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Laura Fitzgerald

@Laura_Fitzer

Communications Manager RTÉ News & Current Affairs, Chocoholic, Declutterer, TV and Sports Fan. Views expressed are my own and do not express the views of RTÉ.

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Joined July 2011
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Aoife Stokes@aoifstokesFeb 9
An excellent reminder why public service broadcasting matters - a gripping and desperately sad investigation into failings in psychiatric care on @RTEOne now giving a voice to the families of very vulnerable and unwell people not getting the help they need 💔 #rteinvestigates
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Marie Crowe@mariecrowe20 Nov 2025
Coming up tonight 📺
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Prime Time 9.35pm on @RTEOne: How specialist schools benefit children with severe dyslexia, and the impact on families who struggle to get places. Marie Crowe tells her story and speaks to Irish rugby int'l Jack Conan and Kerry legend Kieran Donaghy on their experiences. #rtept
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Former Central Bank boss admits he was ‘too trusting’ of banks independent.ie/business/pers…
Former Central Bank boss admits he was ‘too trusting’ of banks

Former Central Bank boss admits he was ‘too trusting’ of banks

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Ex-Central Bank boss criticises banks on tracker scandal. Watch Trackers: The People V The Banks tonight at 9.35pm on RTE One rte.ie/news/business/2025/11…
Ex-Central Bank boss criticises banks on tracker scandal

Ex-Central Bank boss criticises banks on tracker scandal

The former governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan, has said the organisation was probably too trusting of the banks when it was dealing with the tracker mortgage scandal.

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@RTEOne3 Nov 2025
Billed as the biggest consumer banking scandal in the history of the State, the Tracker mortgages scandal has left some of its victims facing financial ruin. #Trackers | Monday at 9:35pm
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RTÉ Business@RTEbusiness7 Oct 2025
RTÉ will provide comprehensive coverage and analysis of Budget 2026 across online, radio and television with extensive reporting and reaction in both English and as Gaeilge. rte.ie/b/1537104

How to stay up to date with Budget 2026 on RTÉ

RTÉ will provide comprehensive coverage and analysis of Budget 2026 across online, radio and television with extensive reporting and reaction in both English and as Gaeilge.

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RTÉ Nationwide@RTENationwide14 Sep 2025
We meet the Head Gardener at Áras an Uachtaráin to hear about the teamwork behind keeping the gardens pristine all year round, especially for the annual garden parties on #RTENationwide Monday 15th September @RTEOne 7pm @PresidentIRL @BlathnaidRua @Dublin_ie @VisitDublin @rte RT
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RTÉ Nationwide@RTENationwide1 Aug 2025
We’re in Wexford as the town gets ready to welcome up to 600,000 musicians and visitors from around the world for a week of ceol, dance, song agus craic at @fleadhcheoil on #RTENationwide Friday 1st August @RTEOne 7pm @mattoceallaigh @visitwexford @Comhaltas @culture_ireland RT
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RTÉ Nationwide@RTENationwide28 Jul 2025
A trip down memory lane to Bundoran County Donegal on @RTENationwide Mon 29th July on @RTEOne at 7pm Pls. RT @RTEArchives @Failte_Ireland @TourismIreland @donegalcouncil @DonegalCoArchiv
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Culture That Made Me: RTÉ broadcaster Áine Lawlor picks her touchstones: irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/… @IEArtsCulture @lawlor_aine @morningireland @Laura_Fitzer

Culture That Made Me: RTÉ broadcaster Áine Lawlor picks her touchstones 

Áine Lawlor includes Jane Austen, The Godfather, and a Louis Theroux documentary among her selections

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Congratulations to @maurafay_11 who was awarded Court Reporting Broadcast Justice Media Award for her report on the family court for @TodaywithClaire @RTERadio1 #JMA25
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Delighted to see that the dedicated team behind the @RTEOne documentary Michael Lynn: The Fugitive won the TV Broadcast Justice Media Award - journalist Michael O’Farrell, @FPF_Docs and RTE’s Grainne McAleer
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Congratulations to @MarkLTighe and @mariecrowe for winning a Justice Media Award for their two and half year joint investigation into widespread allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by women against Irish male soccer coaches #JMA25 #rteinvestigates
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#RTEInvestigates - Nursing home had 198 notifications of abuse allegations via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/061…
Nursing home had 198 notifications of abuse allegations

Nursing home had 198 notifications of abuse allegations

An interim report from the Health Information and Quality Authority into the two nursing homes featured in an RTÉ Investigates programme has revealed one of the residences had almost 200 notificati...

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Read: Safeguarding concerns in the spotlight after #RTEInvestigates exposé by ⁦@AilbheConneely⁩ rte.ie/news/2025/0614/151839…
Safeguarding concerns in the spotlight after RTÉ exposé

Safeguarding concerns in the spotlight after RTÉ exposé

For years, concerns have centred around safeguarding in nursing homes, writes Social Affairs Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely.

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Paul Murphy@MurphyPaule5 Jun 2025
This stunning and heartbreaking exposé by ⁦@aoifehegs,⁩ Lucy Kennedy, the stellar undercover reporters and #RTÉInvestigates team is on ⁦@RTEplayer⁩. Valuable public-service broadcasting that takes so much time, planning and expertise to make. rte.ie/player/movie/rte-inve…

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Watch all your favourite TV shows Live or On Demand on your PC, smartphone or tablet for free.

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This important #rteinvestigates public interest documentary is due to diligent journalism of @aoifehegs producer Lucy Kennedy, Editor David Doran & our undercover researchers. Thank you to the whistleblowers, contributors and all who trusted the @rte team to tell this story
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“Investigation shows dire practices at privately-run nursing homes” #rteinvestigates irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
Investigation shows dire practices at privately-run nursing homes

Investigation shows dire practices at privately-run nursing homes 

The cost for a resident staying at the two homes in question is €1,320 and €1,514 per week

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Undercover RTE documentary highlights shocking treatment in Irish nursing homes #rteinvestigates irishmirror.ie/news/irish-ne…

Undercover RTE documentary highlights shocking treatment in Irish nursing homes

RTÉ doc shows shocking nursing home footage as residents left soiled and crying for help

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Nursing home staff member: ‘I wouldn’t put my mother here, even if it’s my last breath’ #rteinvestigates extra.ie/2025/06/04/news/iri…
Nursing home staff member: ‘I wouldn’t put my mother here, even if it's my last breath’

Nursing home staff member: ‘I wouldn’t put my mother here, even if it's my last breath’

A healthcare assistant at the country’s biggest nursing home operator told an undercover reporter she ‘wouldn’t put my mother here, even if it’s my last breath’

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