Article Category: The Young Bloods

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 but... 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 outspoken... 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 Goss.ie... 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 Sinn... 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 figure... 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 Cope,... 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 a... 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 critical... 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 and... 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 row... 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 party... 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 the... 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 believe.... 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 his... 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 Youth,... 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 sacrosanct... 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 part... 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 professional... 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 the... 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 that... 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 activist,... 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 Kenny’s... 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 FM... 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 a... 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 of... 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 phenomena... 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 breakthrough... Read more »

Conor McGregor

December 14, 2016
After conquering the world in the ring and achieving his dream of becoming a dual world champion, 2016 was the year that Conor McGregor... Read more »

Niall Breslin

December 1, 2016
The Irish media is involved in a love affair with Niall Breslin (36) and his music, personal life and television gigs have helped the... Read more »

Gerry Carroll MLA

October 20, 2016
People Before Profit’s MLA Gerry Carroll (29) is something of a political juggernaut. Translating working class frustration with an increasingly stale-looking Sinn Féin into... Read more »

Una Mullally

October 5, 2016
Una Mullally (33) has been the fastest rising star in Irish media since joining the Irish Times in 2012 as a columnist. Owing to... Read more »

Anne Marie McNally

September 21, 2016
Stephen Donnelly’s departure has rent apart the Social Democrats’ ruling triumvirate and made visible some previously well-disguised cracks within the party. Soc Dem supporters... Read more »

Cora Sherlock

September 7, 2016
In 2016, Cora Sherlock (41) has become the most prominent Irish anti-abortion personality, surpassing the Iona Institute’s David Quinn and Breda O’Brien to become... Read more »

Young Bloods: Lynn Ruane

August 24, 2016
INDEPENDENT senator Lynn Ruane (31) has had a whirlwind 18 months after becoming the Student Union president at Trinity College in 2015 and winning... Read more »

Renua’s John Leahy

August 10, 2016
OFFALY County Councillor John Leahy (38) is odds-on favourite to become leader of a decimated Renua at the party’s September AGM. Since its electoral... Read more »