Dominic McGrath
@mcgrathdominic.bsky.social
UK Correspondent at The Business Post | Irish in London, via Tyrone
Many thanks to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, for their inspiration for my UK Budget analysis www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
Dominic McGrath: The UK is budgeting to survive another day
www.businesspost.ie
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many thanks to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, for their inspiration for my UK Budget analysis www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
A postscript of sorts to Dick Spring's comments last weeks, but asked him today at an event for his reaction to Ivana Bacik's call for a timeline on a border poll:
"I think I might be meeting her next week. I think I might have a few things to say to her."
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
"I think I might be meeting her next week. I think I might have a few things to say to her."
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Island of Ireland is ‘not ready’ for a unification referendum, says former tánaiste
Dick Spring urges political leaders ‘to jump one fence at a time’ on 40th anniversary of Anglo-Irish Agreement
www.irishtimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A postscript of sorts to Dick Spring's comments last weeks, but asked him today at an event for his reaction to Ivana Bacik's call for a timeline on a border poll:
"I think I might be meeting her next week. I think I might have a few things to say to her."
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
"I think I might be meeting her next week. I think I might have a few things to say to her."
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
I know Morgan McSweeney has Fine Gael connections. But all the No10 briefing and talk of a leadership challenge giving off very Fianna Fáil energy
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I know Morgan McSweeney has Fine Gael connections. But all the No10 briefing and talk of a leadership challenge giving off very Fianna Fáil energy
Very fun, as ever, to be invited to chat to @thejournal.ie and @laurenboland.bsky.social about the crisis at the BBC
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
Why did a year-old documentary take down the BBC's director general?
Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News
www.thejournal.ie
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Very fun, as ever, to be invited to chat to @thejournal.ie and @laurenboland.bsky.social about the crisis at the BBC
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...
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No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
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Richard Boyd Barrett returned to the Dáil today after completing treatment for throat cancer, receiving a standing ovation from TDs across the chamber.
He used his first speech back to call for urgent investment in cancer services.
jrnl.ie/6865492
He used his first speech back to call for urgent investment in cancer services.
jrnl.ie/6865492
‘Good to be back’: Richard Boyd Barrett returns to Dáil and urges action on cancer services
The TD was warmly welcomed back as he urged the government to provide funding to replace ageing radiotherapy machines.
jrnl.ie
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Richard Boyd Barrett returned to the Dáil today after completing treatment for throat cancer, receiving a standing ovation from TDs across the chamber.
He used his first speech back to call for urgent investment in cancer services.
jrnl.ie/6865492
He used his first speech back to call for urgent investment in cancer services.
jrnl.ie/6865492
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“Bureaucracy has a purpose”
(re Collison) “I'm always very conscious that it's easy to sit outside & look in & say everybody's doing it wrong.
"Most of those organisations are focused in the right places to deliver infrastructure for the benefit of people” www.businesspost.ie/companies/bu...
(re Collison) “I'm always very conscious that it's easy to sit outside & look in & say everybody's doing it wrong.
"Most of those organisations are focused in the right places to deliver infrastructure for the benefit of people” www.businesspost.ie/companies/bu...
‘Bureaucracy has a purpose’: Ramboll engineering consultant on Stripe’s Collison red tape critique
www.businesspost.ie
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Bureaucracy has a purpose”
(re Collison) “I'm always very conscious that it's easy to sit outside & look in & say everybody's doing it wrong.
"Most of those organisations are focused in the right places to deliver infrastructure for the benefit of people” www.businesspost.ie/companies/bu...
(re Collison) “I'm always very conscious that it's easy to sit outside & look in & say everybody's doing it wrong.
"Most of those organisations are focused in the right places to deliver infrastructure for the benefit of people” www.businesspost.ie/companies/bu...
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Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Irish Supreme Court contraception case
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Irish Supreme Court contraception case
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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Completely normal website legitimised on the daily by politicos, hacks and people willing to turn a blind eye to what it is, and what its owner uses it for.
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Completely normal website legitimised on the daily by politicos, hacks and people willing to turn a blind eye to what it is, and what its owner uses it for.
Stuns me that anyone can look at all the problems facing Ireland and think “y’know what’d improve things, first past the post”
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Stuns me that anyone can look at all the problems facing Ireland and think “y’know what’d improve things, first past the post”
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
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J.M. Kelly, original author of the keading Irish constitutional law textbook and later Fine Gael Minister and Attorney General, advocating an active presidency in 1966.
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
J.M. Kelly, original author of the keading Irish constitutional law textbook and later Fine Gael Minister and Attorney General, advocating an active presidency in 1966.
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A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
Not guilty: Soldier F cleared in Bloody Sunday murder trial
A former paratrooper has been cleared of two murders during the Bloody Sunday shootings in 1972.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
A day where law and justice feel far apart. But criminal law really struggles to function at 53 years of remove, when so many witnesses are dead. Injustice was assured when it took this long for the state to recognise its wrongdoing and start proceedings:
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/courts/...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Ireland disinformation update:
Reddit locked down one of the most-used parts of its platform in Ireland (r/ireland, claiming 1.2m members) due to what moderators called a “wave of new and inactive accounts spreading disinformation and hate speech connected to recent events.”
Reddit locked down one of the most-used parts of its platform in Ireland (r/ireland, claiming 1.2m members) due to what moderators called a “wave of new and inactive accounts spreading disinformation and hate speech connected to recent events.”
October 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ireland disinformation update:
Reddit locked down one of the most-used parts of its platform in Ireland (r/ireland, claiming 1.2m members) due to what moderators called a “wave of new and inactive accounts spreading disinformation and hate speech connected to recent events.”
Reddit locked down one of the most-used parts of its platform in Ireland (r/ireland, claiming 1.2m members) due to what moderators called a “wave of new and inactive accounts spreading disinformation and hate speech connected to recent events.”
This is the most interesting thing I've read in days on the presidential campaign
Connolly won the internet because influencers crowded around her
I haven't seen this since the referendums
My theory: left unity opened the door for progressive creators to engage; they're not worried about intra-left sniping and blowback
There's a lesson there
www.thebriefing.ie/comedy-wins-...
I haven't seen this since the referendums
My theory: left unity opened the door for progressive creators to engage; they're not worried about intra-left sniping and blowback
There's a lesson there
www.thebriefing.ie/comedy-wins-...
Comedy wins in #Aras25 content battle
Aoife Dunne's "Sorry now" video is one of the most subtle yet devastating pieces of political content I have ever seen.
www.thebriefing.ie
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is the most interesting thing I've read in days on the presidential campaign
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Journalist Ed Moloney has died aged 77, his family has said. He was known for his coverage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the activities of the Provisional IRA
Troubles journalist Ed Moloney dies aged 77
Journalist Ed Moloney has died aged 77, his family has said.
www.rte.ie
October 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Journalist Ed Moloney has died aged 77, his family has said. He was known for his coverage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the activities of the Provisional IRA
“There’ll be a lot of significant work in respect of it”
There was, in fact, not much work in respect of it
There was, in fact, not much work in respect of it
And worse, the Taoiseach and Tániste are doing the 1998 Agreement as vibes to avoid prioritising such a vote, which they don't regard as being in their narrow electoral interest. Under the B/GFA 1998 parity of esteem applies to the "sovereign government" for NI. This is just chaff and distraction:
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“There’ll be a lot of significant work in respect of it”
There was, in fact, not much work in respect of it
There was, in fact, not much work in respect of it
Sampling the election vibes
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sampling the election vibes
"As of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day."
October 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"As of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day."
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"At least nine Irish citizens have been detained by the Israeli military after an international flotilla trying to deliver medicine and food to Gaza was intercepted overnight, organisers have said." www.independent.ie/world-news/m...
October 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"At least nine Irish citizens have been detained by the Israeli military after an international flotilla trying to deliver medicine and food to Gaza was intercepted overnight, organisers have said." www.independent.ie/world-news/m...
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A mad little story of brazen food PR nonsense, and a wider indictment of media context collapse in Ireland and everywhere else.
Excellent work by @allthefood.bsky.social
Excellent work by @allthefood.bsky.social
It doesn't matter if you're into food and restaurants, this is a must-read on the importance of fact-checking and subject-matter experts (and a mini exposé on how a particular food enterprise in Dublin is capitalising on its absence in Irish media). www.allthefood.ie/single-post/...
Is new Dublin restaurant Entrecôte connected to the French originals?
A few weeks ago this Instagram page appeared, announcing a "world famous French bistro" was coming to Dublin. Ears were pricked, and questions abounded about exactly which "Entrecôte" was coming to Ir...
www.allthefood.ie
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A mad little story of brazen food PR nonsense, and a wider indictment of media context collapse in Ireland and everywhere else.
Excellent work by @allthefood.bsky.social
Excellent work by @allthefood.bsky.social
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❌ Offaly County Council DOES NOT nominate Gareth Sheridan for #aras25.
An FG/FF-led proposal to back no candidates is carried by 11 to 5.
That all but ends the 36-year-old’s presidential aspirations.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
An FG/FF-led proposal to back no candidates is carried by 11 to 5.
That all but ends the 36-year-old’s presidential aspirations.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
❌ Offaly County Council DOES NOT nominate Gareth Sheridan for #aras25.
An FG/FF-led proposal to back no candidates is carried by 11 to 5.
That all but ends the 36-year-old’s presidential aspirations.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
An FG/FF-led proposal to back no candidates is carried by 11 to 5.
That all but ends the 36-year-old’s presidential aspirations.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
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Would recommend reading some of the beautiful tributes to Conor Gearty on Matrix chambers' website.
Really capture what an incredible person he was. www.online-tribute.com/ProfessorCon...
Really capture what an incredible person he was. www.online-tribute.com/ProfessorCon...
Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon) | 1957 - 2025 | Online-Tribute.com
It is with deep sadness that Matrix announces the death of Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon). Conor was a founding member of Matrix and highly respected member of the legal community. A formidable…
www.online-tribute.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Would recommend reading some of the beautiful tributes to Conor Gearty on Matrix chambers' website.
Really capture what an incredible person he was. www.online-tribute.com/ProfessorCon...
Really capture what an incredible person he was. www.online-tribute.com/ProfessorCon...
Just some sail+rail propaganda of a Sunday
September 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just some sail+rail propaganda of a Sunday