Mary Fitzgerald
Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Mary Fitzgerald is the Irish Times award-winning foreign affairs correspondent. She began her career reporting on Northern Ireland before relocating to the Middle East. Now based in Dublin, she works across the Middle East, Africa and south Asia, reporting from countries including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Her work has appeared in other publications including Foreign Policy, the Washington Post, and the Guardian. In 2004 she was awarded the Laurence Stern Fellowship at the Washington Post. In 2006 she spent five months reporting on Islam in Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and Turkey for the Irish Times after she was awarded the inaugural Douglas Gageby Fellowship. Mary is a frequent contributor to international broadcast media including the BBC, CBS News and Ireland’s state broadcaster RTÉ.
Iranian presidential election re-energises reformists
- Asia-Pacific
- June 17, 2013, 01:00
Analysis: election of Hassan Rohani raises hopes of more pragmatic policies at home and abroad
Turkey’s minister for EU affairs, Egemen Bagis, rejects EU criticism of crackdown on nationwide protests
- Irish Times
- June 12, 2013, 01:13
Demonstrations have spread as a result of anger sparked by police use of force in dealing with a protest in Istanbul last month
Anti-government protests in Turkey are sabotage, says Erdogan
- Europe
- June 10, 2013, 01:00
“There are those who cannot stomach Turkey becoming greater and stronger,” claims PM
EU criticises Turkey over crackdown on protesters in Taksim Square
- World
- June 8, 2013, 01:00
Turkish PM Erdogan in audience as Stefan Rule makes remarks
‘He has become like a dictator’
- Europe
- June 8, 2013, 01:00
What started as a protest about the development of an Istanbul park is now an anti-government movement, and the scene is set for(...)
Rumblings of dissent in Turkish prime minister’s stronghold
- Europe
- June 7, 2013, 01:37
The people of Kasimpasa, Erdogan’s own district, are divided over their famous son
Protests escalate against Turkish PM
- Europe
- June 7, 2013, 01:00
Erdogan vows to press ahead with plans to redevelop Taksim Square in Istanbul
Striking workers take to the streets in Turkey’s leaderless protest movement
- Europe
- June 6, 2013, 01:00
Two major trade unions add weight to protests against prime minister Erdogan’s rule
‘Woman in red’ becomes symbol of Turkish defiance
- Europe
- June 6, 2013, 01:00
Police officer fires pepper spray at Istanbul academic Ceyda Sungur
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