Article Category: The Young Bloods

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 »

YOUNG BLOOD: SARAH RYAN

October 31, 2024

Increasingly on Gript Media’s weekly podcast, The Week That Really Was (TWTRW), which Sarah Ryan co-hosts with John McGuirk, you can sense their... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: SHANE MOYNIHAN

October 17, 2024

WITH FIANNA Fáil still hovering on a disappointing 15% poll rating in Dublin, the party is desperate to find extra seats and is... Read more »

YOUNG BLOOD: DOIREANN O’LEARY

February 22, 2024

THE MEDIA-FRIENDLY Cork-based GP, Doireann O’Leary, has positioned herself as quite the expert on health matters and is a regular on RTÉ’s Today show, The Last... Read more »