Article Category: The Young Bloods

PETER TANHAM

May 31, 2018

DOUBLE-JOBBING Together for Yes technocrat Peter Tanham (33) is basking in the afterglow of last weekend’s decisive referendum victory. By taking on two... Read more »

BONI ODOEMENE

May 17, 2018

THE OUTGOING president of DIT’s student union, Boni Odoemene (23), is one of the most controversial figures to climb the greasy poll of... Read more »

JAMES LAWLESS TD

May 3, 2018

AS ELECTION fever gathers pace and with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil increasingly sparring off each other, Mícheál Martin is casting a worried... Read more »

Síona Cahill

April 19, 2018

INCOMING Union of Students in Ireland (USI) president Síona Cahill (25) is taking charge of the national union at a very interesting time.... Read more »

Young Blood: Killian Foley-Walsh

April 5, 2018

FINE GAEL’s cosmopolitan leaders must have spat out their morning lattes when they heard the news that pro-life conservative Killian Foley-Walsh (23) had... Read more »

Young Blood: Liz Carolan

March 22, 2018

DATA MANDARIN Liz Carolan (33) is mounting a most worthy campaign against dodgy money and its influence on Irish politics. With her new... Read more »

Young Blood: Ben Conroy

March 8, 2018

CURRENTLY one of their top academy players, 2018 should see Oxford young fogey Ben Conroy (24) called up to the Pro Life Campaign’s... Read more »

Young Blood: Carol Nolan TD

February 22, 2018

CAROL NOLAN’S 2016 election win for Sinn Féin in the three-seat Offaly constituency was a surprise. There will be another one if she... Read more »

Young Blood: Paul Stenson

February 8, 2018

IS Paul Stenson (37) for real or does he just play the villain on the internet? His critics would accept the former designation... Read more »

Young Blood: John Connors

January 25, 2018

THERE’S nothing typical about Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards nominee John Connors (28). By force of his charm and talent, the... Read more »

Young Blood: Ali ‘Goss.ie’ Ryan

January 11, 2018

With the news that Irish-American investor Liam Lynch is looking to acquire her entertainment and lifestyle website, Alexandra ‘Ali’ Ryan (28) and The... Read more »

Young Blood: Fintan Warfield

December 14, 2017

IN A party that boasts an embarrassment of riches when it comes to young talent, Fintan Warfield (25) stands out as one of... Read more »

Young Blood: Dave “Blindboy Boatclub” Chambers

November 30, 2017

BLINDBOY BOATCLUB – real name Dave Chambers (33) – has gone from off-the-wall comic as one half of The Rubberbandits to omnipresent cultural... Read more »

Young Blood: Stefanie Preissner

November 2, 2017

WRITER Stefanie Preissner (29) is everywhere these days. The Cork woman is having a moment after the success of her RTÉ series Can’t... Read more »

Young Blood: TCD’s Louis Hoffman

October 19, 2017

Trinity College student Louis Hoffman (20) wants your attention. The former Blackrock boy has been making a name for himself on campus as... Read more »

Young Blood: Robert Troy TD

October 5, 2017

Can enigmatic Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy live up to head-office expectations and bring in a second seat in the Longford-Westmeath constituency, a... Read more »

Young Blood: Suzanne Jackson

September 21, 2017

IRISH beauty blogger and model Suzanne ‘SoSueMe’ Jackson (32) is more of a business than a businesswoman. The Dubliner has gone from blogger... Read more »

Young Blood: Frankie Gaffney

September 7, 2017

IS NOVELIST and academic Frankie Gaffney (36) his own worst enemy? Recently landing himself in the centre of a high profile and toxic... Read more »

Jennifer Whitmore

August 24, 2017

Can Greystones councillor Jennifer Whitmore give the flagging Social Democrats a revival boost by defying the odds and taking a seat for the... Read more »

Times hackette Ellen Coyne

August 10, 2017

Ellen Coyne FEMINIST journalist Ellen Coyne (26) has been steadily building her own brand for the last few years. A senior reporter at... Read more »

Young Blood: Dave Murphy

July 27, 2017

Dave Murphy SOLIDARITY press officer Dave Murphy (34) is the most dangerous man in Ireland, or so the Dublin media would have you... Read more »

Pat Crean

July 13, 2017

FRESH-FACED developer Pat Crean (37) has stepped out from the shadow of his former business partner, Greg Kavanagh, and is starting to generate... Read more »

Ciarán Garrett

June 29, 2017

CIARÁN GARRETT (26) represents a new generation of Labour Party personalities, seemingly untouched by the party’s recent history. A former chair of Labour... Read more »

Niall O’Connor

June 15, 2017

THERE’S a new breed of journalist on the block – young, brash, assertive and ever so opinionated. A breed for whom opinions are... Read more »

Cllr John Lyons

June 2, 2017

ODDS on an early general election have shortened with the advent of a new Fine Gael leader and Leo Varadkar has already outlined... Read more »

Steven O’Riordan

May 17, 2017

IN A very public fashion, Social Democrat Steven O’Riordan (33) was put back in his box at a demonstration recently in Dublin. The... Read more »

Keith Mahon

May 3, 2017

IN JUST a short few years, director of TheTaste.ie Keith Mahon has made himself a fixture in the Irish food media landscape. In... Read more »

Eoghan Murphy

April 19, 2017

JUNIOR finance minister Eoghan Murphy is the quintessential young (35) Fine Gael politician with the deportment of a young Tory and a CV... Read more »

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 »