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YOUNG BLOOD: GRACE MONGEY

May 21, 2026

TALLAGHT GAL Grace Mongey, aka Faces by Grace, has built a large social media presence by sharing makeup tutorials, family life, mental health... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: SEÁN DE BÚRCA

May 7, 2026
THE UNIVERSITY of Galway Students’ Union (UGSU) has a new president, 23-year-old Loughrea native Seán de Búrca. He must contend with growing frustration over... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: AOIFE DUNNE

April 23, 2026
The popularity of media outings, podcasts and theatre shows that deal with death, crime and heartbreak suggests that Irish people love nothing more than... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ENZO CROTHERS

April 9, 2026

UCD STUDENTS’ Union (UCDSU) has a new president in the form of Meath native and Sinn Féin activist Enzo Crothers, a third-year history... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: REX RYAN

March 26, 2026

DUBLIN ACTOR and theatre producer Rex Ryan has proven to be a chip off the old block when it comes to courting publicity... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: LORCÁN PRICE

March 12, 2026

THE APPEARANCE of barrister Lorcán Price at the US House of Representatives judiciary committee in September 2025 and last month attest to his... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: NADIA ADAN

February 26, 2026

ASHFORD MOTORS founder Nadia Adan certainly knows how to put the phwoar into roar, routinely turning the sales of her high-end motors into... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: GRACE MCNALLY

February 12, 2026

THE NEW president of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) is Westport native and general nursing student Grace McNally. Her ascension to the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ‘HOW TO GAEL’ GALS

January 29, 2026

SEXING UP the teanga seems to be the main modus operandi of the three 30-something women behind the hip, bilingual How to Gael... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: RYAN O’MEARA

January 15, 2026

AS FIANNA Fáil gears up for the new political year, with members of the parliamentary party jockeying to resolve the issue of the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JULIE HAYNES

December 11, 2025
CORK INFLUENCER Julie Haynes is known as Twins and Me on social media, where she has 225,000 followers on Instagram and 185,000 on TikTok.... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES O’CONNOR

November 27, 2025

IF MICHEÁL Martin thought that a carefully scripted display of contrition would fend off his critics in Fianna Fáil, he underestimated the degree... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ASHLEY MCDONNELL

October 30, 2025
You have to hand it to Ashley McDonnell – she certainly knows how to put a positive spin on things. Having spent the past... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: BRYAN O’MAHONY

October 16, 2025

WATERFORD NATIVE Bryan O’Mahony is the new president of Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ), formerly known as USI, the representative body... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CMAT

October 2, 2025
DESCRIBED BY the Guardian as “pop’s gobbiest, gaudiest star”, singer-songwriter CMAT has a penchant for sharing her opinions on a wide range of topics. It’s a tactic that... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: MAISIE HALL

September 18, 2025
UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY (formerly known as NUIG) Students’ Union (SU) has a new president, Maisie Hall. Hailing from Dingle, Co Kerry, and born to... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: SEÁN THIM O’LEARY

September 4, 2025
SEÁN THIM O’LEARY will lead Trinity College Dublin’s Student Union (TCDSU) into the 2025/26 academic year. The non-binary student from Wexford is former chair... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: GARRON NOONE

August 21, 2025
Musician, comedian and social media content creator Garron Noone caused a stir recently when he announced his decision to cancel his nationwide tour and... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: NICK DELEHANTY

August 7, 2025

RIGHT-WING activist and small businessman Nick Delehanty is running for president, declaring in a statement to right-wing news website Gript that “we have... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JENNIFER BRAY

July 24, 2025

While Jennifer Bray only took up the position of political editor of the Irish edition of the Sunday Times in March, she is flat out... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: DEAN KEATING

July 10, 2025

A group of college graduates headed by Trinity alum and former Ógra Aontú chair Dean Keating (now going by Céitinn) have founded Breaking... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CARL MULLAN

June 26, 2025

Carl Mullan knew exactly what he was doing when he shared a clip of himself sitting in Joe Duffy’s usual seat in the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: KEIRA KEOGH

June 12, 2025

Guaranteeing the succession is always a fraught task in politics but 37-year-old Keira Keogh managed to climb back from a poor local election... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EOGHAN GILROY

May 29, 2025

EOGHAN GILROY has managed to climb the ladder of student politics almost to the very top and shows no sign of slowing down... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EOGHAN KENNY

May 15, 2025

WHILE THE Labour Party nearly doubled its Dáil representation in 2024 with only a marginal increase in the percentage of votes it received... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EOIN HAYES

May 1, 2025

ALAS, ALL political careers end in failure but minister Eoin Hayes has turned Enoch Powell’s old adage on its head and begins his... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: MICHAEL ROCHE

April 17, 2025

UCD STUDENTS’ UNION (UCDSU) has a new president, Wexford native Michael Roche. He succeeds Miranda Bauer, whose family political background included the likes... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JACK KEATING

April 3, 2025

NEOPHYTE RADIO presenter and social media influencer Jack Keating wanted to do a communications course after leaving school but sadly didn’t get the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: THALIA HEFFERNAN

March 20, 2025

Being a glamorous model who dates well-known men has garnered acres of column inches and newspaper supplement covers for Thalia Angel Heffernan, the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CIARÁN AHERN

March 6, 2025

LABOUR’S TALLY of 11 Dáil seats in the recent election surprised commentators – and probably the party itself – but can it hold... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PAUL LAWLESS

February 20, 2025

AS THE Aontú party began a small but steady rise in the opinion polls throughout last year, the election to the Dáil in... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: KAYLEIGH TRAPPE

February 6, 2025

FORMER PRIMARY school teacher Kayleigh Trappe is the latest example of RTÉ plucking someone with a modicum of talent and a healthy online... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PÁDRAIG MAC BRÁDAIGH

January 23, 2025

IN THE spring of 2024, Pádraig Mac Brádaigh was elected as the first ever Irish-language officer of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU).... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ALBERT DOLAN

January 9, 2025

IS THE success of 26-year-old Albert Dolan in taking Fianna Fáil’s seat in Galway East – displacing incumbent Anne Rabbitte in the process... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EMMA DORAN

December 12, 2024

Celebs with a good personal back story will always find refuge in the welcoming arms of the Irish media and this year comedian... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: BARRY HENEGHAN

November 28, 2024

WITH OPINION polls showing that 20% of voters will back Independent candidates, keen observers are asking whether the new boy on the block,... Read more »