Patrick Freyne
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social
Irish Times writer & author of OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea https://easons.com/ok-lets-do-your-stupid-idea-patrick-freyne-9780241992531 & https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ok-let-s-do-your-stupid-idea-patrick-freyne/2029113?ean=9780241992531
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A theory I have is that Substack is making people less careful readers, in that so many Substacks do not have an editor going “we don’t need this spoonfeeding or this pointless disclaimer that bad things are bad”, and so people increasingly expect more “bad things are bad” style disclaimers.
Once more I am begging those of you with Substacks to get an editor to look over your long, heartfelt screeds.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A theory I have is that Substack is making people less careful readers, in that so many Substacks do not have an editor going “we don’t need this spoonfeeding or this pointless disclaimer that bad things are bad”, and so people increasingly expect more “bad things are bad” style disclaimers.
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"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
Agh, my eyes. My eyes!
www.thejournal.ie
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"You may not know this, but there exists, among certain cohorts of the public, a perception that Ireland’s political establishment and media establishment are too intimately connected. And what on Earth would give them that idea?"
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
Happy Saturday, it's time to read my column.
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My preview piece on RTÉ’s Radio 1 reboot, which starts on Monday: ‘We weren’t aware that this level of a shake-up was on the cards’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
RTÉ’s Radio 1 reboot: ‘We weren’t aware that this level of a shake-up was on the cards’
It’s the biggest change to the station’s weekday line-up since 1999. But what does that really mean?
www.irishtimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My preview piece on RTÉ’s Radio 1 reboot, which starts on Monday: ‘We weren’t aware that this level of a shake-up was on the cards’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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Quite a headline.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Quite a headline.
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The intro to my piece on All's Fair with Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The intro to my piece on All's Fair with Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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There's a new Predator movie out so it's as good a time as any to say that, if I was given the opportunity to add an addition to any franchise, I'd have the Predator land in Glasgow in the 80s during an Old Firm fixture.
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
There's a new Predator movie out so it's as good a time as any to say that, if I was given the opportunity to add an addition to any franchise, I'd have the Predator land in Glasgow in the 80s during an Old Firm fixture.
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✨THIS SATURDAY✨
Women Writing History
At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn
🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
Women Writing History
At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn
🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
✨THIS SATURDAY✨
Women Writing History
At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn
🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
Women Writing History
At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn
🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
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Love this video from one of the Singers in Moulin Rouge on Broadway Jack Cahill-Lemme
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Love this video from one of the Singers in Moulin Rouge on Broadway Jack Cahill-Lemme
The intro to my piece on All's Fair with Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The intro to my piece on All's Fair with Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
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You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
I wrote about All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...?
In All’s Fair, I genuinely worry that Kim Kardashian might be flammable
The output of Ryan Murphy, who thinks subtlety is for cowards, now resembles children’s programming but real sexy like
www.irishtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I wrote about All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...?
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Winter Papers 11 is here [sound up!]. Design by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Launching @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Saturday 8th Nov
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Winter Papers 11 is here [sound up!]. Design by @johnfoley.bitedesign.com Supported by @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Launching @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Saturday 8th Nov
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man now i regret that *i* didnt steal anything from the louvre
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
man now i regret that *i* didnt steal anything from the louvre
So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So much of the centrist approach to politics has devolved into "How do we trick people into supporting us like the right has done?" where talking sincerely about policies that might help ordinary people's lives is for naïve schmucks who don't understand the glorious theatre of it all
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
This is on tonight - the Dublin Review at 100 - also to be aired on Arena on RTE Radio 1
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is on tonight - the Dublin Review at 100 - also to be aired on Arena on RTE Radio 1
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The legendary R. Crumb is back. At age 81, he delivers his first comic in 23 years — Tales of Paranoia. 12 sharp, uncompromising shorts including the final Dirty Laundry story, drawn with Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
Happy 50th birthday to @fantagraphics.bsky.social! 💚
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Happy 50th birthday to @fantagraphics.bsky.social! 💚
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The legendary R. Crumb is back. At age 81, he delivers his first comic in 23 years — Tales of Paranoia. 12 sharp, uncompromising shorts including the final Dirty Laundry story, drawn with Aline Kominsky-Crumb.
Happy 50th birthday to @fantagraphics.bsky.social! 💚
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
Happy 50th birthday to @fantagraphics.bsky.social! 💚
okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
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Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Zohran Mamdani polled +40% on men under 30. So we wasted all that time on all those think pieces about how we need a Joe Rogan for the left, when what we actually needed were *policies* for the left.
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Just under a week to go til our opening night! Join us to celebrate @thedublinreview.bsky.social at 100. Rick O’Shea will be joined by Brendan Barrington, Sara Baume, Patrick Freyne, Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Mark O’Connell, with music from Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh 🎟️ bit.ly/3KgYZDD
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just under a week to go til our opening night! Join us to celebrate @thedublinreview.bsky.social at 100. Rick O’Shea will be joined by Brendan Barrington, Sara Baume, Patrick Freyne, Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Mark O’Connell, with music from Seán Mac Erlaine & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh 🎟️ bit.ly/3KgYZDD
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
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Right wing dickheads want you afraid of foreign criminals coming in, putting "our women and children" at risk, meanwhile this is what they're doing to women and children
Firefighters rescued five people, including three children under ten, from the top floor of an Ipas centre in Drogheda last night after a major fire.
Gardaí have preserved the scene while the cause of the blaze is investigated.
www.thejournal.ie/fire-ipsa-ce...
Gardaí have preserved the scene while the cause of the blaze is investigated.
www.thejournal.ie/fire-ipsa-ce...
Emergency services tackle major fire at Ipas centre in Drogheda
Arson has not been ruled out.
www.thejournal.ie
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Right wing dickheads want you afraid of foreign criminals coming in, putting "our women and children" at risk, meanwhile this is what they're doing to women and children
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I wrote about horror TV shows for some reason www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows, from Stranger Things to Sesame Street
Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life
www.irishtimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I wrote about horror TV shows for some reason www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
I wrote about horror TV shows for some reason www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows, from Stranger Things to Sesame Street
Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life
www.irishtimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I wrote about horror TV shows for some reason www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-r...