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News Reporter of the Year🏆 #IMRO23 @drivetimerte Radio Presenter 📻 @RTERadio1 Views my own. john.cooke @rte .ie

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John Cooke

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7 months

Honoured to win 2 #IMRO23 Radio Awards for coverage of the #Creeslough Tragedy @RTERadio1 -Dedicated to all those who lost their lives #RIP & all still coping with one of Ireland’s worst disasters- thanks to everyone in #Donegal for their trust & cooperation 🙏

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4 years

Very emotional scenes in #Charlestown #Mayo as the remains of murdered #garda #ColmHorkan arrive in his home town to widespread tears and applause @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Finally got my real #Oscar ! For @IMRORadioAwards News Reporter of the Year @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Delighted to Win News Reporter of the Year at the #OscarsofRadio ! #IMRO21 Virtual celebrations from home tonight but here’s one I got earlier!!! @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Congratulations @johncookeradio of @drivetimerte on being crowned News Reporter of the Year at #IMRO21

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4 #AsylumSeekers leave Magowna House Hotel #Clare on foot as local protest continues- one tells me they’re heading “back to City West”hotel Dublin @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1

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#Roscrea women protesting at #RacketHall brought Toys & Clothes to hotel this afternoon to help #AsylumSeeking parents & kids now living there. Said they want them to feel welcome after “frightening” arrival scenes but protest continues @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Activists Margareta DarcY refuses to leave Intl Security Forum stage in Galway until addressing attendees and asking Tainaiste for Citizens Assembly “not a stitch up”- @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1

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After a packed Rosary at the Church in #Creeslough tonight Milk, Bread & other groceries were kindly left for locals. One woman whose cousin died in the explosion told me “Lafferty’s was their only shop, not everyone in rural #Donegal can travel. @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1

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Around 35 locals continue blockade at Magowna House, Inch, as others from #Clare offer support to #AsylumSeekers - a small number have left, some have returned this evening @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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2 years

Great to see @ShannonAirport busy again today- yet No Queues, No hassle & No Liquid restrictions anymore with new screening system. A pleasure to #FlyShannon

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“Freezing, unbearable, inhumane” 100 people still living in #tents at Knocklisheen #DirectProvision centre as sub zero weather continues -some say they’re sick with colds & even frostbite. I’m speaking to #AsylumSeekers there @drivetimerte 4.30 @RTERadio1

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Locals in #Roscrea #Tipperary protesting against plans to house 160 AsylumSeekers in what was a functioning hotel until yesterday -Reporting from #RacketHall @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Bus carrying #AsylumSeekers to Intreo office Ennis leaves Magowna House, Inch #Clare - protesters insist on boarding bus to count the men before it passes blockade- Reporting back that 29 were on board @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1

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1 year

Short public Statement issued by “disappointed” locals in Magowna #Inch , Co. #Clare tonight in response to Minister Roderic O’Gorman’s comments that local hotel must be used for #AsylumSeekers - Protest Continues @LatedebateRTE @RTERadio1 @rtenews

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Hoping for a #Royal encounter in #Galway ! @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 #RoyalVisitIreland #WilliamAndKate

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2 years

Thrilled to be nominated for News Reporter of the Year again @IMRORadioAwards -Very happy to win in last year’s virtual ceremony celebrated in my kitchen! So imagine my excitement that we might even get a night out this time! Congrats to fellow nominees! @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Delighted to be nominated for NEWS Reporter of the Year in this years @IMRORadioAwards and in good company too! Congrats to all #IMRO20 @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Delighted to have made the cut for News Reporter of the Year after one of the strangest Years for News! @drivetimerte @IMRORadioAwards Congrats to fellow nominees including my @RTERadio1 colleague @oconnellbrian #IMRO21

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The moment they’d all been waiting for! #RoyalVisitIreland #Galway @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 #WilliamAndKate

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Congrats @BarryLenihan @drivetimerte for well deserved #MentalHealth broadcasting award for South #Kerry CAMHS Scandal #mhma2022 @HeadlineIreland @RTERadio1

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5 minutes from Carpark to Check-in & No Queues! Passengers @ShannonAirport “relieved not to be flying #DublinAirport ” but want more flights from Regional #Airports @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Members of #Clare Immigrant Support Centre have arrived at Magowna House, Inch to welcome #AsylumSeekers & offer practical assistance- they’re also critical of Govt Communications saying they heard about arrivals on Radio @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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“I thought a #hospice was just a place for people with #cancer to die”…It’s so much more. ‘Meeting inspirational families at the new €6.3million #Roscommon Palliative Care Unit ahead of official opening @drivetimerte @MayoRoscHospice @saoltagroup @IrishHospice

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Great night for @drivetimerte team #IMRO22 awards in Kilkenny! Congratulations @BarryLenihan @SarahAMcInerney @donelto @RTERadio1 #GreatToGetOut !

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Here’s the #Ukraine map I mentioned in my @drivetimerte report from @KinaffeN School #Mayo alongside messages of Resilience in #Russian & #Ukrainian on classroom walls- very moving to see cities besieged by #war brought to life by the lovely kids I met there today @RTERadio1

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4 years

Dáil Éireann “a very frustrating place to work” @mhartytd “shocked at @SimonHarrisTD ’s failure to engage with frontline” health staff & tells @drivetimerte he didn’t get to speak to @LeoVaradkar for last 2 years- #GE2020

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5 years

Honking horns, applause & cheers in #oughterard as locals welcome news #directprovision centre will not go ahead- protestors upset at portrayal of community & insist they’d welcome #asylumseekers in smaller numbers @drivetimerte #Galway

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“Upset because we’re being painted like a bunch of bunch of Racist Rednecks”- Tearful protesters manning Magowna House Blockade insist they’re also “looking out for” Asylum Seekers as location still isn’t suitable @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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As the #HPVvaccine programme is paused during #CovidVaccine rollout- I’ve been speaking to family of the late #LauraBrennan & others about the need for reinstatement @drivetimerte @IrishCancerSoc @HSELive @DonnellyStephen @donalb5 @MarieKeating

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Applause rings out in #Nenagh as #ShaneMacGowan makes a last poignant homecoming for funeral mass @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Delighted to be filling in for @MiriamOCal as Presenter @TodaySOR Looking forward to your company from 10am @RTERadio1

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Great night at the #IMRO23 Awards @LyrathEstate Kilkenny- thanks for all the lovely messages. Proud to celebrate Public Service Broadcasting with great colleagues @RTERadio1

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#GoJoe ! The Blewitt family in #Knockmore #Mayo “sending Irish luck” to their cousin @JoeBiden ! @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 @lauritablewitt #JoeBidenInauguration

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2 years

Thousands in #Tullamore Town Park with prayers, poetry and traditional music at #VigilForAshling ⁦ @drivetimerte ⁩ ⁦ @RTERadio1 ⁩

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After reporting on so many #covid stories ⁦ @drivetimerte ⁩ ⁦ @RTERadio1 ⁩ I’m honoured & privileged to get my own #covidvaccine & a badge too! Well done to everyone involved ⁦ @HSELive ⁩ ⁦ @ULHospitals ⁩ ⁦ @WestCountyEnnis ⁩

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Why aren’t family #carers being prioritised for the #CovidVaccine ? @CarersIreland & @alzheimersocirl call for a rethink to keep the most vulnerable out of crowded hospitals @drivetimerte

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Freezing conditions in tents for #AsylumSeekers in Knocklisheen on the #Limerick #Clare border- some there for almost a year- You “wouldn’t wish it on your worst enemy” according to those I’m speaking to @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 @DorasIRL

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“I hope he shows up on time!” A singsong for #ShaneMacGowan in #Nenagh - these men travelling from Tralee, Dundalk & Boston USA to bid farewell @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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#Breaking #Ballinrobe committee announce their “protest is over” after assurances that “families not single male” #AsylumSeekers will come to local hotel. Organiser Michelle Smith quotes Department sources- didn’t specify who they got confirmation from @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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From Consultants to cleaners- I’ve been meeting #frontline #healthcareworkers working on #COVID19 wards at one of Ireland’s busiest hospitals. Reporting from @ULHospitals @drivetimerte #FrontLineHeroes #Limerick

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3 years

#Nurses “burnt out & at breaking point”as #ICU staff at St.Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin say they’re “forced to use baby monitors” to watch patients due to staff shortages. Some have spoken out today @thejournal_ie & have also spoken to me @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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4 years

Large crowds line the streets of #Galway to greet #WilliamAndKate @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 #RoyalVisitIreland @galway2020

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Going home- #Inishbofin locals carry coffin with 13 stolen skulls inside from @tcddublin where they’ve been for 130 years- for burial “back where they belong” -Hear more @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 @VisitInishbofin

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Reconnecting the country after #StormIsha - I’ve been out with @ESBNetworks crews in #Galway as 155,000 remain without power @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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3rd time lucky on the #hurling for #Kate ! #RoyalVisitIreland at Salthill Knocknacarra #GAA Club #Galway @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 @officialgaa #camogie

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All these years in radio journalism just to ask the big questions in the rain! My exclusive with @POTUS ! @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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"It's wonderful, it feels like I'm coming home." US President Joe Biden explored his ancestral roots with a visit to Carlingford, Co Louth, where crowds of people lined the streets to greet him | Read more:

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#BackToSchool celebrations for the 8 pupils breathing new life into a #rural community where the #school closed down 5 years ago- I’m in Glenroe #Limerick @drivetimerte 4.30pm @CnsGlenroe @LCETBSchools

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“Hearts shattered” but we’ll “never forget Karzan, Shahen & Lina” - Moving prayers & tributes to Kurdish family killed in Ballinasloe Crash @nuigalway @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Keeping older patients out of #hospitals -Could Pathfinder Rapid Response teams ease pressure on overcrowded #EDs & #Ambulance services? ‘Reporting from the home of a #Hurling Superfan in #Limerick ! @drivetimerte @ULHospitals @AmbulanceNAS

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Horrendous Sleeping conditions for our ancestors in the old #workhouse Paula Byrne of @IrishWorkhouseC gives us a fascinating & moving tour for #heritageweek @RTERadio1 @RTECountryWide Sat 8.10am

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Hope you can join me as I present @RTECountryWide this morning with #dairy #farmers , dressers, seaweed #foraging , a virtual #food festival & more @RTERadio1 8.10am @GastroGays @wildoonagh @ClareFoodDrink @NDC_ie @KerrygoldIRL @RyanInstitute @nuigalway

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#Nurses lunchtime protests begin in #Galway over staffing levels and lack of winter #ED plan - Hear more @drivetimerte @INMO_IRL

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“Regional Connectivity is a lifeline for businesses like ours” Chambers of Commerce from #Cork to #Galway unite in calls for urgent action to protect #airports outside of Dublin from #Kerry to #Knock - I’m @ShannonAirport @drivetimerte @LimerickChamber

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#hospitality & #nightlife to make a return to normal hours this weekend with #COVID #restrictions being lifted. I’m LIVE in the #pub ! @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 @PFlannerysBar @OnePerySquare

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Thanks for listening @RTECountryWide and to @amiical & Captain Tom Tooher @defenceforces for joining me in studio @RTERadio1

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“If these walls could talk” -Life & death in an Irish #Famine #workhouse with Steve Dolan of @IrishWorkhouseC Hear more @RTECountryWide Sat 8.10am #heritageweek

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Glad to back in the (very) #hot seat!presenting @drivetimerte today- Should #SUVs be banned in South Dublin to reduce #carbon ? What #cashless #banks mean for declining towns & shock at scale of #beach #CleanUps as the #weather warning ends. #TuneIn @RTERadio1 4.30

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A “feeling of hope & excitement” at Community Hospital of the Assumption Thurles as #nursinghome residents & staff receive first #COVID19vaccines Reporting from #Tipperary @drivetimerte @CommHealthMW

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Can’t believe I became @drivetimerte ’s go to man on #LoveIsIand ! Another career high coming up @RTERadio1 live in sunny #longford !

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Delighted to hear @RTECountryWide has increased its listeners to 260,000 in latest #jnlr survey! Looking forward to chatting with you all from the #WildAtlanticWay as I fill in for Damien again this Saturday morning 8.10am @RTERadio1 #slainte

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Flowers for the princess! Warm & sunny welcome for #WilliamAndKate in #Galway @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 #RoyalVisitIreland

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‘Enjoyed being part of the Summer “Stand-in Standoff”! @Independent_ie & my week presenting @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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CF protestors remember those who've died with minutes silence and balloons @drivetimerte #Orkambi #cysticfibrosis

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1 year

#PresidentBiden makes poignant visit to @MayoRoscHospice in Castlebar to see plaque in memory of his son Beau- Hospice CEO Martina Jennings describes a very emotional stop for @potus @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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Back presenting @drivetimerte this eve as we discuss #Foreigntravel & further #reopening here & the UK with @GabrielScally -Should #HealthCareWorkers get a pandemic bonus? & as temperatures soar @oconnellbrian cools off by the sea in Kinsale! Join me @RTERadio1 4.30

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An early rollout for #AstraZeneca #vaccines in #tipperary #Limerick & #clare despite supply doubts- I’m meeting some of the over 65s getting the jab @WestCountyEnnis @drivetimerte @ULHospitals

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“3 #Covid deaths on our ward in 1 day is shocking” Patient numbers & Staff absences “very overwhelming”. “If you see what hospitals are like you would change all your actions” Powerful words from #Dublin #Nurse Niamh who spoke to me @drivetimerte @INMO_IRL

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Thanks to @Simone_Scribes for her lovely words inspired by Recently widowed Sean in my report from #Leitrim great to see how his moving words struck a chord with so many regarding #lockdown implications- #podcast here @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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2 years

111 on #trolleys in #Limerick in another record high so is it time for #HSE & Health Minister to intervene in a situation that’s “out of control”? Hearing from patients, nurses & @ULHospitals management @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 @INMO_IRL

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I’m Presenting @drivetimerte from 5pm with latest on #Flu & #Covid Pressures for #GPs , prayers for #PopeBenedictXVI , @BarryLenihan on #AidanMcAnespie Secret Govt Records & @mmccartney011 visits Ballinlough NS #Roscommon for #MyEU50 #TuneIn @RTERadio1

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Join me @drivetimerte from 5 as we discuss Moving West for #RemoteWorking , how #Cancer patients are being pursued by #debtcollectors , the last of the #Traveller Wagon Dwellers, latest #Covid figures & more @RTERadio1

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More images from the Hanley family home in Drumline #Clare as they await details on being included in the extended €2.7Billion #Mica & #Pyrite Redress Scheme as heard @drivetimerte @ClarePyrite

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Delighted to be shortlisted for Justice Media Awards for my coverage of the #Golfgate Trial @drivetimerte & @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1 - Congrats to fellow nominees @LawSocIreland #JMA22

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Tough assignment today! Live in #Lahinch @drivetimerte as I report on #HEATWAVE2019 & the Yellow #Heat warning in the west!

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Last day in the hot seat presenting @drivetimerte this eve as we discuss HSE Drug Testing at #electricpicnic & whether it works if no samples are given back? Also Trinity Provost on #studentaccommodation , #Homeless Hero’s last day, Paying more for #electricity & more @RTERadio1

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2 years

Life on the road! Thanks @ElleLenn @rte Interns & my 8 yr old for filming!

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If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a reporter on Radio 1, Drivetime's @johncookeradio gives you a quick look into a #dayinthelife 👀🚗🎙 #dinebythedash @drivetimerte

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#NotDisposable 1 year since closure of traditional #pubs #Vintners groups urge government not to dispose of thousands of jobs in #hospitality & #Entertainment sectors- Reporting from the lovely Mellett’s Emporium Swinford #Mayo @drivetimerte @melletts1797 @VFIpubs @LVADublinPubs

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Ringing the Peace Bell at Aras an Uachtaran “for my ancestors” according to ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ ⁦ @RTERadio1 ⁩

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1 year

Magowna #Inch residents to maintain their “peaceful protest” & “local access only” policy on road to Hotel. Spokesperson AnneMarie Killeen tells @ClareFM meeting with Integration Minister was “not productive” & didn’t offer anything to change local position @RTERadio1

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John Cooke

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2 years

‘Keeping cool indoors today presenting @drivetimerte with Water saving tips & #heatwave advice. Would you take out a 50yr #mortgage ? What happened to #Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe? & lots more besides @RTERadio1 4.30

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John Cooke

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4 years

Inspired today by a hospital nurse who shed tears telling me about end of life video calls between dying patients & families & the cleaner who spoke of his pride in being part of the #COVID19 response team @ULHospitals #FrontLineHeroes LISTEN BACK HERE

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John Cooke

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4 years

#shoppingonline but #shoplocal to Save #Christmas2020 as well as Irish businesses & jobs- Hear the views of the #Retail & #hospitality sector in #Clare @drivetimerte @EnnisChamber

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John Cooke

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2 years

Delighted to get a preview of a great night in #Limerick with 36,000 expected @LITgaelicground for Hurler’s Homecoming Celebrations @drivetimerte Thanks to @ELangfordMusic who plans to “shift the entire team”! Also @DeniseChaila @GodKnowsRF @MuRliMuRl & @MoncrieffMusic

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John Cooke

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5 years

Honoured to accept @IRVAroadsafety Global Light of Hope Award for @drivetimerte Team @RTERadio1 for our reports on #RoadSafety #WorldRememberanceDay #WDoR2018

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2 years

Huge crowds gathering in #tullamore as #VigilforAshling events take place across the country & beyond- Reporting @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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2 months

11yr old school boy with Autism & ADHD- “locked in a room for up to 5 hours” - disconnected the light so they “couldn’t put me in there” again. ‘Speaking to distressed parents calling for regulations on Seclusion & Restraint @drivetimerte @InclusionIre @AsIAmIreland

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John Cooke

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4 years

Delighted to be back presenting @RTECountryWide this morn as we go #walking with @ManchanMagan @natashamurtagh & @ShaneOMara3 Making #Sheep ’s Yogurt in #Mayo Weighing @hqmulligan ’s Cattle for the #BEEP scheme and we’re keeping #jackolantern lit for #HalloweenAtHome in #Clare 8.10

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John Cooke

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3 years

“An oddness in the community, a huge vacancy in our lives..social aspect of #pubs never more important...we’re #NotDisposable ” My @drivetimerte report from @melletts1797 #podcast HERE @VFIpubs

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Drivetime Monday 15 March 2021

Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra bring you all the latest news and stories of the day from around the country and beyond.

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1 year

“Don’t sell-off Rural Ireland”- I’m meet “angry & upset” #forestry owners amid growing opposition to Coillte plans to finance new tree plantation with a British Investment Fund @drivetimerte @RTERadio1

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2 years

Once, twice, three times #Moderna - #Boosted & ready for #Santa ! #HappyChristmas @WestCountyEnnis @ULHospitals

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3 years

“Lucky to be alive” & not “buried in the sewerage chambers here”- #Tuam Survivors ask Taoiseach to delay state apology to give time to absorb “full horror” of #motherandbabyhomes & allow a proper healing process @drivetimerte

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John Cooke

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4 years

Swapping #Dublin for #Donegal or California for West #Clare ! Can #remoteworking & #COVID19 restrictions offer new ways of rejuvenating #ruralireland ? I’m reporting on the #MORETOLIFE @WesternDevCo campaign @drivetimerte

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3 months

A low flying #Swan bumped off my car roof on the school run this morning & couldn’t leave the road. Very relieved to see it back on #Ballyalla lake now with thanks to Frankie Coote & #Clare @ISPCA1 for coming to the rescue!

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John Cooke

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3 years

Join me as I present @RTECountryWide this morning with a popular postman, @Glenisk Yoghurt’s CEO & #JamieDornan ’s #farm advisor! Also #farm #inheritance with @teagasc & outbuildings #conservation with @campbellsuz 8.10am @RTERadio1

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3 years

Long queues for #CovidTesting in #Limerick where #HSE “haven’t seen these numbers since Christmas” & are “very concerned about large #school , birthday & #Eid celebrations” @drivetimerte @PublicHealthMW @CommHealthMW

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John Cooke

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6 years

No #smoking No #vaping - I'm in #Limerick @drivetimerte as @UL unveils new Healthy Campus Policy & an outright ban on all #cigarettes @ulstudentsunion #WorldNoTobaccoDay

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John Cooke

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4 years

Thanks for all the compliments re @RTECountryWide this morning- Glad so many enjoyed some great tales of #walking #farming & #Halloween2020 Full Show #podcast HERE, talk to you next week! @RTERadio1 #alightatdusk

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CountryWide Saturday 31 October 2020

People, events and happenings around the country, presented by John Cooke.

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2 years

“You’re not coming home without a negative test”! Speaking to #students @UL about restricting social contacts and getting free #antigen tests before they go home for #Christmas @drivetimerte

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John Cooke

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2 years

Shining a light for #Ashling as thousands gather to show support for Murphy family at #VigilforAshling #Tullamore ⁦ @drivetimerte ⁩ ⁦ @RTERadio1 ⁩

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John Cooke

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3 years

A new out of hours drop in centre opened for- & run by- people with lived experience of #MentalHealth challenges- tune in @drivetimerte to hear about the #Galway Community Cafe @RTERadio1 @CommunityGalway @CHO2west @MrWaffleGalway @MentalHealthIrl

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