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Mick Clifford

@mickcliff.bsky.social
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Journalist who has written a few books. Next one, There I Long To Be, out in September 2026.

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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On the shelves and online today
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On the radio with Oliver Callan talking about my new book, There I Long To Be. Turn it up www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Life through a GAA lens with Michael Clifford
Mick Clifford tells Oliver about his new book 'There I Long to Be – Life through a GAA lens'
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just arrived. In the shops and online on 1 October
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New book out on October 1.
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Fifty years waiting for the state to admit it perpetrated a miscarraige of justice comes ot an end today for this man www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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'There is never a wrong time to do the right thing': Osgur Breatnach's long fight for justice
Osgur Breatnach was wrongfully convicted of the Sallins train robbery in the 1970s. Now on the cusp of receiving a certificate of a miscarriage of justice, his ultimate aim is a public inquiry
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Mick Clifford lays the Irish Unity planning gauntlet down to Sinn Féin. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin must offer a united Ireland blueprint, not just calls for a border poll
Mick Clifford says constitutional debate should prioritise practical planning, reconciliation and public concerns over political rhetoric
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Hello if you’re new here and if you’re not, this is your periodic reminder that I have a twice-weekly podcast. I cover news, current affairs and compelling personal stories based on the reporting of my @irishexaminer colleagues - it’s on Spotify, Apple etc podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
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Garda Paul Moody convicted of coercive control, and calls for a public record of domestic violence, with Liz Dunphy
Podcast Episode · The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · 22 May · 30min
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
"Surely, in an alleged republic, you should pay a small amount in tax if you’re inheriting a huge windfall on the back of a soaring property market." www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Inheritance tax 'reform' calls show gulf between haves and have-nots
Inheritance tax is a contentious issue, especially for those wealthy enough to pay it
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: #Trump Does Not Know How to End His "Uncontained War" with #Iran (Scott Lucas with Mick Clifford) #IranWar #Israel #StraitOfHormuz eaworldview.com/2026/03/iran...
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EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: Trump Does Not Know How to End His "Uncontained War" with Iran - EA WorldView
41-minute analysis: How the Trump Administration, alongside Israel, trapped itself in "uncontained war" with Iran and no idea how to end it
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Paul Carroll @paulcarroll15.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A thoughtful piece by Mick Clifford here.
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Mick Clifford: Seamus Culleton and immigrants in US today could not identify with the Allston Seven
In recent years when such cases arose, the State was inclined towards some accommodation. The mood has since changed
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PhonsIOM @phonsiom.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Your Sunday morning #longread Mick Clifford in the Irish Examiner expertly reports on another scandal in An Garda Siochana #SpeirGorm #mustread
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Mick Clifford: Long and winding road from WhatsApp messages to the Limerick garda trial
The probe into fixed charge notices was legal, but many questions remain — including whether it was even necessary, writes Mick Clifford
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Margaret Loftus: Domestic abuse survivor’s ordeal inside An Garda Síochána exposed
Margaret Loftus, a former garda, details her harrowing experience of domestic abuse and institutional betrayal within An Garda Síochána
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Irish News 🇮🇪 @news-flows-ir.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The Mick Clifford Podcast: Retired army officer on effects of criminal investigation Alan Kearney was a captain in the Irish Defence Forces in 2021, due to be promoted to commandant, when he was removed from his duties and investigated for suspected criminal offences
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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Retired army officer on effects of criminal investigation
Alan Kearney was a captain in the Irish Defence Forces in 2021, due to be promoted to commandant, when he was removed from his duties and investigated for suspected criminal offences
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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
4 yrs ago me & @judesherry.bsky.social shared our vision with Mick Clifford, @irishexaminer.bsky.social of Ireland without a dereliction epidemic, where everyone has a home Yesterday we chatted again to discuss where #DerelictIreland is today & what happens next www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Jude Sherry and Frank O’Connor on tracking and tackling dereliction
Architects and campaigners Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry join Mick on this week's podcast to discuss Ireland's dereliction problem -  and what can be done about it
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PhonsIOM @phonsiom.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This is one of the saddest stories I've read in a long time. This @mickcliff.bsky.social account of heavy handed policing that destroyed a close-knit rural community, and judicial failures that left families without justice, is a must-read. #MickClifford #BookSky #Speirgorm
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Bríd McGrath @bridmcgrath.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
As Mick Clifford says “you couldn’t make it up.” Low standards even before our new government takes office. This is likely to be the worst Irish government since Cosgrave in the 1970s. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Mick Clifford: New government already marred by low standards in high places
Right now, Micheál Martin and Simon Harris, in how they assembled their government of choice, are behaving as if they don’t give two figs about perceptions of low standards in high places
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I am hereby declaring that Gulf of Mexico has been renamed Keyser Söze. Just because I can.
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: Anticipating #Trump 2.0 (Scott Lucas w Mick Clifford) #Migration #Tariffs #TrumpFelon eaworldview.com/2025/01/anti...
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EA-Irish Examiner Podcast: Anticipating Trump 2.0 - EA WorldView
Trump 2.0: How a convicted felon and coup plotter has been able to return --- legally --- to power, and what he might do now he is there.
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Required reading for polticians, judges, leaders of any sort in society. An excellent and harrowing report on how some are forced to live www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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Prison overcrowding crisis: 'Ya wouldn’t let a dog live in there'
Mountjoy prison inmates decry harsh conditions, citing overcrowding, mental health strain, and poor facilities in a growing crisis
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Great and moving piece here from Mick Clifford. A reminder about Christmas and children without in hubs, hotels and Direct Provision Centres.
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Mark Tottenham @mtottenham.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This week’s episode of The Fifth Court podcast. Mick Clifford on the miscarriage of justice arising from the murder of Una Lynskey.
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Mick Clifford @mickcliff.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
An insightful review of my book during the year www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Book review: Clifford is unflinching in his takedown of Garda procedure
This is a marvellous account of narrative political and social history, which tells us much about the murder of Una Lynskey and its investigation, the Ireland in which it took place, and those who pol...
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