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Joseph Stenson

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Joseph Stenson

Freelance video and text journalist. Covering Ireland and Northern Ireland for AFP.

Flowers and a candle are left at the exact spot where 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. (Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne)
BREXIT

Journalist murder marks upsurge in N. Ireland unrest

Police believe an IRA splinter group is behind Lyra McKee’s murder

  • Joseph Stenson
4 min read
Ireland is tethered to Britain through a common history, enmeshed economies and a border with the British province of Northern Ireland that held up negotiations for months. (Paul Faith/AFP)
BREXIT

How Ireland beat Britain in the Brexit divorce battle

Some British hardliners had argued that Ireland would simply follow along in any exit deal — a sentiment that caused outrage among many Irish people

  • Joseph Stenson
3 min read
In Madagascar, Pope Francis invoked the principle of fihavanana; ‘the spirit of sharing, mutual help and solidarity … the importance of family, friendship and goodwill between people and with nature’. (Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)
CATHERINE MARCIANO

Pope ‘begs for God’s forgiveness’ for sexual abuse scandal

In front of 45 000 supporters in the west of Ireland, the pope spoke of the ‘open wound’ of the Church’s sexual abuse scandal

  • Joseph Stenson
  • Catherine Marciano
5 min read
(Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Liverpool sees red after Champions League final flop

​Liverpool was a city in despair on Saturday night after dreams of Champions League glory were dashed

  • Joseph Stenson
3 min read