8 IRISH BIENNIAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE 2019 Defending Journalism


in Times of Crisis Biennial Delegate Conference 2019


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NUJ honours Life Members


The NUJ celebrated its newest life members on Friday, November 15th, at an event on the eve of the Biennial Delegates Conference, paying tribute to activists and members whose time with the union spanned at least 40 – and in one case, 60 – years. “You are an inspiration to all of us,” Séamus Dooley, Irish Secretary, told the Life Members. Ray Burke, a veteran of The Irish Press and of RTÉ,


thanked the NUJ on behalf of the honourees and also addressed the importance of RTÉ as a national public broadcaster. For RTÉ to be diminished in any way will affect


every citizen in the country, Ray said. “It’s most important that RTÉ continues to be able


to cover the courts, cover politics, local and national,” he said. “If RTÉ isn’t going to do it, who’s going to do it?” Tony Mulvey of the Irish South West branch was honoured for 60 years as an NUJ member. Tony, who began working as a journalist in 1959, brought with


Officers for new IEC


The Biennial Delegates Conference in November elected the IEC officers for the 2019-2021 term. Siobhan Holliman and Dara Bradley (job share),


both of the West of Ireland branch, were elected cathaoirleach; Carolyn Farrar of the Derry and North West branch was elected leas-chathaoirleach; and Cearbhall Ó Síocháin, full-time secretary of the RTÉ Group of Unions, was elected treasurer. The membership of the 2019-2021 IEC, with


photographs, was published in the Winter 2019 issue of The Irish Journalist, which is available for download from the NUJ website, at nuj.org.uk/ documents/the-irish-journalist-winter-2019/.


Tony Mulvey with his own membership card and that of his father from 1943. Photo: Maxwell.


him his membership card as well as his father’s membership card from 1943. The Spring 2019 issue of The Irish Journalist includes a feature on Tony Mulvey, following an Irish South West branch event marking his retirement from The Clare Champion. The Winter 2019 issue ran a story naming all of the new Life Members of the NUJ. Both issues are available for download from the NUJ website, nuj.org.uk.


Award-winning NUJ member’s seminar on photography for


Twitter and Instagram NUJ members are being encouraged to register now for Dublin P&PR’s latest seminar, to be held on Tuesday, March 31st. Photography Tips for Instagram and Twitter will be held in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin at 6.30 pm and will last about two hours. Guest speaker will be Bryan O’Brien, a photographer and video journalist with numerous awards under his belt. Dublin P&PR Branch has said the seminar “is an


Somali journalist Mohamed Abdi Gouled addresses the conference seminar. Pictured with Michael Fisher, NEC and Emma O’Kelly, Chair, Dublin broadcasting branch. Photo: Derek Speirs.


absolute must for all members who utilise social media for themselves, a news organisation or client”. The seminar is free but those wishing to attend must register on Eventbrite as there are a limited number of places available. You must be a member of the NUJ to attend. The March event is the latest in the branch’s recent


seminars. In January, former RTÉ producer and communications consultant, Simon Devilly, delivered a timely seminar on how to cover an election count.


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