@freyamcc

Northern Editor @IrishTimes. Award-winning author of Children of the Troubles with @joeliveline. Represent NI on Round Britain Quiz @BBCRadio4.

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Sales of Sally Rooney books surge in Northern Ireland after publisher stops UK distribution irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

Sales of Sally Rooney books surge in Northern Ireland after publisher stops UK distribution

Tómas Kenny, who co-runs Kennys Bookshop in Galway with his sister Sarah, says sales of Rooney’s books have increased tenfold

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George Mitchell says he ‘declined or deflected’ meeting Epstein amid renewed Giuffre allegation irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…

George Mitchell says he ‘declined or deflected’ meeting Epstein amid renewed Giuffre allegation

Spokesman for former US senator, who played key role in North’s peace process, says allegation a case of ‘mistaken identity’

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When the Border was being drawn, my grandad tried to put Derry in the Free State irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…

When the Border was being drawn, my grandad tried to put Derry in the Free State

What if Derry city was included in the Irish Free State or Donegal included in Northern Ireland? Or if there was no Border at all?

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Stephen Walker@StepWalkTV15 Nov 2025
See you tomorrow in Bellaghy at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace with the wonderful @freyamcc Starts at 2pm. Good conversation and a bit of craic. Signed books on sale 📚📚📚 Tickets at Stephenwalker.uk Or from Seamusheaneyhome.com

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Stephen Walker@StepWalkTV9 Nov 2025
A week today I will be at @SHHomePlace in the company of @freyamcc Really looking forward to it 📚📚📚 Tickets still available 👇👇👇
Seamus Heaney HomePlace@SHHomePlace5 Nov 2025
Join us at Seamus Heaney HomePlace on Sunday 16th November at 2pm for an afternoon of conversation and insight as journalist @StepWalkTV discusses his latest book, David Trimble: Peacemaker, with Freya McClements. Secure your tickets here! > tinyurl.com/6bxd7cu7
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‘Is this really happening?’: Bad Bridgets book to become Margot Robbie film irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…

‘Is this really happening?’: Bad Bridgets book to become Margot Robbie film

Northern Ireland professors wrote about Irish emigrant women that ‘history chose to forget’

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Bloody Sunday: Not guilty verdict in Soldier F murder trial - In The News | Podcast on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1PV…

Bloody Sunday: Not guilty verdict in Soldier F murder trial

In The News · Episode

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‘We took him to the wire.’ Silence in court as Soldier F, who sat obscured from view, was found not guilty of murder and attempted murder on Bloody Sunday irishtimes.com/crime-law/cou…

Silence in court as Soldier F, who sat obscured from view, was found not guilty

‘We took him to the wire’: Tears and disappointment as families react to verdict

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Irish Times Northern Editor @freyamcc says until there is clarity from @MikeNesbittNI there will now be a focus on who the next leader of the Ulster Unionist Party will be. @MarkCarruthers7
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‘The six counties is a s**thole’: ⁦@SeaninGraham22⁩ is in studio as Michelle Gildernew and Ian Paisley jnr go toe to toe on a united Ireland irishtimes.com/politics/2025…

‘The six counties is a s**thole’: Michelle Gildernew and Ian Paisley jnr go toe to toe on united...

The former Sinn Féin and DUP MPs have made a BBC Northern Ireland podcast on the thorny subject

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Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time irishtimes.com/life-style/pe…

Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time

The reader is transported by Heaney’s illuminating memory: we’re in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken

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For the day that's in it, an interview with Teresa Kelly, who prayed for the killers of her beloved husband Patsy and appealed for no retaliation after his sectarian murder A remarkable woman who raised her 5 children with "no bitterness" @paddyjkelly irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/…

‘I’m not dying until I hear the truth’: Wife of Patsy Kelly on her near 50 year campaign for justice

‘Collusive behaviours’ between security-force members and loyalist paramilitaries exposed in document

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Sue Grey: The daughter of Irish emigrants who became ‘Britain’s most powerful woman’ irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…

The daughter of Irish emigrants who became ‘Britain’s most powerful woman’

Sue Gray became a household name when she led investigation into lockdown gatherings at 10 Downing Street

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Why new Troubles legacy deal is seen as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…

Why new Troubles legacy deal is seen as a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity

Inquests halted by the Legacy Act will resume and the ban on Troubles-era civil cases will be lifted

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Troubles victims will wait to see whether new legacy deal represents the ‘sea-change’ promised irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…

Troubles victims will wait to see whether new legacy deal represents the ‘sea-change’ promised

New joint framework is certainly different from the controversial Legacy Act

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Alex.Kane@AlexKane221b25 Aug 2025
This is a pretty depressing read. I grew up in a house with books and newspapers (both of which helped me find my voice). I loved the local library and I still use one (and take the children). Words matter. Reading matters.
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‘We cannot save these trees’: The Dark Hedges, made famous by Game of Thrones, are dying irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…

‘We cannot save these trees’: The Dark Hedges, made famous by Game of Thrones, are dying

Beech trees, made famous by their appearance on Game of Thrones, are 250 years old and ‘way, way beyond their expected life expectancy’

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Stephen Walker@StepWalkTV21 Aug 2025
Delighted to announce details of the book tour for my biography of David Trimble. I am on the road and taking in Bangor, Belfast, Ballymena, Enniskillen, Antrim, Larne, Downpatrick, Bellaghy and Lisburn. Tickets from stephenwalker.uk
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Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings irishtimes.com/politics/2025…

Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings

Some investigations will result in arrests for killings 50 years ago, official says, despite unpopular new legacy regime

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