Hugh Linehan
@hlinehan
Writer & editor @IrishTimes. Presents Inside Politics podcast. Same handle at Bluesky. [email protected]
I’m not normally in the habit of writing personal pieces but this essay (link in reply) is about my experience of sight loss.
Thank you for sharing your very personal experience Hugh, and helping to increase awareness of macular degeneration.
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‘Rather than embracing free inquiry and institutional neutrality, both sides now use institutional power as a weapon in culture war battles. In doing so they validate the idea that might makes right, rejecting liberal democratic ideals.’
Hugh Linehan: Wokeness is on the wane almost everywhere - except the right irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…
My opinion piece in this weekend’s @IrishTimes
Hugh Linehan: Wokeness is on the wane almost everywhere - except the right irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…
I joined @hlinehan and @PatLeahyIT this morning on the @IrishTimes Inside Politics podcast to discuss yesterdays National Development Plan review launch irishtimes.com/podcasts/insid…
I broadly agree with this take on what is also my favourite film.
I wrote this about the genius of Barry Lyndon, my all-time favourite film which is unique among historical dramas for really getting the strangeness and distance of the past thetimes.com/comment/column…
In 2023 I was interviewed on the Irish Times podcast about my book Public Morality and the Culture Wars by Hugh Linehan on the Irish Times Inside Politics Podcast about lot of the issues in his widely praised article this week. Link below.
It was a pleasure to talk again to @hlinehan about all matters geopolitical and why we in Europe need to adjust our minds about the United States and its history.
Delighted to welcome back @HelenHet20 for a wide-ranging chat about the factors underlying the shifting tectonic plates of geopolitics. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/ins…
Delighted to welcome back @HelenHet20 for a wide-ranging chat about the factors underlying the shifting tectonic plates of geopolitics. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/ins…
Really enjoyed my conversation with @BernieSanders and @janeosanders in Vicar Street last night.
Enjoyed chatting to @hlinehan about The Book and some of what it raises…
Gavan Reilly on the real politicians of Leinster House: ‘There’s a culture of fake it till you make it’ irishtimes.com/podcasts/insid… via @IrishTimesPol
I will miss this.
It was a pleasure to podcast with @tommctague on @TheseTimesPod for the last couple of years. We started with the coronation and ended with a lot of Donald Trump. Thanks very much indeed to @freddiesayers and to everyone who listened. All the comments were much appreciated.
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. ticketmaster.ie/artist/5228573…
"Shoot your exteriors in Dublin, interiors in Berlin, post-production in Brisbane & sell the finished product to Apple after a premiere at the Toronto film festival." @IrishTimes @HLinehan sums up the future (& present) of the Independent film sector. irishtimes.com/media/2025/05/…
Full interview with Taoiseach here podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/ins…