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Naomi O'Leary

@naomiohreally.bsky.social
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Irish Times Europe Correspondent currently on assignment in Paris. Podcaster. Best email me to get in touch ⬇️ www.irishtimes.com/author/naomi-ole…

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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Where does the idea that the UK would have to be in Schengen and join the Euro come from? I personally don‘t see the EU insisting on that
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Fergal @fergalc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just a sentence that gets progressively more fabulous with each word
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Macron rearranged his schedule at the last minute to attend mass, getting in on the popular feeling and bumping the local mayor as host as Pope Leo proved an unexpected hit www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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‘Leomania’: How secular France fell for the Pope
Macron makes sudden decision to attend Mass as pope draws large crowds
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pedestrianisations and cycle lanes are often accompanied by huge controversy right up until they are implemented, and then they become enormously popular. Part of the reason is the positive change is so immediate and tangible. In the Paris mayor election this year, one candidate wanted to reverse...
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alone and fleeing scandal, a 23-year-old gave birth in a Catholic mother and baby home in 1917. The surname she chose for her baby, ‘Prevost’, endured down the decades, becoming the name of her grandson, Pope Leo XIV. My piece on the pope’s family secret: www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Pope Leo’s family secret: a birth in a mother and baby home
The pope’s French surname, Prevost, was an invention to conceal a birth outside of wedlock
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Staff at the Elysée Palace gather at a window to catch a glimpse of the arrival of Pope Leo
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rehearsals are underway for Saturday’s large outdoor mass led by Pope Leo in Place de la Concorde in Paris
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do I have any followers who I could speak to for advice about publishing a poetry collection?
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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
President von der Leyen: "Europe will always lead when it comes to defending the rules-based system." Meanwhile, in the real world: euobserver.com/226421/the-i...
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The ICC is in its worst crisis yet — and Europe’s double standards are a big part of the problem
A tribunal created for one conflict — while acts of aggression in the Middle East and Latin America go unanswered — serves the court’s critics their strongest argument on a silver platter: that intern...
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 09/09/2026
Norwegian media reports that Zelensky’s plane was nearly hit by a drone on its way from Moldova to Oslo where he went to attend King Harald’s funeral and hold meetings with the government. www.nrk.no/nyheter/stor...
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Støre: Zelenskyjs fly ble nesten truffet av en drone på vei fra Moldova til Oslo
Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyj fikk en dramatisk start på reisen til Oslo, hvor han onsdag deltok i kong Haralds gravferd og var i møter med regjeringen. – Flyet hans ble nesten truffet av en ...
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni faces a challenge from the right — a macho ex general whose party manifesto says Italy should be a “Mediterranean patriarchy” and delivers critiques of her policies on Instagram while holding melons to his chest www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/0...
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Meloni faces a challenge
Macho ex-general calls for a ‘Mediterranean patriarchy’
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Back on the best balcony in Paris
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Glen Campbell @glenkcampbell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are recruiting an Irish Language Editor at the EU Publications Office! ⁣⁣📍 Location: Luxembourg ⁣ 📌 Grade: AST 1, AST 2, AST 3 📅 Deadline: 11 September 2026, 12:00 (Brussels time) ⁣ 🔎 Read the notice on: link.europa.eu/cRFqNR @michaelmcgratheu.bsky.social @naomiohreally.bsky.social
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Orla Breslin @stitchlily.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
They are still looking for people for this amazing photography project! In #Dublin and #Cork Can't go myself, but would be lovely to see a load of big Irish happy heads, alongside members of Navaho and Hopi people. #SpéirGhorm
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Do you remember when a fundraising campaign for the Navajo and Hopi people went viral during the pandemic, as people recalled the generosity of native Americans to Irish people during the famine? If you were one of those who donated - you are invited to have your photo taken …
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Thomas Piketty tried to cut off the interview four minutes in. I managed to keep him on the line - just - and he told me about his proposal to tax billionaires to curb climate change and why he thinks Ireland should change its economic model www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Thomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countries
French economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100
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Johnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Thomas Piketty Irelands economic model harms other countries, speaking to @naomiohreally.bsky.social in this morning’s Irish Times www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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echancrure.bsky.social @echancrure.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... Excellent from @naomiohreally.bsky.social. Nothing hidden in that interview; it was worth it to persevere. Ireland's selfish runaway capitalism does not sort housing, environment, health, inequality, or multilateralism. More debate like this is needed.
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Thomas Piketty: Ireland’s economic model is damaging to other countries
French economist is co-director of World Inequality Lab, which is proposing an average monthly income of €5,000 per person by 2100
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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Watching the eclipse over Dublin
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The fallout of the Belfast Fleadh is so cute though
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions.
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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“For me the intention here is to fragment human thinking even further,” he said, “to make people question even more their critical thinking abilities.” A great report by Derek Scally about the pillaging of intellectuals resources. www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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A ‘bananas’ order for 5,000 obscure titles from a bookshop in Galway fuels suspicion
Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“The Camorra buys entire buildings in the neighbourhoods and alleys and converts them into B&B,” @robertosaviano.bsky.social told me. My piece on how the mafia is cashing in on Naples’ tourism boom www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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‘Tourists are untouchable’: How Naples’ mafia is cashing in on the city’s boom
As visitors flock to the Italian city in record numbers, the Camorra has found lucrative new opportunities in bars, B&Bs and beach businesses
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The wildfire outside Bordeaux showed the risks of highly flammable pine plantations - the native tree growth was much more fire resistant
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A playbook repeated from Turkey to Norway to Belarus. Rather than recognising it Europe’s right took an opportunity to pile on to a centre-left leader they resent: domestic troubles aside, Sanchez has outperformed them on economic growth while seeing a green energy switch pay off
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I joined a night watch patrol with some of the army of volunteers working to keep the Gironde wildfire outside Bordeaux from reigniting.
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Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A Government investigation into Aughinish Alumina was unable to get hold of "confidential" documents from Sweden relating to the plant's alleged ownership by sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska It turns out the documents are available publicly for a €25 admin fee www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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Aughinish investigators did not obtain Swedish document available for €25 fee
Authorities said they were unable to obtain specific information – but judgment is publicly accessible
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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Is this a good time to mention that in college my History of Translation lecturer (Michael Cronin) told us that one of the first vernacular translations of The Illiad was into Irish, and the translator had to give the main characters dogs because in Gaelic society a free man had a dog
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wonder if this error was introduced by an AI transcription software. They always interpret Irish words in creatively bizarre ways. In any case, just knowing that this kind of thing happens is almost enough to give me a panic attack and quit journalism
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Sicilian Johnny Mnemonic @jonsalvia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Today, the financial sector operates by mafia rules; it is not that the mafia has become financialised, but that the financial sector has become mafia-like.”
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Another Epstein associate takes his secrets to the grave. My piece on what the Epstein files have to say about Daniel Siad, the procurer of women who was found dead this week www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Another key Epstein associate takes crucial answers to the grave
As investigators closed in, records shed light on Daniel Siad’s activities within the Epstein network. What evidence died with him?
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“The Mafia would not exist without the concept of family, of unbreakable bonds… Ireland and Italy are very similar in this respect and therefore recognise each other in criminal terms.” My interview with @robertosaviano.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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Roberto Saviano on the Kinahans, living under threat from the Mafia and similarities between Ireland and Italy
Discovery of alliance between Naples Camorra and Kinahan cartel ‘one of the most significant chapters in recent global drug trafficking’
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Enda o Dowd @endaodowd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Interesting piece on the Epstein files and one of his associates by @naomiohreally.bsky.social so many questions remain about who else is responsible for what happened to those women & girls Another key Epstein associate takes crucial answers to the grave www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Another key Epstein associate takes crucial answers to the grave
As investigators closed in, records shed light on Daniel Siad’s activities within the Epstein network. What evidence died with him?
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Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
On Friday the Government published a terse 450 word summary of its long awaited report into Aughinish Alumina. It was light on both detail and definitive conclusions We obtained the full 51 page report. Read what's being kept hidden in Saturday's Irish Times
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Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thanks to @naomiohreally.bsky.social for this article Resistance fighter to national hero: the long journey of historian Marc Bloch to the Panthéon History is 'science in motion', every trace of the past is a possible source (& for me, gives context to today) www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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From Resistance fighter to national hero: the long journey of Marc Bloch to the Panthéon
France honours Jewish scholar who transformed study of history before taking up second struggle against Nazi rule
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
DESERVED piss off prison theatrical society
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Only one side is playing football, the other is the am dram society
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I would warn against tracking any data related to babies while sleep deprived as it starts to make you go insane unfortunately
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Time is ticking on Macron’s final months in power. He used his final Bastille Day to make a statement about his vision of French military power within coalitions and European cooperation- something Marine Le Pen wants to dismantle if she is elected in his place www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Irish troops take part in huge Bastille Day parade as Macron showcases Europe’s ‘awakening’
Support for Ukraine was a key theme of Paris parade, but that could be tested by 2027 election
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"May the best team win, and may racism lose," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said after comments from a former conservative prime minister revealed people still struggling to be normal about the French team www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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Racism row overshadows France-Spain World Cup semi-final
Former Spanish prime minister accused of causing diplomatic incident by suggesting France team not French
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The forest south of Paris being burned up in wildfire isn’t just any forest. Fontainebleau was crucial to the development of Impressionism, is in masterpieces by Monet and Renoir, and the campaign to protect it inspired one of the earliest environmental manifestos www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Fire ravages protected France forest that inspired the artists of Paris
Wildfire burns through nearly a fifth of Forest of Fontainebleau that featured in works of Monet and inspired early environmentalism
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Guided By Gumbo @guidedbygumbo.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The movie holds up. As does this great anecdote courtesy of Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum.
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Ronaldo allowed to play despite a three-match ban for a foul against Ireland… the Balogun affair… it all contributes to an impression of a stacked deck that was reflected in the international reaction to Egypt’s defeat to Argentina last night. My piece about it www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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‘They want Messi to stay in the tournament’: Egypt’s disallowed goal against Argentina leads to claims of injustice
Mostafa Zico had a goal ruled out in Tuesday’s Round of 16 game due to a foul in the lead up
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
These stories about the impact of AI in universities are so depressing. I often work in a public library, and it is heartening to see it always full of young people studying hard.
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Le Pen has declared her French presidential candidacy after an appeals court shortened her sentence for misappropriating funds. She says she won’t need to wear an ankle bracelet on the campaign as the sentence will be pending while she appeals the verdict once more www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Le Pen declares French presidential candidacy after court shortens sentence for misappropriating funds
Hard-right politician has said she will be free to campaign without an electronic tag pending a further court appeal
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A Paris court has shortened Marine Le Pen's ban on holding office, while ordering her to serve a sentence wearing an electronic tag - something she has said would make it impossible to campaign. Everyone now awaits a statement from her to clarify if she will run or not. It is in theory possible.
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Naomi O'Leary @naomiohreally.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Frankly terrifying speaking to Irish people today who fled a wildfire on a French campsite - will change how I think about safety. It was just “minutes” from seeing smoke to the fire overcoming the place - they lost everything but the clothes they were wearing www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Irish holidaymakers leave belongings and flee French wildfires
More than 10,000 evacuated near Perpignan as blaze threatened villages close to French border with Spain
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.
A chart showing an immediate spike after the headline hit the front page of Wall Street Bets.
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