Olivia O Leary
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Local hero Damien Tiernan brings Waterford into focus
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 9, 2019, 05:00
It may well be that all politics is local, as the late US congressman Tip O’Neill’s well-burnished chestnut claims, but the national broadcaster doesn(...)

Keepers of the Flame: An education in revolutionary Ireland
- Film
- December 14, 2018, 05:00
One senses the nation leaning nervously into a particularly awkward series of centenary commemorations. The 1916 anniversary went well. The first Worl(...)

Vote 100: Events to mark the centenary of the vote for women in Ireland
- Heritage
- December 10, 2018, 02:00
Dáil Éireann: The First 100 Years, 1919-2019 Tuesday, December 11th; Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin; €20/€10 The Houses of the Oireachtas (...)

Miriam Lord: Tourists ask Higgins to show them the way
- Politics
- September 22, 2018, 05:00
President Higgins must be very keen to keep to his campaign timetable, we mused, as he addressed the crowd at the Ploughing. He appeared to be wearin(...)

Culture Night 2018: Everything you need to know
- Culture
- September 19, 2018
Friday is Culture Night all over Ireland. Do you: (a) put on comfy shoes, arm yourself with the guide or the app and let loose, collapsing with exhaus(...)

‘One hour into a four-year journalism course, I knew I had made a terrible mistake’
- Education
- May 15, 2018, 00:00
“Oh, she wants to be the next Olivia O’Leary?” my mother’s friend asked, dismissively, when she heard of my plans to apply for a journalism degree. M(...)

Tax big tech ‘parasites’, says Olivia O’Leary
- Irish News
- April 11, 2018, 20:40
A levy should be imposed on big tech companies to protect quality journalism and to “take down parasites who should have to pay for our work,” accordi(...)

RTÉ appoints Ann-Marie Power as first group head of arts and culture
- Media & Marketing
- March 21, 2018, 11:20
RTÉ has appointed Ann-Marie Power to the new role of group head of arts and culture. The role has been identified as a key one by director-general Dee(...)

Save the Barrow Line campaigners welcome refusal of planning permission
- Environment
- February 23, 2018, 01:38
Campaigners have hailed a decision to refuse planning permission to develop part of a riverside grass path stretching across three counties. The pr(...)

John O’Conor to receive NCH Lifetime Achievement award
- Culture
- November 22, 2017
On Sunday night, pianist Dr John O’Conor will receive the NCH Lifetime Achievement Award 2017. The event will be a gala concert in honour of his uniqu(...)