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.
How Britain's migration plans may affect Ireland.
Something London doesn't seem to have considered (shocker): anything they seek to implement in N.Ireland that reduces rights (including of asylum seekers) will face legal challenges under the Windsor Framework www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Something London doesn't seem to have considered (shocker): anything they seek to implement in N.Ireland that reduces rights (including of asylum seekers) will face legal challenges under the Windsor Framework www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
How the hardening of the UK’s immigration laws will affect Ireland
Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit deal may scupper Westminster’s plans
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November 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
How Britain's migration plans may affect Ireland.
Something London doesn't seem to have considered (shocker): anything they seek to implement in N.Ireland that reduces rights (including of asylum seekers) will face legal challenges under the Windsor Framework www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Something London doesn't seem to have considered (shocker): anything they seek to implement in N.Ireland that reduces rights (including of asylum seekers) will face legal challenges under the Windsor Framework www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Behind architecture and ancient treasures lies a state strategy built on mega-projects and foreign capital to shore up Egypt’s strained economy
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The politics of prestige behind Egypt’s new mega-museum
Behind architecture and ancient treasures lies state strategy built on mega-projects and foreign capital to shore up strained economy
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November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Behind architecture and ancient treasures lies a state strategy built on mega-projects and foreign capital to shore up Egypt’s strained economy
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For and Against a United Ireland reviewed by Andy Pollak: "I would make this balanced and scrupulous treatment of the great existential issue of this island required reading for every Irish & Northern Irish sixth year school student and first year undergraduate."
A sharp, clear-eyed look at Irish unity from two of the island’s best journalists…
Fintan O’Toole is the nearest thing Ireland gets to a public intellectual: a writer of erudition and intellect who tackles the political and cultural issues of the day and of the nation through a wide...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
For and Against a United Ireland reviewed by Andy Pollak: "I would make this balanced and scrupulous treatment of the great existential issue of this island required reading for every Irish & Northern Irish sixth year school student and first year undergraduate."
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
I wrote about how exceptional police powers to place people under house arrest without trial along other things were introduced in the state of emergency in the hours after the Paris Bataclan attacks, were extended six times, before ultimately being made permanent French law.
How the Bataclan attacks hardened French police powers
How the Bataclan attacks hardened French police powers
Rights groups warn toughened powers are used to prevent peaceful protest
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November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I wrote about how exceptional police powers to place people under house arrest without trial along other things were introduced in the state of emergency in the hours after the Paris Bataclan attacks, were extended six times, before ultimately being made permanent French law.
I said “combatative” on the TV last might and the correct word seems to be “combative”. I swear this is a glitch in the Matrix and was only changed just now
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I said “combatative” on the TV last might and the correct word seems to be “combative”. I swear this is a glitch in the Matrix and was only changed just now
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As the US skips the UN climate conference, slashes science, and steers into pollution, China is going hard with solar, and selling tons to the many countries that prefer to live in reality rather than deny it.
Yet more indication America threw away global leadership and facilitated China’s rise.
Yet more indication America threw away global leadership and facilitated China’s rise.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As the US skips the UN climate conference, slashes science, and steers into pollution, China is going hard with solar, and selling tons to the many countries that prefer to live in reality rather than deny it.
Yet more indication America threw away global leadership and facilitated China’s rise.
Yet more indication America threw away global leadership and facilitated China’s rise.
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The kind of journalism that needs to be invested in.. and paid for.
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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 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:
www.irishtimes.com/world/2025/1...
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
www.irishtimes.com
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:
www.irishtimes.com/world/2025/1...
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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Among those taken to hospital were a 20-day old baby and a 17 month old.
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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
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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
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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