Article Category: The Young Bloods

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 »

YOUNG BLOOD: CIAN O’CALLAGHAN

May 21, 2020

THE SOCIAL Democrats were eclipsed in the general election by the stunning performance of Sinn Féin and the Greens’ considerable achievement in taking... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ELISHA MCCALLION

May 7, 2020

ON THE political roundabout that is modern Irish politics, there should be no recovery from defeat as abject as that of Derry’s Elisha... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: NEASA HOURIGAN

April 23, 2020

THE GREEN Party – despite basking in the success of increasing its Dáil seat tally to 12, its highest ever – is coming... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: HOLLY CAIRNS

April 9, 2020

THE STUNNING success of Sinn Féin and the Greens overshadowed the achievement of the Social Democrats in the recent general election, when the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: NEALE RICHMOND

March 26, 2020

WHILE THE Blueshirts had a dismal election, losing 15 seats on top of the 26 they lost in 2016, one consoling light was... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD – MARIE SHERLOCK

March 12, 2020

ALTHOUGH THE Labour Party’s general election result fell short of its own expectations and proved disappointing, the impending Seanad race will likely bear... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JENNIFER CARROLL MACNEILL

February 27, 2020

THE DIZZYING political ascent of recently elected Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (DLR) Fine Gael TD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, drafted in to replace Maria Bailey amid... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: GAVAN REILLY

February 13, 2020

As the previous generation of veteran broadcasters fades away, new faces of Ireland’s political coverage are beginning to come into focus – including... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES O’CONNOR

January 30, 2020

YOUNG FIANNA Fáil candidate James O’Connor was lucky to land on the general election ticket in the Cork East constituency, but the whippersnapper... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: WILLIAM MCGLADE

January 16, 2020

Rich-kid William McGlade is hoping to square up to the likes of Airbnb, Travelocity and Booking.com with his short-term letting platform, HipHipStay. The... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JOE O’BRIEN

December 12, 2019

The Green surge in the local and European elections last June caused a tsunami of delight in the mainstream media – at last,... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: CONOR GALLAGHER

November 28, 2019

It’s been a bumper year for Irish Times crime correspondent Conor Gallagher (34), who has won fans and scooped awards for his widely... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD – CIARÁN O’CARROLL

October 31, 2019

With the arrival from the UK and Europe of Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests on Irish shores, 32-year-old scientist and marketing executive Dr Ciarán... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: DAVE GIBNEY

October 16, 2019

With the spectre of an upcoming general election haunting the body politic, efforts are being made to reboot the Right 2 Change (R2C)... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PADDY HOLOHAN

October 3, 2019

As if being a vocal Republican and former professional mixed martial artist wasn’t enough to unnerve the chattering classes, Sinn Féin councillor Paddy... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS – RODERIC O’GORMAN

September 5, 2019

Can Roderic O’Gorman ride the green wave all the way to Leinster House? To do so, the Green Party councillor will have to... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: LISA DUFFY

July 25, 2019

From tiny boutique owner to red carpet designer and Instagram influencer, fashionista Lisa Duffy (39) has been one of the more compelling Irish... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: SEÁN MCLOUGHLIN

July 11, 2019

Millionaire Internet entrepreneur Seán McLoughlin (29), better known to his fans as Jacksepticeye, appears to be one of the most successful young Irish... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES GEOGHEGAN

June 27, 2019

Last month’s Dublin City Council elections saw the electoral debut of prodigious Fine Gaeler James Geoghegan (34), who marked the occasion by taking... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: SAOIRSE McHUGH

June 12, 2019

Saoirse McHugh, the 28-year-old genetic scientist from Achill Island, stormed into public consciousness with an impressive display in the Midlands North West constituency... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: HUGH O’CONNELL

May 29, 2019

Like a promising football team that falls short of winning promotion to the top flight, the Sunday Business Post is having its starting... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: PETER HORGAN

May 16, 2019

When Brendan Howlin said recently that his moribund Labour Party needed “a new beginning” on Cork City Council (CCC), he wasn’t exaggerating. After... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CATHAL HAUGHEY

May 2, 2019

There is an old saying that it only takes three generations to ruin a family business. Cathal Haughey (22) will be hoping it’s... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: RUAIRÍ Ó MURCHÚ

April 4, 2019

The largely unknown Dundalk councillor, Ruairí Ó Murchú, will attempt to replace the rather well-known former Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams, as TD... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: HOZIER

March 21, 2019

Expressing oneself while offending as few people as possible is a key trait of modern pop stars and Hozier is no exception. In... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ROB LIPSETT

February 21, 2019

FITNESS FREAK Rob Lipsett (27) is one of the beautiful people. In the era of Instagram models and unrealistic body standards, the lantern-jawed... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ANNA COSGRAVE

February 7, 2019

SELF-DESCRIBED ‘social entrepreneur’ Anna Cosgrave has been a fixture in the Irish media since the launch of her ‘Repeal’ jumpers in 2016. One... Read more »