Aoife Moore

Aoife-Grace Moore is an Irish BBC journalist and political correspondent, from Derry, Northern Ireland. Based in the Republic of Ireland, she is best known for breaking the Oireachtas Golf Society scandal, "Golfgate", story with Paul Hosford for the Irish Examiner in 2020.^[2][3][4][5]

Aoife Moore
Born	1990 or 1991 (age 33–34)[1] Derry, Northern Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Political correspondent
Employer	BBC
Awards	Irish Journalist of the Year 2021

Background

A Derry native, Moore is the niece of Bloody Sunday victim Patrick Doherty.^[6] She is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University.^[7]

Career

Moore has worked for Press Association, and the Irish Examiner.^[7]

While working for the Examiner, Moore was the target of tweets as part of the Eoghan Harris Twitter scandal,^[8][9] and has been the subject of workplace sexual harassment.^[10]

She wrote a bestselling non-fiction book about Sinn Féin "'The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin" for Sandycove publishing^[3] 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 The Irish Times.^[11] Furthermore, the English newspaper The Guardian described the book as both "fascinating" and "insightful" and named it book of the day on 15 September 2023.^[12]

Golfgate

Una Mullally described Moore and Hosford's Golfgate coverage as the "scoop of the year",^[5] and they shared the NewsBrands Ireland "Journalist of the Year Award".^[13]

Fools for Love

In October 2023 Moore presented "Fools for Love?" on RTÉ One an acclaimed^[14][15] 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 Mo Mowlam's contribution to the Good Friday Agreement was more widely acknowledged.^[16]