Aoife Moore Explained

Aoife Moore
Employer:BBC
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Derry, Northern Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Occupation:Political correspondent
Awards:Irish Journalist of the Year 2021

Aoife-Grace Moore is an Irish BBC journalist and political correspondent, from Derry, Northern Ireland. Based in the Republic of Ireland, she is best known for breaking the Oireachtas Golf Society scandal, "Golfgate", story with Paul Hosford for the Irish Examiner in 2020.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Background

A Derry native, Moore is the niece of Bloody Sunday victim Patrick Doherty.[6] She is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University.[7]

Career

Moore has worked for Press Association, and the Irish Examiner.[7]

While working for the Examiner, Moore was the target of tweets as part of the Eoghan Harris Twitter scandal,[8] [9] and has been the subject of workplace sexual harassment.[10]

She wrote a bestselling non-fiction book about Sinn Féin "The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin" for Sandycove publishing[3] and Penguin in the United Kingdom. Upon its release in September 2023 it was described as "a compelling and revealing account of modern Sinn Féin, which sets out in considerable detail the inner workings of the party, its dynamics, and its power games" by The Irish Times.[11] Furthermore, the English newspaper The Guardian described the book as both "fascinating" and "insightful" and named it book of the day on 15 September 2023.[12]

Golfgate

Una Mullally described Moore and Hosford's Golfgate coverage as the "scoop of the year",[5] and they shared the NewsBrands Ireland "Journalist of the Year Award".[13]

Fools for Love

In October 2023 Moore presented "Fools for Love?" on RTÉ One an acclaimed[14] [15] documentary which explored the dangers of online dating. The documentary found Moore interviewing various women and hearing about their experiences of looking for love on dating apps.

Mo Mowlam

In April 2023 Moore appeared on the Late Late Show and said she "would not rest" until British politician Mo Mowlam's contribution to the Good Friday Agreement was more widely acknowledged.[16] Mowlam supported members of the British Army not facing prosecution for murdering Moore’s uncle.

Notes and References

  1. 281753950502408192 . Aoife Moore . away fixture is 4 days before my 22nd birthday... this could be epic. . aoifegracemoore . 2012-12-20.
  2. News: Moore . Aoife-Grace . Hosford . Paul . 2020-08-20 . Calleary admits to breaching health guidelines at golf social event . 2020-08-23. . en.
  3. Web site: October 1, 2021 . Sian . Bayley . Sandycove signs 'definitive' book on Sinn Féin by journalist Moore . .
  4. Web site: Aoife Moore on online abuse: 'Being Northern and a woman compounds it'. Jack. Quann. . 10 January 2020.
  5. United Ireland . BYLINE: Aoife Grace Moore on Apple Podcasts. Apple Podcasts. Una . Mullally . Una Mullally . Andrea . Horan.
  6. Web site: Mick Clifford Podcast: Aoife Moore on how Bloody Sunday shaped whole communities. 29 January 2022. Irish Examiner.
  7. Web site: Meet the Media: Aoife-Grace Moore. 10 June 2020. EolasMagazine.ie.
  8. News: Journalists Allison Morris and Aoife Moore to take legal action against Eoghan Harris and Twitter . Claire . Simpson. 12 May 2021. 12 May 2021 . The Irish News.
  9. aoifegracemoore . 1390432338253910026 . Moore . Aoife . This account sent me sexualised messages about whether Mary Lou McDonald "turned me on", the size of my arse and called me a terrorist from the month I started at the Examiner. Since then, I've had to go to counselling and the guards..
  10. News: Aoife Moore: My sexual harassment story is not an outlier. Aoife. Moore. Aoife Moore . 14 September 2020. Irish Examiner. 2022-02-04.
  11. Web site: The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore - Readable and revealing . 2024-09-23 . The Irish Times . en.
  12. News: Carroll . Rory . 2023-09-15 . The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore review – going mainstream . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-20 . 0261-3077.
  13. News: The Irish Times wins six categories at NewsBrands Journalism Awards . Mark . Hilliard . 2 December 2021 . subscription . The Irish Times.
  14. Web site: O’Callaghan . Helen . 2023-10-04 . Fools For Love? review: Aoife Moore's show lifts the lid on the dark side of online dating . 2024-09-23 . Irish Examiner . en.
  15. Web site: Fools for Love? Online dating in a cesspit crawling with creeps and compulsives . 2024-09-23 . The Irish Times . en.
  16. News: Reporter. Extra. 2023-08-04. Aoife Moore lauded for poignant Late Late moment. en. Extra.ie. 2024-02-11.

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