Joanne O Riordan
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Government criticised for 10-year failure to ratify UN disability pact
- Social Affairs
- March 30, 2017
Ireland has been “living a lie” since the marriage equality referendum in 2015 because of its failure to ratify an international agreement on disabili(...)

30 Irish women you need to know
- People
- March 4, 2017, 06:15
Business & entrepreneurship Ciara Donlon Entrepreneur and CEO, Theya Healthcare It has been a rollercoaster three years for Ciara Donlon(...)

Ireland: the next generation
- People
- August 20, 2016, 06:00
Saoirse Ronan Actor Considering what she has achieved already it’s hard to believe that Saoirse Ronan is just 22. Since her brilliantly sinister (...)

Prison report urges Zappone to take on more responsibility
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 1, 2016, 01:00
Responsibility for prisoners aged 18-24 should be transferred to Minister for Children Katherine Zappone, said social justice campaigner Fr Peter McVe(...)

Most overseas visitors ever expected for St Patrick’s Day
- Heritage
- March 17, 2016, 01:00
Hundreds of thousands of spectators are expected to throng the streets of cities and towns across the country for this year’s St Patrick’s Day parades(...)

Mayor of Co Cork announces general election candidacy
- Irish News
- October 15, 2015, 06:43
The mayor of Co Cork, Cllr John Paul O’Shea has announced that he is to run in the forthcoming general election as an Independent candidate in the Cor(...)

Joanne O’Riordan: Outstanding Young Person of the Year
- Irish News
- August 27, 2015, 18:08
Teenager Joanne O’Riordan has been awarded the prestigious Junior Chamber International (JCI) Outstanding Young Person of the Year award. Ms O’Riorda(...)

Joanne O’Riordan nominated for international JCI award
- Irish News
- August 17, 2015, 14:16
Cork disability activist Joanne O’Riordan has been nominated for an international award previously bestowed upon both John F Kennedy and Henry Kissing(...)

Time for Government to stand up for equality in education
- Opinion
- August 14, 2015, 05:00
A hazard of this time of year is bumping into parents bragging about how many points their children got in the Leaving Cert. It’s not just distasteful(...)

Radio: Silly season gets serious as ‘Liveline’ turns to Greek crisis
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 25, 2015, 04:00
‘Write what you know,” said, eh, Eleanor Roosevelt? Einstein? Someone, anyway. A lack of attention to detail is not only effective as the openi(...)