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YOUNG BLOOD: CATHAL CROWE

December 2, 2021
WITH FIANNA Fáil paralysed by its alliance with Fine Gael, and uncertainty as to its future, attention is turning to where the new TDs... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: ERIN MCGREGOR

November 4, 2021
WITH THE launch of her new Feel to Heal jewellery range, Erin McGregor is hoping that the crystal-based baubles will help wearers conjure up positive vibes... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: LÁSZLÓ MOLNÁRFI

October 21, 2021
STUDENT ACTIVIST László Molnárfi (20) has captured lightning in a bottle in recent weeks. The second-year Trinity College Dublin student and chair of the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CLAIRE KERRANE

October 7, 2021
GIVEN THE growing importance of the youth vote in Irish politics, and the opinion poll figures showing Sinn Féin solidly at the top of... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: KAREN KOSTER

September 23, 2021
IN THE wake of the bloodbath that continues to claim victims at Virgin Media Television, Karen Koster’s move from Ireland AM to The Six O’Clock Show suggests that... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: REBECCA MOYNIHAN

September 9, 2021
BUOYED BY Ivana Bacik’s comfortable win in the Dublin Bay South byelection, the Labour party is now drawing up its list of key targets... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: ANNE-MARIE TOMCHAK

August 26, 2021
LIMELIGHT-LOVING Anne-Marie Tomchak pops up in the media these days almost as often as her warbler-turned-TV-presenter cousin, Una Healy, but apart from their culchie... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES PATRICE

August 12, 2021
THE HALLS of Montrose are littered with broadcasters who are either irredeemably anodyne or lamentably past it, but change may be afoot now that... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PETER KAVANAGH

July 29, 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES are being forcibly driven into our consciousness by the devastating floods in Europe, especially Germany. With the Green party still doing poorly... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PHILIP RYAN

July 15, 2021
PHILIP RYAN is one of the new breed of political correspondents who confronts rather than simply reports on political parties, personalities and issues. This... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: DOIREANN GARRIHY

July 1, 2021
HER SHINY new 2fm breakfast show has been described as “an aural assault of inanity”, (Larissa Nolan, Indo), and her comedy sketches on The Doireann Project were... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: SIMEON BURKE

June 17, 2021
FAMOUS FOR his right-wing views, use of litigation and interesting family, Simeon Burke is the controversial conservative who claimed to represent “the many, not... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: NIALL HORGAN

June 3, 2021
AS THE chief executive of trendy athleisure brand Gym+Coffee, Niall Horgan’s most impressive achievement in business has been to persuade millennials and yummy mummies... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: AOIFE MOORE

May 20, 2021
TALENTED, POPULAR in Dublin media circles and unashamedly a Derry Girl, it’s not at all surprising that the Irish Examiner’s Aoife Moore (30) found... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: AOIFE MOORE

May 20, 2021
TALENTED, POPULAR in Dublin media circles and unashamedly a Derry Girl, it’s not at all surprising that the Irish Examiner’s Aoife Moore (30) found... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: DONNCHADH Ó LAOGHAIRE

May 6, 2021
WITH SINN Féin riding high in the polls, especially among the younger 18-34 cohort, and with its leading spokespeople commanding grudging respect even from... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: TOM GLEESON

April 22, 2021
TOM GLEESON’S burger joint Bunsen recently issued High Court proceedings to block Dublin City Council from interfering with its food collection point in Ranelagh,... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: BRIAN LEDDIN

April 8, 2021
UNEASY LIES the head which has just won a Dáil seat, and nowhere is this uneasiness more prevalent than in the ranks of the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: VIOLET ANNE WYNNE

March 25, 2021
SINN FÉIN’S breakthrough in February last year to become the leading party in Irish politics came as a terrible shock to establishment politicians and... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: STEPHEN & DAVID FLYNN

March 11, 2021
There are those who worship at the altar of the sunrise-swimming Happy Pear twins, and others who are allergic to the sight and sound... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: CAROLINE FORAN

February 25, 2021
HAD SHE been born into a different generation, Caroline Foran might have taken an alternative path to helping people to ‘own’ their vulnerability. While baby... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: HAZEL CHU

February 11, 2021
WITH THE Green Party falling back in the opinion polls from the high points of the 2019 and 2020 local and general elections –... Read more »

THOMAS ARNOLD & JAKE BROWNE

January 28, 2021
If we’re to give them credit for anything around the shambles that was the Goat/Go House, it’s that its co-founders Thomas Arnold and Jake... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: PIPPA O’CONNOR

January 14, 2021
Model-turned-entrepreneur Pippa O’Connor owes much of her success to staying steps ahead of the bevy of bikini-clad beauties she hung out with in Stephen’s... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: JAMES ‘EXTRA’ KAVANAGH

December 16, 2020
IS SOCIAL media darling James Kavanagh taking audiences for granted with his Paris Hilton-lite excess and bombastic claims? Or is he a shrewd businessman... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: VICKI NOTARO

December 3, 2020
WITH HER salty language and strong social media presence, Tallaght ‘hun’ Vicki Notaro is busy breathing new life into VIP Publishing. Taking the reins... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: EMER MCLYSAGHT AND SARAH BREEN

November 5, 2020
THEY’VE PUBLISHED three bestselling books, are working on the screenplay for their character’s film debut and won the 2019 Popular Fiction award at the... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: TARA GILSENAN

October 22, 2020
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP is tough but it’s especially tough at the head of a responsible moderate political party trying to keep his youth wing in... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: LAURA WHITMORE

October 8, 2020
It has been a trying time of late for Bray’s sweetheart, Laura Whitmore, who struggles with balancing the demands of her rapidly ascending star... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: TOMMY BOWE

September 24, 2020
Ever since long-term stalwarts Mark Cagney, Sinéad Desmond and Aidan Cooney departed from Ireland AM, the Virgin Media breakfast show has gone through a... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: UNA MULLALLY

September 10, 2020
MAINSTREAM PRINT journalism is facing a serious challenge on several fronts at a time of declining circulation generally. Revenue is down, as advertisers look elsewhere;... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: AISLING DOLAN

August 27, 2020
BUOYED BY consistent strong opinion poll standings, Fine Gael is intensifying its efforts to win extra seats in the next general election, especially in... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: LORNA BOGUE

August 13, 2020
AN EXPLOSION of environmental awareness has brought opportunities as well as challenges for the Green Party. Dáil rivals are responding to voter concerns by... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: KERRON Ó LUAIN

July 30, 2020
THE SEDATE world of Irish-language organisations rarely intrudes on the monoglot English-language media in Ireland. A few polite words, the cúpla focal, usually suffice,... Read more »

YOUNG BLOODS: MARY SEERY KEARNEY

July 16, 2020
DESPITE forming a “unique, historic” government, as the cliché goes, with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael is already getting down to the task of readying... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: FINN MCREDMOND

July 2, 2020
IT SAYS much about the rightward drift of the Irish Times that a one-nation Tory sympathiser now occupies a weekly slot on the newspaper’s op-ed page.... Read more »