Vincent Kearney
Vincent Kearney is Northern Editor for Raidió Teilifís Eireann (RTE), Ireland’s national public service broadcaster. A former Northern Ireland Journalist of the Year, he previously worked for the BBC, Sunday Times and the Belfast Telegraph. Much of his work has been in the areas of politics and security and involved covering and engaging with republican and loyalist paramilitaries and the actions of the police and British military. He has also reported extensively on the continuing impact of Northern Ireland’s Troubles on the families of those killed.
Symposium Event
30 October 2026
The Legal Assault on Investigative Journalism
From the brazen surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland by MI5 and the PSNI, to the growing legal intimidation of journalists by lawyers, to the narrowing of the Freedom of the Information Act and the new National Security (State Threats) Bill which threatens to criminalise journalist conversations with their sources, investigative journalism is getting hard to do, and to publish, all the time.
