Article Category: The Hot Air Brigade

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

June 29, 2023

His lack of concern for the conventions governing the President’s role may well have opened a Pandora’s box. The way is now open... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

June 1, 2023

Who else can boast that they were invited into Number 10 Downing Street to interview simultaneously then prime minister Tony Blair and the... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

May 3, 2023

The king will travel in the Gold State Coach. This is splendour played out on an epic canvas. It’s extraordinary how Britain has... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

April 19, 2023

I told him that I’ve brought the famous light in the window down to Ballina, so it will now be housed in... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

April 6, 2023

What I can say is that it’s indeed the preparation of what we call here the newsroom of the future. How Mediahuis Ireland... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE – RUGBY BALLS

March 23, 2023

I am, like most of the country, mesmerised by this Irish rugby team – but also enraptured by how unIrish it is, how... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

March 8, 2023

When Cairns’ name is mentioned, the first things I always hear – from people of all political affiliations – are almost effusively positive... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 22, 2023

I’ve been up and down the country, particularly since 2014. I’ve been to conferences on Brexit in all the border counties, huge meetings... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 9, 2023

“I’d go absolutely mental sitting in the Park with nothing to do.” Irish voters may be devastated to learn that the presidency... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

January 26, 2023

He’s the pre-eminent politician of our generation, internationally and both domestically. Fine Gael TD Peter Burke gives thanks to FG colleague Paschal Donohoe,... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

January 12, 2023

In these places, character must be erased lest it tell a story. A sense of place must be rinsed until what emerges from... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

December 15, 2022

I’m a huge fan of Japanese culture and design. Not many people know this, but when I took part in Celebrity Mastermind, my... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

December 1, 2022

How does someone who first shows up as a monumental pain-in-the-arise fundamentalist become someone who can write the greatest ode to love in... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

November 2, 2022

The book is deeply personal, searingly honest and at times laugh-out-loud funny. It reads like an anatomical lesson; he cuts himself open for... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 19, 2022

I don’t say “Up the ‘RA” because I think it diminishes and collapses complex things into an edgy soundbite. Una Mullally, Irish Times... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

October 6, 2022

Prudent Paschal channels his inner Charlie McCreevy with a giveaway Budget that leaves Sinn Féin in stunned silence. Senan Molloy’s headline in the... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

September 22, 2022

We know her as an actor, writer, Instagram hoot, witty Tweeter, other half of rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll, mother of three, host of... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

September 8, 2022

When my son was 2, I heard him mumbling to himself as he was going to sleep, ‘Mikhail Gorbachev’. It sounded like a... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

August 25, 2022

New York is hilarious, I’ve been to New York and in the subways, I get, ‘What are you doing here Tubs?’ I’m actually... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

August 11, 2022

You have to watch this film to really appreciate it. Áine Moriarty, chief executive of IFTA on An Cailín Ciúin, Morning Ireland What... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

July 28, 2022

They were characterised by plots, betrayals and late-night phone calls. Minor-key music and the distant roll of drums. Number-crunching to record the ineluctable... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

July 14, 2022

It’s the best venue in the world as far as I’m concerned. Padraig Harrington on the course at Adare Manor, where he advised... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

June 30, 2022

Bono also chooses Ice Cream Sundae by Inhaler, a band fronted by his son Elijah, as one of the tracks he would take... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

June 16, 2022

Free societies need people like Eoghan Harris – courageous contrarians who defy the culture of amnesia. Mark Dooley, European Conservative magazine A little... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

June 2, 2022

We became a show, I hope, of presence for people. We were kind of like a beacon in the fog, if you like,... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

May 19, 2022

I think I was manifesting before I even realised what I was doing. Pippa O’Connor, VIP Magazine, submitted by reader Surprisingly for a... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

May 5, 2022

He is someone who obviously bends reality to his own will, whether it’s gravity or launching electric cars. Mark Little on Elon Musk,... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

April 20, 2022

I’m an empath and I feel things so strongly sometimes that I have to work hard to turn it off, you know? And... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

April 7, 2022

More people who recognise what Socrates said about wisdom being about knowing what you don’t know. Maybe less time staring at your phone... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

March 24, 2022

“My personal plea to the Russian government is to immediately cease military operations in Ukraine.” UCD president Andrew Deeks’s email bulletin to staff,... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

March 10, 2022

She is a legendary activist, a thought leader, a culture changer and one of the most well-known music industry publicists there is. New... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 24, 2022

I think I’ve put in a very good shift in getting a lot of things right on behalf of the Irish people. Eddie... Read more »

THE HOT AIR BRIGADE

February 10, 2022

There’s an argument for travel being covered under health insurance – it really can be a salve on a wounded psyche. Stephanie Preissner,... Read more »