Article Category: The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

January 10, 2019

We are two people who both have high-profile, high-pressure, high-everything jobs. Maura Derrane on her marriage to John Deasy, VIP But here’s the... Read more »

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December 13, 2018

My own experience on the ground, weekly experience on the weekends, is that the fans are very enthusiastic about what the FAI are... Read more »

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November 29, 2018

Contenders… What does that tangibly mean? Joe Schmidt on Ireland’s World Cup chances It was not all a thing of classical beauty. Not... Read more »

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November 1, 2018

This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian’s journey. Shuhada’ Davitt (formerly Sinéad O’Connor) on becoming a Muslim, as reported in the... Read more »

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October 18, 2018

Huberman brings a trace of Sarah Silverman, Kristen Wiig and Anna Faris – and a heavier dollop of Sharon Horgan – to an... Read more »

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October 4, 2018

What we need to do is build a bridge between our islands. Why don’t we? Why don’t we? Boris Johnson pushes for a... Read more »

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September 20, 2018

I just got some new bed sheets today and I didn’t have to pay for them. Vogue Williams on living a ‘sponsored’ life,... Read more »

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September 6, 2018

One example is an iridescent PVC headpiece by Ennis milliner James Margaret O’Connor and blacksmith James O’Toole. The design reflects mental health issues... Read more »

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August 23, 2018

Mrs Foster appreciates the invitation, but regretfully will be away with her family at that time. DUP statement on Arlene Foster’s decision to... Read more »

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August 9, 2018

There are approximately 700,000 people around the country who are involved in rural pursuits – hunting, shooting, fishing – who are involved in... Read more »

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July 26, 2018

Great to chat with Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, about Repeal and the importance of her feminist activism. So important to have people... Read more »

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July 12, 2018

In Ireland, where I lived, there was no such thing as a streetlight, so you looked outside and your own imagination would decide... Read more »

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June 28, 2018

I could hear someone quietly sobbing, and jolted when I realised it was me. Louise O’Neill attends a stage adaptation of her own... Read more »

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June 13, 2018

I went into the world as I am and the world decided that this outspoken vivacious woman did not fit it. Bláthnaid Ní... Read more »

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May 31, 2018

Not one euro of mine is going towards killing babies. Give the bill to Yessers. I am a conscientious objector. Tweet by Declan... Read more »

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May 17, 2018

The idea of ignorant knuckle-draggers deciding what others have the right to see immersed me in a miasma of irritation and despair, so... Read more »

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April 19, 2018

My Sunday ritual is to go to Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center to hear a chamber orchestra… It’s important not to... Read more »

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April 5, 2018

I didn’t have access to my usual methods of stress relief either, I couldn’t make it to Inchydoney gym, I couldn’t get to... Read more »

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March 22, 2018

Makes me unutterably proud… our country entrusted to three wise men and their 21st century leader. Letter from Bono to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.... Read more »

HOT AIR BEAST FROM THE EAST SPECIAL

March 8, 2018

Why is everyone always so worried about our staff?? Half of them live on the same block, it’s their choice if they want... Read more »

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February 22, 2018

I must own a hundred pair of denim jeans, each serving their different purpose. Fashionista and designer Pippa O’Connor quoted on her website,... Read more »

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February 8, 2018

The earth is like a gigantic battery that contains a natural, subtle electric charge – a special kind of energy present in the... Read more »

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January 25, 2018

Rest In Peace, Dolores O’Riordan. She and the Cranberries were so overtly pro-peace and her voice unapologetically Irish. Just a month and a... Read more »

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January 11, 2018

The person who wrote best about love in the Christian era was Paul of Tarsus, who became Saint Paul. He was a tough... Read more »

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December 14, 2017

I shop local – and I eat Tayto! Saoirse Ronan on the Late Late Show, submitted by reader If you’re writing or speaking... Read more »

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November 30, 2017

They contacted me and were like, “Would you like to have a speaking part in a movie?” And I was... Read more »

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November 2, 2017

We were uncouth; we were like wild beasts. We didn’t know how to pose for a photo, we were only there at events... Read more »

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October 19, 2017

We are really focusing on the individuals’ experience of news. This is not just about saving journalism. Mark Little discusses his new company,... Read more »

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October 5, 2017

But I suppose our signature style is kind of rustic, country French with varying degrees of château glam and a touch of rock... Read more »

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September 21, 2017

Death, too, feels like the most acute and terrible type of failure; a failure of living. Nadine O’Regan, Sunday Business Post Magazine, Submitted... Read more »

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September 7, 2017

I as a philosopher am qualified to say that her argument isn’t well reasoned. Tweet by Irish Times scribe and “philosopher” Laura Kennedy... Read more »

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August 24, 2017

Dermot Bannon The aim of the project is to reach out and become embedded in the landscape, but more importantly, finally create a... Read more »

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August 10, 2017

Aine Lawlor I think Morning Ireland has a soul – a heathen soul- but a noble soul and I think it’s his. Áine... Read more »