Article Category: The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 20, 2025

As in the pantomime, we suggest that the developers are attempting to stuff an ‘Ugly Sister’s foot’ into Cinderella’s delicate slipper. Pat Kenny... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 6, 2025

In Irish there is feminine and masculine and ‘Irish’ is feminine. I absolutely love that our language is basically a woman. It’s a... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

January 23, 2025

The one I’m most excited about – I’ve had a couple of emails that said, “I watched the tango and afterwards I told... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

January 9, 2025

I spend a lot of time working in Zurich, and Kronenhalle is just about the best place to have smoked salmon blinis and... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

December 12, 2024

It’s becoming even clearer that she’s not just the female voice of a generation, but the humane voice of a century. Lena Dunham... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

November 28, 2024

The floating voter is a fascinating human being, not least because they never sink. You can hit them with corruption, scandal, inflation, housing,... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 31, 2024

Like, I look at someone like Ian Dempsey and I feel like genuflecting. Anyone that sees that man should hug him. To have... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 17, 2024

A budget that is not too hot and not too cold extremely rare economic achievement. Paschal Donohoe speaking at a Business... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 3, 2024

I would have been better off earnings and pension-wise if I had gone into the civil service. I’m doing OK but I think... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

September 19, 2024

In Lozère, Sophie felt oxygenated, freed from the claustrophobic city. This untamed place, and the wild creatures that inhabited it, spoke to her... Read more »

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September 5, 2024

How are we to capture the memories that are supposed to sustain us between now and the spring after a summer of protracted... Read more »

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August 22, 2024

Hospitality is changing and we believe our strong work ethic is better applied to new and different opportunities. Celebrity chef Dylan McGrath explains... Read more »

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August 8, 2024

Beyond the velvet rope at the world’s greatest nightclub. Barry Egan chats to Robbie Fox about the long-gone Pink Elephant, Sunday Independent Opening... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

July 25, 2024

Walking around New York city, listening to the audiobook of Hannah Arendt’s The Origins Of Totalitarianism (fail to prepare, prepare to fail), I’m... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

July 11, 2024

It was as though Super Joe had recovered from his bout of kryptonite poisoning. Keith Duggan on Joe Biden successfully reading from a... Read more »

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June 27, 2024

To travel by train is to see a textbook case of neoliberal capitalism’s endgame. Football hack Ken Early’s, er, interesting take on at... Read more »

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June 13, 2024

It’s a great investment for a child to have a pony because they won’t be down the local shopping mall or be hanging... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

May 30, 2024

Providence bestowed many gifts on Tony O’Reilly: stunning good looks, outstanding sporting talent, business acumen, charm, intelligence and wit (with a flair for... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

May 16, 2024

I know there’s a lot of celebrity people that sign their names to certain whiskeys. This is absolutely not the case with what... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BIRGADE

May 2, 2024

We recognise that the timelines and deadlines that we’ve previously set have created a sense of expectation and potentially confusion for everyone. Marc... Read more »

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April 4, 2024

We firmly believe in the unifying power of music, enabling people to transcend differences and foster meaningful conversations. We feel it is our... Read more »

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March 21, 2024

The whole programme is a bit like a Japanese bullet train whizzing from Osaka to Tokyo. Pat Spillane on the All-Ireland football season,... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

March 7, 2024

When in this country did the ‘common good’ ever mean anything other than the good of men? Jennifer O’Connell, Irish Times Charting the... Read more »

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February 22, 2024

I worked with Paul Mescal, and he’s a really good friend of mine. I saw him speaking Irish and that blew my mind.... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 8, 2024

I cannot emphasise enough the speed and turnaround they arranged in getting us up and home in their beautiful PC12. Christian Stokes expresses... Read more »

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January 25, 2024

It involves making intentional decisions about what to keep, donate, or discard. In doing so, we create space for new possibilities and a... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

January 11, 2024

I think in the UK, I’m underrated. Not so much here, but in the UK. And I think I know tailoring as good... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

December 14, 2023

If anointed, the appointing of An Taoiseach will begin with a friendly sparring match in my purpose built, Presidents Octagon, in the grass... Read more »

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November 30, 2023

I think we need to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime. Leo Varadkar speaking before the Dublin disorder,... Read more »

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November 2, 2023

The resignation this week of Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave somehow managed to be both startling and utterly predictable at the same... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 18, 2023

Au revoir too to the incredible magic the Irish fans brought here to France, to Zombie-singing, metro-hopping, Paris-crossing, missed meals, melted heads, hoarse... Read more »

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October 5, 2023

Like Donald Trump, Mickey is entirely transactional. Joe Brolly on Mickey Joe Harte, Sunday Independent They’re basically the Jedi Knights of the army,... Read more »

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September 21, 2023

Ireland’s rugby journey isn’t just about sport. It’s a testament to a nation’s mettle, and it casts shadows deep into our tech world’s... Read more »

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September 7, 2023

Conceived in grave debt on a former stockade for political prisoners in colonial Sydney, passed through the healing hands of the great Mandela,... Read more »

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August 24, 2023

I seem to have developed a brand online where people think I am a rock of sense. Perhaps it was the straight-talking, factual... Read more »