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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#NotInMyName
#justice4lyra
#LyraMcKee
#Derry
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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"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. ❤️🕊✊️
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
Book now: buff.ly/TQReJ3D
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
Book now: buff.ly/g48hg81
Thanks for sharing @sdp.bsky.social #LyraMcKee sadly missed
Here’s a video of that @journalismfestival.bsky.social panel in 2017, featuring the inimitable, deeply-missed #LyraMcKee:
www.youtube.com/live/PJA6Q4H...
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
@LyraMcKee A piece from @dgquarterly featuring Lyra's publisher, Tina Calder:
www.slow-journalism.com/stories/remembering-lyra...
#LyraMcKee
#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...
#journalism
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.
#LyraMcKee