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@SarahAMcInerney

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Journalist, broadcaster, writer, politics junkie. Galwegian. Radio @drivetimeRTE • TV @RTE_Primetime • Insta @sarahamcinerney • TikTok @sarahmcinerney1

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@SarahAMcInerney
Sarah McInerney
4 years
Here we are! Finally, I can talk about how excited I am to start presenting @RTERadio1 new Drivetime programme with Cormac Ó hEadhra. Best of luck to Mary Wilson, who will be brilliant on @morningireland #rtenewseason
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
I just got charged €5.50 for a cup of tea. Five. Euro. Fifty. That’ll teach me to leave the house.
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1 year
A stranger just approached me in the gym to tell me that, after three years of treatment, he got the all clear on his cancer this morning. He said he just had to tell someone. I’m so glad he told me. #cancer #CancerResearch
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Sarah McInerney
6 years
The #IBelieveHer hashtag gives an insight into how deeply upsetting this court case was for so many people. If nothing else, it must surely lead to a change in how rape trials are conducted. Is there any other crime in which the alleged victim appears to be the one on trial?
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3 years
Walked into the kitchen at 3am to get water, and STEPPED in my BARE FEET on the biggest slug I’ve ever seen. House strictly private.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
#Halloween school run
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Some news this Monday! Very excited to join the @RTE_PrimeTime team from next month 😊
@RTEOne
RTÉ One
3 years
Some good news to start the week 👉 Congrats to @SarahAMcInerney and @franmcnulty who are joining @MiriamOCal for a new @RTE_PrimeTime presenter line-up! Sarah and Miriam will co-host on Tuesdays with Fran presenting with Miriam on Thursdays. Roll on the 6th April!
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
mood.
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alex
2 years
trying to make it to Xmas without getting omicron:
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
A woman on the flight next to me has pulled out a roll of sellotape twice now. Once, to tape her phone to the window to….film the flight? Then, to get something to spit her chewing gum into. Can’t wait for what happens next.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
My son has a new sperm whale toy, and he's decided to call him Spermy. Which is nice.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
One of my oldest friends, Suzanne, so rightly proud of her husband and son. Well done Patrick and Morgan 🙌
@TeresaMannion
Teresa Mannion
4 years
Emotional scenes at Galway Port as fisherman Patrick Oliver and his son Morgan return from saving the lives of two young women in Galway ⁦ @RTENewsNow ⁩ ⁦ @GalwayLifeboat #alive
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Ah lads….
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
Sometimes, when I my deliver my children to school fully dressed and mostly clean, I wonder why is no-one applauding for all I’ve achieved today.
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
👀😂
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
I think I lost my sense of taste from Covid. I almost bought a Dublin jersey.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
Folks.....you’ve only been there a month? (Good piece by ⁦ @oconnellhugh ⁩ today.)
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
Someone on social media told me I look like a Labradoodle, and honestly, I am so here for it.
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2 years
Around this time every year, I buy washing powder that shrinks my jeans.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
I missed a call from my hairdresser four hours ago, and only realised now. I wonder how many weeks that’s cost me 😬😞
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
My six year old says he wants to be a ‘YouTuber’ when he grows up, and I don’t know where I went wrong.
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Sarah McInerney
5 months
Total chaos in Dublin tonight: - Public transport on fire - Shops looted - Gardai & emergency services under attack - Pregnant women warned not to attend Rotunda unless absolutely necessary. And the horrendous attack on small children today. A devastating day for the capital.
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3 years
2yr old decided to PRETEND he has a cough when we went to the pharmacy. Started fake coughing and talking loudly about how he needed medicine, to the horror of everyone there. And now I need a new pharmacy.
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Sarah McInerney
5 months
Patrick Kielty owning every outfit tonight 😂 Brilliant show, bravo 👏🏻 #LateLateToyShow
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Was planning to peruse the minutes of the latest Nphet meetings today - only to find they haven't been updated since 17 December.....7 weeks ago.
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
Actual tears.
@gunsnrosesgirl3
Science girl
1 year
Watch this mother react the moment she sees her baby move This newborn baby boy was born at Sedgwick County Zoo via c section on November 15 and was put on oxygen, here is mum and baby reunited
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
I wish somebody would ambush me with cake. That happens with much less frequency than I’d like.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
I was asked to explain the NI protocol in under a minute 😱😭 I failed.
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RTÉ Radio 1
2 years
Explaining the Northern Ireland Protocol in under 3 minutes 😅 @SarahAMcInerney gives it a go 👩🏻‍🏫
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2 years
Stay till the end. It’s worth it.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Not a bad view for my morning run.
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Sarah McInerney
4 months
“The first genocide in history where victims are broadcasting their destruction in real time in the hopes that the world might do something. The world should be absolutely ashamed." Presentation from Irish lawyer Blinne Ni Ghralaigh KC at #ICJGenocideConvention
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Special shout-out to the texter to @drivetimerte this evening about our item on Bee Hotels, who said: "That's not a hotel. It's a Bee & Bee."
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Winding down this eve with some marshmallows and reheated pizza. Take your judgement elsewhere.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Ah, bless.
@JimMFelton
James Felton
3 years
“Misogyny is absolutely wrong, whether it’s a man against a woman, or a woman against a man”
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Just confidently told my actuary husband that ‘those maths don’t sound right to me’.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
So chuffed to win Radio moment of the year ☺️ Go the brilliant team @drivetimerte 🍾🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂
@RTERadio1
RTÉ Radio 1
2 years
🥳 @SarahAMcInerney wins gold “Radio Moment of the Year” for Yuri Filatov versus Sarah McInerney ⭐️🙌🏼 #imro22
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1 year
Got a flat battery in my car. Spent two hours waiting for help to arrive. Cold, miserable, thirsty. The very nice man from the AA arrived, smirked, and pointed out there's a BUTTON IN MY CAR to jumpstart it.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Honoured, I'm sure.
@newschambers
Richard Chambers
3 years
Portmarnock Golf Club votes to admit women as members after 127 years via @IrishTimes
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Sarah McInerney
5 years
Father-in-law shakes his head grimly - “People are going to get soaked at that ESB picnic.” #ep2019 #ep19 #electricpicnic2019 #ElectricPicnic
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
That’s game, set and match.
@cokeefe9
Chris O'Keefe
2 years
The Australian Government has cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa. He will be sent home. @9NewsAUS @2GB873
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
This is so lovely, and also so sad.
@RoseAnnekenny1
Rose Anne Kenny
3 years
A family singing to grandpa outside Mercers institute for Ageing StJames hospital- ‘we love you grandpa we do ‘ ⁦ @stjamesdublin
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Finally took the plunge and went sea swimming. I may never be warm again.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
Lots of breaking news this evening. I hope I remember to stand, eh, narrowly. @RTE_PrimeTime @rteliveline
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Watching Bohemian Rhapsody on Netflix and remembering that time someone on Twitter told me I look like Brian May.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
I've been waiting so long for my toddler's shoes to arrive from #Brexit beleaguered Britain, he's now an adult size 9.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
In bed last night, a gigantic spider crawled up my arm, and I accidentally flicked him onto my husband’s face. One of us screamed like a girl. In better news, Cormac and I are starting our Drivetime show soon 💃🏻 #rtenewseason
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
This is delicious.
@KhandaniM
Khandani Msibi
4 years
This is classical lesson in politics, 👌👌👌
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Me, chatting to friend: “Must clean my engagement ring.” Instagram:”Here’s an ad for a handy ring cleaner you might like.” Me:
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Sarah McInerney
4 months
Never not at it.
@BritishGQ
British GQ
4 months
He’s one of our most exciting actors — a combustible shape-shifter onscreen, a moon-howling dynamo off it. And he spent the last couple years achieving his Hollywood aspirations. Now, Barry Keoghan is deciding what to manifest next. Read the cover profile here:…
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
The #LateLateShow tonight ❤️💔 Beautiful and heartbreaking and uniquely Irish in the best possible way. #AislingMurphy #shewasjustoutforarun
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Sarah McInerney
11 months
I got this email from a listener a couple of days ago, and my brain keeps returning to chew it over.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
This is properly depressing. A casual disregard for the community, the environment, and the council workers left to clean it up. #heatwave #Ireland #IrishWeather
@padraig_reilly
Padraig O'Reilly Photographer
2 years
Everybody on the Burrow Beach,Sutton,Dublin yesterday should know this is what it looked like this morning.Council workers say they’ve never seen the likes of it.Every type of glass/plastic bottles,soiled nappies,barbecues etc etc…
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Sarah McInerney
8 months
Apparently this not my toaster any more. It’s his toaster.
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
Is that you, husband?
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Something has gone horribly, horribly wrong....🤢
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
A tale of one phone call.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
About as decent as it gets, from people fleeing war.
@UkraineIreland
Ukrainian Community in Ireland
2 years
Many bags of litter from the footpaths and from the water - #UkrainianCleanups 🇮🇪 #GrandCanal #Portobello Dublin. "This is our way to say thanks to this amazing country." Great job, @UkrainianAction volunteers and big thanks to @DubCityEnviro !
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Sarah McInerney
6 years
By George, I think he’s got it.
@Channel4News
Channel 4 News
6 years
"This is life and death to the people of Ireland." Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland Stephen Pound MP, discussing Brexit's impact on Northern Ireland and Ireland, says as soon as you've got "uniformed officers on that border", the "peace process is finished".
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
This wins the internet.
@MikaelThalen
Mikael Thalen
3 years
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
This is how owlets sleep. You’re welcome.
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Sarah McInerney
5 months
My son rearranged the decorations, so now the Santas are having a union meeting.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
A swim at sunset on the longest day of the year 😍 #SummerSolstice2021
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Swim instructor just said ‘Well you’re improving anyway’. And it couldn’t have sounded less like a compliment.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Breaking - Katherine Zappone announces she will not accept the appointment as special envoy.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
*one year later* ….winter winter winter….
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Richard Chambers
4 years
Remember lads. If we can winter this winter winter winter.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
This paints a very different picture to the 3.9% positivity rate announced earlier 🤔
@emma_okelly
emma o kelly
2 years
More comprehensive data from the HSE this eve on the school antigen testing programme so far: 90,351 kits dispatched (each with 5 tests) 8,170 results reported Of those, 4,867 negative, 3,303 positive, 1,873 subsequent positives in follow up PCR tests.
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Sarah McInerney
5 years
Such vision and ambition.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
Thanks for all the kind messages about the show. Looking forward to working with a great team @todayradiorte over the next few months.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
The House of Commons right now better than anything on Netflix.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
How it started: How it’s going:
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Sarah McInerney
6 years
#Brexit is now so serious, we’re getting interventions from the other realm.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
I just won 8th prize in our local Scouts Christmas draw. Take that, Mayo lotto winner. It truly is a good day.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
I now regularly, wistfully, end sentences with “….that was 20 years ago, now.”
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Sarah McInerney
7 years
We did it @chrisrdonoghue #IMRO17 current affairs show of the year
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
Thanks so much for all the kind messages. I had a chat to @ElleLenn last week about what’s to come....💃🏻
@rte
RTÉ
4 years
We chatted with @SarahAMcInerney after her final Today show and she shared some her exciting news about the move to @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 ⬇️
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Sarah McInerney
8 months
Right. That's it. I'm turning on the heat.
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
Really heartbreaking speaking to Lauren today. She last slept in a bed 3 months ago.
@RTERadio1
RTÉ Radio 1
1 year
"I don't know what I did to get there. I went back to college at 37 to try and better my life." Homeless trainee nurse, Lauren tells @SarahAMcInerney how she is currently sleeping in her car and is now separated from her two children. @drivetimerte
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Backstage at #NYECountdown in the Gaiety, with my fellow guests. I wouldn’t have spent NYE with anyone else.....! Except my husband, obvs.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
The ham tastes “dusty” according to the 7-yr-old. I wish I didn’t know what he means, but I do. #ChristmasEve
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Oh. My. God. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 #IREvRSA
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
I demand we see the outtakes.
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Sarah McInerney
3 months
Irish position on #Gaza is not being at all well-received in #Israel Ireland's hostility towards Israel must be stopped - The Jerusalem Post
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
100 years in 4 mins. Or my best shot at it…🫣
@RTERadio1
RTÉ Radio 1
1 year
On the eve of the 25th anniversary, @drivetimerte presenter, @SarahAMcInerney breaks down the details of The Good Friday Agreement in 4 minutes 😅 #GoodFridayAgreement
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Got so many beautiful pics from around Ireland sent in response to this photo of Howth this morn. It occurred to me, if we had to be locked down, it’s not a bad place to be stuck. Sharing some of the photos below. I’d love to see more.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
This whole thread....
@StefSimanowitz
Stefan Simanowitz
3 years
1/. Horrific! @lindsaylohan interviewed by David Letterman in 2013.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
And this is her 👇🏻
@KevinRothrock
Kevin Rothrock
2 years
Marina Ovsyannikova, the woman who ran onto a live state TV news broadcast, even recorded a message beforehand. In it, she says her father is Ukrainian. She calls for anti-war protests, says she’s ashamed about working for Kremlin propaganda, and she denounces the war absolutely.
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
Husband: “You look really stylish….” Pause. “…in a way I don’t understand.” #momjeans
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
A 35-year-old woman attacked and killed while walking home in the UK, ten mins from her house. Her family wrote a beautiful tribute. They say Zara Aleena believed “a woman should be able to walk home”.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
I know it’s a while away, but I could have done without seeing this.
@Rainmaker1973
Massimo
3 years
The left galaxy is the Milky way, the right one the Andromeda galaxy. This is what will happen within 4 to 5 billion years from now [full video by SaltyMikan + read more: ] [2012 NASA model: ]
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Sarah McInerney
1 year
Bit late to this, but the way Murdoch’s @nypost reported on Trump’s announcement is quite something.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
Toddler shoe update: one month later, still no sign. Ordered from @CrippsFootwear on Friday. Arrived this morning; redesigned with green marker this afternoon.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
Thanks again to Ellen Glynn for joining us on @TodayRadioRTE to tell us about her experience in Galway Bay. Two amazing, resourceful young women. 👏👏👏
@rtenews
RTÉ News
4 years
Ellen Glynn, who along with her cousin Sara Feeney was swept out to sea on her paddle board, has described how they stayed calm during their ordeal. She also said the wind was so strong as they were swept out, that nobody could hear them shout for help |
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
I can't stop watching this.
@BBCPolitics
BBC Politics
2 years
Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove adopts various accents as he denies split between Boris Johnson and the Treasury on how to tackle cost of living
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
The reporter in Melbourne is thoroughly enjoying himself from 1.40 mins in.
@sunriseon7
Sunrise
2 years
"If they don't let him go in half an hour, we will gather on the street" Novak Djokovic's father has accused Australian officials of "holding my son captive" after the tennis star landed at Melbourne airport overnight.
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
Here’s me walking around a lot, trying to look busy. With a cameo from @ali_mcconnell doing some actual work.
@RTERadio1
RTÉ Radio 1
4 years
Two weeks done and dusted! 🎙🙌🏻 We asked @SarahAMcInerney to give us a little snoop into what she does every day to prepare for the show. 🤳 @TodayRadioRTE #TodayRTE
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
I'm not one to brag, but here's me bragging. Wordle 209 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Sarah McInerney
2 years
June 28th, and I’m turning on the heat 😭
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Sarah McInerney
4 years
I’m in the @RTE_Guide this week. My hair behaved for the occasion. Also, I’ve got through three loads of laundry today. All is good with the world.
@RTE_GUIDE
RTÉ Guide
4 years
Newly-appointed presenter of @RTERadio1 's Drivetime, @SarahAMcInerney is our cover star this week! The broadcaster talks embracing change & new challenges, plus striving for a healthy work/life balance.
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Sarah McInerney
3 years
At a vigil for Sarah Everard...this is quite something #claphamcommon
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