# Spotlight

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2022

# Spotlight

'Sure give a dog a bad name anyway' - David Brady downplays sideline incident in Leinster tie

The Ratoath manager saw his team beat Offaly’s Rhode yesterday.

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Nov 7th 2022, 6:30 AM

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# Spotlight

Under-fire Alexander-Arnold nets late winner as Liverpool claim Aston Villa comeback

The right back rifled home a shot to snatch a 2-1 Premier League victory and end the Reds’ worst home league run in their history.

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Apr 10th 2021, 5:21 PM

# Spotlight

From the gainline to the frontline: Niamh Briggs on the huge opportunity for women's rugby

The tournament will be ‘front and centre’ for the next few weeks, according to the Irish rugby legend, who has been working as a garda through the pandemic.

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Apr 1st 2021, 5:02 PM

# Spotlight

Six more GAA icons announced to feature in Laohcra Gael series

The series will continue on 25 March and will run until 29 April.

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Mar 18th 2021, 7:15 PM

# Spotlight

Dundalk star hoping to boost Ireland international prospects with another stellar season

Michael Duffy is aiming to impress, as the two title favourites prepare to do battle in front of what is expected to be a record Tallaght crowd.

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Feb 27th 2020, 6:22 PM

# Spotlight

'Celebrities are being hounded': Politicians hit out at press intrusion in wake of Caroline Flack's death

The 40 year-old was found dead at her east London flat on Saturday.

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Feb 17th 2020, 8:35 AM

# Spotlight

'He’s brimming at the minute. We’re expecting good things from Conor'

Andy Farrell has opted to keep John Cooney on the Ireland bench for the Scotland clash.

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Jan 29th 2020, 6:00 AM

# Spotlight

Old Trafford scouting mission gives Idah chance to force his way into Ireland's Euro 2020 play-off plans

Teenager looks set to start for Norwich City in front of Mick McCarthy’s assistant Terry Connor on Saturday.

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Jan 8th 2020, 12:34 PM

# Belfast

MI5 'destroyed material' held by inquiry examining Pat Finucane murder

The solicitor was shot dead by loyalists at his home in Belfast in 1989.

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Oct 8th 2019, 10:54 AM

# in the spotlight

Gambling firm's integrity unit blew whistle on Wales assistant coach Howley

‘We’re checking in on his wellbeing as we formalise our processes to get through the investigation,’ says WRU CEO Martyn Phillips.

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Sep 18th 2019, 12:00 PM

# Spotlight

The Irish star who could help Liverpool make Premier League history

After a difficult season for the club, Shane Duffy chats to The42 about hoping to inspire Brighton to a positive result against Man City today.

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May 12th 2019, 7:00 AM

# Spotlight

'It needs to be more than sorry': Archbishop wants Pope to meet abuse victims during Irish visit

The comments from the Church come ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland next week.

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Aug 17th 2018, 9:08 AM

# Spotlight

Volkswagen launches the all-new Touareg with impressive new safety systems

New high-tech Volkswagen Touareg arrives in summer.

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Mar 26th 2018, 2:46 PM

# Spotlight

Disgraced Boston cardinal at the centre of Spotlight case dies

Law had been sick and was recently hospitalised in Rome.

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Dec 20th 2017, 7:05 AM

# Robin Newton

Stormont speaker rejects allegations he misled assembly over role with UDA-linked group

The allegations were made in a BBC Spotlight programme last night.

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Oct 11th 2017, 11:37 AM

# Spotlight

'I'm gonna shock the whole God damn world': McGregor talks up Mayweather bout

The MMA star remained coy on a potential date for the bout and told reporters, ‘It’s getting close’.

13.7k

Mar 18th 2017, 5:17 AM

# Spotlight

Gerry Adams is suing the BBC for alleging he approved murder of Denis Donaldson

Donaldson (55) was shot dead at an isolated cottage near Glenties in Co Donegal in April 2006.

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Sep 29th 2016, 12:42 PM

# Spotlight

Former Nama adviser secretly recorded accepting almost €50k in car park

The recording was made in 2012, when Frank Cushnahan was still working as an adviser to Nama in Northern Ireland.

36.2k

Sep 7th 2016, 9:45 AM

# artistic licence

Spotlight producers say dialogue attributed to one character was 'fictionalised'

Jack Dunn, who is portrayed in the film as conspiring with the Catholic Church to cover up abuse, said his portrayal was “personally devastating”.

16.7k

Mar 17th 2016, 4:27 PM

# Spotlight

Bullish Peyton Manning guarantees that HGH investigation will find 'a big fat nothing'

Manning set to become the oldest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history on Sunday.

5.2k

Feb 2nd 2016, 8:50 AM

Voices

A clerical child abuse survivor’s experience of the movie Spotlight

“Spotlight is largely about journalists and journalism…”

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Jan 27th 2016, 5:00 PM

# Child Abuse

Spotlight movie shines light on Catholic Church abuses that are all too familiar

The new Hollywood movie focuses on the Pulitzer Prize winning investigation carried out by The Boston Globe into the Catholic Church’s cover-up of child-molesting priests.

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Jan 10th 2016, 9:00 PM

# Spotlight

Secret footage shows Bank of Ireland employee discussing fraudulent claim

Today the bank said the footage shown in a BBC NI Spotlight programme was “highly edited”.

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Nov 11th 2015, 10:11 AM

# Spotlight

'There might be the odd incident & because it's Ireland v England, it'll get blown out of proportion'

Republic of Ireland captain John O’Shea feels the upcoming friendly will ‘go great’ but that media scrutiny will be huge.

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May 31st 2015, 8:00 PM

# Paudie McGahon

Man who claims he was raped by IRA member wants Sinn Féin to "tell the truth"

Paudie McGahon, speaking on last night’s BBC Spotlight programme, alleged that he was abused by an IRA volunteer.

13.2k

Mar 11th 2015, 8:52 PM

# Spotlight

'Gerry Adams needs to get real': Enda and Joan pile pressure on Sinn Féin president

It follows further revelations by the BBC about alleged abuse in the republican movement.

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Mar 11th 2015, 4:45 PM

# ira abuse claims

Micheál Martin: I know Gerry Adams was a former chief of staff of the IRA

The Fianna Fáil leader made the comment in the Dáil as new abuse claims will be broadcast on BBC Spotlight this evening.

39.3k

Mar 10th 2015, 8:05 PM

# Spotlight

'The foetus is regarded as a citizen': How world media reported yesterday's High Court decision

Ireland’s abortion ban has been thrust back in to the international spotlight.

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Dec 27th 2014, 10:15 AM

# Brooklyn

LeBron wore the 'I Can't Breathe' protest t-shirt before the Cavs' 7th straight win last night

But LBJ wasn’t the biggest star on show in Brooklyn last night.

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Dec 9th 2014, 12:30 PM

# Spotlight

Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin expenses north of the border 'off the richter scale'

His comments came after BBC Spotlight revealed that Sinn Féin MLAs claimed almost £700,000 for research purposes in the last decade.

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Nov 26th 2014, 6:25 PM

# abuse claims

Enda Kenny has 'absolutely no problem' meeting four involved in Maíria Cahill case

The Taoiseach will meet with the four people named in the BBC Spotlight programme that sparked the controversy.

11.8k

Oct 29th 2014, 10:55 PM

# Spotlight

Work of three Irish photojournalists chosen for World Press Photo Awards displayed

The exhibition opens today.

9.6k

Oct 17th 2014, 9:38 AM

# Spotlight

Mary Lou: I am absolutely satisified that Gerry Adams is telling the truth

The Sinn Féin deputy leader has defended Adams in the wake of claims about how he dealt with abuse allegations in the republican movement.

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Oct 16th 2014, 11:18 PM

# Spotlight

Sinn Féin offering to meet Maíria Cahill over IRA rape claims

Cahill, a niece of IRA member Joe Cahill, says the IRA convened a ‘kangaroo court’ to deal with the abuse claims, in order to prevent a police investigation.

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Oct 16th 2014, 2:21 PM