6 years ago we lost this light 😭💔

She was taken far too young. Had her life ahead of her!

Justice needs to be served!

Speak her name! Lyra!

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#LyraMcKee
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Lyra McKee, a journalist who was murdered by dissident republicans in 2019 in Derry.

Never forgotten. #LyraMcKee

Lyra McKee (1990-2019), Northern Irish journalist

Died #otd Lyra McKee (1990-2019), Northern Irish journalist, 6 years ago today #LyraMcKee life story...

"It won't always be like this. It's going to get better."

✒️ Remembering #LyraMcKee, brilliant #Irish journalist, who was murdered #OTD 18 April 2019, while covering riots in #Derry.

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Lyra McKee obituary: Journalist cut down in her prime by dissident republicans Northern Irish author was also an active campaigner for LGBTQI and women’s rights

"At her funeral Father Martin Magill, a personal friend, recalled that she had tweeted him a photo of herself dressed up as a nun and with a bottle of cider in her hand: 'Need any help with mass tomorrow?'"

#LyraMcKee
(1990-2019)
Born on this day

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We remember #LyraMcKee - we do not forget her. @mahiramakrishna.bsky.social @sotiria-georganti.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social

Today, we remember #LyraMcKee on what would have been her 35th birthday. The Northern Irish journalist was murdered while observing a riot on 18 April 2019. The New IRA claimed responsibility, and three men were charged in 2024. Her legacy lives on.

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Happy 35th Birthday #LyraMcKee. Gone too soon 💔😢

We're in Belfast for a symposium in loving memory of #LyraMcKee. An excellent panel of speakers discusses the theme of the evening: "AI & Journalism - Opportunity or Threat?"
Let's hope that threats won't outweigh the opportunities.
Love, peace, and solidarity. ❤️🕊✊️

The Lyra McKee Symposium. AI and journalism – threats or opportunities? Join us for a panel discussion looking at the threats of artificial intelligence to journalism and the media in general and asking if there are any opportunities?

Don't miss The Lyra McKee Symposium on 28 March. Topic: AI and journalism. In honour of our much-missed member #LyraMcKee and #ImagineBelfast. Panel: Ciaran O’Connor @ISDGlobal, @laura4gs, @stiofanbruce_ @NUJBelfast
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The Lyra McKee Symposium. AI and journalism – threats or opportunities? Join us for a panel discussion looking at the threats of artificial intelligence to journalism and the media in general and asking if there are any opportunities?

Don't miss The Lyra McKee Symposium on 28 March. Topic: AI and journalism. In honour of our much-missed member #LyraMcKee and #ImagineBelfast. Panel: Ciaran O’Connor @ISDGlobal, @laura4gs, @stiofanbruce_ @NUJBelfast
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Here’s a video of that @journalismfestival.bsky.social panel in 2017, featuring the inimitable, deeply-missed #LyraMcKee:

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In 2017 I led a panel at @journalismfestival.bsky.social of “media on media” - featuring #LyraMcKee in her @mediagazer.com capacity, @mpizarro.bsky.social then of @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social & Catalina Albeanu then of @journalismnews.bsky.social.

Related #starterpack:

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I couldn’t leave #Belfast without seeing the beautiful mural to my lovely, deeply missed friend #LyraMcKee.
We 1st met in 2017, giving #TEDx talks at #Stormont.
Lyra was fatally shot during a riot on 18 April 2019.
A brilliant unfinished life.
#neverforgotten #stillaninspiration

I always think of #LyraMcKee when preparing to head off to Perugia for @journalismfest/#ijf23. I smuggled her into #IJF17 in her @mediagazer role, but she bestrode that edition's scene like the resplendent investigative colossus that she...

4 years. #Justice4Lyra #LyraMckee

“It won’t always be like this, it’s going to get better” #LyraMcKee

3 years. 💔

“It won’t always be like this, it’s going to get better.” #LyraMcKee #Justice4Lyra

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@LyraMcKee A piece from @dgquarterly featuring Lyra's publisher, Tina Calder:
www.slow-journalism.com/stories/remembering-lyra...
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Lyra McKee: man, 52, charged with murder of journalist Police Service of Northern Ireland charges man over murde...

#LyraMcKee / ⁦@LyraMcKee⁩ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/12/lyra...

ARTICLE: “Is ethical #journalism possible in a contested place?” @PeaceJourn @QUBMitchell @Prof_johnbrewer @kathrynjohnston @alaninbelfast @ParkUniversity @ProfJakeLynch @JohanGaltung @BrandonHamber #LyraMckee #SharedFuture

There’s a parliamentary Early Day Motion in support of #LyraMcKee - consider asking your MP to sign it (thanks to the NUJ for the reminder):

edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/52842/m...

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Extraordinary coincidence that this week also brought the #Lyrids meteor shower, “so named because they appear to radiate out from the constellation Lyra”. #LyraMcKee
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I'm very sorry that I won't be able to get to @stbrideschurch in time for the vigil for #LyraMcKee, but will stand where I am, in solidarity with all those at her funeral, in London and across the UK participating in the 2-minute silence. #IStandWithLyra #journalism

Journalism colleagues in Dublin today will remember Lyra McKee in her own words, and with music and song, at a vigil taking place at 6pm at the entrance to the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square. No party political banners. Please bring a candle. #WeStandWithLyra #LyraMcKee

The International Press Association API-IPA @apibrussels mourns the death of Irish journalist Lyra McKee #LyraMcKee, who was killed last week in Londonderry. This murder strikes a blow at press freedom and the North of Ireland’s peace process. See

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Balthasars Grüne Links wurde soeben publiziert! paper.li/bglaettli/gruene Beiträge u.a. von @GrueneCHdigital @adelethorens @RegulaSterchi #brexit #lyramckee

Extraordinary.
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