Article Category: The Young Bloods

YOUNG BLOOD: CLAIRE KERRANE

October 7, 2021

GIVEN THE growing importance of the youth vote in Irish politics, and the opinion poll figures showing Sinn Féin solidly at the top... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ANNE-MARIE TOMCHAK

August 26, 2021

LIMELIGHT-LOVING Anne-Marie Tomchak pops up in the media these days almost as often as her warbler-turned-TV-presenter cousin, Una Healy, but apart from their... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES PATRICE

August 12, 2021

THE HALLS of Montrose are littered with broadcasters who are either irredeemably anodyne or lamentably past it, but change may be afoot now... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PETER KAVANAGH

July 29, 2021

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES are being forcibly driven into our consciousness by the devastating floods in Europe, especially Germany. With the Green party still doing... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PHILIP RYAN

July 15, 2021

PHILIP RYAN is one of the new breed of political correspondents who confronts rather than simply reports on political parties, personalities and issues.... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: AOIFE MOORE

May 20, 2021

TALENTED, POPULAR in Dublin media circles and unashamedly a Derry Girl, it’s not at all surprising that the Irish Examiner’s Aoife Moore (30)... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: AOIFE MOORE

May 20, 2021

TALENTED, POPULAR in Dublin media circles and unashamedly a Derry Girl, it’s not at all surprising that the Irish Examiner’s Aoife Moore (30)... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: DONNCHADH Ó LAOGHAIRE

May 6, 2021

WITH SINN Féin riding high in the polls, especially among the younger 18-34 cohort, and with its leading spokespeople commanding grudging respect even... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: TOM GLEESON

April 22, 2021

TOM GLEESON’S burger joint Bunsen recently issued High Court proceedings to block Dublin City Council from interfering with its food collection point in... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: BRIAN LEDDIN

April 8, 2021

UNEASY LIES the head which has just won a Dáil seat, and nowhere is this uneasiness more prevalent than in the ranks of... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: VIOLET ANNE WYNNE

March 25, 2021

SINN FÉIN’S breakthrough in February last year to become the leading party in Irish politics came as a terrible shock to establishment politicians... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: STEPHEN & DAVID FLYNN

March 11, 2021

There are those who worship at the altar of the sunrise-swimming Happy Pear twins, and others who are allergic to the sight and... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CAROLINE FORAN

February 25, 2021

HAD SHE been born into a different generation, Caroline Foran might have taken an alternative path to helping people to ‘own’ their vulnerability. While... Read more »

THOMAS ARNOLD & JAKE BROWNE

January 28, 2021

If we’re to give them credit for anything around the shambles that was the Goat/Go House, it’s that its co-founders Thomas Arnold and... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES ‘EXTRA’ KAVANAGH

December 16, 2020

IS SOCIAL media darling James Kavanagh taking audiences for granted with his Paris Hilton-lite excess and bombastic claims? Or is he a shrewd... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: VICKI NOTARO

December 3, 2020

WITH HER salty language and strong social media presence, Tallaght ‘hun’ Vicki Notaro is busy breathing new life into VIP Publishing. Taking the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EMER MCLYSAGHT AND SARAH BREEN

November 5, 2020

THEY’VE PUBLISHED three bestselling books, are working on the screenplay for their character’s film debut and won the 2019 Popular Fiction award at... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: TARA GILSENAN

October 22, 2020

POLITICAL LEADERSHIP is tough but it’s especially tough at the head of a responsible moderate political party trying to keep his youth wing... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: LAURA WHITMORE

October 8, 2020

It has been a trying time of late for Bray’s sweetheart, Laura Whitmore, who struggles with balancing the demands of her rapidly ascending... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: UNA MULLALLY

September 10, 2020

MAINSTREAM PRINT journalism is facing a serious challenge on several fronts at a time of declining circulation generally. Revenue is down, as advertisers look... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: AISLING DOLAN

August 27, 2020

BUOYED BY consistent strong opinion poll standings, Fine Gael is intensifying its efforts to win extra seats in the next general election, especially... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: LORNA BOGUE

August 13, 2020

AN EXPLOSION of environmental awareness has brought opportunities as well as challenges for the Green Party. Dáil rivals are responding to voter concerns... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: KERRON Ó LUAIN

July 30, 2020

THE SEDATE world of Irish-language organisations rarely intrudes on the monoglot English-language media in Ireland. A few polite words, the cúpla focal, usually... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: MARY SEERY KEARNEY

July 16, 2020

DESPITE forming a “unique, historic” government, as the cliché goes, with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael is already getting down to the task of... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: FINN MCREDMOND

July 2, 2020

IT SAYS much about the rightward drift of the Irish Times that a one-nation Tory sympathiser now occupies a weekly slot on the newspaper’s op-ed... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: ALAN DILLON

June 18, 2020

Enda Kenny could take some quiet satisfaction from the success of his local Castlebar protégé, Alan Dillon (37). Football hero Dillon held Kenny’s... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CHRISTOPHER O’SULLIVAN

June 4, 2020

ONCE ONE of the most consistent constituencies in the country, with a solid Fine Gael majority for most of the last 40 years,... Read more »