Caolán Magee

Journalist

United Kingdom

Reporter with The Guardian and Al Jazeera. Also work as a late news editor. Shortlisted for an Amnesty Award 2025. Other articles and investigations published in CNN, The Times, The Independent, Open Democracy and The i Paper.

Portfolio
CNN
04/16/2023
Europe's migration policies in chaos as arrivals surge | CNN

As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central Mediterranean last week, Italian authorities led a major rescue operation following the reported refusal of Maltese authorities to retrieve those on board.

The i Paper
01/20/2025
Donald Trump's new world order - mapped

Allies and adversaries alike are bracing for a US that no longer plays by the old rules - with threats of tariffs, trade wars and territorial expansion

CNN
08/30/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Russia saw the largest drone assault on its territory Wednesday since it launched its war on Ukraine.

CNN
07/20/2023
Who was the real J. Robert Oppenheimer? | CNN

The highly anticipated movie "Oppenheimer" finally lands in theaters Friday. But who was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist widely considered the father of the atomic bomb?

CNN
08/29/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

The Ukrainian military is claiming further gains on the southern front Tuesday, near the recently liberated village of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia region.

CNN
08/15/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Russia's missile strikes in Ukraine's western Lviv region wounded at least 19 people, including a 10-year-old child, and extensively damaged civilian infrastructure.

CNN
08/09/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Kyiv claimed it struck a Russian command post Wednesday in the southern city of Nova Kakhovka in Kherson, as the Ukrainian military ramps up activity in the region as part of its ongoing counteroffensive.

CNN
08/23/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is listed among passengers on board a plane that crashed north of Moscow, according to Russia's federal aviation agency. Follow here for live news updates.

CNN
04/25/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Russia may end its self-declared moratorium on the deployment of its ground-based intermediate and shorter-range missiles, a government minister said.

CNN
08/01/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

A Moscow building was struck Tuesday by a second drone attack in as many days as Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian attack on two of its Black Sea vessels. Follow here for live updates.

CNN
04/25/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Russia may end its self-declared moratorium on the deployment of its ground-based intermediate and shorter-range missiles, a government minister said.

CNN
08/04/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Ukrainian sea drones attacked a major naval base in Russia on Friday, leaving a damaged warship tilting in the Black Sea. A Ukrainian source told CNN that a sea drone carrying nearly 1,000 pounds of explosives hit the vessel.

CNN
08/03/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Russia said it downed seven Ukrainian drones near Moscow, the latest in a string of such alleged attacks. Meanwhile, Russian drones targeted Kyiv for the eighth consecutive day.

CNN
06/29/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Documents shared exclusively with CNN suggest that Gen. Sergey Surovikin, who has not been seen in public in days, was a secret VIP member of the Wagner private military company.

CNN
08/16/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

Ukraine's military said it has taken back the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, following intense battles as part of the counteroffensive against Russia.

CNN
06/08/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

At least nine people were wounded by shelling in the southern Ukrainian-held city of Kherson as mass evacuations continue after the collapse of a major dam caused widespread flooding, local officials say.

CNN
06/08/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

At least nine people were wounded by shelling in the southern Ukrainian-held city of Kherson as mass evacuations continue after the collapse of a major dam caused widespread flooding, local officials say.

CNN
06/08/2023
Russia-Ukraine Live blog

At least nine people were wounded by shelling in the southern Ukrainian-held city of Kherson as mass evacuations continue after the collapse of a major dam caused widespread flooding, local officials say.

CNN
05/11/2023
Cillian Murphy says fans are 'underwhelmed' when they meet him | CNN

Cillian Murphy has appeared in some of the biggest movies and television shows of the 21st century, taking on a range of critically-acclaimed and cinematic roles, from "Peaky Blinders" boss Thomas Shelby to "Batman" villain Scarecrow. Yet the Irish actor has revealed that fans are actually "underwhelmed" when they meet him.

The Independent
07/06/2022
Boris Johnson will do anything to hold onto power

His silly comments act as an advertisement for his own brand, while simultaneously eradicating from Google his past misdemeanours and manipulating the information we see about him

Independent
04/16/2021
It's time for Sinn Féin to forge connection with loyalist community

In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, governments and people around the world have been united in combating Covid-19. In the North of Ireland, this gave all communities a common interest and a shared purpose. The Executive had a unique opportunity to represent the collective and take decisions in the name of keeping us safe.

Tribunemag
How Disaster Capitalists Have Exploited Covid-19

From dodgy bailouts to crony outsourcing, sweetheart deregulations and welfare profiteering, Covid-19 has provided plenty of opportunities for disaster capitalists - and they've been only too happy to take them.