2 EDITOR’S NOTE Planning the future, celebrating the past


In a few days from now, delegates and other members from across the island will gather in Dublin for the NUJ’s Biennial Delegate Conference, to highlight union actions for the coming two years. More than that, the union that weekend will


also honour and celebrate its newest Life Members, recognising 30 members for 40 years of active union membership. These celebrations bring out the best of what


we are, with a focus on issues of importance to our members, and a well-deserved recognition of those women and men who have kept the NUJ flag flying throughout their careers. If you haven’t yet had a chance to look


through this year’s motions, you will find them in this issue. They represent not just words but actions, and those motions that BDC adopts this month will form part of the workload for the


union in the years ahead. We are all encouraged to play a part in our


union, by working with our chapels and branches on the ground, by bringing motions to BDC and DM, and by following up to ensure adopted motions are acted on. It’s our union. More than that, we are the union.


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The Irish Journalist is your publication. We encourage you to get in touch with local events and actions, new books by members, and other matters of interest. Help us get your work and the work of your branches and chapels out to members. Send any correspondence to irishjournalist@nuj.ie. And, finally, thanks yet again to Brendan


Carroll for his unstinting work on the production of The Irish Journalist.


Carolyn Farrar, editor


From left, Trevor Birney, Gerry Carson, President Michael D Higgins, Sabina Higgins, and Barry McCaffrey at Áras an Uachtaráin.


‘No Stone Unturned’ journalists attend president’s reception


Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were the guests of President Michael D Higgins and his wife, Sabina, at Áras an Uachtaráin in June. They were joined at the Áras by Gerry


Carson, joint cathaoirleach of the IEC, who presented President Higgins with a piece of Waterford crystal to recognise his support for journalists in the North. Trevor and Barry produced the powerful documentary, ‘No Stone Unturned’ about the Loughinisland massacre.


Holliman for Press Council


Siobhan Holliman


Siobhan Holliman, deputy editor of The Tuam Herald, is the new NUJ representative to the Press Council of Ireland.


Siobhan succeeds Deaglán de Bréadún as the NUJ representative on the council. Siobhan has been a member of the IEC since 2013, when she job shared as a provincial newspaper representative. She held the position of leas cathaoirleach of the IEC during the 2017-2019 term and has represented the IEC on several occasions. Siobhan has been with The Tuam Herald for the past 16 years. Prior to that she worked in broadcasting for several years, including Mid- West Radio and Galway Bay fm. Siobhan is an active member of the West of Ireland branch.


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