Hugh Linehan

Thanks to everyone who came along to our live show in Galway last night. We had great fun (which is obviously the most important thing) but also got great questions from the audience who were also polite enough to laugh at our jokes. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

The Irish Times Inside Politics team are saddling up and heading into the west for a LIVE BY-ELECTION SPECIAL in Galway City on May 5th. Booking details here. events.irishtimes.com/events/159271

Thanks to everyone for the many thoughtful and thought-provoking responses we received to Wednesday’s Inside Pilitics. On today’s Friday wrap with Ellen and Jack we touch on some of that alongside other issues of the week. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

‘At its worst, the programme descends into the familiar parade of sectoral advocates and veteran pundits. You know the voices before you hear the names; you know the lines before they say them.’ My column today on Morning Ireland. www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/1...

“For freelancers – who make up the bulk of arts journalists – the picture is even starker. Pay hasn’t matched inflation for decades, while the pool of outlets commissioning reviews has contracted, leaving patchwork careers held together by goodwill and side jobs.” www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

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My @IrishTimes column today www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/0...

Slight change of plan: we'll be on stage at the later time of 5.15 today so more time for a lie in if you need one ☀️ @hlinehan.bsky.social @irishtimes.com

See you on Sunday 😊 🎪 🎵 🍻

Come and join @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social Jack Horgan Jones, Pat Leahy and me for the Inside Politics live show at noon on Sunday in Mindfield at #electricpicnic.

‘On the one hand, the most grandiose predictions of imminent machine overlords or silicon utopias seem, at best, premature. On the other, the technology is already reshaping fundamental aspects of how we work, learn and communicate.’ My cilumn today www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

I had some thoughts on democracy and whether you can have too much of it as well as too little www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

The opening episode of our latest Inside Politics series drops today. Pat Leahy and I tell the story of three catastrophic years when hubris and deception came home to roost. Part one: bonfires in Offaly. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

My media column in today’s Irish Tumes. www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/0...

I joined @hlinehan.bsky.social and Pat Leahy this morning on the @irishtimes.com Inside Politics podcast to discuss yesterdays National Development Plan review launch. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

I’m not normally in the habit of writing personal pieces but this is about my experience of declining vision. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Welcome to Bluesky.

As it happens I talked to Susan last week. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...

Looking forward to discussing America’s current political moment with Senator Bernie Sanders and his chief adviser Jane O’Meara Sanders in Vicar Street on May 27th. www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/52285...

Looking forward to discussing America’s current political moment with Senator Bernie Sanders and his chief adviser Jane O’Meara Sanders in Vicar Street on May 27th. www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/52285...

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Garron Noone controversy: ‘It propelled him into a different stratosphere, which is the culture war realm’ On today’s In the News podcast I discussed Garron Noone’s interesting week www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-...

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I don’t know Kathleen, but she clearly has great taste.

An Editor’s Note worth noting. @lauraslattery.bsky.social

Today’s column is my 583rd in the media slot: Blank-tape bliss can never be repeated www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

I joined @eamonryan.bsky.social and @hlinehan.bsky.social on the @irishtimes.com Inside Politics podcast. We discussed the billions in fines faced by Ireland for missing EU climate commitments. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...

A sad announcement at the end of today’s show Arrivederci Jen. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...

With Ireland 99th in world for the no. of women in parliament what next for #morewomen? Listen to WfE chair, Aldagh McDonogh, @jenniferbray.bsky.social @hlinehan.bsky.social dicuss challenges & solutions to having a better politics with a balance pf men & women www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

“Should the Government end Rent Pressure Zones - and what would replace them?” www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins... @irishtimes.com @hlinehan.bsky.social @mickbyrne.bsky.social

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On today’s podcast I talk to Michael Brendan Dougherty about why he voted for Trump and how he thinks it’s going. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

Brilliant portrait by @hlinehan.bsky.social of my daily reality “Everything is grimy, shabby and dispiriting. It’s in places like these that Dublin feels like a city designed by people who despise its inhabitants.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Rhiannon Giddens singing a song associated with the civil rights movement as part of the "insane" "woke" Irish "musical" funded by USAID (actually a US embassy event). It's great. As written about by @hlinehan.bsky.social here: www.irishtimes.com/culture/stag... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ8R...

‘You won’t get any of them to admit it, but there will have been glum faces among those who run the State’s culture industries when O’Donovan’s name was pulled out of Micheál Martin’s hat nine days ago.’ www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Today’s podcast: Are ‘super-juniors’ unconstitutional? www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

The title of this slightly obscures the fact it is essentially a conversation between @hlinehan.bsky.social and @denisstaunton.bsky.social on life in contemporary China. Fascinating insight into politics, the economy, and shifting demography there. open.spotify.com/episode/1Z7n...

As we head into inauguration day, I’m on the @irishtimes.com politics podcast talking about what the new Trump administration means for Ireland With @paulcolgan.bsky.social, Pat Leahy & @hlinehan.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...

‘Trump’s success was built on a motley gang of media outsiders from the worlds of podcasting, gaming and martial arts. The mainstream entertainment establishment got a bloody nose. It will surely take note.’ My Irish Times column today www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...

‘One can only wonder what Kubrick would have thought of people being able to watch Barry Lyndon on their phones.’ My weekend @IrishTimes column. www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

Thanks to Apple TV’s free weekend I saw Blitz. It was not very good at all. Had a look back at the (very tolerant) reviews. Touch of emperors’s new clothes about the whole thing.

“The newspapers were right…” youtube.com/watch?v=A_-K...

www.irishtimes.com/My bah humbug A to Z of Christmas in today’s Irish Times. life-style/people/2024/12/24/donald-trump-millennials-and-vegans-an-a-z-guide-on-christmas-conversation-killers/

It’s Christmas Eve, which means it’s time for the Irish Times Inside Politics team to r listener questions in the first instalment of our FESTIVE AMA. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...

‘An irony of this postimperial phase of their history is that the design and appearance of newspapers are of a higher quality than ever.’ My column today. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2024...

Our last Friday Wrap of the year on the Inside Politics podcast, recorded this morning, is up now. It's been a blast this year. There's two ask me anythings over the festive period, too. And now: sleep. @hlinehan.bsky.social @decconlon.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...