Aoife-Grace Moore is an Irish
journalist
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and political
correspondent, from
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
. Based in the
Republic of Ireland
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, she is best known for breaking the
Oireachtas Golf Society scandal
The Oireachtas Golf Society scandal, also known informally as "Golfgate", was a political scandal in Ireland involving past and present members of that country's parliament, the Oireachtas, who attended a gathering of the Oireachtas Golf Society ...
, "Golfgate", story with Paul Hosford for the ''
Irish Examiner
The ''Irish Examiner'', formerly ''The Cork Examiner'' and then ''The Examiner'', is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country. ...
'' in 2020.
Background
A
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
native, Moore is the niece of
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday may refer to:
Historical events Canada
* Bloody Sunday (1923), a day of police violence during a steelworkers' strike for union recognition in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
* Bloody Sunday (1938), police violence agai ...
victim
Patrick Doherty. She is a graduate of
Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University ( gd, Oilthigh Chailleannach Ghlaschu, ), informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley, is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and G ...
.
Career
Moore has worked for
Press Association
PA Media (formerly the Press Association) is a multimedia news agency, and the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is part of PA Media Group Limited, a private company with 26 shareholders, most of whom are national and re ...
, and the ''
Irish Examiner
The ''Irish Examiner'', formerly ''The Cork Examiner'' and then ''The Examiner'', is an Irish national daily newspaper which primarily circulates in the Munster region surrounding its base in Cork, though it is available throughout the country. ...
''.
While working for the ''Examiner'', Moore was the target of tweets as part of the
Eoghan Harris Twitter scandal
The Eoghan Harris Twitter scandal broke on 6 May 2021, leading the ''Sunday Independent'' to stop publishing a weekly column by Eoghan Harris.
Timeline
On 7 May 2021 Twitter suspended a 'Barbara J Pym' (@barbarapym2) and eight linked accounts, f ...
,
and has been the subject of workplace sexual harassment.
She has been commissioned to write a non-fiction book about
Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...
for Sandycove publishing.
Golfgate
Una Mullally
Una Mullally is an Irish journalist and broadcaster from Dublin. She is a columnist with ''The Irish Times''.
Background
Mullally grew-up in Deansgrange in South County Dublin and attended Coláiste Íosagáin where she was head girl in her fina ...
described Moore and Hosford's
Golfgate
The Oireachtas Golf Society scandal, also known informally as "Golfgate", was a political scandal in Ireland involving past and present members of that country's parliament, the Oireachtas, who attended a gathering of the Oireachtas Golf Society ...
coverage as the "scoop of the year",
and they shared the NewsBrands Ireland "Journalist of the Year Award".
References
External links
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Writers from Derry (city)
Journalists from Northern Ireland
21st-century women writers from Northern Ireland
Irish women journalists
Living people
1991 births
Date of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of Glasgow Caledonian University
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