Naomi O'Leary
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
Irish Times Europe Correspondent.
Previously with Reuters, Politico, AFP.
Keep calm and report the facts.
Previously with Reuters, Politico, AFP.
Keep calm and report the facts.
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The kind of journalism that needs to be invested in.. and paid for.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The kind of journalism that needs to be invested in.. and paid for.
The Irish Times is the only Irish news organisation with a global network of full-time foreign correspondents.
Sign up for our new morning newsletter written by our Beijing correspondent joining the dots of world news Monday to Thursday:
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Welcome to the new Global Briefing newsletter
A new Irish Times newsletter connecting the dots between global events and making sense of the forces transforming the world
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November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Irish Times is the only Irish news organisation with a global network of full-time foreign correspondents.
Sign up for our new morning newsletter written by our Beijing correspondent joining the dots of world news Monday to Thursday:
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A video I made with Irish Times Europe correspondent @naomiohreally.bsky.social about President Higgins. Has he changed the nature of the presidency forever? www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...
Did Michael D Higgins change the nature of the presidency?
Naomi O'Leary reports on how Michael D. Higgins challenged the non-political nature of the role of president during his 14-year term. Video: Ronan McGreevy
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A video I made with Irish Times Europe correspondent @naomiohreally.bsky.social about President Higgins. Has he changed the nature of the presidency forever? www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...
"These issues know no ideology, no political boundaries. It’s not a liberal or a conservative thing."
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
The White House effect: Why America reneged on its pledges to tackle climate change
A new Netflix documentary tracks how, since 1989, the US has sabotaged efforts to reduce global emissions
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"These issues know no ideology, no political boundaries. It’s not a liberal or a conservative thing."
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Just had a lovely woman in our shop in Donegal, searching for her lost twin sister. Appreciate it if my Irish followers would retweet this. Thank you.
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
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You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I see it's time for me to make the point again that the poppy is a fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion, a specific, mundane entity that is not exempt from scrutiny and does not own the concept of remembrance.
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
You can read its 2024 accounts here: storage.rblcdn.co.uk/sitefinity/d...
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Absolutely shocking that the Chinese govt pressured a UK university to shut down research about forced labour in Xinjiang and the links to global supply chains. The work of Laura Murphy and her team had been instrumental in getting Chinese companies sanctioned.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Absolutely shocking that the Chinese govt pressured a UK university to shut down research about forced labour in Xinjiang and the links to global supply chains. The work of Laura Murphy and her team had been instrumental in getting Chinese companies sanctioned.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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'The fort opposite the oakwood,
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
'The fort opposite the oakwood,
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s
It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s,
It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s
and it was Maeldúin’s
The fort remains after each in his turn
and the kings asleep in the ground'.
c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Drogheda arson attack: ‘The house is on fire. Please answer’
Among those taken to hospital were a 20-day old baby and a 17 month old.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Among those taken to hospital were a 20-day old baby and a 17 month old.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Drogheda arson attack: ‘The house is on fire. Please answer’
One resident of facility was working when she received a text from her child saying house was on fire
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Drogheda arson attack: ‘The house is on fire. Please answer’
Among those taken to hospital were a 20-day old baby and a 17 month old.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Among those taken to hospital were a 20-day old baby and a 17 month old.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Scherp stuk in de Irish Times over Nederlandse verkiezingen en de normalisering van radicaal-rechts. 'Een van de verkiezingsbeloftes was het deporteren van de "kinderen en kleinkinderen" van migranten.'
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Scherp stuk in de Irish Times over Nederlandse verkiezingen en de normalisering van radicaal-rechts. 'Een van de verkiezingsbeloftes was het deporteren van de "kinderen en kleinkinderen" van migranten.'
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De Ierse journalistiek weet het wel goed te duiden en te benoemen. Iets met afstand?
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
De Ierse journalistiek weet het wel goed te duiden en te benoemen. Iets met afstand?
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Klare taal!
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Klare taal!
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Spot on
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Spot on
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soms heb je een frisse blik van buiten nodig om je blik scherp te stellen... #HaatSmurf
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
soms heb je een frisse blik van buiten nodig om je blik scherp te stellen... #HaatSmurf
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
A spooky Samhain single for the day that’s in it by my sister Molly May. Amazing what she’s achieved with a budget of zero. Check it out mollymayoleary.bandcamp.com/track/ghost?...
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A spooky Samhain single for the day that’s in it by my sister Molly May. Amazing what she’s achieved with a budget of zero. Check it out mollymayoleary.bandcamp.com/track/ghost?...
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Listening to the *wonderful* podcast, The Irish Passport, as they talk about Guinness + Ireland, and I reflect on two things:
I have been to ONE pub in Ireland, in a village somewhere in the north in 1997, and I have had ONE Guinness in my life (didn’t like it) AND — 1/2
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
I have been to ONE pub in Ireland, in a village somewhere in the north in 1997, and I have had ONE Guinness in my life (didn’t like it) AND — 1/2
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
three men are sitting at a table with guinness beer in front of them
Alt: three men are sitting at a table with guinness beer in front of them
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Listening to the *wonderful* podcast, The Irish Passport, as they talk about Guinness + Ireland, and I reflect on two things:
I have been to ONE pub in Ireland, in a village somewhere in the north in 1997, and I have had ONE Guinness in my life (didn’t like it) AND — 1/2
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
I have been to ONE pub in Ireland, in a village somewhere in the north in 1997, and I have had ONE Guinness in my life (didn’t like it) AND — 1/2
@naomiohreally.bsky.social
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“It is likely that thousands are being killed at the moment, and many thousands more are at risk if the RSF is not restrained.”
Massacres under way in Darfur after militia captures besieged city, reports say: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #KeepEyesOnSudan
Massacres under way in Darfur after militia captures besieged city, reports say: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #KeepEyesOnSudan
Massacres under way in Darfur after militia captures besieged city, reports say
Human rights groups had been predicting Rapid Support Forces would begin executing non-Arab civilians
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“It is likely that thousands are being killed at the moment, and many thousands more are at risk if the RSF is not restrained.”
Massacres under way in Darfur after militia captures besieged city, reports say: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #KeepEyesOnSudan
Massacres under way in Darfur after militia captures besieged city, reports say: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... #KeepEyesOnSudan
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@naomiohreally.bsky.social has a fine piece on malign Russian interference, published by the IT today. It would be good to see something on the serious attempts at interference with our latest election.
@lizcarolan.com has put up some initial ideas.
One SM owner is calling for violence in Britain.
@lizcarolan.com has put up some initial ideas.
One SM owner is calling for violence in Britain.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@naomiohreally.bsky.social has a fine piece on malign Russian interference, published by the IT today. It would be good to see something on the serious attempts at interference with our latest election.
@lizcarolan.com has put up some initial ideas.
One SM owner is calling for violence in Britain.
@lizcarolan.com has put up some initial ideas.
One SM owner is calling for violence in Britain.
Great service and really interesting. Those who spoiled their votes were young men in particular active on social media. “the largest groups who spoiled were people who had voted for Independents, Aontú and Sinn Féin at the 2024 election”
I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future.
kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...
Who are the people who spoiled their ballot and why?
An initial analysis
kevcunningham.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Great service and really interesting. Those who spoiled their votes were young men in particular active on social media. “the largest groups who spoiled were people who had voted for Independents, Aontú and Sinn Féin at the 2024 election”