Gareth O’Connor
@garethoconnor.bsky.social
Broadcaster, journalist (NUJ) Executive Producer 📺 📱 💻
🌍 Ireland, Planet Earth. GenX https://linktr.ee/garethnews
🌍 Ireland, Planet Earth. GenX https://linktr.ee/garethnews
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Tuesday press preview 📰 #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Tuesday press preview 📰 #TomorrowsPapersToday
Some spectacular jumps in the Women’s Big Air snowboard final #WinterOlympics
February 9, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Some spectacular jumps in the Women’s Big Air snowboard final #WinterOlympics
Grocery inflation rises to 7%
Grocery inflation in Ireland has risen by close to 7% when compared with this time last year.
Meanwhile, take-home grocery sales in Ireland rose by 5% in the four-week period to 25 January, with shoppers spending €1.2 billion over this timeframe.
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Meanwhile, take-home grocery sales in Ireland rose by 5% in the four-week period to 25 January, with shoppers spending €1.2 billion over this timeframe.
jrnl.ie/6951924
Grocery inflation in Ireland rises to almost 7%
In the four weeks to 25 January, shoppers spent more than €1.2 billion on groceries.
jrnl.ie
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Grocery inflation rises to 7%
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Ah we're at the "cabinet ministers tweeting the same message of support" stage of the endgame.
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Ah we're at the "cabinet ministers tweeting the same message of support" stage of the endgame.
🚨 Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar calls for UK PM Keir Starmer to resign
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
🚨 Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar calls for UK PM Keir Starmer to resign
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EXCL: Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, steps down from Downing Street role.
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success,” he says.
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success,” he says.
February 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
EXCL: Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, steps down from Downing Street role.
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success,” he says.
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success,” he says.
Sky News: Starmer’s Director of Communications steps down
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Sky News: Starmer’s Director of Communications steps down
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Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance:
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
“The only thing more powerful than hate is love”
“Together, we are America”
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BREAKING: Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, is sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law.
Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in national security case
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, is sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
BREAKING: Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media tycoon and a fierce critic of Beijing, is sentenced to 20 years in prison in one of the most prominent cases prosecuted under a China-imposed national security law.
Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales have been "deeply concerned" by the latest round of revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, Kensington Palace says
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales have been "deeply concerned" by the latest round of revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, Kensington Palace says
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Wrote about how more families present to emergency accommodation in the Dublin region due to notices of termination over any other single reason for their homelessness.
Evictions are the issue, and building public housing at scale is the solution.
Evictions are the issue, and building public housing at scale is the solution.
Una Mullally: Evictions have now reached a similar level to the 1850s
Child homelessness is the most devastating aspect of this crisis
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Wrote about how more families present to emergency accommodation in the Dublin region due to notices of termination over any other single reason for their homelessness.
Evictions are the issue, and building public housing at scale is the solution.
Evictions are the issue, and building public housing at scale is the solution.
Monday’s Irish Times P1 #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Monday’s Irish Times P1 #TomorrowsPapersToday
There’s live #SuperBowl60 coverage on Virgin Media One if you’re staying up 📺
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
There’s live #SuperBowl60 coverage on Virgin Media One if you’re staying up 📺
BBC 10pm leads with the resignation of Keir Starmer’s top political aide, Epstein files latest, Vonn’s downhill ski crash, flood alerts and Super Bowl 60
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
BBC 10pm leads with the resignation of Keir Starmer’s top political aide, Epstein files latest, Vonn’s downhill ski crash, flood alerts and Super Bowl 60
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Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Exit polls show socialist Antonio Jose Seguro has crushed the Far Right candidate Andre Ventura in Portugal’s presidential runoff.
Monday’s press preview 📰 #TomorrowsPapersToday
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Monday’s press preview 📰 #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Ex-Prince Andrew shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011, according to material in the latest release of files in the US seen by the BBC
February 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Ex-Prince Andrew shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy in 2010 and 2011, according to material in the latest release of files in the US seen by the BBC
Met Éireann: “Becoming colder later in the week”
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Met Éireann: “Becoming colder later in the week”
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
NBC reports Lindsey Vonn broke her leg in today’s horrific downhill ski crash #WinterOlympics
BREAKING: Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery for a broken leg after crashing during her downhill event at the Winter Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn's Olympic medal hopes dashed after just 13 seconds
The crowd fell silent after Vonn crashed and tumbled before the first timing marker in Cortina. Vonn broke her left leg and needed surgery, a local official said.
nbcnews.to
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
NBC reports Lindsey Vonn broke her leg in today’s horrific downhill ski crash #WinterOlympics
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Kyiv.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Kyiv.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
Ridiculous VAR decision to disallow that Man City goal
February 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Ridiculous VAR decision to disallow that Man City goal
U.S. ski team: Lindsey Vonn in a “stable condition” after her horrific fall on ski slopes #WinterOlympics
February 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
U.S. ski team: Lindsey Vonn in a “stable condition” after her horrific fall on ski slopes #WinterOlympics
Sky News: Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns
February 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Sky News: Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns