Sinead Brennan

Ireland

Multimedia Journalist at RTÉ

Multimedia Journalist @rtenews #mojo Views are my own and do not represent the views of RTÉ.

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Watch: Your memories of the day lockdown was declared

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan |Eleanor Mannion

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What issues do you want Taoiseach to raise with Trump?

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan |Eleanor Mannion

Donald Trump will host Taoiseach Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House later today. In what is being billed as the most important St Patrick's Day meeting with a US President in decades, Mr Martin and Mr Trump are expected to discuss a range of issues, including tariffs and tax, the war in Ukraine and the situations in the Middle East and Northern Ireland. Watch our video to hear what issues people in Dublin want the Taoiseach to raise with Donald Trump
Watch: Kingfishers the star attraction of River Dodder

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

Photographers and wildlife enthusiasts are making a daily pilgrimage to a short stretch of river in Dublin to catch a glimpse of one of Ireland's most striking and elusive birds - the kingfisher. A group gathers on the Lower Dodder Road in Rathfarnham every day hoping to see a flash of blue and orange. It may be just six kilometres from Dublin city centre, but this section of the river has become a popular spot to see the colourful bird.
Watch: Westmeath pupil wins top Junk Kouture award

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

A pupil from Co Westmeath has been named World Designer of the Year at the Junk Kouture World Final in Dublin. Clodagh Ramsey was one of ten finalists representing Ireland at the event in Dublin, which sees students from all around the world create innovative and sustainable designs using waste material. She used over 2,000 waste mussel shells in her design, which she collected from a local restaurant, scrubbed clean and glazed before attaching to lace.
Watch: Westmeath pupil wins top Junk Kouture award

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

A pupil from Co Westmeath was named World Designer of the Year at the Junk Kouture World Final in Dublin last night. Clodagh Ramsey was one of ten finalists representing Ireland at the event, which sees students from all around the world create innovative and sustainable designs using waste material. Clodagh used over 2,000 waste mussel shells in her design, which she collected from a local restaurant, scrubbed clean and glazed before attaching to lace.
Watch: Ten teams represent Ireland at Junk Kouture final

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

Ten teams are representing Ireland at the Junk Kouture World Final in Dublin tonight. The teams are from secondary schools around the country and they will showcase their sustainable and innovative creations alongside 50 other finalists from the UK, US, Italy, France and the UAE. Each team has created a couture design made entirely of recycled materials - from mussel shells to seat belts - and they will be judged by a panel of experts on sustainability, fashion, education, and entertainment.
Watch: Artists reflect on recent funding controversies

1 month ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

Two funding controversies have rocked the arts sector recently. Earlier this week it was discovered that a scanner purchased for the National Gallery for €124,000 has gone unused for almost eight years. The revelation came just weeks after it came to light that the Arts Council spent €7million on an unsuccessful technology upgrade. We visited La Catedral Artists Studio in Dublin city centre to ask the artists in residence there how they feel about the controversies.
Solicitor hopes to inspire other DEIS students into law

2 months ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

A solicitor from Co Limerick is hoping to inspire other students from DEIS schools to consider a career in law. Vanessa Blake, 29, qualified as a solicitor last year, but when she was in secondary school, she did not think a career in law "was an option for me" but was encouraged by her guidance counsellors to consider it. "You assume the points are too high and the school you go to might not have had a lot of students that would've gone in that path.
Watch: Six ways to say 'I love you' as Gaeilge

2 months ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

This Valentine's Day, an Irish language influencer is hoping that people will show their grá for Gaeilge while telling those closest to them that they love them. Siobhán Fitzpatrick from Co Limerick is an Irish secondary school teacher and is one of a growing number of Gaeilgeoirí taking to social media to share their love of the language. "There's a revival happening and it has been going on for a long time," she said.
Watch: How to help someone who is having a seizure

2 months ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

On International Epilepsy Day, Epilepsy Ireland are highlighting three things to keep in mind that could help someone who is having a seizure. New research commissioned by the organisation has found that less than half of people surveyed in Ireland would know what to do if they saw somebody having a seizure.