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Hugh Linehan

@hlinehan.bsky.social

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Irish Times writer, editor. I also present the Inside Politics podcast. irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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...

Inside Politics Live in Galway: Who can win the Galway West byelection?

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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...

Will Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign review put more pressure on Martin?

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

‘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...

Does RTÉ's Morning Ireland need a refresh?

It would be easy to leave the State’s most popular radio programme untouched. But that would be a mistake

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

“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...

Hugh Linehan: Is the newspaper arts review dying or could it be rescued by subscribers?

If one culprit looms behind these shifts, it is the early digital consensus that everything should be free

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

Why are Irish artists so prominent in the UK’s free speech wars?

Sally Rooney, Graham Linehan, Kneecap and John Boyne have all been caught up in controversy

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Ellen Coyne @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

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

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Ellen Coyne @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

See you on Sunday 😊 🎪 🎵 🍻

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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.

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

‘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...

Hugh Linehan: Forget the futuristic dystopias - AI is changing the world right now

The backlash against changes to ChatGPT reveals how it is being used by users in their daily lives

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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...

Hugh Linehan: Can you have too much democracy?

Ireland is one of Europe’s most referendum-happy nations - that is not without its pitfalls

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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...

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

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

Anatomy of a photograph: Gaza, starvation and the battle for truth

The power of a picture operates on different levels

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Brian Caulfield @briancaulfield.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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...

Will the Government’s big projects survive the next downturn?

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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...

Hugh Linehan: My right eye is now failing too. The world is slipping away, just a little, just enough to notice

Hugh Linehan shares his experience of macular degeneration – and the losses, large and small, that come with it

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Welcome to Bluesky.

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

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

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Why 'left' and 'woke' are not the same thing - with Susan Neiman

Podcast Episode · Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · 28/05/2025 · 54m

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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...

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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...

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

www.irishtimes.com/business/202... Today’s column

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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-...

Garron Noone controversy: ‘It propelled him into a different stratosphere, which is the culture war realm’

In the News podcast: Whimsical comedian’s views on immigration sparked controversy

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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Laura Slattery @lauraslattery.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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

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Laura Slattery @lauraslattery.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

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

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 10/03/2025

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...

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Will falling behind on climate cost Ireland billions?

Podcast Episode · Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · 10/03/2025 · 40m

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This is my last column for Ticket. It’s almost 25 years since the supplement launched under my editorship. I have a few thoughts about it all…

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

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

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Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan

Politics Podcast · 841 Episodes · Updated twice weekly

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Women for Election @womenforelection.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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...

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

“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

Inside Politics Podcast - The Irish Times

Political insight from The Irish Times politics team and hosted by Hugh Linehan. New episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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...

Michael Brendan Dougherty: how Trump won me over

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Gavin Daly @gavinjdaly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

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...

Hugh Linehan: Too often, Dublin feels like a place designed by people who despise its inhabitants

But the place I walk through every day is also full of opportunity and life. It is, in its own way, quite beautiful

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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...

Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi - I Shall Not Be Moved | Live at Other Voices Dignity (2022)

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

‘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...

Hugh Linehan: New Culture minister Patrick O’Donovan has inherited two pressing issues. His record doesn’t instil confidence

Ireland’s cultural sector was hoping for an inspiring choice of Minister. Instead it’s faced with Trumpian weave

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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

Are ‘super-juniors’ unconstitutional?

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Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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...

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Could Europe pivot to China in the Trump era?

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Excellent plan.

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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 20/01/2025

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...

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How should Ireland navigate the return of Trump?

Podcast Episode · Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · 20/01/2025 · 39m

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

‘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...

Hugh Linehan: Progressive left played part in pop culture's Trump shift

Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

‘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...

Hugh Linehan: One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films is now free to watch on YouTube. It’s a sign of the trouble studios are in

Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

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.

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

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

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

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/

Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

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...

We answer listener questions about politics in 2024

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

‘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...

Why do so many news sites look so boringly similar? Because they have to play by Google and Meta’s rules

But that hegemony will end, perhaps soon. If you value good journalism and good design, give someone you love a newspaper subscription this Christmas

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Jennifer Bray @jenniferbray.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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...

Fresh TDs bring innocent joy as old hands eye the big jobs

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Hugh Linehan @hlinehan.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

So when I wrote my article about polarisation, @jessesingal.com and the future of Bluesky, I didn’t expect quoting @kevinmkruse.bsky.social would turn out so badly. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...

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Lou Pettey @golferlouie.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Interesting article here by @hlinehan.bsky.social and I have experienced similar situations on the 2 platforms. Note: @irishtimes.bsky.social doesn't give a link to @bsky.app so it is apparently deemed less relevant. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...

Bluesky may be in danger of becoming Elon Musk’s black mirror

Wokeism (as it doesn’t like to be called) and the reactionary right each propose a way of seeing the world as it ‘really’ is