Mark Durkan
@markdurkanFormer Foyle MP, SDLP Leader, dep First Minister, Finance Minister & GFA negotiator. Married to Jackie; daughter Dearbháil (& dog, Feather).
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📢 'When You Know What They Are Capable Of?' Paramilitary Gendered Coercive Control with @humefoundation! 📆 Tuesday 3 December 2024 ⏰ 18:30 - 21:00 📍 Ulster University Belfast 🎟️ nihrf.com/events/when-yo… Time to Tackle Paramilitary Gendered Coercive Control #NIHRF
Ken Reid RIP. He epitomised journalism as a public service. Always interested & interesting even when he & others had to track boring faltering phases of process. His genuine warmth, natural fairness & true measure meant he was not only trusted & rated by all but appreciated.
Tonight we bring you the news that our former political editor Ken Reid has died. For decades, he was the trusted voice of politics and guided Northern Ireland through events which made headlines around the globe.
Mary O'Rourke RIP had a casual flair but cared on issues. Wrapped wisdom in whimsy but she worked a task. First met on USI Dáil lobby 40+ years ago. A joy dealing as ministers on South-North gas etc in 2001: "You've opened Charlie up, now I'll butter him up". She gladdened...
Mary O'Rourke's son Fergal paid tribute to her, saying she “loved [her sons] to bits, taught us to respect everyone, to be honest, to work hard and study hard, to love our family”. #maryorourke irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…
![IrishTimes's tweet image. Mary O'Rourke's son Fergal paid tribute to her, saying she “loved [her sons] to bits, taught us to respect everyone, to be honest, to work hard and study hard, to love our family”. #maryorourke irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GY-djMsXkAAin2O.jpg)
Sad loss of Nell McCafferty, writer for rights. Real influencer & true disrupter. Charted change in astute care-honed commentary. Also chartered change as empathetic & distinctly emphatic campaigner. Funny, fierce, terse, tender. Her unnerving eye-glint: "Now, tell me this.."
Tommie Gorman RIP. A truly fine journalist who aided our public awareness, understanding & discourse. Read & reported events with acuity & innate empathy. His honest decency, casual manner & assiduous method joined to make him so trusted, valued & appreciated. Condolences...
#Breaking Former RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman has died at the age of 68 rte.ie/news/ireland/2…
#compensation @bloodinquiry Syndicated deflection & misdirection by govt hinged on abject avoidance of "liability" & false depictions re Irish compensation scheme. EG: first ever HoC #contaminatedblood debate Oct '10. Scare numbers used then/since a fraction of today's sums.
Thoughts with #contaminatedblood survivors & bereaved on "step closer to justice" @bloodinquiry Full apology & compensation due. Not just on compound NHS failures. Serial systemic dereliction of civil service/political oversight, cynical obfuscation posing as accountability.
"People put their trust in doctors and the government to keep them safe. And that trust was betrayed." Infected Blood Inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff says the government "compounded the agony" of those affected by the scandal.
Thoughts with families of Annette McGavigan & Billy McGreanery tonight. In 2013 I'd to force minister to put MoD private written apology to Billy's family on parliamentary record. NB: wider import of serious related facts via @FinucaneCentre & HET! hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2013-0…
RIP Stephen Grimason. Deserving all words of warm tribute. I dealt with him as deft journalist & worked with him in govt. Recalling "core/story" chat & how he saw a public service ethos as golden thread in distinct roles. Witty in banter; weighty on substance. Condolences.
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Mark Lusby RIP. Cherished & shared Derry heritage with integrity. Lifted facts & faces from dim history to modern light. Real belief in people, not just true pride in place. Positive purposeful aspirations for civic/economic future, always fact-based in critiques & ideas.
Truly a SPECIAL Correspondent. Reported with rare rapport. Intensity of enquiry, enthusiastic communication & cut-through to comprehension. And then more remarkable service to understanding & sharing when facing own illness yet still embracing other causes. Charlie Bird RIP
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Truly a sad loss to civil public discourse. The colour, quality & salience of Michael's insights & inquiries brought light - & lightheartedness with it! Honest charm, empathy, straight curiosity & natural acuity made him a sound reader of politics & a sharp writer.
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