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Sinead O'Shea

5 years

My piece for NYT on the need to engage meaningfully with Northern Ireland, the fragility of peace and the tragedy of Lyra McKee's murder.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

This statement by Sinéad O'Connor about the consequences of tearing the picture of the Pope:

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@SineadEOShea

3 years

Brilliant answer by Sinéad O’Connor about the consequences of tearing the picture of the pope:

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

#MakeNMHOurs

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1 year

It's an excerpt from this brilliant interview in @guardian with @shattenstone to discuss her book, Rememberings.

Sinéad O’Connor: ‘I’ll always be a bit crazy, but that’s OK’

After a life marked by abuse, fame, scandal and struggle, the Irish singer-songwriter says she never lost faith

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

Devastating news about Lyra McKee. These words she wrote are so upsetting and true for so many. Time for a proper, non-partisan look at where Northern Ireland is at now.

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@SineadEOShea

4 years

A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT is now on @Vimeo - 30% of proceeds to @MindWisenv . It took me 5 years to make + almost everyone said Northern Ireland was "irrelevant" but, the response everywhere was huge. These stories, laughs + pains are universal.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

Free link to the documentaries of Pawel Pawlikowsi. These are the first films he made and are so hilarious, sad and brilliant

Pawel Pawlikowski

Pawel Pawlikowski is a member of Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

I was asked by the Observer to write about the killing of Lyra McKee, dissident Republicanism and the needs of Northern Ireland now. Here is some of what I think:

The tragic killing of Lyra McKee in Derry shows how hard it is for wars to end | Sinéad O’Shea

The Troubles officially ended with the Good Friday agreement, but the scars endure

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

Very well organized socially distanced protest outside US Embassy in Dublin #BlackLivesMatter #enddirectprovision

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

2 years

“The male minister, the male head of the HSE, the male de facto chairman of the NMH and the male chairman of SVHG forging ahead with a less than watertight plan for the care of women and babies” Justine McCarthy on latest infuriating NMH concerns:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

2 years

I am stunned that PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS won Best Documentary at @HamptonsFilm - I was proud just to be nominated in that company. Thanks to all 🙏 Feels like there is real appetite for work that challenges State/Church collusion 🇮🇪🇺🇸

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

2 years

I am thrilled to say that my new film, PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS, will make its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this year - @TIFF_NET It was a tough project to make so this is a very unexpected honour. Thanks to @screenireland for funding the film in its entirety

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@SineadEOShea

4 years

So many men in creative industries, especially in film, think they've earned their places on merit, and that all the women in Ireland just happened to be substandard. The truth needs to be aired and change must take place. #reawakenthefeminists

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

I’ve spent time investigating Direct Provision. One of the best insights I ever gained was from this brave mother in Athlone who filmed inside her accommodation. Conditions were terrible. Not “not bad.” Aramark runs this centre and is paid millions. THREAD

Pledge to address issues at Athlone direct provision centre

Residents protest over living conditions and delays in processing applications

www.irishtimes.com

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@SineadEOShea

6 years

93% YES in North Strand according to tallies.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

How can most people know somebody who has been raped or sexually assaulted and yet almost nobody know someone who has been convicted? There needs to be radical systemic change.

⭐ amy o'connor ⭐

@amyohconnor

6 years

This woman was bleeding and crying on the night in question. Her taxi driver remembered her. She told people what happened. She sought medical treatment the next day. She reported what happened. She did everything you are supposed to do. And yet.

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@SineadEOShea

1 year

Pray For Our Sinners has made it into the top 10 films in Irish cinemas this week! This has come as a huge and great surprise. We'll screen for another week in 14 cinemas across Ireland as below. Thank you to all who've seen and discussed our tales of heroism and resistance x

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

9 months

My friend and colleague Ross McDonnell has been missing for the past week in the New York area. Any information about him or his belongings would bring huge comfort to his family and loved ones. His parents have asked us to share the picture below:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

A big deal that an Irish female director made this. Congrats @Aoife_McArdle ❤️

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

We're honoured to be invited to screen Pray For Our Sinners in Leinster House tmrw. Our film is about a great resistance in one town. Plenty of problems remain esp re inequality + mother and baby homes. 🙏 @ivanabacik for invite. We hope politicians from all parties come.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

Profound statement by Afghan woman:

Heather Barr

@heatherbarr1

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“I’m going to say to the whole world—shame on you.” @SerajMahbouba , Afghan women’s rights leader

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

The awful mother and baby home redress scheme is signed into law. Just 34,000 people out of the 68,000 survivors will be compensated. They deserve so much better:

Mother and Baby Home redress scheme signed into law

The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, which will cost the state €800m, has caused concern for many survivors

www.irishexaminer.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

I spent five years filming in Derry and the aftermath of Bloody Sunday underpinned everything I saw. People can endure a lot but injustice causes such destruction #BloodySunday50

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Our Pray for our Sinners screening was extraordinary; tears, laughter, a standing ovation. My favourite bit was the applause that broke mid-film when Mary asked about the men. Thanks to all who came esp participants, @kathysheridanIT + Dr Mary. We’re in cinemas April 21st x

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Pray For Our Sinners is the story of a resistance, with a twist, in a small Irish town. It's now the most attended documentary in Ireland this year and is on new platforms from today 💚 Itunes Amazon Google Microsoft/playstation Rakuten Sky Virgin

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

My piece on UK indifference to Northern Ireland, Brexit and a mother who brought her son to be shot. It's been most read on @guardian all day. Thanks for all the feedback:

I found out what happened when a mother took her son to be kneecapped in Northern Ireland | Sinéad...

Documentary film-maker Sinéad O’Shea has watched the rise of paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings. She says the UK doesn’t care

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

The decision to seal the records of the Mother and Baby homes marks a terrible night for Ireland. Unbelievable to prioritise vested interests on this issue. What has actually happened here? #UnsealTheArchive

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

9 years

Bowie and Iman along the Liffey 1997

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

A great interview by @shattenstone for @guardian

Sinéad O’Connor: ‘I’ll always be a bit crazy, but that’s OK’

After a life marked by abuse, fame, scandal and struggle, the Irish singer-songwriter says she never lost faith

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Rape songs? So easy to underestimate how much women are hated by some. What an incredible person Ciara Mangan has been.

RTÉ News

@rtenews

1 year

A woman who was raped by a colleague at a house party in Co Mayo ten years ago has said she was subjected to ‘vulgar rape comments’ for months afterwards. Ciara Mangan was speaking after Shane Noonan was jailed for seven years | Read more:

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@SineadEOShea

4 years

Worth remembering how incredibly difficult it was for Catherine Corless to be heard by the Irish establishment. I wrote about it for @guardian at the time. Media has evolved. State has not. Issues like Direct Provision are ongoing. #motherandbabyhomes

The dark truth about modern Ireland its media don't talk about

Sinéad O'Shea on the Tuam babies case, secret abortions, and child abuse by church and state in Ireland

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Pray for Our Sinners is the most attended documentary in Ireland so far in 2023. Thank you to all who have come + @BOPictures @HinterlandKells tonight is sold out but we've an extra show on Sat @LightHouseD7 is on June 26th:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

A piece by me for @nytimes on the killing of Lyra McKee, Northern Ireland's peace process and the white bread sandwich workers:

Opinion | Northern Ireland’s Unfinished Peace (Published 2019)

The world turned its attention away, but the violence and tragedy never ended.

www.nytimes.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

8 months

Pray For Our Sinners will finish the year as the most attended documentary release (Irish+Intl) in Irish cinemas this year. We are very happy and proud, and will have some extra screenings in @IFI_Dub from Dec 29th #IFIBestofIrish23

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

What happens when a mother brings her son to be shot? My piece for @guardian ahead of our film's international premiere this weekend @cphdox

I found out what happened when a mother took her son to be kneecapped in Northern Ireland | Sinéad...

Documentary film-maker Sinéad O’Shea has watched the rise of paramilitary punishment shootings and beatings. She says the UK doesn’t care

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Pray For Our Sinners highlights a heroic resistance to corporal punishment. Many Irish people experienced corporal punishment. We are holding a screening of Pray for Our Sinners in @LightHouseD7 with a special Q&A about this: Tickets: @BOPictures

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

It's our first day in Irish cinemas tonight and I'm looking forward to chatting to the great @ColmBairead later in @IFI_Dub Pray For Our Sinners is now on in cinemas in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Belfast, Limerick, Carlow, Tullamore, Mayo, Dundalk and of course, Navan x

Colm Bairéad

@ColmBairead

1 year

The exceptional documentary film Pray for Our Sinners opens in Irish cinemas tomorrow. I’m honoured to be hosting a Q&A with its director @SineadEOShea after the Friday, 6.20pm screening @IFI_Dub

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

Brilliant thread by @latifnasser that explains the geology and history behind a isolated strip of Democrat votes across the Deep South:

Latif Nasser

@latifnasser

4 years

Ok here we go. Look at the electoral maps by county for the last few decades of US presidential elections. You’ll notice that the South goes almost uniformly Republican red every time. Duh. But if you look closer, there’s something else there ...

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@SineadEOShea

1 year

The woman of the moment... Pray For Our Sinners is showing all over Ireland today. It might be the last chance to see in some cinemas. Our next Q+A is @PalasGalway tmrw w @SarahAnneBuckle (📸Paddy Randles Jr)

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

I'm really pleased to say that A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT will have its cinema release in Ireland and Northern Ireland from September 14th. We'll have more info and news soon.

Screen Ireland

@ScreenIreland

6 years

What would cause a Derry mother to bring her son to be shot? @SineadEOShea 's critically acclaimed documentary, @AMotherBrings , which asks this extraordinary question, is released in Irish cinemas on 14 September: #AMotherBrings

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Pray For Our Sinners is the most watched documentary in Irish cinemas this year and is now available to watch in Ireland on @IFI_Dub player x 🙏 as ever to @BOPictures + @ScreenIreland

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Nothing Compares is the beautiful documentary by @Kath_Ferguson which focuses on the years 1987-1993 in Sinéad O'Connor's life. It broadcasts on July 29th in the UK + Ireland - @NCDocumentary

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

More reflections by @shattenstone on his conversations with Sinéad O'Connor here:

Sinead O’Connor: the angelic skinhead for whom love, intelligence and madness were inseparable |...

I interviewed Sinéad twice. She was supremely gifted, terrifyingly vulnerable and hilarious – even at her bleakest she’d make you laugh

www.theguardian.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

I'm so pleased to say that the opening night of Pray for our Sinners in the @IFI_Dub will be followed by a Q+A with @ColmBairead - the brilliant director of @quietgirlfilm which is still casting its spell all over the world. Tickets available here:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

2 years

Pray for our Sinners will have its first Irish screening @DublinFilmFest on March 3rd. All are very welcome to our stories of heroism and resistance: Tickets here:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

7 years

Profiting from misery - Avoca owners paid 5.2 million euros by Irish State to run three direct provision centres. I would like to see audit:

State paid €43.5m to eight direct provision operators in 2016

Avoca owner Aramark paid €5.2m for three centres in which 850 asylum seekers live

www.irishtimes.com

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

I am delighted to be partnering with the wonderful @BOPictures to share stories of resistance from my hometown, Navan. PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS will have its cinema release on April 21st. Here is the trailer - beautifully edited by Colin Campbell:

PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS TRAILER (12A) - WATCH AT HOME NOW

https://www.wheretowatchireland.com/movie/pray-for-our-sinnersPray for our Sinners is a film by Irish documentarian Sinéad O’Shea about the activities of the...

www.youtube.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

2 years

Big turnout #TransPride

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

Where is the rage about our health system? Lack of capacity is the real problem rather than the current rate of Covid. We will face longer and harsher restrictions because we don’t have a functional health service.

Naomi O'Leary

@NaomiOhReally

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Ireland typically runs a hospital bed occupancy level of 95%, and over 100% in the winter, with people lying in corridors. Our health system would be the quickest to be overrun in the EU, according to ECDC. That's relavant to policy decisions now.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

Just listened to @sarahkendzior with @UnaMullally on BYLINE. Fantastic analysis of politics, tech and journalism now. Sarah Kendzior has been one of the best and most prescient voices in US life.

Andrea Horan

@AndreaHoran

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We have a monthly series on @united_podcast called BYLINE where we talk to journalists working on important stories. In this ep, @UnaMullally talks to @sarahkendzior who predicted, & continues to warn against the Trump kleptocracy in the US.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

11 months

Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children is an excellently crafted investigative documentary. Its conclusions are shocking. Hard not to see links between British intelligence cover up, the Kincora paedophile ring and those missing boys. Hope it gets to be seen widely.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

I’ve been reading some great Irish non-fiction books of late: We Don't Know Ourselves by @fotoole is a tremendous telling of stories about contemporary Ireland, our dysfunctional relationship with ambiguities, our potential accommodations. It's a book of many pleasures.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

We're truly honoured to be discussed in Miriam Lord's brilliant column this week... And yes, would love if Seanad members would come to Pray For Our Sinners and think about the injustice of the Mother and Baby Home redress scheme. #MotherAndBabyHomes

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Listening to Mary on @rteliveline remembering going into Mother and Baby home as a pregnant 13 year old after rape. Devastating stuff. Her baby is ineligible for the current redress scheme and Mary is only entitled to the lowest available redress. The scheme is barbaric.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

London friends, Pray for our Sinners will have a preview screening on April 19th at 18.20 in @CurzonSoho I'll be there to discuss our home town resistance with the wonderful author + broadcaster @anniemacmanus Tickets: cc @irishfilmlondon @Dogwoof

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

9 years

Why is no one talking about Eritrea? My opinion piece for @guardian http://t.co/h9GcFwLOWT http://t.co/KkVJ8gn8G2

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

Beautiful video by @endajodowd from this morning in Portland Row. Shot and edited in just a couple of hours. He captures the total joy as neighbors and family react to Kellie Harrington’s win:

‘Our Kellie is an Olympic gold medallist’: Portland Row erupts in joy

‘All she really wanted was to see the people smiling - make people happy,’ says proud mother

www.irishtimes.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

Been waiting to read this essay by @monaeltahawy and it is as wonderful as hoped. I too interviewed Dr. Nawal El Saadawi as a much younger woman, and her total self-possession was a thrill, and singular by all standards:

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@SineadEOShea

3 years

I'm surprised the figures aren't higher. Ireland is the same. Family money is the great unspoken in the film industry. I've seen so many people leave filmmaking because they can't afford to stay. I've rarely been full time. Would love to see more honest conversations about this.

Screen International

@Screendaily

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A new survey of the UK screen industries workforce has found that: • 53% are from a privileged background • That figure rises to 61% for creative roles (writers, directors, producers) • 25% are from a working class background Full details:

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@SineadEOShea

4 years

It is incredible to see what #WhereIsGeorgeGibney is achieving in so many ways. Kudos @Younghorgan for pursuing this + making the most compelling podcast w @CiaranCass .. Great to hear such deeply considered storytelling from @BBCSounds @jasotweet @diylan

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

Important to see these devastating photos by @EMaloletka after the maternity wing of a hospital in Mariupol was bombed by Russia.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

One of the most incisive pieces here on the Good Friday Agreement by Sara Canning who recognises both its achievements and limitations. We have, as her late partner Lyra McKee wrote; "a peace that doesn't disrupt the lives of the middle classes."

Sara Canning: We deserve better and better is possible. The Belfast agreement is treated with kid...

The great and the good are gathering here - and in a series of gala dinners and events they’ll pat themselves on the back for a job well done. We need more

www.irishtimes.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

Live news clips with reporters chasing migrants in boats for comment and "analysing" the conditions without context are like scenes from The Hunger Game/Starship Troopers/any dystopian vision. The more we share this content, the more it will be commissioned and normalised.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

This reference in the Irish Independent to @AMotherBrings is misleading. My film doesn’t link Sinn Fein to the O’Donnell shooting. It is about dissident Republicanism + the challenges of post conflict. Sinn Fein should be scrutinised like any other party, but accurately.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

I loved ARRACHT. Great experience on a big screen. Exciting immersive storytelling by director @tomsullivanfilm DP Kate McCullough @DonallOHealai Saishe Ní Chuinn, Michael McElhatton @DevaneyDara + co.

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@SineadEOShea

1 year

Thank you to all in Leinster House who came to our screening of Pray For Our Sinners. I hope the heroes in our film can encourage more kindness especially re the very unkind mother and baby home redress scheme. Thank you @marie_sherlock for hosting + @ivanabacik for invite.

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

Great piece by @IrishTimesLaura outlining the value of public funding for a film like An Cailín Ciúin. Films don't always benefit from intl investment/commercial backers:

If An Cailín Ciúin’s success does not yield more support for the Irish screen industry, what will?

The Cine4 film's box office triumph shows what can be achieved if the right funding is in place

www.irishtimes.com

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

Our world premiere of PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS was beautiful. It took a lot to make that happen. Thank you @thompowers @TIFF_NET @ScreenIreland @DogwoofSales @culture_ireland @DeptCulturelRL @dfatirl for all the kindness and help 💚 #TIFF22

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@SineadEOShea

5 years

I'm delighted that our short HUMBLEBRAG has been selected for @BFI London Film Festival, all shot on a phone with FCP7 for zero budget. Kudos to the acting brilliance of @larkin_lauren + @peterdaly10

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5 years

A great piece of writing by @SusanMcKay15 for @NewYorker that celebrates the extraordinary life of Lyra McKee and explores the dreadful circumstances of her murder

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1 year

Here is our list of Irish cinemas that will screen Pray For Our Sinners from tomorrow We are delighted to start in @MoviesCinemas - Dundrum, Swords, Gorey, Dungarvan, Tallaght - and Reel Picture, Cork Ticks + info for all screenings on @BOPictures ……

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

An Cailín Ciúin/ @quietgirlfilm opens in Irish + UK cinemas today. It's so uplifting that an Irish film like this has been made. Very recommended 💕

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@SineadEOShea

2 years

The news re Roe v Wade is a timely reminder that we need to be vigilant about women's healthcare and reproductive rights. There is a long way to go in Ireland still. Today is the last day to email TDs and express concerns re ownership of the National Maternity Hospital:

Peter Boylan

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Are you concerned about the plans for the new National Maternity Hospital to be owned by St Vincent's? Can you help by doing 2 things today/this week? 1. Email/write/call the TDs in your constituency 2. Ask non-Twitter friends/family to do the same

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@SineadEOShea

5 years

A piece I've written for @nytimes about the need to pay attention to Northern Ireland after the headlines have faded, and the value of the "peace process."

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@SineadEOShea

1 year

Dr Mary and I will be @IrelandAMVMTV at 8.15 to discuss Pray For Our Sinners 💕

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@SineadEOShea

1 year

I think this is an amazing interview with Claire Keegan. She is so singular. By @MartinDoyleIT

Claire Keegan: ‘I don’t come from a close family. We are not close at all’

So Late in the Day, the author’s quietly devastating new story, draws on the misogyny and meanness of the Ireland she grew up in

www.irishtimes.com

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@SineadEOShea

1 year

My piece for @irishtimes about Mary, Betty, Norman and Pray For Our Sinners. Tonights Q+A in @LightHouseD7 is sold out but we are screening all over Ireland this weekend. Tickets are available still for Galway Q+A on Monday:

‘It was always the woman, she was the one, she was the sinner’

Home-grown resistance against the Church could never be a Hollywood style triumph, writes filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea

www.irishtimes.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

We had our first screening of Pray for our Sinners in Navan last night. It was an intense event for Dr. Mary and I. Thank you so much to @Elaine_Loughlin who showed exceptional skill and sensitivity as she hosted our Q+A after. Thanks most of all to the people of Navan.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

2 years

First Look: clip from our film PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS ahead of its world premiere at #TIFF2022 today 🇮🇪 🙏 @ScreenIreland @DogwoofSales @DEADLINE @MattCarey

Toronto First Look: Documentary ‘Pray For Our Sinners’ Explores Scandal In Ireland Involving...

Watch a clip from the TIFF world premiere doc 'Pray For Us Sinners,' which explores the scandal over Ireland's deadly "Mother & Baby" homes.

deadline.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

For me, that was the most emotional Q+A we've had. Thanks @kenearlys + a great audience in @LightHouseD7 Pray For Our Sinners opens Fri: @MoviesDundrum @moviesatgorey @SGCDungarvan @MoviesSquare @MoviesSwords Tickets to all cinemas @BOPictures :

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

7 years

UK government had almost no sense of NI border issue until end of recent Brexit negotiations. Great account:

Brexit: Inside the UK’s messy deal to secure an amicable divorce

As the talks neared conclusion, mishaps over an agreement for Northern Ireland almost brought Theresa May’s government crashing down

www.ft.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

Very honoured that @AMotherBrings won an award at WatchDocs 2018. It's been an extraordinary experience to share this film around the world. Complex stories such as Northern Ireland are more essential than ever. Thanks to all at @BlinderFilms @SpringFilmsUK + @ScreenIreland

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Our special screening of Pray For Our Sinners is tomorrow in @LightHouseD7 All welcome to our Q+A about schooling 1960s-1990s, corporal punishment + resistance with @kenearlys from @SecondCaptains and Norman, one of the heroes from our film. Tickets:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

A great tribute to Dawn Foster here by Lynsey Hanley, and a reminder that the media industry rarely acknowledges its own lack of diversity:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

Our new poster for @AMotherBrings ahead of its cinema release on Friday 14 September. I'm so impressed by the design work of @Conor_Merriman We're at @LightHouseD7 , @PalasGalway , @QFTBelfast , @MoviebowlDerry , @TriskelCork , @CenturyCinemas + @imccinemas Dún Laoghaire + Dundalk.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS will be in the cinemas in 2 weeks time on April 21st. Tickets now on sale for Navan @BOPictures + a special screening in @LightHouseD7 hosted by @CaelainnH with Dr. Mary Randles + I + on April 22nd:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

The terrifying incompetence and delusions of the British ruling class. Brilliant by Pankaj Mishra

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

Here I am chatting with the great @kenearlys about making @AMotherBrings which is out on September 14th and why the UK and others like to pretend Northern Ireland doesn't exist. Thanks for having me @SecondCaptains

Second Captains

@SecondCaptains

6 years

The lure of violence, trusting nothing and nobody, Brexit in NI, and the challenge of making a movie over a 5 year period - @kenearlys with director and writer of @AMotherBrings @SineadEOShea

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

10 years

Piece by me for @guardian ad @GreensladeR on abuse, inequality and the Irish sense of self http://t.co/IN5MkEhNxZ

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

Timely for A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT to screen in @CurzonSoho London on March 13th. I'll be there with @gavinesler to discuss @AMotherBrings Northern Ireland/UK and #Brexit All welcome:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Dr. Mary Randles and I discussed Pray For Our Sinners on @IrelandAMVMTV earlier. Thanks so much to @MuireannO_C + @rayfoleyshow 🙏 Our film ends in some cinemas today so pls come soon if you are coming.

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

All the legends 🎁 @melsil of @WomenaHollywood provided a triumphant conclusion to the @X_Pollinator_ adventure. Congrats @katieholly @LaraHickey + @ev__horan #xpollinator #womeninfilm

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

4 years

This should be great for anyone who wants to learn more about documentary-making. The directors of the amazing Finding Neverland, Bobby Sands: 66 Days + The Farthest will speak, I'll discuss scenes from A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot too. Register

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

8 years

Ireland reconsiders its constitutional ban on abortion. My report for @nytimes

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

Amazing to be in Seanad today as @rodericogorman continually refused to answer why people who spent up to the first 6 months of their lives in mother and baby homes are ineligible for redress. 40% of survivors are being excluded from this unjust scheme. #motherandbabyhomes

Dr Maeve O'Rourke

@maeveorourke

1 year

To learn more about the Government’s Mother and Baby Institutions ‘redress’ plans and make your views known to Senators, visit:

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

1 year

We're so pleased that Pray For Our Sinners will screen at the cinemas below from tmrw. From May 12th we'll be in @MoviesDundrum @moviesatgorey @SGCDungarvan @MoviesSquare @MoviesSwords All tickets to all screenings via @BOPictures

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

3 years

My review of Did Ye Hear Mammy Died by @shockproofbeats As might be expected, this is often a poignant read but it must also be one of the funniest books ever written about the death of a parent:

Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? Remarkably funny exploration of childhood grief

Book review: Séamas O’Reilly pens wonderful tribute to his late mother and devoted father

www.irishtimes.com

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Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

5 years

Very pleased that A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT has been moved to largest screen of @CurzonSoho this eve due to demand. Limited tickets available for film plus Q and A with @gavinesler here:

Sinead O'Shea

@SineadEOShea

6 years

Timely for A MOTHER BRINGS HER SON TO BE SHOT to screen in @CurzonSoho London on March 13th. I'll be there with @gavinesler to discuss @AMotherBrings Northern Ireland/UK and #Brexit All welcome:

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Sinead O'Shea

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1 year

"Voices of the Resistance" The excellent journalist @aoifegracemoore shares her impressions of Pray For Our Sinners with @RTE_Culture

Voices of the resistance - Aoife Moore on Pray For Our Sinners

Journalist Aoife Moore explores Pray For Our Sinners, a powerful new documentary telling the stories of everyday Irish citizens resisting the status quo against extraordinary odds.

www.rte.ie

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