Sheila Reilly
@sheilareilly.bsky.social
Head of Editorial Development at Irish Examiner. Former editor Longford Leader. Cavan woman.
The agony and the ecstasy of the video shop recalled in great detail by Bernard O'Shea. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41686752.html
Bernard O’Shea: Five things I had to explain to my kids about video rental shops
Once a sacred Friday-night ritual, now a baffling life lesson for my children.
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August 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The agony and the ecstasy of the video shop recalled in great detail by Bernard O'Shea. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/people/arid-41686752.html
The treachery of Mayo football politics perfectly captured by Colin Sheridan..... www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Colin Sheridan: Kevin McStay departure brings as many questions as answers - especially the how
What is telling at this early juncture is that McStay did not step down himself
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June 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The treachery of Mayo football politics perfectly captured by Colin Sheridan..... www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Profit is king when it comes to the running of our nursing homes......
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Terry Prone: Abuse of nursing home patients has been going on for decades
Profit is king when it comes to the running of our nursing homes
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June 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Profit is king when it comes to the running of our nursing homes......
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Important research highlighting how the family law system fails victims of domestic violence and abuse. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Navigating Irish family law system is 'worse than the abuse', Women's Aid warns
Research has prompted fresh calls for reform
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June 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Important research highlighting how the family law system fails victims of domestic violence and abuse. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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It's no wonder Grace O'Callaghan won Student of the Year with this incredible piece on what her scoliosis scars mean to her. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Grace Callaghan: My scoliosis scars are a testament to strength and resilience
The Student Journalist of the Year may have once questioned the beauty of scars, but after a period of reflection, she’s embracing them. She describes her journey
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May 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's no wonder Grace O'Callaghan won Student of the Year with this incredible piece on what her scoliosis scars mean to her. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
“As sequin-clad performers took to the stage in Switzerland for the Eurovision, tons of food sat in trucks and warehouses”
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Sarah Harte: We are all morally complicit if we do not speak out for Gaza
From Eurovision to professional medical associations, we need to ensure that we speak as one voice in decrying the genocide in Gaza
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May 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“As sequin-clad performers took to the stage in Switzerland for the Eurovision, tons of food sat in trucks and warehouses”
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The head of the World Health Organization told staff today that the UN agency was reducing its management team by nearly half due to dramatic US funding cuts.
One of the WHO's senior staff members departing is Irishman Mike Ryan.
http://jrnl.ie/6705183
One of the WHO's senior staff members departing is Irishman Mike Ryan.
http://jrnl.ie/6705183
Irishman Mike Ryan among World Health Organisation staff leaving following US funding cuts
Washington never paid its 2024 dues and is not expected to pay in 2025.
jrnl.ie
May 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The head of the World Health Organization told staff today that the UN agency was reducing its management team by nearly half due to dramatic US funding cuts.
One of the WHO's senior staff members departing is Irishman Mike Ryan.
http://jrnl.ie/6705183
One of the WHO's senior staff members departing is Irishman Mike Ryan.
http://jrnl.ie/6705183
Is gym culture women-friendly? One survey found that nearly half of women said they had received unsolicited comments on their appearances in gyms. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...
'I’ve never seen a woman do that to a man in a gym': Do women really feel empowered in fitness spaces?
As a PE teacher in the early 80s, Cliona Foley has witnessed first-hand the evolution in gym culture, but she believes there is still lots to be done when it comes to empowering women equally in fitne...
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April 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Is gym culture women-friendly? One survey found that nearly half of women said they had received unsolicited comments on their appearances in gyms. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...
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Already facing many challenges, these kids are missing out on speech and language therapy , the impact of which can last a lifetime.
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Lack of speech and language therapist in deprived area of Limerick having profound effect on children
School principal says lack of speech and language therapy support affecting children's long-term academic, social, and emotional outcomes
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March 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Already facing many challenges, these kids are missing out on speech and language therapy , the impact of which can last a lifetime.
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The extraordinary and heartbreaking life of Contance Wilde, wife of Oscar
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Rosita Sweetman: How Oscar Wilde’s forgotten wife Constance paid the price for his fame
Constance Wilde, Oscar’s devoted wife, endured heartbreak, betrayal, and tragedy — her story deserves to be remembered
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March 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The extraordinary and heartbreaking life of Contance Wilde, wife of Oscar
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Tissues at the ready for this beautiful column about love and loss www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Esther McCarthy: I hope to pass down the legacy of my mam’s love to my children
I didn’t get to know her myself. I have fragments, flutters, feelings
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March 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Tissues at the ready for this beautiful column about love and loss www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
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Why do we put parents of children with special needs through this? They have enough to be doing. Just give their kids the services they need.
March 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Why do we put parents of children with special needs through this? They have enough to be doing. Just give their kids the services they need.
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Sexual abuser convention set for the White House on St Patricks Day. #speirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Conor McGregor set for Trump meeting after being invited to White House
Conor McGregor spoke to reporters in the White House’s briefing room, accusing the Government of abandoning the 'voices of the people of Ireland'
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March 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sexual abuser convention set for the White House on St Patricks Day. #speirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Mick Clifford delves into the Nathan McDonnell story and it is an extraordinary tale. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Mick Clifford: How Nathan McDonnell went from slick 'man about town' in Tralee to convicted drug smuggler
Unlike his well-respected family, there is little sympathy for the Porsche-driving McDonnell in the Kerry town where his 'flash' persona 'wasn’t really in keeping with the kind of town Tralee is'
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March 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mick Clifford delves into the Nathan McDonnell story and it is an extraordinary tale. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
It must be so tough to get your life back together after an event like the LA fires but these stories are filled with such positivity… www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
'We feel so fortunate': The Irish in LA getting their lives back together after last month's wildfires
After the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, the mammoth clean-up operation is in full swing and the Irish community who have made lives for themselves there tell Alison O'Reilly how they have come toge...
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February 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It must be so tough to get your life back together after an event like the LA fires but these stories are filled with such positivity… www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
The testimonies from the Omagh inquiry are just devastating. These people have been living with these horrors for too long, it must be hugely traumatising to go through this inquiry process but if anything could hammer home the sheer futility of violence, then surely it is their words.
Omagh victims and their families deserve better than ‘there was no alternative’ to violence
Omagh victims and their families deserve better than ‘there was no alternative’ to violence
The distress, like the devil, is in the details. And yet we owe it to those witnesses to let these details pass through the filters we use to keep the unbearable at bay
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February 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The testimonies from the Omagh inquiry are just devastating. These people have been living with these horrors for too long, it must be hugely traumatising to go through this inquiry process but if anything could hammer home the sheer futility of violence, then surely it is their words.
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137 children on the missing list in Ireland, most of them migrant children highlighting just how vulnerable these kids are. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Who are the 137 children missing in Ireland since 1977?
The vast majority of the missing children are migrants, some of who arrived along what was later understood to be established human trafficking routes
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January 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
137 children on the missing list in Ireland, most of them migrant children highlighting just how vulnerable these kids are. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...