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I would describe myself as ambitious with a constant curiosity and a desire to learn new things.

• Reflective entry

  By The bored journalist on February 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Why am I doing a radio documentary on the menstrual cycle? This is a question that I have been asking myself since I committed to covering this subject matter in my radio documentary class. If I am honest, I talked… Read More ›

• General Election 2020

  By The bored journalist on January 19, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  A Sunday Times/Behaviour & Attitudes poll put Fianna Fáil on 32% of the vote with Fine Gael behind on just 20% support. The poll of 923 voters, which has a margin of error of 3.3%, also suggested that Sinn Féin… Read More ›

• General election 2020

  By The bored journalist on January 18, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Crime has become a central problem for the current Fine Gael election campaign, something that was bound to happen with the recent accidental shooting of a taxi driver in Drogheda, the brutal murder and dismemberment of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods read more… Read More ›

• General Election 2020

  By The bored journalist on January 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Yesterday was supposed to cover economic promises by political parties; however, most of the plans won’t be realised until next week read the Irish Times coverage here.  You can read here some of the party’s economic manifestos or policy’s they… Read More ›

• General Election 2020

  By The bored journalist on January 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A homeless man suffered severe and life-changing injuries when an industrial vehicle with a mechanical arm removed his tent from the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin during a clean-up operation read more here and this is not the… Read More ›

• General Election 2020

  By The bored journalist on January 15, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced the general election will be held on Saturday, February 8th.  Ireland’s historic 1918 election was held on a Saturday in December while the Nice Referendum and Children’s Referendum were also held on Saturdays. Taoiseach Leo… Read More ›

• HPAT hinders diversity in medicine

  By The bored journalist on January 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Wrote this for TheCity.ie with Aoife (her name is in the byline). Aoife asked if I wanted to help work on this investigation and I was very happy to do so. Aoife knew the type of story that she want… Read More ›

• GET IRELAND WORKING AGAIN

  By The bored journalist on December 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I wrote this for TheCity.ie fairly out of my political comfort zone fun nonetheless Is it time we give Fine Gael, and the rest of the Government, a break and actually let them get on with running the country? There… Read More ›

• IN HER WORDS: FROM HOMELESS TO HOUSED

  By The bored journalist on November 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This article first appeared on TheCity.ie This article consists of both written and spoken word. *Jane’s name has been changed to protect her privacy. There is a transcribed version (it is rather long, if there is an interest for it do… Read More ›

• DON’T BLAME VEGANS, BLAME Beyoncé: THE BEYONCIFICATION OF VEGANISM

  By The bored journalist on November 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally published on TheCity.ie Ireland has recently topped the list as one of the most Vegan-friendly countries in the world, at least when it comes to our number of restaurants. This is, incredulously, despite the fact that vegans make up only 2%… Read More ›