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Gareth O’Connor
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Broadcaster, journalist (NUJ) Executive Producer 📺 📱 💻 🌍 Ireland, Planet Earth. GenX https://linktr.ee/garethnews
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · Jan 19
Lesson: social media followers are often ‘borrowed audiences’, own your own digital media real-estate. Write a blog or newsletter.
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 23m
Wednesday’s Daily Telegraph
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 24m
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 25m
Wednesday press preview #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 34m
BBC 10pm: Cracks in the fragile Gaza ceasefire, families of freed hostages share their joy, work begins in Gaza to clear war rubble.
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 53m
A win is a win #Coybig
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 2h
(CNN) — The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 5h
Reuters reports Hamas will return the bodies of four more hostages to Israel tonight
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 6h
“China’s new export restrictions are raising renewed alarm in Europe”
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Euronews @euronews.com · 6h
Defence industry warns EU to ‘urgently’ curb dependence on rare earths
Defence industry warns EU to ‘urgently’ curb dependence on rare earths
Industry representatives and analysts say the restrictions highlight the EU’s urgent need to cut its dependence on Chinese critical materials, even as Brussels pushes to diversify supplies and boost domestic production through the Critical Raw Materials Act.
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 8h
IMF sees global growth at 3.2% for 2025, 3.1% for 2026
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 12h
Sky: Israeli troops open fire on 'suspects' in Gaza after 'violation of ceasefire agreement', IDF says
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 21h
Great cover Art too
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 21h
Tuesday’s Irish Times P1
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 23h
Tuesday’s Irish Mail #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Tuesday’s Irish Sun #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
Tuesday’s Irish Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Tuesday’s Guardian P1 #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
BBC 10pm: Hostages released, bodies returned, Palestinians released, Trump addresses Knesset, BBC on Air Force One and Gaza ceasefire deal summit
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
Australia’s Herald Sun: “Free at Last”
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
UK Independent (Digital) #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
“It was the Trump Show” - Sky’s Mark Stone. An extraordinary day of multiple news-making moments and symbolism, but what happens next?
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
Tuesday’s press preview as newspaper front pages focus on Israel and Gaza. #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d
Fota Wildlife Park in Cork closed tomorrow & Wednesday over suspected cases of bird flu
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 1d
spoke to the guardian about why there's still a future in linear yet
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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 1d
Last month, something unusual happened in TV - none of the main channels got a million viewers at 9pm. The bigger problem was it happened a 2nd & 3rd time soon after.

Another unwelcome landmark for linear TV & our shrinking shared TV experience.

Does it matter?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
‘It was a binding experience’: TV producers mourn decline of hot 9pm slot
UK broadcasters used to rely on big audiences at 9pm, but as viewing habits change, figures are falling below the 1m mark
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 1d
The European Broadcasting Union has postponed a planned vote on Israel’s participation in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, citing “recent developments” in the Middle East and the ongoing Gaza ceasefire
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