Karen Coleman is one of Ireland’s finest broadcasters with an accomplished career spanning two decades that has taken her from the frontlines of Bosnia to the grinding poverty of the Gaza Strip and the treacherous world of Colombia’s drug dealers. Her vast experience in foreign reporting has been equally matched by her extensive knowledge of Irish current affairs with her own radio show on Newstalk making her a household name. Karen is equally at home discussing Irish issues as she is global affairs and can talk expertly on both disciplines.

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Losing a home

Irish journalist, Karen Coleman reports on how Irish mother and daughter, Dolores & Jacinta Delaney, face eviction from their home following legal action by Start Mortgages who took them to court for failing to meet their mortgage repayments.The following video is an extract from a 2008 documentary on TV3 which was produced and presented by Karen Coleman.

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1 May 2013

We might be a small country, but we can’t allow Russia to bully us over adoptions

by Karen Coleman
Published in Irish Independent 01/05/2013

THE Government should strongly resist Russian threats to scupper an adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia if we support sanctions against Russian officials connected with the death of a Moscow-based lawyer. The same goes for Russian warnings that trade links between Ireland and this increasingly mafia state could also be jeopardised.

The Russian authorities are trying to stop Ireland from using its current pre...