@SusanOShea4

Book lover, chocolate fiend, reluctant runner and Irish Examiner employee. #RepealTheSeal. Opinions are mine, all mine.....

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Very proud of my mum to write this at 85 years of age in the hope that other #bessborough survivors will get access to files
Susan O'Shea@SusanOShea414 Jan 2021
'I got to meet my birth family, give others same chance' - Bessborough survivor irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…

'I got to meet my birth family, give others same chance' - Bessborough survivor

Mary O’Shea was born in Bessborough in 1935 and ‘adopted’ by a Cork couple in 1942, around the same time the infant mortality rate at the home reached 75%. Here she recounts her memories of an early...

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Does anyone know which pub in Cork the painting in the background now hangs? It was on the wall of the Sextant bar before it was demolished....it's a painting of the Sextant Don team
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We lost this wonderful lady last night, slipped away peacefully while we held her hand. 87 years of love, laughter and kindness. So proud of her. Goodbye Mary O'Shea. xxx
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Have you a view on Medical Assistance in Dying ? For yourself ? For others ? #assisteddying & maid.ie are more pressing ! Oireachtas Committee 🇮🇪 makes reccomendations in 2023 @EndOfLifeIE @IDsMAiD1 @IMT_latest @RuthShipsey @rosablackgp @astaines @gmcrotty
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irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/… Perfectly captures just what a remarkable person she was. Every woman in Ireland feels like they know her and they will miss her.

How Vicky Phelan harnessed her anger and became the people’s warrior

Vicky Phelan harnessed her anger and became a talisman for the women who had been failed by a flawed system

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irishexaminer.com/news/spotl… One hell of a good read.. great work @CraftyReporter

Catherine the Fake: The fraudster being hunted by gardaí who left a trail of destruction

Florist, solicitor, publican, horse trader... Buttevant woman Catherine O'Brien has had many guises, but they all have one thing in common — an ability to make people believe they can make money with...

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Aoife Cassidy: Teachers are afraid to speak out about religion in schools irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…
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Team players — why we need to mix boys and girls in school-age sport 

Studies find allowing girls and boys to play team sports together provides advantages for both genders.

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irishexaminer.com/opinion/co… Very well-written, non-judgemental piece.. hopefully will give a lot of parents food for thought

Aoife Cassidy: Why haven't more parents withdrawn children from First Holy Communion? 

'I would love to see religious instruction and preparation for the sacraments moved to an extracurricular activity.'

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'On the plane I realised that I was not even in the same country as my son': Woman's harrowing abortion journey irishexaminer.com/news/arid-… A very sad, very emotional read and shows how our healthcare system for women so often fails them

'On the plane I realised that I was not even in the same country as my son': Woman's harrowing...

For a diagnosis of fatal foetal anomaly, two doctors must agree that the foetus will not live longer than 28 days

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'Tears froze on my face' - Kinsale woman does ultra-marathon after learning to walk again irishexaminer.com/news/munst…

'Tears froze on my face' - Kinsale woman does ultra-marathon after learning to walk again

For her next challenge, Olivia Keating has her sights on the Desert Ultra, a 250km marathon in Namibia

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'Don't overthink it': Woman urges others to open their homes to Ukrainian refugees

The Red Cross register of pledges, a portal for people here to register their desire to share their home or offer a vacant property to refugees from Ukraine, has received more than 6,100 pledges in...

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Survey: Treatment of loved ones in nursing homes during lockdown

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

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Why are our daughters not safe to walk the streets alone?

The killing of Ashling Murphy and the spate of attacks on women reported since then have brought back some disturbing memories for Susan O'Shea who questions why she has to tell her teenage daughter...

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irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/… Well done the Bro, always had a great sense of fun

Bro, Actually: Cork school enlists Keira Knightley to share festive message about name change

'Don’t be saying ‘well it’ll always be Deerpark to me’ because you probably said that about Opel Fruits, Marathon Bars and Network Two'

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irishexaminer.com/news/munst… Incredible footage

Watch: 'This is the biggest storm I’ve seen' - Lighthouse worker's video goes viral

Paul Barron said: "We were supposed to be coming home on Tuesday but then everything was called off due to Storm Barra."

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Now, judging panel member @colette_sexton will announce the winner... And the winner is IrishExaminer.com – Congratulations to the whole team there! #JournoAwards21 🏆⭐️👋

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Presenting this award is Ann Marie Lenihan, CEO of NewsBrands Ireland. And the winner is IRISH EXAMINER for its Mother & Baby Homes campaign #JournoAwards21
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irishexaminer.com/sport/othe… You will enjoy this one @tomomara If only we could run like him
irishexaminer.com/opinion/co… I can totally empathise. We have two children forced to sit through religious indoctrination.. including a teenager asked to draw what she thinks 'God' looks like. She handed up a blank page

The 'take it or leave it' primary curriculum is a violation of human rights

Apart from the treatment of those who try to ‘opt-out’ of religion, it means that thousands of parents submit their children for sacraments under duress and that many of their teachers must perform a...

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