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PROFILE: NÓIRÍN HEGARTY October 5, 2023 THE ANNOUNCEMENT that Nóirín Hegarty is stepping down as Ireland editor of the Times and Sunday Times Ireland after less than two years... Read more »
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‘IT’ DENOUNCES SECTARIANISM April 19, 2023 JUSTINE McCARTHY recently thundered against the “sectarian criteria” of the planned scoping inquiry into the abuse of children in “schools run by religious... Read more »
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