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RTÉ News
4 hours ago
- Politics
- RTÉ News
Irish immigrant priest, 90, joins LA protests in solidarity
A 90-year-old priest in Los Angeles, who is originally from Co Longford, has described the protests in the city over anti-immigration raids as very personal, as an Irish immigrant himself. Speaking on RTÉ's News At One programme Fr Peter O'Reilly, who is originally from Abbeylara, said he attended one of the protests yesterday. He had received word that his diocese would be forming a group of interfaith ministers near one of the protests, and they would have a prayer vigil on the steps of City Hall. However, this meeting was subsequently cancelled because of fear of violence, so he said he felt the thing to do was to mingle with the people at the protest. He said that, in wearing his priest's collar, he thought the best thing to do would be to bear witness and say: "We stand with you". Fr O'Reilly said the mood was very serious, but animated. He outlined that street barriers had been set up in order to protect large groups of people from rubber bullets which the police had been firing. The police, he said, were firing them just as a warning for people not to riot. Fr O'Reilly said what is happening in Los Angeles is very personal for him as an immigrant himself. "With the Irish experience of being discriminated against for so many years and knowing the discrimination here in this country against the Irish, I felt there was something personal about that," he said. He continued: "Out of my own personal experience, where I was in some of these communities and knowing how many of them were marginalised because of the colour of their skin. "They're hard working, family-oriented people that we needed to stand with and to let them know we were with them and for them".
Extra.ie
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Bryan Dobson announced for new role after RTE retirement
Bryan Dobson's first job following his retirement from RTÉ has been announced. The former RTÉ news anchor announced his retirement from the newsroom last year, presenting his final newscast on RTÉ Radio One's News At One program on May 3, 2024. Now, just over a year on from his retirement, Bryan has announced his latest step in his career — chairing the new State Commemorations Advisory Committee. Bryan Dobson's first job following his retirement from RTÉ has been announced. Pic: RTE Bryan will be joining Professor Marie Coleman, former Ministers Éamon Ó Cuív and Heather Humphreys, Dr Audrey Whitty, Professor Paul Rose, and Orlaith McBride on the committee, which will guide 'future commemorative efforts.' Bryan's role as chair will be to make rulings on procedural issues and to monitor the group's progress. 'The Decade of Centenaries was a period of deep historical and national significance,' Minister for Culture Patrick O'Donovan said of the formation of the committee. 'As Minister, I am proud of how we, as a nation, commemorated that complex and formative chapter always with respect, sensitivity, and scholarly integrity.' Bryan retired from RTÉ last year, with him set to chair the new Commemorations Advisory Committee. Pic: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos 'Today, we build on that legacy by establishing a new Commemorations Advisory Committee to guide future commemorative efforts.' Bryan worked in RTÉ for 37 years before announcing his retirement last year, and spoke candidly about his career with the national broadcaster on the Late Late Show after his final broadcast — including revealing that he was actually blacklisted from the broadcaster due to his work in pirate radio. 'I was headhunted by a producer in RTÉ to go and be interviewed as a reporter,' Bryan explained. 'In I came, I was interviewed and so on, and I got a call from the editor who was managing all this, Leo Enright, and he called me to say 'we have good news and bad news — the good news is, you've got the job. The bad news is, we don't have any money.'' Bryan spoke about his career beginnings on the Late Late Show, where he added that he was initially 'blacklisted' from RTÉ due to his work in pirate radio. Pic: RTE 'Some things in RTÉ just never change' Bryan joked to a massive laugh, before saying that after fixing the budget they wanted to hire him again a few months later — but due to his pirate radio past, he was actually on a blacklist at RTÉ. After Mr Enright pulled a few strings and got him a job in the BBC on Radio Ulster, and after a few months of Bryan working in the BBC, he was contacted again by RTÉ with a vacancy. 'I said 'Leo, I thought I was blacklisted because I was a pirate,'' Bryan said, before being told ''don't worry about that. you've been laundered by the BBC.' 'I said I'd think about it, I thought about it, and I decided to stay put. I stayed in the BBC in Belfast for three fantastic years — I didn't study journalism, I wasn't in a journalism school or any college, but I really got my grounding in the BBC in those three or four years.'
Irish Independent
27-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Three members of CHI board resign, Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill confirms
Ms Carroll MacNeill said the three members, Dr Gavin Lavery, Brigid McManus and Catherine Guy, held voluntary positions on the CHI board. The resignations comes following a number of controversies surrounding CHI. A report published on Friday found a number of children had undergone unnecessary hip surgeries in two Dublin hospitals. The majority of cases reviewed at the Temple Street and Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospitals found the threshold for surgery treating hip dysplasia in children was lower than that at Crumlin Children's Hospital. "We've had three resignations from the board this morning. These would be individuals who have worked on the board, worked in a volunteer capacity on the board since 2018 and who have provided a very strong service in bringing the hospitals from where they were,' Ms Carroll MacNeill told RTÉ's News At One. The Health Minister said she has 'strong questions about the governance of CHI and its direction towards the future'. "This is something that I've referenced a number of times in the Dáil and I've said that very clearly, we need to have a functional governance structure to enable us to get to the opening of the Children's Hospital and to deal with the very many issues in children's health. "I have a different relationship with the CHI board in statute than any other minister really has with most other boards. It is an unusual structure and I don't have the authority to ask people to step down in the way that you normally might expect.' The independent review found 40pc of the surgeries reviewed at Temple Street met the criteria, while the figure for Cappagh was just 21pc. Separately, The Sunday Times revealed an unpublished report which found a consultant was paid more than €35,000 through the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), a scheme aimed at reducing waiting times in the public health system by paying for patients to be treated privately. Ms Carroll MacNeill said she and senior Department of Health officials have read the report and she was written to CHI with a 'detailed series of questions'. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more 'I am trying to gather information, and I am trying, it's very important to say, to work at the legal parameters around how I would publish this report. 'I do think it will be important that it is published, but I need to make sure that I take the correct steps. There are important issues in this report. Number one for patient safety first and foremost.' She said the report outlines issues around the scheduling of operations and 'very toxic behaviours' at Crumlin Hospital. 'That is not the first time that we have heard about this across the surgical system in CHI, some of the other reports relating to hips and other issues detail very, very difficult working circumstances. 'So, this is an issue that is not confined to Temple Street nor to Crumlin, but there has been a historical issue in CHI that very clearly needs very close attention.' Payments through the NTPF are normally made to hospitals 'more broadly' she said, rather than to any individual consultant, with the sole purpose of reducing the amount of time public patients are on waiting lists. She said she will wait until the publication of the report to determine if the NTPF was misused, and the Department of Health should have been aware of its findings sooner.
Metro
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
BBC star brilliantly fires back after being told skirt is 'too short'
BBC presenter Nina Warhurst expertly skewered a viewer for their 'uninvited feedback' on her appearance. The X user had said the journalist's skirt was 'too short for a 44-year-old' after watching her on News At One. On her Instagram Stories, Nina responded: 'When you briefly check back with Twitter/X because surely it can't be the stream of uninvited feedback from men you don't remember, and…oh hi there.' The BBC viewer also exhibited snobbery towards Warhurst's accent and said it was 'pleasing' there's a 'very positive move towards received pronunciation.' Nina sarcastically quipped: 'Translation: if you're gonna look like an old trout, it's more acceptable if you don't sound Mancunian. Noted.' Last year, the former BBC Breakfast presenter quit social media after hitting breaking point. 'Enough is enough,' she wrote on Instagram as she announced she was taking a break from the platform for 'a few weeks.' Nina shared: 'Signing off from Insta for a few weeks. I love this site. I don't take myself, or the apparently perfect lives of others, too seriously. 'I howl laughing every day from a scarily accurate meme. I connect with lovely people who I don't get to see IRL. And there are loads of cats and babies. 'Maybe I love it too much… Because I've found myself scrolling all. The. Time. Catching up on people's stories, having a nosey at how people live who have nothing to do with me, and (the absolute grossest) checking for likes… Enough is enough.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video In March, Nina revealed she was stepping down from BBC Breakfast after seven years. She began reporting for the programme in 2018 before being appointed its main business presenter in 2020, succeeding Steph McGovern. Announcing her departure and new role at News At One, Nina wrote on X: 'Hanging up the high-viz & hairnet as I join the BBC's News at One. 'Our London team built a gem of a programme & it's a privilege to be on the Salford team taking it forward. '(… the teenaged me who lived half a mile from here & dreamed of journalism would NOT believe it).' More Trending Nina started her on-screen career as an actor in shows like Casualty and ITV miniseries Butterfly Collectors in the late 90s. She then moved to broadcasting for Russia Today in Moscow, before moving to Channel M and eventually joining the BBC in 2010. Nina presented regional news for East Midlands Today, as well as BBC North West Tonight and Sunday Politics in North West. View More » The mum-of-three has also covered the 2014 World Cup in Brazil for BBC Sport, and was appointed political editor at BBC North West in 2016. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Eurovision fans 'declare their winner' after country becomes dark horse of competition MORE: Race Across The World has a major flaw that needs fixing MORE: I Kissed A Boy's trans contestant isn't hoodwinking anyone
RTÉ News
06-05-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Uisce Éireann seeking extra money for capital investment
Paul Cunningham reports on Uisce Éireann's confirmation today that one billion Euro given to it in last year's budget forms part of its existing funding plan. Labour's Finance and Public Expenditure Spokesman, Ged Nash, also joins News At One to discuss the matter.
