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EDITOR’S NOTE Standing together


Journalists and allies around the world marked this year’s UNESCO World Press Freedom Day just weeks after the senseless killing of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry. At a seminar in Belfast, Séamus Dooley, Irish


secretary, recalled Lyra and the late Martin O’Hagan. He reaffirmed the NUJ’s unwavering support for justice to be delivered in those cases, and for journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey. He also warned of ongoing threats to journalism. Noting that newsrooms are being starved of resources, he said, “If we are to serve democracy then we need the resources to report, to critically analyse and to engage in


informed, investigative journalism.” We stand with Lyra and Martin and everything


they exemplified – courage, integrity, the relentless pursuit of truth through the best of investigative journalism. Such journalism is at the heart of democracy. And we also stand together against threats to


our profession and its standards, mindful that these threats do not come from external forces alone.


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Let us know what’s happening in your branch. Contact the Irish Journalist by email at irishjournalist@nuj.ie.


Carolyn Farrar, editor Derry and North West branch


Outgoing Vice President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness, flanked by Dearbhail McDonald, left, and Aileen O’Meara take part in the vigil walk from the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin. Photo: Courtesy of Sasko Lazarov.


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