Niamh Devereux

Acting Editor of Irish Country Magazine 💚
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You've heard of mom guilt...but have you heard of dog mom guilt? This is what I'm faced with when I have to go into the office 😆😭

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A well-earned win for Niamh Devereux (Irish Country Magazine), whose piece The Invisible Struggle of OCD has been awarded the Print & Online (Special Interest) title at #MHMA2025.
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Any Irish female doctors/nurses/nursing home staff open to sharing how they were impacted by COVID, five years on? Or course, this can be anonymous. It's for @IrishCountryMag. email: [email protected]

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Another #Journo request. Looking to write about #multigenerationalliving in Ireland — would you or someone you know be up for a chat/a photo on this for @IrishCountryMag?

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I have not been on this app for *quite* a while, but I'm back with a #journorequest — now 5 years on from COVID, I'd love to hear from Irish women who have since suffered with #LongCovid/poor mental health + healthcare workers/carers who are still dealing with the effects of PTSD

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The latest issue of Irish Country Magazine hit shelves this week and it's a beauty! Have you picked up your copy yet?

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From strong, game-changing Irish women to glorious fashion, interiors, travel and the finalists of the Irish Made Awards, our new 'Reset' issue of Irish Country Magazine is one of our most exciting to date!

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#irishcountrymagazine #sonyalennon

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Out now: the September|October edition of @IrishCountryMag. 'The Reset Issue', starring powerhouse Sonya Lennon, is full to the brim of inspiration and escapism — start your own reset by picking up a copy. We also reveal the #IrishMadeAwards 2024 finalists. Get voting! 💚

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Rhasidat Adeleke is the first Irish female to ever qualify for an Olympic sprint final ✨ Pick up the July|August issue of Irish Country Magazine to read my conversation with this incredibly impressive athlete ahead of the Paris Olympics! #rhasidatadeleke #olympics #parisolympics

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@Repealist_ @KingsInns Huge congratulations!

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Declan Flynn was a 31-year-old working at Dublin Airport for Aer Rianta. Were he living in 21st Century Dublin you might see him as just another good looking young gay lad smiling in a selfie on Facebook or maybe bopping on the dancefloor of The George with his mates of a Saturday night.

But Declan, and countless others like him, lies cold in the grave now, his young life brutally snuffed out by hatred and ignorance on a cold September night in 1982. Dublin in the early eighties was a grim place to be gay. Criminalisation made it extremely difficult to learn about other LGBT people, let alone actually meet them.

Within this environment of dread and isolation there was an ongoing campaign of harassment, blackmail, assault and robbery against gays actively ignored by the Gardaí.

That fateful night Declan sat down on a park bench beside another young man. Before he knew what was happening he was set upon by a predatory gang who had lain in wait behind some trees. He managed to break free and ran terrified towards the gate of the park but he didn’t make it.

They caught him and laughing they brutally battered him. They kicked and punched him and beat him with sticks. When he stopped moving and they had exhausted themselves they stole his watch and the £4 in his wallet. They left Declan's horribly beaten body where it lay, choking on his own blood. Declan Flynn would pass away shortly afterwards in hospital.

The very same year that Declan died for example a man called Charles Self was viciously murdered, stabbed 14 times. I’ve never felt the expression "Gay bashing" is appropriate. It seems almost dismissive in its simplicity, reductionist in its childishness.

It doesn’t fully articulate the violence, the terror, the chilling effect the crime and its anticipation has on both the LGBT community and wider society as well as the direct victim. It doesn’t illustrate the gruesome wilful denigration, the robbery of the person’s safety and sense of self.

The ages of the perpetrators of (two 18 year olds , a 19 year old, a 17 year old and a 14 year old) and their names (with the exception of the youngest) are a matter public record.

When asked about the crime, one of the killers blithely said: “We were all part of the team to get rid of queers in Fairview Park.”

But it was the deplorable comments of the presiding judge Justice Sean Gannon which most chillingly showed the opinion of the State towards the value of gay life. As he handed out suspended sentences and allowed all the killers to walk free he said: "This could never be regarded as murder.”

Bonfires were lit and street parties were had in celebration in the neighbourhoods in Fairview as the five returned home to heroes' welcomes. Tragically in 1992 one of the five who had walked free broke in to a flat in Ballymun and brutally raped a woman. She was seven months pregnant.

But if the families of these thugs and the justice system would not respond to the horrific crime the wider Irish society was disgusted by it and the gay community, motivated by both righteous anger and understandable fear of a reoccurrence, began to come together and rise up. Disparate groups and concerned individuals were galvanised in to action.

A crowd of almost a thousand people marched from Liberty Hall to the scene of the murder in Fairview Park. Openly gay citizens and their straight supporters from unions, political parties and social organisations stood shoulder to shoulder to express their desire for justice.

The likes of this had never been seen before in Dublin. The visibilty of so many LGBT people on the news was itself shocking to Irish society. Bonded by their outrage and desire for change, a community was formed.

The event lit the fuse on the Irish Gay Rights movement, and that summer, the first Dublin Pride took place, more protest than parade. Two hundred brave vanguards of equality marching from St Stephen’s Green to the GPO. Irish Pride was born.

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Today (28 June) marks two years since the publication of the strategy that was meant to clamp down on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence

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#natashaobrien #nationalwomenscouncil #zerotolerance #makingchange #irishgovernment #irishwomen

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Have you picked up the latest issue of Irish Country Magazine yet? It's our first ever double cover featuring two of Ireland's running superstars!

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#newissue #doublecover #soniaosullivan #rhasidatadeleke

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Have you seen our fabulous new issue in your local shop or supermarket yet? It's out now and it's a beauty. Here are just five of the many reasons why you should pick it up!

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#irishcountrymagazine #soniaosullivan #rhasidatadeleke #doublecover

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Out today — @IrishCountryMag's first ever double cover starring two incredible Irish sportswomen 💚

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Don't miss our special double cover July|August edition, out in shops nationwide now — starring two athletic trailblazers from two generations, Sonia O'Sullivan and Rhasidat Adeleke. ✨

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We're bawling😭😭

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!!🇮🇪

Splits⤵️
⏱️O'DONNELL 46.09
⏱️ADELEKE 49.53
⏱️BARR 44.90
⏱️MAWDSLEY 49.40

#Roma2024 #IrishAthletics @ask123ie

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Due to high demand, we have decided to extend the deadline of the #IrishMadeAwards2024 💚

The new FINAL deadline is by midnight on Thursday, 6 June. Fill in our entry form (it takes just a few minutes!) on https://t.co/DiMLvT7EDf or by clicking the link in our bio. Best of luck!

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@mcdigby Congratulations 👏🏻

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Get entering before we close 💚 #IrishMadeAwards

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If you're making a product on the island of Ireland - or if you're a retailer supporting Irish makers - there are 2 days left to enter the #IrishMadeAwards2024 ☘️

Click the link to fill in the form and attend this great event, sponsored by MINI Ireland.

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