Article Category: The Young Bloods

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 »