Póilín Ní Chiaráin

Iriseoir/craoltóir;journalist/broadcaster

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

Mark please pass on my best wishes to Otty

[Mark Simpson @BBCMarkSimpson]

After 61 years at the BBC - yes 61 years - John ‘Otty’ Otterson is retiring. 📌

Thank you Otty. 👏

The BBC in Belfast & Foyle will never quite be the same again. 🎥

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

“You couldn’t ask for a more textbook example of what colonialism or imperialism are.”

Had to get something off my chest about Trump and Venezuela — and the need for the media to call things as they are.

From C-Span’s “Washington Journal” today.

[Michael Foley📚🖊 @MickFoley76]

Looking forward to diving into an epic mini-series with @GAAOverTheBar over Xmas exploring how the @Offaly_GAA hurlers became a superpower. Ep1 of 3 is out tmrw wherever you get your podcasts.

[Michael Foley📚🖊 @MickFoley76]

NEW @GAAOverTheBar PODCAST ALERT! 📣📣📣 Special pre-Xmas treat as we retrace the longest journey to an All-Ireland title with @TyroneGAALive legend Peter Canavan. Listen at
https://
https://t.co/lKHThjFDDQ

[Michael Foley📚🖊 @MickFoley76]

GAA History Podcast Alert📣! Starting a new series with Ciaran O'Hara called Over the Bar, exploring hidden and half-forgotten GAA stories. Today: why did the GAA take an All-Ireland final to New York?Listen, share, subscribe, follow @gaaoverthebar. Enjoy! https://t.co/mBI6YN0Vvc

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

And great company @CMacCoille ,RIP David

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

Maith thú @ismiseLiam.Comhgháirdeas

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

📰 Delighted to pick up Regional Investigation of the Year at the Media Freedom Awards in London on Wednesday for my work on the FBA Brand Builder.

👏 Thanks to all sources, ex-clients, our news room and our legal team for their support on this story.

#MFA2025

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

RTE News says President's support for Irish language is "strident". Really? @rtenews ?9.00 o'clock news.

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

RTE News says President's support for Irish language is "strident". Really? 9.00 o'clock news.

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

The Irish language has been a central part of President Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency
https://t.co/VQ8LJ1bPHH

[mairin ni ghadhra @mairinnighadhra]

Amárach @AntSeachtainMNG pléifidh muid Coimisiún na Teoranta 1926, a tionchar ar an tír ó shin & na ceisteanna a chothaíonn sí inniu @siobhra @FBhloscaidh & staraithe eile. Bí linn @RTERnaG ag 11! @ColmMGE

[The Katie Trust @The_Katie_Trust]

We are pleased to be contributing to the @NIPolicingBoard review of the PSNI Code of Ethics. We advocate for a trauma-informed, victim-centered code that includes real accountability and candor, and mandates minimum investigative steps for domestic violence and coercive control. #TheKatieTrust #Victims #NorthernIreland #PSNI

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

Grmma Aoife @aoifehegs

[Aoife Hegarty @aoifehegs]

Comhghairdeas ⁦@PChiarain⁩ - tuillte go maith agat 👏🏻

Gradam RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 2025 to be presented to Mayo native - news - Western People https://t.co/0SfPlgN6gT

[Aoife Hegarty @aoifehegs]

Comhghairdeas ⁦@PChiarain⁩ - tuillte go maith agat 👏🏻

Gradam RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta 2025 to be presented to Mayo native - news - Western People https://t.co/0SfPlgN6gT

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

@the_andrey_x Lpĺĺlĺ

[An Dream Dearg 🅾️🦸🏽‍♀️🦸🏻‍♂️ @dreamdearg]

"We don't find anything controversial about equality. We think that language rights are there to be enjoyed by everybody. And the Irish language belongs to us all." 📍👇

[Póilín Ní Chiaráin @PChiarain]

Important/ Práinneach

[Women's Aid NI @WomensAidNI]

If you have a hidden phone, it’s important to switch off these alerts, as they could reveal the phone’s existence.

👉How to video & instructions can be found here:
https://t.co/N6VaKD0MXZ

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[Celtic Media Festival @CelticMediaFest]

We are thrilled to announce that the location of the 2026 Celtic Media Festival is Belfast. Taking place from the 2nd to the 4th of June 2026 with the support of @BBCnireland @NIScreen @VisitBelfast @DiscoverNI

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the Day is ‘theic’ (19th century), defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘one given to immoderate tea-drinking; a tea drunkard’.

[mairin ni ghadhra @mairinnighadhra]

#GlórthaAitheanta ar an Luan @RTERnaG @anguslambkin @UNICEF @UNHumanRightsEU

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

Story of a death foretold: a few weeks before Israeli forces killed him, ⁦@CPJMENA⁩ called for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists https://t.co/8gTV3HhE8Q