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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 · 3h

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 · 12h

Great cover Art too

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 12h

Tuesday’s Irish Times P1

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

Tuesday’s Irish Mail #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

Tuesday’s Irish Sun #TomorrowsPapersToday

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 14h

Tuesday’s Irish Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

Tuesday’s Guardian P1 #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

BBC 10pm: Hostages released, bodies returned, Palestinians released, Trump addresses Knesset, BBC on Air Force One and Gaza ceasefire deal summit

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

Australia’s Herald Sun: “Free at Last”

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

Tuesday’s Daily Telegraph #TomorrowsPapersToday

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

UK Independent (Digital) #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

“It was the Trump Show” - Sky’s Mark Stone. An extraordinary day of multiple news-making moments and symbolism, but what happens next?

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 15h

Tuesday’s press preview as newspaper front pages focus on Israel and Gaza. #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 16h

Fota Wildlife Park in Cork closed tomorrow & Wednesday over suspected cases of bird flu

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 22h

spoke to the guardian about why there's still a future in linear yet

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

www.theguardian.com

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 20h

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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Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

The Jerusalem Post (online)

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

BBC: Hamas says all living Israeli hostages now handed over

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Jerusalem Post (online)

Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

“It is the first time scientists have declared that Earth has likely reached a so-called "tipping point"

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced

World's coral reefs crossing survival limit - experts

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced.

www.rte.ie

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Monday’s Irish Times P1

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

Seven Israeli hostages were transferred to the Red Cross in Gaza on Monday, the first group of what is expected to be 20 survivors, according to the Israeli military and security service.

📸 International Red Cross vehicles drive through the eastern Gaza Strip from Khan Yunis on October 13, 2025

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead

At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.

www.bbc.com

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — Trump warns Russia he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn't settle war soon.

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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Monday’s Irish Examiner #TomorrowsPapersToday

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