MurphyPaule
Paul Murphy
2 years
The Accountant, the Con, the Lies. Tonight on RTÉ1 at 9:35pm. Produced superbly by ⁦ @JanetRUA ⁩ and shot superbly by Matt Naughton. #rteinvestigates
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Paul Murphy
2 years
HSE increased purchases from company which bribed two hospital procurement managers while St Vincent’s University Hospital sacked those who took the bribes. #rteinvestigates report with ⁦ @doireannoh ⁩ on ⁦ @RTE_PrimeTime ⁩ at 9:35pm tonight. #rtept
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Paul Murphy
3 years
Fergal Bowers reports the news and he does it with integrity and professionalism day in, day out. He also happens to be a really decent man. It’s not a great recording, but if you happen to recognise the voice at the end of this sinister message, please let him know.
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Fergal Bowers
3 years
Does anyone recognise this voice? I got this message just after 3.30 am this morning via No Phone ID. I will be alerting the relevant authorities.
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Paul Murphy
5 years
RTÉ Investigates goes deep into the shadows of the multi-million euro greyhound industry and it isn’t pretty. Make sure to watch. Wednesday 9:35pm, RTÉ 1. Reporter @conor_w_ryan producer Frank Shouldice #RTEInvestigates #RTE
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Paul Murphy
3 years
"We're just sick of seeing the eyesore of all the derelict houses around us." RTÉ Investigates report on the Office of Public Works, tonight on @RTE_PrimeTime at 9:35pm, RTÉ 1 @RTEOne #rteinvestigates #rtept
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Paul Murphy
6 years
If you haven't seen this already please check out the promo for Travellers, Lives on the Fringes. It's on RTÉ 1 tomorrow, Wednesday, at 9:35pm. I worked on it for over 6 months with producer @JanetRUA and cameraman Matt Naughten. #rteinvestigates #rtept #rte
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Paul Murphy
10 months
Whistleblower vindicated, Department of Health penalised for illegal activity, family at centre of dossier scandal seek DoH apology. Compulsive viewing tonight on Prime Time at 9:35pm. #rteinvestigates #rtept Reported by ⁦ @conor_w_ryan
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Paul Murphy
4 years
"He …got away with it. He had our money, never gave it back to anybody and was never put behind bars," one victim told #RTEInvestigates . Long read below. Documentary tonight, Barrister and Conman: the Patrick Russell story, 9:35pm RTÉ1.
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Paul Murphy
7 years
#RTEInvestigates doc tonight with @doireannoh on Irish District Courts. Eye-opening for me what goes on there, I hope it's the same for you. 9:35pm #RTE1 . #cblive
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Paul Murphy
5 years
Be sure to watch this. #RT ÉInvestigates spent a number of months investigating a chain of créches in Dublin. What the team found will send shivers down the spine. Reporter @aoifehegs and producer @doireannoh #RT É One, Wednesday at 9:35pm.
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Paul Murphy
2 years
Florida, Swiss ski resort, high fashion and a BMW - the lavish spending by the Catriona Carey firm that conned people in mortgage difficulties. RTÉ Investigates report on ⁦ @RTE_PrimeTime ⁩ tonight. #rteinvestigates with ⁦ @JanetRUA
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Paul Murphy
6 years
Please check out this promo for Travellers: Lives on the Fringes, a doc I've been working on with @JanetRUA and Matt Naughten for over six months. It's on RTÉ 1 this Wednesday at 9:35pm. #rteinvestigates #rte #rtept
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Paul Murphy
2 years
RTÉ Investigates exposes a sophisticated scam by an Irish conwoman and former hockey international who targetted vulnerable people. Monday 9:35pm RTÉ 1 #rteinvestigates @RTEOne
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Paul Murphy
2 years
More on this #RT ÉInvestigates report on @RTE_PrimeTime 9:35pm tonight. With @doireannoh , @JanetRUA Matt Naughton (camera) and Mark Siung (video editor). Significant new evidence on killing of Fr Niall Molloy #rtept
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Paul Murphy
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One of RTÉ’s most talented and hard-working journalists - an excellent and sound choice. Congratulations @aoifehegs 👏👏 #RT ÉInvestigates
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Aoife Hegarty
1 month
Some personal news. Honoured to be appointed Deputy Editor of RTÉ Investigates. A decade on from having first joined RTÉ’s Investigations Unit, I’m looking forward to taking on new challenges, while continuing to do some reporting. #RTEInvestigates
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Paul Murphy
3 years
A hero. The DoH “has since said that any civil servant who discloses confidential information without authorisation [is] guilty of an offence... But he was still willing to speak publicly, in turn putting his career..on the line.” #RTEInvestigates
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Paul Murphy
5 months
'"Even though people are dying from the war and from the blasts… we are now in a situation where we're seeing starvation in this day and age, manmade starvation,” Dr Morgan McMonagle tells ⁦ @ConorWilson ⁩ of @RTE_PrimeTime #rtept #Gaza
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Paul Murphy
6 years
If Paul Rouse wasn’t a mate, I’d never have picked this up. Glad I did. The writing alone would cheer you up. Add in the fascinating story of the early #GAA and the first championship, some vile and wonderful characters, and the book finishes itself. Splendid. #ireland #rtept
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Paul Murphy
8 months
@TullipR @RTE_PrimeTime @Sallyannegodson @rtenews Thank you for welcoming us into your home and doing such an honest and articulate interview, Ritchie. 🙏
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Paul Murphy
6 years
If you don’t watch any TV for the next year make time to watch the second part of the Maurice McCabe story with @KatieGHannon and @mairekearney . Tonight 9:35pm, RTE1. A top class and chilling documentary. #rtept #RTE
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Paul Murphy
4 years
It’s been a year since a rising star of Irish journalism, Lyra McKee, was killed. Shot dead while doing her job - covering a riot in Derry. We remember our fellow #NUJ member today. #WeStandWithLyra
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Paul Murphy
2 years
You can catch Monday’s #RT ÉInvestigates on a fraud on ⁦ @RTEplayer ⁩. Thanks to all who bravely told their stories and to the talented RTÉ team, @JanetRUA , Matt Naughton, ⁦ @paulmmaguire ,⁩ Martin Vale ⁦ @edmundheaphy ⁩ and ⁦ @ronanhutch ⁩.
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Paul Murphy
4 years
Just finished this yesterday. Fine detail about the characters and the greed behind the Kinahan drug empire and the chaos and death they have brought. Super work by ⁦ @SteBreen ⁩ and ⁦ @ConlonOwen
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Paul Murphy
1 year
Thanks to all who trusted #rteinvestigates to tell their stories of how they were defrauded by Catriona Carey. Thanks also to those most involved in making the programme @JanetRUA @paulmmaguire Matt Naughton, Martin Vale and Tom Fegan. #GradaimRTS2023
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Laura Fitzgerald
1 year
Huge congratulations to @MurphyPaule @JanetRUA @paulmmaguire and Matt Naughton for winning Best News & Current Affairs programme at the RTS Ireland Awards tonight for their work on #RTEInvestigates - The Accountant, The Con and The Lies #GradaimRTS2023 🥇
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Paul Murphy
6 years
Big congrats to Paul Rouse formerly of #RTE ’s Prime Time who just got the job of Offaly football manager. Mammoth task but no better buachaill. #rtept #GAA
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Irish Examiner Sport
6 years
Paul Rouse to be appointed new Offaly football manager
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Paul Murphy
2 years
It’s been a year since an #RT ÉInvestigates documentary on illegal adoptions. This is the forensic follow-up by @aoifehegs and Isabel Perceval. Well worth watching; 9:35pm Wednesday, @RTEOne
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Aoife Hegarty
2 years
A year ago #RTEInvestigates told to story of Ireland’s Illegal Adoptees. For 12 months we’ve continued to follow some of their stories. On Wed night, in a follow-up documentary, we reveal what happened next. Ireland’s Illegal Adoptions - Still Searching. Mar 16th, @rteone , 9:35pm
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Paul Murphy
8 years
Tonight on RTÉ 1 TV - a report I did with @doireannoh highlighting serious governance concerns at a charity on @ClaireByrneLive at 10:35pm
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Paul Murphy
7 years
Listening to @morningireland from Matsumoto City. @CathalMacCoille just said goodbye. A great, great interviewer. He'll be much missed.
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Paul Murphy
2 years
A fascinating spotlight on hush-hush non-transparency in our local councils. Superb, methodical, forensic journalism by @conncorrigan . More tonight on RTÉ1 at 9:35 with @conor_w_ryan and @doireannoh #RTEInvestigates
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Conn Corrigan
2 years
THREAD: In recent months, RTÉ Investigates has examined local authorities. We found alleged fraud, false accounting, misleading grant applications + waste #rteinvestigates
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Paul Murphy
6 years
If anyone is looking for me I’ll be in McDonald’s all week
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Paul Murphy
3 years
@CroweMan65 @FergalBowers @ingridmileyRTE Aside from the 2020 figure, the numbers quoted in your tweet are all higher than those on the CSO site.
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Paul Murphy
4 years
@paddycosgrave @rte RTÉ’s Prime Time reported on Patrick Russell in 2007 and 2008. In fact, RTÉ was the first media organisation to expose Russell as a fraudster.
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Paul Murphy
4 years
Christmas 1972. Two teens murdered in Cavan. RTÉ Investigates - A Bomb That Time Forgot. Monday 9:35pm @RTEOne . #RT ÉInvestigates
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Paul Murphy
3 years
Excellent article from @Niall_Sargent on salmon farming. I learned lots from it.
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Noteworthy
3 years
In Part 2 of our #TroubledWaters investigation, we look at concerns raised by experts that the State lacks baseline data to effectively monitor for salmon farm escapes that can impact on marine biodiversity:
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Paul Murphy
5 years
NUJ branch in RTÉ calls for presenter and management pay to be capped - that nobody at the broadcaster should be paid more than a Secretary General in the civil service.
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Paul Murphy
4 years
#Misefosta calls halt to sexual wrongdoing in traditional music via @RTENewsNow #RT ÉInvestigates #YourRT É
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Paul Murphy
3 years
Why would the Revenue Commissioners agree to an 82% tax-demand reduction in this case? Very curious. Perrigo settles €1.64bn tax bill with Revenue for €297m via @RTENews
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Paul Murphy
5 years
“Significantly, the poor practices RTÉ witnessed were not performed by care staff, but by Hyde & Seek owner Anne Davy... This included how she interacted with and handled children.” Tonight RTE1 9:35 #RTEInvestigates @aoifehegs ⁩ ⁦ @doireannoh
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Paul Murphy
2 months
If you read nothing else today, read this. More superb, thoughtful writing from Paul Rouse of @irishexaminer
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Paul Murphy
3 years
9:35pm on @RTE_PrimeTime we report on the case of Shane O'Farrell as the 10th anniversary of his death in a hit-and-run nears. Family critical of what they see as state failure before and after his death. @lydiamurph produced and shot by Shirley Bradshaw.
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Paul Murphy
4 years
Transparency..... Irish style
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Ken Foxe
4 years
Asked a series of questions of Dept of Foreign Affairs on why Minister Simon Coveney needs state car with garda drivers. How for example it squares with Cabinet decisions of 2011 & 2012. Why Charlie Flanagan didn't need it when he was their minister. This was the reply:
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Paul Murphy
2 years
Amanda showed RTÉ News conditions in the two-bedroom flat she was sharing with nine others. “I never expected to be exploited in this way. For me it’s a bad surprise.” Story by ⁦ @emma_okelly ⁩ ⁦ @RTENews
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Paul Murphy
3 years
“Katherine’s first mission will be to put pressure on the Government to reform Ireland’s punitive defamation laws, which seriously inhibit free speech and are widely seen as among the most oppressive in Europe. No, it won’t. But never mind.”
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Paul Murphy
6 years
Sterling report by @franmcnulty Really well worth watching back on the #RTE Player if you missed it. #rtept
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RTÉ Prime Time
6 years
In this #rtept investigation, @franmcnulty has uncovered disturbing allegations of intimidation, threats and bullying in the Irish film industry @RTE_PrimeTime
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Paul Murphy
2 years
New evidence on death of Fr Niall Molloy. #RT ÉInvestigates report on ⁦ @RTE_PrimeTime ⁩ 9:35pm Tuesday. With ⁦ @doireannoh ⁩ and Matt Naughton.
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Paul Murphy
7 years
Cracking report on the business of tool theft by @franmcnulty on @RTE_PrimeTime tonight. Watch it on #RT É Player. #rtept
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Paul Murphy
2 months
‘The work on Agrios’s property was completed on 13 November, 2020 and the €15,000 was transferred to her account that day. Earlier this month Agrios posted a TikTok video claiming that she wants to “make home ownership attainable for our young adults.’” Story by @wereontheditch
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The Ditch
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A property developer was forced to pay Fine Gael election candidate Marian Agrios €15,000 and carry out €15,000 worth of work to her house so she would withdraw her objection to a housing development.
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Paul Murphy
3 years
This is a very disturbing story by @conor_w_ryan of RTÉ Investigates. #RTEInvestigates
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Conor Ryan
3 years
Dept of Health sourced information from private doctor consultations to secretly build detailed dossiers on children with autism who were involved in long-dormant legal actions. #rteinvestigates programme will air tonight on @RTE_PrimeTime #rtept
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Paul Murphy
4 years
This compelling RTÉ Investigates documentary about the bombing of Belturbet is on Monday at 9:35pm on @RTEOne . #RT ÉInvestigates
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Aoife Hegarty
4 years
Belturbet: A Bomb That Time Forgot - essential viewing from #RTEInvestigates colleague Frank Shouldice. Monday night @RTEOne at 9.35pm.
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Paul Murphy
4 years
ESB faces prosecution over damaging gas leaks. “They didn't repair the leaks; on many occasions the equipment was topped up,” says EPA Investigator. Story by ⁦ @barryokellyrte ⁩ via @RTENewsNow #RT ÉInvestigates
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Paul Murphy
6 years
This, I’m told, is a masterpiece. World premiere on July 12th at the #Galway Film Fleadh @GalwayFilm . Directed by the legendary Frank Shouldice and filmed by the uber-talented Dave Perry.
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Paul Murphy
9 years
Investigation with @ocounihan about hospital staff receiving expensive gifts and some doing big favours for donor company on #rtept at 9:35
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Paul Murphy
3 years
The people caught in Ireland's wardship system Also, documentary on @RTE_PrimeTime tonight at 9:35pm by @KieranDineen and Frank Shouldice #RTEInvestigates
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Paul Murphy
6 years
Definitely a film to watch. Hugely popular at @GalwayFilm last week. On at the @GuthGafa in Kells this weekend as one of the Best of the Fest. @WantedToFlyFilm
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Paul Murphy
3 years
“...there was a sense of impunity amongst soldiers, and in particular the regiment involved in Ballymurphy, the Parachute Regiment. This was a brutal regiment, it had an infamous reputation right across the north” Ballymurphy massacre verdicts out today
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Paul Murphy
2 years
This will be well worth a watch. An investigation of local authorities by the incomparable team of @conor_w_ryan @doireannoh @conncorrigan and Matthew Naughton #RTEInvestigates @RTEOne ⁩ tomorrow, Wed 9:30pm
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Paul Murphy
8 years
Investigation of #Console and its CEO/Founder with @Tapeterman tonight at 9:35pm #RTE 1
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Laura Fitzgerald
8 years
Really important watch tonight. Strong investigating by @MurphyPaule and @rte unit
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Paul Murphy
8 years
More revelations on the #Console charity scandal tonight on Prime Time at 9:35pm #rtept
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Paul Murphy
4 years
Keelin Shanley was laid to rest today. She was a wonderful journalist and exceptionally generous colleague. This tribute, put together by her dear friend Janet Traynor, reflects some of her inspirational work as a documentary maker. @JanetRUA
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Paul Murphy
2 months
This exposé of our horse industry will absolutely knock your socks off. RTÉ Investigates tonight at 9:35pm, RTÉ One and special report Thurs 9:35pm on @RTE_PrimeTime #rteinvestigates . Sterling, dogged work by @conor_w_ryan John Cunningham, Matt Naughton and Oisín McGreal
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Conor Ryan
2 months
Probably the deepest research I've ever been involved in - but it has taken that to try build a picture of where our horses are going. One important element of this took our team into the country's only horse abattoir. The results shocked us. #rteinvestigates
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Paul Murphy
6 years
If you missed Travellers: Lives on the Fringes you can catch it here - (apologies for a previous Player link I sent which was banjaxed). This one should work. #rteinvestigates #rtept #rte1
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Paul Murphy
3 years
@kenfoxe Thank you for your forensic journalism @kenfoxe . It was great to get a chance to work together again.
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Paul Murphy
3 years
@roisiningle @IrishTimes How do you know that they experience “everyday violence from teenage boys”? Have you spoken to them?
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Paul Murphy
6 years
The Man Who Wanted to Fly getting serious bums on seats. What a successful start! Well done Frank Shouldice, Dave Perry and the two Cavan lads who make it sing. @GuthGafa @WantedToFlyFilm
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The Man Who Wanted To Fly
6 years
Delighted to announce that all three @GuthGafa screenings for #TheManWhoWantedToFly have now sold out! 🙌🙌🙌 ❌❌❌ First up is The RoadHouse Cinema this eve at 5.30pm for those of you lucky enough to have gotten a ticket 😎. Onwards and upwards! #SoldOut #Kells #TheHatTrick
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Paul Murphy
5 years
Great day for press freedom. Well done ⁦ @TomLyonsBiz and all at ⁦ @sundaybusiness #DenisOBrien loses defamation action against SBP. Via ⁦ @RTENewsNow
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Paul Murphy
4 years
If you missed this investigation about conman Patrick Russell that I worked on with producer @JanetRUA , cameraman Matt Naughton and editor Oisín McGreal it’s on the #RT É Player. #RT Éinvestigates
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RTÉ
4 years
RTÉ Investigates: Barrister & Conman - The Patrick Russell Story #RT ÉInvestigates found >60 people who were defrauded by one of Ireland's most prolific conman over three decades. This compelling documentary is available to watch on @RTEplayer @RTEOne @rtenews
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Paul Murphy
2 years
Coming a bit late to this, but it’s well worth your time. The tragedy of an IRA man’s death, the farce of his concrete burial and subsequent resurrection, and more. Superbly told by Liamy Mac Nally with the @RTEdoconone team.
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Paul Murphy
6 months
“The Facebook group the twins had used, Vedzeb, means "I'm searching" in Georgian. It has countless posts from mothers who say hospital staff told them their babies had died, but….” A true-life horror story reported by @faynurse @woodrowmorris
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Paul Murphy
3 years
Don’t miss this #RTEInvestigates report by @aoifehegs . Tonight Prime Time at 9:35pm.
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RTÉ Prime Time
3 years
"Regardless of how you smile and say you feel, I can't switch it off." Since being told he was allegedly sexually assaulted at Naas General Hospital in 2017, one patient's world has been turned upside down, writes @aoifehegs #rteinvestigates #rtept
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Paul Murphy
6 years
Cracking, gritty, detailed investigation on illegal dumping by #rteinvestigates @conor_w_ryan , David Doran and cameraman Cedric Culliton @camwatch . Compulsive and disturbing viewing. Tonight #RTE1 9:35pm. #rtept #CBLive #RTE
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Paul Murphy
3 years
Congratulations to Agnes Aylward who was today awarded “Commendation of the Foreign Minister of Japan” for her work in founding the Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens in Tramore (where the writer spent summers as a child). @damienwlr @LafcadioHearn1
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Paul Murphy
4 years
@caulmick @WhistleIRL @vincentbrowne The programme included whistleblower Olivia Greene, who exposed dodgy lending practices at Irish Nationwide. @whistleIRL worked for the Irish arm of Italy's UniCredit, which few of us would have ever dealt with. We bailed out Nationwide, we didn't bail out UniCredit.
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Paul Murphy
7 years
Prime Time report with @doireannoh on Paul Quinn murder by #IRA members #rtept #rte @BreegeQuinn
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Paul Murphy
6 years
Breathtaking piece of engineering. Longest sea bridge opens, joining Hong Kong to Zhuhai
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Paul Murphy
4 years
This is very sweet
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RTÉ News
4 years
A Co Offaly couple are celebrating their first day of wedded bliss after a wait of over 40 years. 86-year-old John Bermingham and 83-year-old Mary Long tied the knot in a small civil ceremony yesterday in Tullamore | Read more:
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