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Connecting freelance journalists and photographers in Dublin and throughout Ireland. Dublin Freelance NUJ branch. Find us here and on mastodon.ie/@dublinfreelance

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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 18/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 @robertdunnemedia.bsky.social Using Oireachtas Resources @deanbuckley.bsky.social Ireland in the Epstein Files: a case study. Chair Margaret Ward. Monday 19 October NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the genuine evil that permeates the UK press makes the mere amoral greed of the US press look positively wonderful by comparison
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 10/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 Pivot to Video: Video is becoming a necessary part of everyone’s toolkit. Aileen O’Meara goes over what journalists needs to know. Monday 19 October, Dublin NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
A mounted mobile phone in use as a video cameraAileen O'MearaFreelance Forum logo: A stylised pen nib and the words FREELANCE FORUMFreelance Forum Autumn 2026 is Supported by Coimisiún na Meán
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/08/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 Rumour control & influence operations with @lizcarolan.com, The Briefing, @aidanobrien.bsky.social European Digital Media Observatory Ireland/DCU, & @stephaniecostello.bsky.social Monday 19 October, Dublin NUJ/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A spokesperson for the NUJ said: “This is a timely appeal by the PSNI. We know that there are people who have information about Lyra's murder and it is time to end the silence.” www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ welcomes PSNI’s renewed Lyra McKee appeal
The NUJ has welcomed the renewed appeal by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for information about the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 28/07/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 — supported by Coimisiún na Meán "Pitching and Commissioning" Alan Caulfield, Irish Independent Sinead O’Carroll, TheJournal Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, Irish Examiner Monday 19 October NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
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The National Union of Journalists @nujofficial.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"This is a landmark judgement by the IPT, and is a clear and unambiguous vindication of our member Vincent Kearney and the BBC," said Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
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NUJ welcomes victory for Vincent Kearney in state surveillance tribunal
The NUJ has welcomed a decision by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) to order MI5 and Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to pay £20,000 in damages to journalist and union member Vincent K...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 22/07/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026 — supported by @cnam-ie.bsky.social "Beyond the Headline: The Role of the DPP in Focus" Catherine Pierse, director of public prosecutions in conversation with Margaret Ward. Monday 19 October NUJ Members/Students €5 Others €20 dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
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Dean Buckley @deanbuckley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I will be giving a talk on Ireland in the Epstein Files at this edition of the Freelance Forum, as part of a session on using public records for research I'll also talk a bit about OSINT and the CRO, but the Epstein Files are my case study
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 07/07/2026
Freelance Forum Autumn 2026. Monday 19 October Pearse Street, Dublin 2 For freelance journalists, students, photo+videographers, PR. Full details to book your place: dublinfreelance.org/freelance-forum-autumn-2026/
The Halfpenny Bridge, Dublin
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 26/06/2026
Freelance Forum takes part twice yearly, organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from Coimisiún na Meán. Is there a topic you'd like to know more about, or a speaker you'd like to hear from? Or is there a contribution you would like to make? Get in touch with freelance@dublinfreelance.org
Freelance Forum Podcast Series, for Photographers/Writers/PR
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 26/06/2026
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Remembering Veronica Guerin
Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary, recalls the life of Independent Newspapers chapel colleague Veronica Guerin, who was murdered 30 years ago today.
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 08/06/2026
So on the off chance that any journo followers here have been at a Freelance Forum before, what would you like to see covered at the next event this Autumn?
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 01/06/2026
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NUJ condemns intolerable delay in Martin O'Hagan murder review
The NUJ has described as "intolerable” the action of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI) in blocking the release of its own report into the failed police investigation of t...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 25/05/2026
Oh sweet Summer child
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 24/05/2026
If nothing else, think of Harlan Ellison being told one word of his was used without payment...
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NUJ London Freelance @nujlfb.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Freelance May26: Small change on late payments - some lack of government ambition. If you're chasing invoices - use our tools. Late payment calculator and Collect-o-matic!
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Small change on late payments | The Freelance
Hardly any improvement, in fact
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 01/05/2026
"The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise." Jim Larkin
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 13/04/2026
The National Union of Journalists has described as “sinister and deeply disturbing” the call by the Minister for Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, for a Coimisiún na Meán review of media coverage of the recent nationwide fuel protests. dublinfreelance.org/updates/nuj-...
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NUJ alarmed at sinister comments by media minister on coverage of oil protests – Dublin Freelance
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described as “sinister and deeply disturbing” the call by the Minister for Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, for a Coimisiún na Meán review of media coverage of the recent nationwide fuel protests.
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NUJ London Freelance @nujlfb.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
#Dublin: NUJ Spring Freelance Forum report - on the crucial role of reporters in covering courts. @dublinfreelance.org Mr Justice Barniville's door is always open if you have questions - ideas - or concerns about access to docs. buff.ly/8eTLdyQ
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Spring Freelance Forum 2026
The vital role of journalists in covering courts was emphasised by Mr Justice David Barniville, president of the High Court in Ireland, at the Spring Freelance Forum.
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Coimisiún na Meán @cnam-ie.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We're very happy to support the #NUJ Freelance Forum Spring 2026, taking place tomorrow. Tá áthas orainn tacú le Fóram Saoririseoirí NUJ Earrach 2026, a bheidh ar siúl amárach. Tuilleadh eolais thíos 👇🏼 @dublinfreelance.org
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Freelance Forum Spring 2026 – Dublin Freelance
The Spring 2026 Freelance Forum will consist of a one-day in person event the Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street. [Closest LUAS stops at Heuston Station].
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 21/03/2026
At #FreelanceForum Spring 2026, press ombudsperson Susan McKay and Lyra McKee bursary student Isabella Danaher. With thanks to NUJ, Courts Service and Coimisiún na Meán.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 16/03/2026
Anyone for the last few choc ices now? Less than one week to go until #FreelanceForum Spring 2026. For journalists and students. NUJ members/students €5, students €20 Book your space today for this Saturday, 21 March dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
An assortment of chocolate covered ice cream bars.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 16/03/2026
Additional speaker: Priyanka Borpujari on pitching overseas. Freelance Forum, this Saturday, 21 March. For freelance journalists and students. Organised by NUJ and Courts Service with support from Coimisiún na Meán dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 16/03/2026
Additional speaker: Dr Shubhangi Karmakar on dealing with trauma. Freelance Forum, this Saturday, 21 March. For freelance journalists and students. Organised by NUJ and Courts Service with support from Coimisiún na Meán dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo...
Dr Shubhangi Karmakar
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 27/01/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026 with a focus on legal reporting issues, rules of contempt, defamation law etc. Dublin, 21 March NUJ members/students €5 Others €20 Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... ti.to/freelance-fo...
Statuette of Blind Justice, a blindfolded woman holding a weighing scales
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 09/03/2026
Members of the National Union of Journalists in RTÉ are being asked to vote on whether they have confidence in RTÉ's New Direction Strategy.
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NUJ members in RTÉ balloted on future strategy
Members of the National Union of Journalists in RTÉ are being asked to vote on whether they have confidence in RTÉ's New Direction Strategy.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
All I can think about is Jeff Bezos saying that he slashed jobs at the Washington Post — including those of foreign correspondents in the Middle East — based on "the data," and a few weeks later a whole war breaks out in the Middle East that these laid off folks would have covered as true experts.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/03/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo... * Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ and the Courts Service with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/03/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * Defamation Law with John Maher, barrister at law NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/03/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * Dealing with vicarious trauma, Leona O’Neill, head of Undergraduate Journalism at Ulster University NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
Leona O'Neill
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/03/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * The media as the eyes and the ears of the Public with Gerry Curran, Media Relations Advisor, The Courts Service NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
Gerry Curran
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 04/03/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * Pitching Overseas: with freelance journalists Emmet Ryan and Sarah MacDonald NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 28/02/2026
Listen to the Judge dalek.zone/w/oeeukBjJxR...
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Freelance Forum Spring 2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026 https://dublinfreelance.org/freelance-forum-spring-2026/
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 18/02/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * Susan McKay, press ombudsman on the Lyra McKee Bursary /investigative journalism NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
Susan McKay
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 18/02/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * Reporting on Quasi-judicial bodies with Stephen Bourke, court reporter NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 18/02/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March * Paul Reynolds, crime correspondent, RTÉ, on the Do’s and Don’ts of Court Reporting NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
Paul Reynolds
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 18/02/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026: Saturday 21 March with Address by the Honourable Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court NUJ members/students €5, others €20 ti.to/freelance-fo...
High Court president David Barniville
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 27/01/2026
Freelance Forum Spring 2026 with a focus on legal reporting issues, rules of contempt, defamation law etc. Dublin, 21 March NUJ members/students €5 Others €20 Organised by Dublin Freelance NUJ with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social dublinfreelance.org/freelance-fo... ti.to/freelance-fo...
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 10/11/2025
Earth Institute Journalist-in-Residence programme www.ucd.ie/earth/progra...
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Journalist residencies - UCD Earth Institute
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 13/10/2025
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Laura Davison will be unable to make it to Freelance Forum next Monday. Instead, the Freelance Forum opening speaker will be NUJ joint president Gerry Curran. Sign Up and Share. ti.to/freelance-fo...
Gerry Curran has worked in Broadcasting and Media Relations for 30 years. He works for the Court Service as Media Relations Advisor “working to create an understanding of the courts through advice and information to media”, and has acted as an advisor and media liaison for five Chief Justices. He is currently joint-President of the National Union of Journalists with Fran McNulty, and former Cathaoirleach of the NUJ Irish Executive Council.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 01/08/2025
#FreelanceForum - designed to keep freelance journalists up to date Reserve Your Place for Monday 20 October: ti.to/freelance-fo... From Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from Coimisiún na Meán.
Lunch 1.00PM
Introduce yourself to someone new, and catch up with old faces. 
Networking is also a key aim of the Freelance Forum.

Session 3: 2.00PM – 3.15PM
Follow The Money
Speaker: Susan McKay, press ombudsman, Lyra McKee Bursary
Speaker: Eoghan Rice, deputy director communications DFAT, Simon Cumbers Fund
Chair: Margaret Ward
A guide to financial support and awards programmes for journalists. 

Session 4: 3.30PM – 4.30PM
Copyright Briefing
Speaker: Samantha Holman, ceo, ICLA
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 01/08/2025
#FreelanceForum - designed to keep freelance journalists up to date Reserve Your Place for Monday 20 October: ti.to/freelance-fo... From Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from Coimisiún na Meán.
Registration: 9.30AM- 10.00AM

Opening Address: 10.00AM – 10.30AM
Unions in the 21st Century
Laura Davison, general secretary, NUJ

Session 1: 10.30AM – 11.45AM
The Editors: Pitching to The Press
Pitching in the current newspaper environment.

Session 2: 11.45AM – 1.00PM
Funding Schemes
From video and audio documentaries to support for reporting on local issues and courts, Coimisiún na Meán administers several journalism funds. This session offers an overview of what’s available.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 28/07/2025
#FreelanceForum -20 OCTOBER ti.to/freelance-fo... * Laura Davison NUJ * Yvonne Hogan (Independent), Amy Forde (Farmers Journal), Deirdre Reynolds (Sunday World+) * Sound+Vision; Democracy & Courts Reporting schemes * Simon Cumbers fund, Lyra McKee bursary Copyright Briefing - Samantha Holman, ICLA
Freelance Forum Autumn 2025 — for Photographers/Writers/PR
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 13/10/2025
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Laura Davison will be unable to make it to Freelance Forum next Monday. Instead, the Freelance Forum opening speaker will be NUJ joint president Gerry Curran. Sign Up and Share. ti.to/freelance-fo...
Gerry Curran has worked in Broadcasting and Media Relations for 30 years. He works for the Court Service as Media Relations Advisor “working to create an understanding of the courts through advice and information to media”, and has acted as an advisor and media liaison for five Chief Justices. He is currently joint-President of the National Union of Journalists with Fran McNulty, and former Cathaoirleach of the NUJ Irish Executive Council.
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 27/07/2025
Freelance Forum podcast series 95: The Editors: Pitching to The Press GCN editor Alice Linehan, and Business Post head of news Peter O’Dwyer talk with journalist Priyanka Borpujari about pitching stories At the link below or your podcatcher of choice * podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Alice Linehan (gcn.ie), Peter O'Dwyer (businesspost.ie) and Priyanka Borpujari talk about pitching and commissioning at the #FreelanceForumFreelance Forum Podcast Series, for Photographers/Writers/PR
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 21/08/2025
#jobfairy Mediahuis seeking a reporter for Sligo to cover locals courts under the Coimisiún na Meán courts reporting scheme. Fulltime 12 month contract. www.careers.mediahuis.ie/job/court-re...
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Court Reporter - Sligo
Job DescriptionJob Title: Court ReporterLocation: Sligo (Hybrid) Role PurposeWe have an exciting opportunity for a talented and ambitious journalist in County Sligo.The Sligo Champion, Irish Indepe...
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 11/08/2025
Dublin and Derry vigils to highlight killing of Al Jazeera team in Gaza NUJ members will gather at The Spire, O'Connell Street, Dublin and Guildhall Square in Derry from 6pm this evening to express outrage at Israel's ongoing targeting and killing of journalists.
Israel: Stop killing Palestinian journalists in Gaza
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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 06/08/2025
“We cannot simply offer words of support to our colleagues in #Gaza. We call on all journalists in Europe who are able to do so to make a donation via the @ifjglobal.bsky.social Safety Fund," said EFJ President @majasever.bsky.social Safety Fund or DonorBox 👇 shorturl.at/jxboo
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Dublin Freelance @dublinfreelance.org · 01/08/2025
#FreelanceForum - designed to keep freelance journalists up to date Reserve Your Place for Monday 20 October: ti.to/freelance-fo... From Dublin Freelance NUJ branch with support from Coimisiún na Meán.
Lunch 1.00PM
Introduce yourself to someone new, and catch up with old faces. 
Networking is also a key aim of the Freelance Forum.

Session 3: 2.00PM – 3.15PM
Follow The Money
Speaker: Susan McKay, press ombudsman, Lyra McKee Bursary
Speaker: Eoghan Rice, deputy director communications DFAT, Simon Cumbers Fund
Chair: Margaret Ward
A guide to financial support and awards programmes for journalists. 

Session 4: 3.30PM – 4.30PM
Copyright Briefing
Speaker: Samantha Holman, ceo, ICLA
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