Rosita Boland

Rosita Boland

Rosita Boland is a news features writer at the Irish Times, specialising in human interest stories. She was a 2009 Nieman Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. She's also the author of two collections of poetry and two non-fiction books about Ireland.

Members of the Sikh community wait to lay flowers yesterday close to the crime scene in Woolwich, London, where 25-year-old soldier Lee Rigby was murdered on Wednesday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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The three Jameson sisters (from left) Tara, Andrea and Kristin photographed at their family home Tourin House. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
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“There is a special place in hell for those women who do not believe that feminism matters today,” said RTÉ’s Miriam O'Callaghan
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A file image of broadcaster Miriam O’Callaghan, who was presented with the inaugural Mary Cummins Award for Outstanding Achievement in Media. Photograph: The Irish Times
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