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Úna McCaffrey

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I work for The Irish Times and do the odd other thing too. Native of Tyrone.

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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Ken Doherty’s ode to offal: ‘Think firm kidneys, springy tripe, crispy ears and melty brains’ www.irishtimes.com/food/2026/01...
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Ken Doherty’s ode to offal: ‘Think firm kidneys, springy tripe, crispy ears and melty brains’
The Assassination Custard owner wants to change the way we think about ‘inside meat’
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Massive selling Christmas presents energy on Vinted.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Read if you dare! Calf’s head soup and the royal pudding recipe: Christmas food advice from our archives www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/12...
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Calf’s head soup and the royal pudding recipe: Christmas food advice from our archives
The ‘hostess’ in 1938 was given detailed instructions on how to make the temperature more welcoming in her home
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Bus drivers explaining the real reason when the bus finally arrives might help? ‘Sometimes people feel Dublin Bus is letting them down, but they don’t realise the real reason’ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
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‘Sometimes people feel Dublin Bus is letting them down, but they don’t realise the real reason’
Dublin Bus calls for congestion charges to discourage private cars from certain ‘pinch points’ in the city centre
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Had to try four pharmacies before I could find one with flu vaccines for kids today.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I remember well how spirited Gary was after this incident – total character. Gary took no prisoners’: egg-throwing bane of AIB bankers dies www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Overheard: ‘Gary took no prisoners’: man who egged bankers during depths of crash dies
Plus: a pub is mislocated, Irish cheese shuns Hollywood and Busáras looks in the mirror
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Watch to the end! Discover the favourite foods of Conor Pope, Patrick Freyne and other Irish Times writers www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/11...
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Watch: Discover the favourite foods of Conor Pope, Patrick Freyne and other Irish Times writers
How about Rosita Boland – what’s always in her fridge? And what does Frank McNally cook on Wednesdays?
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Agree with @jenhoganjourno.bsky.social here on snus – amazing how it has just crept in under the radar and managed to stay there, despite being everywhere. www.irishtimes.com/health/your-...
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I’ve changed my old stance on teens and alcohol – it’s snus and vapes that are the problem
I suspect few enough of us reached 18 before having our first alcoholic drink
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Luna the cat and I loved this book. Such gently gorgeous writing, and the restrained pace works so well with the plot. Recommended!
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
This email was so realistic. If I hadn’t just renewed my tv licence, I would almost certainly have clicked.
Screenshot of scam tv licence email
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Cut out and keep (in a virtual sense): 100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland for winter 2025 www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/11...
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100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland for winter 2025
From Michelin dining to casual bites and new openings to beloved classics, this is a list to bookmark
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Full Moon Insomnia is my life.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Chicken fillet rolls, fried breakfast and potatoes: What foreign diplomats really think of Irish food www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/11...
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Chicken fillet rolls, fried breakfast and potatoes: What foreign diplomats really think of Irish food
Seven foreign diplomats share their Irish dining experiences, their favourites and the tastes they miss from home
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Video: ‘This Isn’t a Life’: Gazans Face Struggle to Rebuild Gaza City
Returning to Gaza City after a cease-fire, Palestinians will face an immense challenge to rebuild their lives in the city that’s been left in ruins after two years of war.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Awful, awful. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Teenager died after inhaling aerosol deodorant, inquest hears
Sarah Mescall collapsed at home and had no pulse, coroner is told
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“I would be happy to take the Locust concept entirely to Ireland,” he says. “Or a smaller thing, a little concept, out in Howth ... or Kinsale,” he adds dreamily. www.irishtimes.com/food/restaur...
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Irish chef’s restaurant ranked 20th in North America’s Best Restaurants list
Dubliner Trevor Moran, Noma veteran and owner of Nashville-based Locust, hints at expanding his dining concept back in Ireland
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The people who ask all the questions on Vinted are never the people who buy your stuff on Vinted.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Delighted to find this fab Belfast fudge in Aldi.
Pack of Salted Caramel Melting Pot fudge
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
‘Those living in the North’s six counties are silenced in the [presidential] election. Their continuing exclusion reduces them to nominal citizens.’ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Justine McCarthy: If Northerners had a vote, Catherine Connolly would be our next president
Northerners have a vested interest in an election portrayed as seminal for the abolition of partition. But they don’t have a vote
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Gaeltacht bookings, aka fastest finger first events, during the working day – not fun.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’ www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/09...
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How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’
Rising food costs, challenging wages, and expensive leases – restaurants are facing a perfect storm. Can they thrive or simply survive
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🤯 Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ vision met with anger in Israel www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ vision met with anger in Israel
Tel Aviv stock exchange plummets and shekel falls sharply against foreign currencies
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This aspect is just so tragically poignant: ‘His disappearance was not noticed until last month, when officials from the Department of Social Protection made checks on a social welfare payment related to him and were unable to determine his location.’ www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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Gardaí expect arrest after remains of Daniel Aruebose found in north Dublin field
Boy (3½) believed to have died four years ago but alarm was not raised until last month
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
That ad where the mum is expected to remember everything and to smile her way through it … they didn’t film it in my house.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Miriam Margolyes: ‘What do these Israelis think that their actions are doing? They’re making the hatred last forever and ever.’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Miriam Margolyes: ‘I can do naughty stories... but I’m more than just a potty mouth’
The British veteran of stage and screen on visiting Ireland, speaking out against Israel and being known for more than her ‘naughty stories’
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
One of us is all sorted for our autumn/winter 25 colour palette.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
We’re at the “this matter has been well aired” stage of the presidential election – always a risky spot.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The wealth-work paradox: why having more leads to working more www.irishtimes.com/business/wor...
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The wealth-work paradox: why having more leads to working more
Economist John Maynard Keynes predicted we’d be working 15 hours a week by 2030; there’s no chance of that now
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Just looking at another shelf of sleep items that don’t work for me.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Good times.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow? www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
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Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow?
Something has gone badly wrong when, according to UK law, the author is deemed a ‘supporter of terror’
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The bit at the end here about legal advice is very interesting (to those of us in the zone). www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Leaving Cert results: Will 2025 students be badly disadvantaged by grade deflation?
Some 28% of CAO applicants this year are deferral students who received ‘bumper’ grades
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Entrenched views remain barrier to a proper discussion about Irish unity www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Diarmaid Ferriter: Entrenched views remain barrier to real discussion about Irish unity
Much has changed since partition ‘marooned’ Northern nationalists, but much has stayed the same
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Is it possible to sweep a patio while staring at your phone? Theory currently being tested here.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
The author on Brendan O’Connor talking about interacting with dementia patients is saying such useful things. Would recommend listening back if you’re in that often very difficult world.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Grotesque. www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
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From a viewing platform in Israel, observers watch Gaza’s destruction through binoculars
While children starve, tour groups at a viewing point in Sderot pay to view the smoke-filled ruins of the enclave
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Still not over my childhood affair with French school stationery.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
‘But Ireland loves us,’ the children said. They were not the only ones confused www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Justine McCarthy: ‘But Ireland loves us,’ the children said. They were not the only ones confused
A group of volunteers flew to Jordan to give Palestinian GAA fans an alternative holiday after their visas to Ireland were refused
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Mary Robinson: Gaza situation is ‘unconscionable’ and ceasefire is ‘an utter urgency’ www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Mary Robinson: Gaza situation is ‘unconscionable’ and ceasefire is ‘an utter urgency’
Former president calls for a parallel humanitarian and political approach
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
‘We rattled it out in 20 minutes’: how Kingfishr made a hurling team song into an Irish folk smash hit www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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‘We rattled it out in 20 minutes’: how Kingfishr made a hurling team song into an Irish folk smash hit
Thanks to its sense of romance and camaraderie, Killeagh went viral on TikTok and spent 18 weeks in the Irish Top 10. The band explain how a studio jape has united Ireland
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I found where all your Vinted stuff goes in France.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Malachy Clerkin: Forget burning tricolours and immigrant effigies, Croke Park is where our culture is this weekend www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
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Malachy Clerkin: Forget burning tricolours and immigrant effigies, Croke Park is where our culture is this weekend
An exciting weekend of All-Ireland football semi-finals lie ahead - Tyrone v Kerry on Saturday followed by Meath v Donegal on Sunday
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Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Small thread
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Currently feeling the ‘feir’ about Albufeira myself. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Leaving Cert holidays: Sun, street fights and big spending on Zante’s party strip
Students’ annual holiday pilgrimage is in full swing and some parents are even jetting out to stay nearby just in case
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Wee cat umbrella.
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Learn about all the things you’re doing wrong when you make pasta – Pasta the Italian nonna way: ‘Spaghetti alla bolognese does not exist’ www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/07...
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Pasta the Italian nonna way: ‘Spaghetti alla bolognese does not exist’
The Venturi sisters have more than a couple of pointers about how Irish people should be cooking and serving their pasta
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Hoping this is their peak. www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
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Kerry blitz Armagh and again prove masters at confounding expectation
The All-Ireland champions were overwhelmed in 15 minutes during the second half
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Úna McCaffrey @unamccaffrey.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
There was a small and very sweet Donegal toddler behind me at Croke Park yesterday who kept putting her wee, pudgy arms around my neck. Almost as good as Tyrone beating Dublin.
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