Article Category: The Young Bloods

Katie Ascough

April 5, 2017

SHARP INTAKES of breath were practically audible from college campuses across the country last month when Katie Ascough (20), a conservative anti abortion... Read more »

Alan Farrell TD

March 23, 2017

FINE Gael’s Alan Farrell (39) likes to shoot his mouth off. The Dublin Fingal TD has been something of a thorn in Enda... Read more »

Al Porter

March 9, 2017

HIGH profile Dublin comedian Al Porter (24) copper-fastened his status last month when he took over the reigns of his very own Today... Read more »

Second Captains

February 23, 2017

The Second Captains – journalists Eoin McDevitt (36), Ken Early (38), Ciaran Murphy (34), Simon Hick (41) and Mark Horgan (35) – took... Read more »

Rudi Butler

February 9, 2017

Rudi Butler, far left THE RISING tide of the property market is bringing a new generation of plucky young developers to prominence, few... Read more »

Leo Sherlock

January 25, 2017

Leo Sherlock, owner and publisher of The Liberal.ie, is enjoying a moment of notoriety. At a time when the alt-right and fake news... Read more »

Louise O’Reilly TD

January 12, 2017

CRITICS would privately acknowledge that Sinn Féin now has an impressive array of young talent in its ranks, but perhaps the most significant... Read more »

Conor McGregor

December 14, 2016

After conquering the world in the ring and achieving his dream of becoming a dual world champion, 2016 was the year that Conor... Read more »

Niall Breslin

December 1, 2016

The Irish media is involved in a love affair with Niall Breslin (36) and his music, personal life and television gigs have helped... Read more »

Gerry Carroll MLA

October 20, 2016

People Before Profit’s MLA Gerry Carroll (29) is something of a political juggernaut. Translating working class frustration with an increasingly stale-looking Sinn Féin... Read more »

Una Mullally

October 5, 2016

Una Mullally (33) has been the fastest rising star in Irish media since joining the Irish Times in 2012 as a columnist. Owing... Read more »

Anne Marie McNally

September 21, 2016

Stephen Donnelly’s departure has rent apart the Social Democrats’ ruling triumvirate and made visible some previously well-disguised cracks within the party. Soc Dem... Read more »

Cora Sherlock

September 7, 2016

In 2016, Cora Sherlock (41) has become the most prominent Irish anti-abortion personality, surpassing the Iona Institute’s David Quinn and Breda O’Brien to... Read more »

Young Bloods: Lynn Ruane

August 24, 2016

INDEPENDENT senator Lynn Ruane (31) has had a whirlwind 18 months after becoming the Student Union president at Trinity College in 2015 and... Read more »

Renua’s John Leahy

August 10, 2016

OFFALY County Councillor John Leahy (38) is odds-on favourite to become leader of a decimated Renua at the party’s September AGM. Since its... Read more »

Brendan Griffin

July 28, 2016

Brendan Griffin (34) TD was the only Fine Gael backbencher to call openly for the resignation of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the latest... Read more »

Niall Harbison

July 2, 2016

Niall Harbison (37) has carved out a prominent space for himself among Dublin’s business and media melieu in the last several years. His... Read more »

Catherine Ardagh

June 17, 2016

Thirty-three year-old Catherine Ardagh has risen above personal hardship and defeat in 2016 to become Fianna Fáil’s Seanad leader. The first few months... Read more »

Charlie McConalogue TD

June 1, 2016

IT’S a long way from the relative obscurity of north Donegal to the corridors of power in Leinster House, but that is the... Read more »

Young Bloods – Catherine Martin

May 5, 2016

CATHERINE Martin’s maiden Dáil speech made public something that Green Party members say they have known for a while; that the deputy leader... Read more »

Lisa Chambers

April 21, 2016

ONE of the high points in a good election for Fianna Fáil was undoubtedly 29-year-old Lisa Chambers’ securing of a seat in Mayo.... Read more »

Noel Rock TD

April 7, 2016

IN AN otherwise disappointing election, a shining light for Fine Gael in Dublin was the surprise success of 28-year-old Noel Rock in Dublin... Read more »

Jack Chambers

March 24, 2016

TWENTY-five year-old Jack Chambers, the newly elected Fianna Fáil TD for Brian Lenihan’s old constituency of Dublin West (and the youngest TD elected... Read more »

Lorraine Higgins

March 9, 2016

THE dismal electoral record of Senator Lorraine Higgins continued at last month’s general election, after she failed to win a seat for Labour... Read more »

Emmett O’Brien

February 25, 2016

LIMERICK barrister and general election candidate Emmett O’Brien (36) had a nasty falling out with Fianna Fáil in 2013, after he failed to... Read more »

Martin Heydon

February 11, 2016

FINE GAEL Kildare South TD Martin Heydon is expected to walk back into the next Dáil after this month’s general election, but he... Read more »

Jennifer Cuffe

January 28, 2016

FIANNA FÁIL’S Jennifer Cuffe is a true blue south Dublin woman who, having initially sought a place on the FF general election ticket... Read more »

John O’Donnell

January 14, 2016

INDEPENDENT councillor (34) from Donegal was one of the stars in last month’s RTÉ Investigates exposé, where he was secretly filmed appearing to... Read more »

Sarah Holland SF

December 16, 2015

Sinn Féin is gearing itself up for a high noon showdown with the Socialist Party in Dublin South West in the general election,... Read more »

Oisín Hanrahan

December 4, 2015

LAST MONTH’S Web Summit marked the return to Ireland of Oisín Hanrahan (31), a Dubliner who has apparently managed to raise over $100m... Read more »

Young Bloods – Greg Ryan

November 20, 2015

LIMERICK businessman Greg Ryan (31) pulled quite a stunt last month when he organised a topless photo shoot on Dublin’s Harcourt Street, featuring... Read more »

John Kavanagh

November 5, 2015

THE remarkable growth in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Ireland years is thanks in no small part to businessman and gym owner John... Read more »