Liam Tunney ✍️

✍️ Journalist | Belfast Telegraph
🏆 MFA Regional Investigation of the Year 2025
📰 | NI affairs, investigations and breaking news

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🌈 "You know someone who has lost a baby. You may not know it, but you do."

Fionnuala Tunney
15.12.16

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[Lee Costello @LeeCostelloGAA]

“I made my debut for Edendork seniors back in 2007, so this is my 20th season."

I caught up with an emotional Niall Morgan after he kicked the most important score in Edendork's history ✍️

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[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

Niall Morgan kicks last-second two-pointer as Edendork claim first ever Tyrone SFC title

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[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

A Northern Ireland health trust has launched an investigation into how water systems were managed at its long-delayed maternity hospital project.
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[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🏥 | The Trust said it had identified a "number of areas of concern" in how the water system at the hospital had been handled.

A plan to replace the system in the neonatal unit is also on hold pending discussions with the Department.

📰| @BelTel

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[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

Set to become the first ever Parades Commission determination stuck on a dressing room wall.

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

Errigal Ciaran GAA club has submitted an application for a parade in Ballygawley tomorrow night.

Their footballers are due to play in the Tyrone senior club replay tomorrow evening against Edendork.

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🔴 | "The full circumstances matter" - UUP cllr hits out after being suspended over undeclared interests.

Mr Ovens has said however that he accepts the sanction.

📰 | @BelTel

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[. @AviChecker]

Bruno Fernandes - all UCL goals against teams from Europe's T5 leagues

(he's 32)

[Antrim GAA @AontroimGAA]

Postponement- @Bathshack Antrim Senior Hurling Championship Final

[Mandy McAuley @mandy_mcauley]

On 6 Nov, 2017 Donaldson was photographed with Teresa May, labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and other MPs during a meeting to discuss forming a common policy on tackling abuse in British politics following allegations of sexual harassment at Westminster.

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

@McCoyNiall Who is responsible for handing @CahairOKane1 a hurl?

[Danny Donnelly MLA @DannyDonnelly1]

Regularly when I share concerns raised with me by healthcare professionals about the upcoming winter pressures I get replies like ‘it happens every year’ or ‘it’s always like this’.

See the chart below of 12 hour waits in A&Es since 2008.

It is much, much worse now.

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

Everyone after watching that clip of today's Executive Office Committee at Stormont.

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

A failure to isolate care home patients in Northern Ireland during the pandemic put vulnerable residents and staff at “significant risk of serious illness and death from the virus”, the Covid Inquiry has found. https://t.co/jPppHt0KJy

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🔴 | UPDATE: Police declare 'bomb threats' to NI schools a hoax.

🔸email originated outside UK
🔸up to 300 schools affected
🔸majority remain open
🔸schools across UK also affected

📰 | @BelTel

https://t.co/dh8irE5FnH

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🔴 | Education Minister Paul Givan has told the media the Department is not treating the threat as viable.

I understand this has not yet been officially communicated to schools.

[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🔴 | Second time in six months schools have been targeted with this kind of message.

It's understood this alert is more widespread than the one in May, which affected some schools in Co Antrim.

📰 | @BelTel

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[Liam Tunney ✍️ @ismiseliam]

🔴 | Second time in six months schools have been targeted with this kind of message.

It's understood this alert is more widespread than the one in May, which affected some schools in Co Antrim.

📰 | @BelTel

https://t.co/gtIRZqbkK6

[Sam McBride @SJAMcBride]

Jeffrey Donaldson was a key and ‘very keen’ British asset in sensitive west African conflict, paid thousands while Irish Sea border was emerging. Documents show prized role working with Cameroonian dictator’s forces, luxury hotel stays, and personal cash.
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[Garrett Hargan @GAHargan]

🚨 NEW 🚨

Education Authority chief says typo prevented email from landing after finally admitting department requested £30k for football team

MLA accuses Education Minister of trying to ‘invent a mechanism’ to hand money to Richhill AFC

The head of the Education Authority (EA) has provided a belated explanation about the proposed allocation of £30,000 to a football team, claiming that an email from the Department of Education was “never received” due to a typo.

It comes as Education Minister Paul Givan has been accused of trying to “invent a mechanism” to award £30,000 to Co Armagh football team, Richhill AFC.

I revealed that Mr Givan wanted the EA to allocate £30,000 to Richhill AFC to cover a shortfall for a pitch estimated to cost £580,000 — a team that already received a grant of £500,000 from the Government.

(Comment: The department and EA are attempting to prevent me from doing my job effectively.

(No response from the department on this issue since July. It has ignored every query of mines since. This from a department whose Minister recently ordered officials to boycott his scrutiny committee. An order that is believed could be unlawful if he continues to uphold it.

(EA with a one-line response to this back in July and no admission until now.

(FoIs facing obstruction. I'd love to know if the department treats any other journalist with such contempt. Is it because of what I have exposed in the past 2 years?

(Full story available online. Along with other stories in this investigation).

[We Are Antrim @weareantrim]

@RasharkinGAC are crowned Junior Champions in @AontroimGAA 🔵🟡🏆