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Tony Connelly (born 21 December 1964, in County Antrim) is an Irish journalist and author. He is Europe Editor for RTÉ News. Connelly has written for other agencies and publications, including Time, United Press International and the Irish Independent. His views have also been sought by Euronews, which considers him a respected journalist and "experienced Euro watcher". Connelly's first book Don't Mention the Wars: A Journey Through European Stereotypes was published in 2009. Early and personal life Connelly was born in 1964. He lived in Portstewart, before moving to Derry at the age of six. He studied English at Trinity College Dublin. After failing to qualify for a course in the National Institute for Higher Education, he moved to London to work on a construction site. He was laid off after his first day. He lives in Brussels. His son Matteo lives in Rome. Career Connelly's journalistic career began writing for the Derry Journal and the Oxford Courier. He returned to Ireland in 1990. He gained work in the Irish Independent, Evening Herald, Time and United Press International. He joined RTÉ in 1994 as a television and radio reporter. Connelly has reported from conflicts in Rwanda, Angola, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Georgia and Gaza. In 2001 he was appointed Europe correspondent for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, along with Sean Whelan. He won an ESB National Media Award in 1998 and a second in 2001 in the Campaigning and Social Issues category. In 2007, he examined the development of biofuels for RTÉ. In 2009, at least one newspaper indicated he might replace Charlie Bird as RTÉ's Washington Correspondent should Bird opt out. Bird did prematurely leave his post, replaced by Richard Downes. That year he travelled via train around Eastern Europe for RTÉ, through Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. In 2011, Connelly was appointed RTÉ's Europe Editor. In February 2022, while Connelly was reporting on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv, he was forced to shelter in a basement amid fears of further Russian air strikes. Bibliography Don't Mention the Wars: A Journey Through European Stereotypes (2009). This book details European stereotypical views. Historian Bridget Hourican in The Irish Times notes the author "has plunged straight in: are all French waiters rude, Germans innately bellicose, Swedes depressed, Spaniards obsessed with death"? Connelly confronts the stereotypes of ten EU countries, visiting them all — "In Paris he’s served in a swanky restaurant; in Spain he attends a bullfight; in Sweden he looks at a skyscraper where none of the windows opens (to prevent suicide)". The book was launched at the European Union building on Dawson Street in Dublin on 25 November 2009. Brexit & Ireland (2017). References External links Tony Connelly's views on "the media war in Gaza" Interview with Irish correspondent Tony Connelly on "Lisbon Treaty: a crucial moment for enlargement?" Europe's Revolution – 20 years on — Tony Connelly's train journey through Eastern Europe (Article from The Sunday Times). Discover the Tony Connelly popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tony Connelly books.
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The Fifth Girl
Georgia FancettWhen DC Rawls decided to take some time off work for his mental health, he thought he would need just a few days. However, it's been months since that terrible night and Rawls stil...
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Alchemist
Peter JamesWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger...Monty Bannerman's father is a leading genetic scientist, and Nobel Prize winner, whose company has just been taken over by what will soon...
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Presumed Dead
Mason Cross'I absolutely LOVED it, move over Reacher, I have a new favourite hero.' Jenny Blackhurst'What do you know about the Devil Mountain Killer?'THENAdeline Connor was the Devil Mountai...
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Sweet Heart
Peter James'This book inflicts more shocks than an electric fence.' Daily MailCharley has a strange feeling when she sees the idyllic mill house with its cluster of outbuildings, the lake and...
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Darian Richards Crime Files
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Elle Croft'Utterly absorbing and thoughtprovoking' Caz Frear'What a premise, and packed with suspense' Victoria Selman'A dark, delicious triumph' Niki MackayIf what they said was true, then ...
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All Fall Down
M. J. ArlidgeFROM THE MIND OF THE MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLER M.J. ARLIDGE COMES THE BRAND NEW SERIAL KILLER THRILLER STARRING DETECTIVE INSPECTOR HELEN GRACE... "You have one hour to live."Those...
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The Dance of the Serpents
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The Unwanted Dead
Chris Lloyd'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.' ANDREW TAYLORWINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE ...
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Faith
Peter JamesHow perfect is too perfect?Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful, and certainly one of the richest, plastic surgeons in the business. Such a ma...
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Dreamer
Peter JamesWhen waking from your dream means living your nightmare...The last time the dream came, Sam was seven years old; and that was the night her parents were to die.Twentyfive years lat...
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We Can See You
Simon KernickIf you like David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James, you'll love this frighteningly tense, spinetingling thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick the UK...
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Shadow of a Doubt
Michelle Davies'Pure suspense, where past and present collide with chilling results' Erin Kelly'A hugely entertaining, fastpaced thriller' Caz Frear'It's a pitchperfect blend of ghostly terror an...
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Lawyer X
Anthony Dowsley & Patrick CarlyonUnderbelly meets Molly's Game the true crime investigation that rewrote the story of Melbourne's infamous gangland war and triggered a royal commission.Melbourne's gangland war wa...
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Host
Peter JamesHow far would you go to live forever?Brilliant scientist Joe Messenger believes that people can be made to live for ever. Knowing the human body can be frozen indefinitely, Joe dev...
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The Guilty Wife
Elle CroftTHE TOP 10 EBOOK BESTSELLER 'A gripping tale of betrayal, deceit, and duplicity. Fabulous.' Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You 'Relentless and intense...I loved the final ...