Mandy McAuley
@mandymcauley.bsky.social
Mum, Investigative reporter, BBC Spotlight:
Secret History of the Troubles, Pitbull Sting, Howell Trilogy, RedSky, NAMA, Drugs, Poverty, Paramilitaries, Policing, VAWG
Secret History of the Troubles, Pitbull Sting, Howell Trilogy, RedSky, NAMA, Drugs, Poverty, Paramilitaries, Policing, VAWG
We filmed with the Extern crisis team in Derry for a 2020 Spotlight programme about rising suicide rates. In one 24 hour period staff were a life line for the most vulnerable, many in desperate situations. Where will they go now?
Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. x.com/mandy_mcaule...
Mandy McAuley on X: "Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. https://t.co/GgjmvBEEGs" / X
Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. https://t.co/GgjmvBEEGs
x.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We filmed with the Extern crisis team in Derry for a 2020 Spotlight programme about rising suicide rates. In one 24 hour period staff were a life line for the most vulnerable, many in desperate situations. Where will they go now?
Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. x.com/mandy_mcaule...
Mandy McAuley on X: "Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. https://t.co/GgjmvBEEGs" / X
Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. https://t.co/GgjmvBEEGs
x.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Derry / Mental health - Extern NI's community crisis intervention service (CCIS) closes due to lack of funding. It provided out-of-hours care for people in social or emotional crisis. x.com/mandy_mcaule...
ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after his clash with Australian journalist John Lyons | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after his clash with Australian journalist John Lyons
Exclusive: London bureau of Australia’s national broadcaster informed accreditation removed for ‘logistical reasons’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after his clash with Australian journalist John Lyons | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
ABC pulls late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely over comments he made about Charlie Kirk shooting.
Celebrating the announcement, President Donald Trump said it was "great news for America". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Celebrating the announcement, President Donald Trump said it was "great news for America". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments
The late-night host said on Monday that Trump's allies were
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September 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
ABC pulls late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely over comments he made about Charlie Kirk shooting.
Celebrating the announcement, President Donald Trump said it was "great news for America". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Celebrating the announcement, President Donald Trump said it was "great news for America". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel's culture minister threatens to axe funding for the country's national Ophir film awards - Israel’s equivalent of the Oscars - after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, wins top award. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel threatens national film awards after Palestinian story wins top prize
The Sea follows a boy from the occupied West Bank who wants to visit Tel Aviv to see the sea for the first time.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Israel's culture minister threatens to axe funding for the country's national Ophir film awards - Israel’s equivalent of the Oscars - after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, wins top award. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Foster sister of little Daniel Aruebose tells @thejournal_ie “we’re more angry than anything. How could this happen?…We didn’t want him to go [out of our care].” www.thejournal.ie/donabate-dan...
Foster sister of Daniel Aruebose, little boy found dead in Donabate, says he was 'special and loved'
Speaking to The Journal, Danny’s foster sister remembers a young boy with a ‘strong personality’ who loved dancing and laughing.
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September 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Foster sister of little Daniel Aruebose tells @thejournal_ie “we’re more angry than anything. How could this happen?…We didn’t want him to go [out of our care].” www.thejournal.ie/donabate-dan...
Co Dublin: Skeletal remains found of young boy who had been missing and presumed dead in Donabate.
Gardaí believe the remains are of Daniel Aruebose, not seen for a number of years and who would now be seven. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gardaí believe the remains are of Daniel Aruebose, not seen for a number of years and who would now be seven. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dublin: Skeletal remains found in search for missing boy
Gardaí say they believe the remains are of Daniel Aruebose, who was believed to be about two years old at the time of his disappearance.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Co Dublin: Skeletal remains found of young boy who had been missing and presumed dead in Donabate.
Gardaí believe the remains are of Daniel Aruebose, not seen for a number of years and who would now be seven. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gardaí believe the remains are of Daniel Aruebose, not seen for a number of years and who would now be seven. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An admission by Mi5 that raises very serious questions. Are we to believe that these were isolated breaches ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MI5 'illegally obtained communications data' from phone of former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard that MI5 conceded unlawfully obtaining communications data twice.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
An admission by Mi5 that raises very serious questions. Are we to believe that these were isolated breaches ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MI5 'illegally obtained communications data' from phone of former BBC NI Spotlight journalist Vincent Kearney.
A BBC spokesperson said: "MI5's admission..is a matter of grave concern. It raises serious & impt questions that we will continue to pursue." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A BBC spokesperson said: "MI5's admission..is a matter of grave concern. It raises serious & impt questions that we will continue to pursue." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MI5 'illegally obtained communications data' from phone of former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard that MI5 conceded unlawfully obtaining communications data twice.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
MI5 'illegally obtained communications data' from phone of former BBC NI Spotlight journalist Vincent Kearney.
A BBC spokesperson said: "MI5's admission..is a matter of grave concern. It raises serious & impt questions that we will continue to pursue." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A BBC spokesperson said: "MI5's admission..is a matter of grave concern. It raises serious & impt questions that we will continue to pursue." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UN commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza since 2023.
Killing members of a group, causing serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, preventing births. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Killing members of a group, causing serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, preventing births. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
UN commission of inquiry says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza since 2023.
Killing members of a group, causing serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, preventing births. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Killing members of a group, causing serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, preventing births. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Delighted to speak at the NI premiere of Gerard Gorman’s life story, BOY at the Linenhall. Ground breaking, brave work that explores the devastating fall out of child sexual abuse while touching and lifting the soul through music and poetry. Bringing understanding, hope, & healing.
September 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Delighted to speak at the NI premiere of Gerard Gorman’s life story, BOY at the Linenhall. Ground breaking, brave work that explores the devastating fall out of child sexual abuse while touching and lifting the soul through music and poetry. Bringing understanding, hope, & healing.
Presbyterian presidential candidate, Heather Humphreys, says she feels she is an example to NI unionists of a new Ireland…”a tolerant, inclusive Ireland that can accommodate different traditions and viewpoints.” @rtenews www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
Humphreys takes message of unity to campaign trail
There was fervent support for Heather Humphreys at her campaign launch in Monaghan town yesterday, an event which was packed to the rafters, writes Paul Cunningham.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Presbyterian presidential candidate, Heather Humphreys, says she feels she is an example to NI unionists of a new Ireland…”a tolerant, inclusive Ireland that can accommodate different traditions and viewpoints.” @rtenews www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at Gaza aid sites - BBC
“Putting the Infidels biker club in charge of delivering aid in Gaza is like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan.” Council on American-Islamic Relations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Putting the Infidels biker club in charge of delivering aid in Gaza is like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan.” Council on American-Islamic Relations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at Gaza aid sites - BBC
“Putting the Infidels biker club in charge of delivering aid in Gaza is like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan.” Council on American-Islamic Relations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Putting the Infidels biker club in charge of delivering aid in Gaza is like putting the KKK in charge of delivering humanitarian aid in Sudan.” Council on American-Islamic Relations www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dublin - A year after Kyran Durnin was first reported missing Irish police are searching for another child missing for a significant period of time, now feared dead. Frightening. www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
Garda probe into disappearance of child feared dead
Gardaí are investigating the disappearance of a child whom they fear may have died in unreported and suspicious circumstances in Dublin.
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September 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Dublin - A year after Kyran Durnin was first reported missing Irish police are searching for another child missing for a significant period of time, now feared dead. Frightening. www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...
The UDA have set themselves up as housing officers..”
Victims campaigner, Raymond McCord @StephenNolan as catholic families intimidated out of north Belfast development by the west Belfast UDA and ethnic minority households living in fear of attack.
Victims campaigner, Raymond McCord @StephenNolan as catholic families intimidated out of north Belfast development by the west Belfast UDA and ethnic minority households living in fear of attack.
September 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The UDA have set themselves up as housing officers..”
Victims campaigner, Raymond McCord @StephenNolan as catholic families intimidated out of north Belfast development by the west Belfast UDA and ethnic minority households living in fear of attack.
Victims campaigner, Raymond McCord @StephenNolan as catholic families intimidated out of north Belfast development by the west Belfast UDA and ethnic minority households living in fear of attack.
A privilege to be part of the NI premiere of the searingly powerful BOY by Damian Gorman @thelinenhall 11 Sept. The story, in words & music, of his brother Gerard who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Fr Malachy Finegan. Gerard’s courage inspired many other men to come forward.
September 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A privilege to be part of the NI premiere of the searingly powerful BOY by Damian Gorman @thelinenhall 11 Sept. The story, in words & music, of his brother Gerard who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Fr Malachy Finegan. Gerard’s courage inspired many other men to come forward.
I’ll have more on this story in BBC Newsline
July 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’ll have more on this story in BBC Newsline
“It is more harmful to have a strategy that will not address poverty, than no strategy at all.”
Almost 50 charities & anti-poverty orgs in Northern Ireland call on executive to drop anti-poverty strategy saying families “deserve better”. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Almost 50 charities & anti-poverty orgs in Northern Ireland call on executive to drop anti-poverty strategy saying families “deserve better”. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stormont: Charities call for executive to drop anti-poverty strategy
The letter says families
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June 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“It is more harmful to have a strategy that will not address poverty, than no strategy at all.”
Almost 50 charities & anti-poverty orgs in Northern Ireland call on executive to drop anti-poverty strategy saying families “deserve better”. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Almost 50 charities & anti-poverty orgs in Northern Ireland call on executive to drop anti-poverty strategy saying families “deserve better”. BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hundreds of households celebrated Christmas in June for a little girl with cancer who might not make it to December.
In the thick heat and humidity, neighbors dressed in holiday apparel gathered to help one family find happiness in the face of tragedy.
In the thick heat and humidity, neighbors dressed in holiday apparel gathered to help one family find happiness in the face of tragedy.
Hundreds of neighbors rally to give a 9-year-old with cancer one last Christmas
The days leading up to the Saturday night event were hot and humid but that didn’t stop the community from decorating miles of houses for Kasey Zachmann.
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June 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hundreds of households celebrated Christmas in June for a little girl with cancer who might not make it to December.
In the thick heat and humidity, neighbors dressed in holiday apparel gathered to help one family find happiness in the face of tragedy.
In the thick heat and humidity, neighbors dressed in holiday apparel gathered to help one family find happiness in the face of tragedy.
A picture of violence @ItaDungan
27 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland as young pregnant mother Sarah Montgomery latest name to be added to devastating roll call. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
27 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland as young pregnant mother Sarah Montgomery latest name to be added to devastating roll call. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A picture of violence: The 27 women killed in four years
In at least 20 of the 27 deaths, the killers - or the suspects in their killings - were well-known to the women.
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June 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A picture of violence @ItaDungan
27 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland as young pregnant mother Sarah Montgomery latest name to be added to devastating roll call. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
27 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland as young pregnant mother Sarah Montgomery latest name to be added to devastating roll call. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A young pregnant mother murdered in Co Down. Just three days ago NI Womans Aid described the grim daily reality of violence against women & girls to the NI Affairs Committee 👇 @https://x.com/commonsniac/status/1938146149333938532?s=46
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on X: "Violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland is not just a statistic – it is a grim daily reality for many. We heard from @WomensAidNI about the extent of the problem and the UK Government's role in tackling it. https://t.co/9qGvkgU3L4" / X
Violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland is not just a statistic – it is a grim daily reality for many. We heard from @WomensAidNI about the extent of the problem and the UK Government's role in tackling it. https://t.co/9qGvkgU3L4
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June 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A young pregnant mother murdered in Co Down. Just three days ago NI Womans Aid described the grim daily reality of violence against women & girls to the NI Affairs Committee 👇 @https://x.com/commonsniac/status/1938146149333938532?s=46
Another woman, a young mother, murdered in Northern Ireland.
“Unfortunately Sarah isn't the first woman to pass away in Donaghadee in the past year, or in Northern Ireland.
"I've almost lost count on how many women have passed away in tragic circumstances since 2020."
“Unfortunately Sarah isn't the first woman to pass away in Donaghadee in the past year, or in Northern Ireland.
"I've almost lost count on how many women have passed away in tragic circumstances since 2020."
BBC News NI on X: "A man has been arrested over the murder of a pregnant mother of two in Donaghadee. https://t.co/778EyB2w4M" / X
A man has been arrested over the murder of a pregnant mother of two in Donaghadee. https://t.co/778EyB2w4M
x.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Another woman, a young mother, murdered in Northern Ireland.
“Unfortunately Sarah isn't the first woman to pass away in Donaghadee in the past year, or in Northern Ireland.
"I've almost lost count on how many women have passed away in tragic circumstances since 2020."
“Unfortunately Sarah isn't the first woman to pass away in Donaghadee in the past year, or in Northern Ireland.
"I've almost lost count on how many women have passed away in tragic circumstances since 2020."
When everyone turns up for the #doggydander! @gymforthesoul.bsky.social Great people and their pups - so many different breeds, shapes and sizes 🐶❤️
January 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When everyone turns up for the #doggydander! @gymforthesoul.bsky.social Great people and their pups - so many different breeds, shapes and sizes 🐶❤️
senior doctor in emergency medicine has said “almost every hospital is treating patients in corridors and car parks” after a hospital posted adverts calling for nurses to take on 12-hour “corridor care” shifts. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A&E ‘corridor care’ now normal at NHS hospitals in England, senior doctor says
Consultant’s comments come as north London hospital posts specific ad for corridor care nurses
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January 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
senior doctor in emergency medicine has said “almost every hospital is treating patients in corridors and car parks” after a hospital posted adverts calling for nurses to take on 12-hour “corridor care” shifts. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...