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: How does the Vatican make black and white smoke?

1 week ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

As the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis begins, cardinals will be voting multiple times per day until a two-thirds majority vote is reached. People from all over the world will be watching the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for black or white smoke as the cardinals' votes are burned and a signal is sent to the public. Black smoke means that a pope has not yet been elected. When white smoke emerges, it means a new pope has been chosen. But how do they make the coloured smoke?
Watch: Who could be the next pope?

1 week ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

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28 Years Later star confirms movie was filmed with iPhone

2 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

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Project gives 200-year-old Dublin tree 'a voice'

3 weeks ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan

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Watch: Your memories of the day lockdown was declared

2 months ago | rte.ie | Sinead Brennan |Eleanor Mannion

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What issues do you want Taoiseach to raise with Trump?

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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

2 months 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.