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: 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…
Outbreak of the Economic War: June 30, 1932
Irish Independent, July 1, 1932, with headline story on Anglo-Irish economic tensions
Background to the Anglo-Irish Trade WarWhile the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 granted Ireland a measure of independence, many in the newly formed Saorstát &E…
