Gerard Cunningham

1 month ago | dublinfreelance.org | Gerard Cunningham

Lyra McKee Bursary Scheme 2025Applications for the #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary Scheme 2025 are now OPEN!The #CIJLyraMcKee Bursary Scheme was established in memory of the young and courageous Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead by dissident republicans in Derry in April 2019.

Oct 7, 2024 | villagemagazine.ie | Gerard Cunningham

here’s Tsome lip service to this idea in derline’, but it‘Bor’s unclear whether it’s accidental or deliberate. PSNI detective chief inspector Philip Boyd (Eoin Macken) is introduced playing a church (heorgan ’s religious, got it?) but while the clichéd southern view of a northern Protestant would be a fire and brimstone Paisleyite, Boyd is instead a member of a milquetoast congregation coded like an Anglican church in the home counties, more Vicar of Dilby than Free Presbyterian.

Oct 7, 2024 | villagemagazine.ie | Gerard Cunningham

Obituary for ‘Obituary’Economics of freelance journalism risk a blow to our democracyBy Gerard CunninghamFilming is well under way in the Donegal town of Ballyshannon for Season 2 of ‘Obituary’, an Irish black comedy television series available on RTÉ at home and on Hulu in the USA.

Aug 13, 2024 | dublinfreelance.org | Gerard Cunningham

In the wake of extensive and ongoing problems in the postal system, particularly affecting delivery and receipt of ballot papers across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the NUJ’s Emergency Committee has taken the decision to re-run the election via a digital ballot. If you do not receive an electronic ballot, first check your email Spam folders, and contact the Dublin or London NUJ offices if your email contact information is out of date.

Jul 7, 2024 | villagemagazine.ie | Gerard Cunningham

June-July 2024 59The meáning of An Coimisiún’s fundingBy Gerard CunninghamTwo new journalism schemes could point the way to a path for a revamp of public-service journalism and reporting in the coming months. Coimisiún na Meán invited submissions on the local-democracy reporting fund and courts reporting funds in the Spring, and is now assessing them.