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Should children be allowed to consume disturbing news?

The Irish Times 22 Jan 2023

A child’s temperament is the best guide when it comes to ‘how much is too much’, says expert. Editors of RTÉ's news2day Avril Hoare (left) and Anne Marie Smyth. Photograph. RTÉ Jen Hogan. Sun Jan 22 2023 - 05.00 ... Some parents choose to try to “shield” their children from the news altogether ... “The girls are nine and 12 ... “I knew nothing about him ... READ MORE.

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Presenter Zainab Boladale: ‘I’m embedded in youth culture and I reflect that in what I do on Nationwide’

Irish Independent 03 Jul 2022

My editors, Avril Hoare and Anne-Marie Smyth, were very nurturing, giving me advice, telling me, ‘You got this’.“Even when I made blips, they’d say, ‘Chill out ... “They sent me on a story to Limerick about Avril Riordan, ...

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National Library of Ireland collects news2day artwork for archive

RTE 15 Dec 2020

Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, Dr Collins said ... @moscannail has more ... Avril Hoare and Anne-Marie Smyth, editors of news2day, say they are thrilled that the artwork is being added to the NLI archive, believing that it will be a valuable resource in the future. .

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'In covering the pandemic, we talked a lot about how things can be made better' - meet the journalists who deliver the news to kids

Irish Independent 23 Sep 2020

You don't have to look too far to see that the world is in pretty depressing shape in 2020 ... Along with Anne-Marie Smyth, Avril Hoare is an editor of RTÉ's news programme for children, news2day ... "Children take things literally so we'd never say something like, 'She has lost her grandmother'," Hoare explains ... .

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Telling it like it is: Honesty is key when delivering kids news

Irish Independent 23 Sep 2020

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How do we cope with negative news stories?

RTE 21 Aug 2019

Analysis. we are rarely afforded the time to emotionally process the high frequency of difficult news stories around us ... From Rearing to Go, RTÉ's new2day editor Avril Hoare and Daddy blogger Ross Good join Taragh Loughrey-Grant to discuss how to talk to our kids about what’s happening on the news ... ... .

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How to talk to your kids about the News

RTE 09 Nov 2017

RTÉ's new2day editor Avril Hoare and Daddy blogger Ross Good join Taragh Loughrey-Grant to discuss how to talk to our kids about what's happening on the News ... According to editor Avril Hoare, ...

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The Woman at 72 Derry Lane by Carmel Harrington

RTE 17 Jun 2017

Carmel Harrington's new novel deals with a woman suffering at the hands of an abusive husband. Avril Hoare declares it to be full of 'heart, humour and hope'. Stella Greene lives a charmed life. She has a loving, attentive husband, a beautiful home, a wardrobe full of designer clothes. A life of stress free bliss ... They are stuck ... .

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Reviewed: Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout

RTE 23 May 2017

Avril Hoare reviews the new novel from the Pullitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name Is Lucy Barton. One thing I remember from Leaving Cert Economics, is The Law of Diminishing Returns. In very simple terms (I scraped a 'C';), the second slice of cake never tastes quite as good as the first slice ... .

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Reviewed: Min Jin Lee - Pachinko

RTE 18 Apr 2017

There can hardly be a family in Ireland that doesn't have someone who left, whether by choice or necessity. The only way off the island is by crossing seas and oceans ... Most probably wondering if they were doing the right thing.. Sometimes leaving breaks your heart but still easier than staying ... It's a big book, almost 500 pages ... Avril Hoare .

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Graeme Simsion - The Best of Adam Sharp

RTE 14 Mar 2017

Adam Sharp is going through a bit of a mid life crisis - he just doesn't know it. On the face of it, life is good. He has a long term partner, a job as an IT consultant and a passion for music and pub quizzes. So far so good. Maybe more When I';m 64" than Light My Fire but Adam is okay with that ... They part ... Avril Hoare .

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John Boyne - The Heart's Invisible Furies

RTE 17 Jan 2017

Who is he? This is the central, burning question concerning the character Cyril Avery in John Boyne's ambitious and deeply moving new novel The Heart's Invisible Furies. Avril Hoare was enthralled ... Cyril Avery isn't defined by his name. He isn't allowed to be ... So she did what she had to do, she left ... It is heartbreaking ... Avril Hoare ... .

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Officials do few favours for Magdalenes

Irish Times 18 Jun 2011

It is vital that the person appointed to chair the Magdalenes committee is a formidable character, writes PATSY McGARRY� ... That was not all ... She told interviewer Avril Hoare how she "cried and cried" on being committed to the Good Shepherd laundry in Cork by "the Cruelty man" (from the then National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) ... .

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Portlaoise pronunciation provokes radio debate

Unison 31 Jan 2002

By Darren O’ Loughlin ... Or, should that be Portlaoise (pronounced Portleesha)? Or Maryborough, maybe? ... Among the ambiguous words considered by Avril Hoare on the show was Portlaoise, which was variously pronounced with and without an emphasis on the ‘e’ ... And so, in Avril Hoare’s words, 2fm travelled to “County Portlaoise”.