Feb. 9, 2021
Rock Star Reporter: Shaunagh Connaire
Shaunagh with Yusef, a Syrian Child Refugee Suffering from Cancer
To get a sense of Shaunagh Connaire's journalistic talent and commitment to her journalistic craft, take a look at some of her work from Channel 4's Unreported World at the bottom of this post which features an episode on Syrian refugee children suffering from serious illnesses unable to access healthcare due to their stateless status
When Irish Stew spoke with Shaunagh, what shone through, was her willingness to travel to dangerous places, tell difficult stories and shine a light and issues which should concern us all as humanitarians. While Shaunagh might not yet have achieved rock star notoriety, her reporting is more than worthy of the status!
OTD: Peggy Cummins - Actor (1925 - 2017)
Peggy Cummins was born Augusta Margaret Diane Fuller to Irish parents in Wales on December 18th, 1925. She was raised in Killiney on the south side of Dublin. Her mother, Margaret Cummins was an accomplished actor. Peggy got her start in Dublin's Ga…
OTD: Frank Pantridge - Pioneering Cardiologist (1916 - 2024)
Frank Pantridge was born to a farming family near Hillsborough, County Down, on October 3rd, 1916. In 1934, he was accepted to the medicine program at Queens University Belfast (QUB). Graduating in 1939, he volunteered for WWII service the day after…
