Mick Clifford
@mickcliff.bsky.social
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Journalist who has written a few books. Next one, There I Long To Be, out in September 2026.
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Irish Unity
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Mick Clifford lays the Irish Unity planning gauntlet down to Sinn FĂ©in.
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Mick Clifford: Sinn FĂ©in must offer a united Ireland blueprint, not just calls for a border poll
Mick Clifford says constitutional debate should prioritise practical planning, reconciliation and public concerns over political rhetoric
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy
about 2 months ago
Hello if you’re new here and if you’re not, this is your periodic reminder that I have a twice-weekly podcast. I cover news, current affairs and compelling personal stories based on the reporting of my @irishexaminer colleagues - it’s on Spotify, Apple etc
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Garda Paul Moody convicted of coercive control, and calls for a public record of domestic violence, with Liz Dunphy
Podcast Episode · The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · 22 May · 30min
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-deirdre-oshaughnessy-podcast/id1551708498?i=1000769085235
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"Surely, in an alleged republic, you should pay a small amount in tax if you’re inheriting a huge windfall on the back of a soaring property market."
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Inheritance tax 'reform' calls show gulf between haves and have-nots
Inheritance tax is a contentious issue, especially for those wealthy enough to pay it
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41817314.html
4 months ago
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Scott Lucas
4 months ago
EA-Irish Examiner Podcast:
#Trump
Does Not Know How to End His "Uncontained War" with
#Iran
(Scott Lucas with Mick Clifford)
#IranWar
#Israel
#StraitOfHormuz
eaworldview.com/2026/03/iran...
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EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: Trump Does Not Know How to End His "Uncontained War" with Iran - EA WorldView
41-minute analysis: How the Trump Administration, alongside Israel, trapped itself in "uncontained war" with Iran and no idea how to end it
https://eaworldview.com/2026/03/iran-trump-does-not-know-how-to-end-his-uncontained-war/
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Paul Carroll
5 months ago
A thoughtful piece by Mick Clifford here.
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Mick Clifford: Seamus Culleton and immigrants in US today could not identify with the Allston Seven
In recent years when such cases arose, the State was inclined towards some accommodation. The mood has since changed
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41792996.html
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PhonsIOM
5 months ago
Your Sunday morning
#longread
Mick Clifford in the Irish Examiner expertly reports on another scandal in An Garda Siochana
#SpeirGorm
#mustread
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Mick Clifford: Long and winding road from WhatsApp messages to the Limerick garda trial
The probe into fixed charge notices was legal, but many questions remain — including whether it was even necessary, writes Mick Clifford
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41785589.html
5 months ago
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Margaret Loftus: Domestic abuse survivor’s ordeal inside An Garda SĂochána exposed
Margaret Loftus, a former garda, details her harrowing experience of domestic abuse and institutional betrayal within An Garda SĂochána
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41655002.html
6 months ago
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Irish News 🇮🇪
10 months ago
The Mick Clifford Podcast: Retired army officer on effects of criminal investigation Alan Kearney was a captain in the Irish Defence Forces in 2021, due to be promoted to commandant, when he was removed from his duties and investigated for suspected criminal offences
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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Retired army officer on effects of criminal investigation
Alan Kearney was a captain in the Irish Defence Forces in 2021, due to be promoted to commandant, when he was removed from his duties and investigated for suspected criminal offences
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41712164.html
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Frank O'Connor
about 1 year ago
4 yrs ago me &
@judesherry.bsky.social
shared our vision with Mick Clifford,
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
of Ireland without a dereliction epidemic, where everyone has a home Yesterday we chatted again to discuss where
#DerelictIreland
is today & what happens next
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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Jude Sherry and Frank O’Connor on tracking and tackling dereliction
Architects and campaigners Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry join Mick on this week's podcast to discuss Ireland's dereliction problem - and what can be done about it
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41615773.html
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PhonsIOM
over 1 year ago
This is one of the saddest stories I've read in a long time. This
@mickcliff.bsky.social
account of heavy handed policing that destroyed a close-knit rural community, and judicial failures that left families without justice, is a must-read.
#MickClifford
#BookSky
#Speirgorm
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BrĂd McGrath
over 1 year ago
As Mick Clifford says “you couldn’t make it up.” Low standards even before our new government takes office. This is likely to be the worst Irish government since Cosgrave in the 1970s.
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Mick Clifford: New government already marred by low standards in high places
Right now, Micheál Martin and Simon Harris, in how they assembled their government of choice, are behaving as if they don’t give two figs about perceptions of low standards in high places
https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41557879.html
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Scott Lucas
over 1 year ago
I am hereby declaring that Gulf of Mexico has been renamed Keyser Söze. Just because I can.
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Scott Lucas
over 1 year ago
EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: Anticipating
#Trump
2.0 (Scott Lucas w Mick Clifford)
#Migration
#Tariffs
#TrumpFelon
eaworldview.com/2025/01/anti...
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EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: Anticipating Trump 2.0 - EA WorldView
Trump 2.0: How a convicted felon and coup plotter has been able to return --- legally --- to power, and what he might do now he is there.
https://eaworldview.com/2025/01/anticipating-for-trump-2-0/
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Required reading for polticians, judges, leaders of any sort in society. An excellent and harrowing report on how some are forced to live
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Prison overcrowding crisis: 'Ya wouldn’t let a dog live in there'
Mountjoy prison inmates decry harsh conditions, citing overcrowding, mental health strain, and poor facilities in a growing crisis
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41556304.html
over 1 year ago
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Nessan Vaughan
over 1 year ago
Great and moving piece here from Mick Clifford. A reminder about Christmas and children without in hubs, hotels and Direct Provision Centres.
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Mark Tottenham
over 1 year ago
This week’s episode of The Fifth Court podcast. Mick Clifford on the miscarriage of justice arising from the murder of Una Lynskey.
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An insightful review of my book during the year
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Book review: Clifford is unflinching in his takedown of Garda procedure
This is a marvellous account of narrative political and social history, which tells us much about the murder of Una Lynskey and its investigation, the Ireland in which it took place, and those who pol...
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41464057.html
over 1 year ago
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