Aoife-Grace Moore is an Irish

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journalist and political

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, from

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. Based in the

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, she is best known for breaking the Oireachtas Golf Society scandal, "Golfgate", story with Paul Hosford for the ''

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'' in 2020.

Background

native, Moore is the niece of Bloody Sunday victim Patrick Doherty. She is a graduate of

Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University, informally GCU, Caledonian or Caley (), is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow (founded in 1875) and Glasgow Polytechnic (originally Glasg ...

Career

Moore has worked for

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, and the ''

''. While working for the ''Examiner'', Moore was the target of tweets as part of the Eoghan Harris Twitter scandal, and has been the subject of workplace sexual harassment. She wrote a bestselling non-fiction book about

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"The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin''" for Sandycove publishing and Penguin in the United Kingdom. Upon its release in September 2023 it was described as "a compelling and revealing account of modern Sinn Féin, which sets out in considerable detail the inner workings of the party, its dynamics, and its power games" by

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. Furthermore, the English newspaper

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described the book as both "fascinating" and "insightful" and named it book of the day on 15 September 2023.

Golfgate

Una Mullally described Moore and Hosford's

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coverage as the "scoop of the year", and they shared the NewsBrands Ireland "Journalist of the Year Award".

Fools for Love

In October 2023 Moore presented "''Fools for Love?''" on

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an acclaimed documentary which explored the dangers of online dating. The documentary found Moore interviewing various women and hearing about their experiences of looking for love on dating apps.

Mo Mowlam

In April 2023 Moore appeared on the Late Late Show and said she "would not rest" until British politician

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's contribution to the

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was more widely acknowledged.

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