Siobhán Cronin Editor
  • Cork
  • The Southern Star

Siobhán is the editor of The Southern Star. Her 35 year career includes senior roles at the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, In Dublin magazine (editor), and several regional newspapers, including the Leitrim Observer, Longford News and Nationalist group of newspapers in Carlow and Kildare.

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208 Articles
3 months ago
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New rules are a ‘ticking timebomb’ for tourism

THERE’S a ‘ticking time bomb’ facing tourism providers in rural Ireland, according to West Cork-based Máire Ní Mhurch...

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4 months ago
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I refused to let our female reporters interact with Bailey

OPINION: Southern Star editor Siobhán Cronin never felt comfortable around Ian Bailey, and refused to let female repo...

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4 months ago
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Families are hopeful of new Whiddy inquests

A NEW inquest into the deaths of 50 people in the Whiddy Oil disaster of 1979 could soon get the go-ahead, according ...

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5 months ago
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Bere Island chosen by EU to transition to clean energy by 2030

BY HELEN RIDDELL BERE Island Projects Group are one a number of Irish islands who have been selected to be one of 30 ...

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5 months ago
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Status orange rainfall warning for West Cork and Kerry from tonight

MET Eireann has issued a Status Orange rainfall warning for tonight and tomorrow in West Cork and Kerry.

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5 months ago
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Happy Christmas from The Southern Star editor and the editorial team

HAPPY Christmas to you and your loved ones, from all of us at The Southern Star.2023 has been another incredibly busy...

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5 months ago
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Shoeboxes ready to bring joy to over 3,000 Albanian children

THE woman behind the creation of magical Christmas presents for children who won’t otherwise get any gifts, has said ...

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5 months ago
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Putting your best arm forward

An estimated 20,000 people have been diagnosed in Ireland with haemochromatosis – the disorder which can lead to dang...

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5 months ago
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Putting your best arm forward

An estimated 20,000 people have been diagnosed in Ireland with haemochromatosis – the disorder which can lead to dang...

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5 months ago
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Appeals court rejects Clon woman's claims she pleaded guilty to harassment while 'under duress'

BY EOIN REYNOLDSTHE Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by a mother to set aside her plea of guilty to the repeated ha...

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5 months ago
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Lough Hyne on swimming ‘top 10’ despite scientists’ warnings

FÁILTE Ireland has named Lough Hyne, the marine nature reserve outside of Skibbereen, as one its recommended ’10 perf...

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5 months ago
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Kilmichael men died 'so we may have democratic Ireland' – O'Cuív

BY SIOBHÁN CRONIN THE ambush at Kilmichael in 1920 is commemorated annually to remember those who fought and died so ...

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