@tierneysimon

@Newstalkfm - Reporter, Presenter of NT specials - Shopping Trolley Hotline -Stuff that Changed the World - Ireland's Greatest - Volunteer with @ALONE_IRELAND

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Do you call your parents by their first names? I'm writing in the Irish Times about the way we address our parents and what it means - irishtimes.com/health/your-f…

‘Mom and Dad’? ‘Mary and Gearóid’? What you call your parents says a lot about your family

It can be hard to equate calling a parent by their first name with a healthy and intimate filial relationship. It seems unfeeling, distant

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🚨 STOP THE PRESS 🚨 Tommy, Hector & Laurita are returning on Thursday, 17th September with brand new episodes! If you’ve missed the stories, the snearing and the craic, don’t worry, we’ll be back in your ears very soon. 🧵
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Simon Tierney retweeted
Ed Miliband
@Ed_MilibandSep 8
The UK will stand up for what is right.

The UK will stand up for what is right.

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I'm looking for a print copy of last Wednesday's Irish Independent. If anyone has it still, please give me a holler.
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I’m writing in the Indo today about why we are doing our kids a disservice by outsourcing their birthday parties to dreadful, soulless soft play warehouses @Independent_ie independent.ie/lifestyle/fam…
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Looking to speak with people who call (or called) their mum or dad by their first names, for a feature article I’m writing. Please get in touch
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I’m writing in the @irishexaminer today about how globalisation, wealth and growing sophistication have made foreign holidays less appealing than they were in the past
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I'm writing in today's Examiner about a cultural and sporting conundrum...article below
Irish Examiner
@irishexaminerJul 10
I'm an Irishman and I support England — it's not easy to say that irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…

I'm an Irishman and I support England — it's not easy to say that

Irish people love all sorts of British things — the literature, films, and even their premiership football clubs. So why the anti-English nonsense every World Cup, asks Simon Tierney

irishexaminer.com
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Have a report on The Claire Byrne Show at 11.20 about misconduct in sport, in light of the spitting allegation at the Munster match last weekend…on @NewstalkFM
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Something else from history was supposed to last for 1000 years too. It didn't.
Stephen Miller
@StephenMFeb 25
Democrats declared to the world their searing disdain for, and profound disloyalty to, the actual citizens of the United States. They were repeatedly entreated to stand. Over and over. They refused. It was a moment that chills to the bone and which will live for a thousand years.
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I’m writing in @thejournal_ie today about an uncomfortable phenomenon, trying to put Trump’s comments to Kaitlin Collins in a broader context. I spoke with a number of women about their own experiences of this. Full article: jrnl.ie/6954733
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I’m arguing in the @irishexaminer that we’re missing a trick when it comes to St Patrick’s Day. Rather than sending our ministers across the globe, let’s invite other heads of state here instead. irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…
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Will be joining @PatKennyNT at 9.40 to report on the 50th anniversary of Concorde
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I’ll be reporting on the historical context of America’s relationship with Greenland on @PatKennyNT at 9.30 this morning on @NewstalkFM
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Discussing the significance of Maduro’s marvelous moustache next on Newstalk
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I’m writing in the @irishexaminer today about why Irish people are good moaners, but terrible complainers irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/…

Can't complain, won't complain: Why is complaining so alien to us Irish?

If you raise a customer service gripe then you're engaging in a feedback activity that's at least as old as 1750BC so pick up that phone, write to that councillor, email that public service provider...

irishexaminer.com
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I’m presenting a Christmas Special on @newstalkfm this afternoon at 1pm. Join us!
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My report on the Victorian origins of Christmas airs on @PatKennyNT at 10.30 this morning in @NewstalkFM
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the baby or the pope?
Christopher Hale
@ChristopherHale12 Dec 2025
The people’s choice for TIME Person of the Year.
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There's an important distinction to be made between Irish neutrality and Irish security @IrelandAMVMTV
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