Philip O'Connor
@philipoconnor.bsky.social
"Love dares you to care for the people on the edge of the night."
Irish journalist based in Stockholm, covering the world.
Irish journalist based in Stockholm, covering the world.
Visningen är på Grand, Sveavägen i Stockholm och börjar 1800. Den släpps i Sverige den 14e november.
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Visningen är på Grand, Sveavägen i Stockholm och börjar 1800. Den släpps i Sverige den 14e november.
Ons 12e nov är det specialvisning av filmen "Small Things Like These", som handlar om en man som upptäcker de fruktansvärda förhållanden för kvinnor på ett irländskt barnhem.
Efter filmen kommer jag att intervjua en man som är uppvuxen i ett sånt barnhem. Starka grejer.
Skicka DM om du vill komma.
Efter filmen kommer jag att intervjua en man som är uppvuxen i ett sånt barnhem. Starka grejer.
Skicka DM om du vill komma.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ons 12e nov är det specialvisning av filmen "Small Things Like These", som handlar om en man som upptäcker de fruktansvärda förhållanden för kvinnor på ett irländskt barnhem.
Efter filmen kommer jag att intervjua en man som är uppvuxen i ett sånt barnhem. Starka grejer.
Skicka DM om du vill komma.
Efter filmen kommer jag att intervjua en man som är uppvuxen i ett sånt barnhem. Starka grejer.
Skicka DM om du vill komma.
BTW, for those keeping score, I predicted this last week.
For more than 20 years, I've been covering how mainstream politics reacts to the far right, and I can tell you that unless you act, it's going to get much, much worse in Ireland.
For more than 20 years, I've been covering how mainstream politics reacts to the far right, and I can tell you that unless you act, it's going to get much, much worse in Ireland.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
BTW, for those keeping score, I predicted this last week.
For more than 20 years, I've been covering how mainstream politics reacts to the far right, and I can tell you that unless you act, it's going to get much, much worse in Ireland.
For more than 20 years, I've been covering how mainstream politics reacts to the far right, and I can tell you that unless you act, it's going to get much, much worse in Ireland.
This press conference is over.
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This press conference is over.
After presidential fiasco, Fine Gael and Harris choose hate over hope - why the Irish right pivoting to overt racism is as predictable as it is wrong, and what the left (and in particular Sinn Féin) has to do to avoid making the same mistake.
#SpeirGorm #Aras25
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#SpeirGorm #Aras25
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October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
After presidential fiasco, Fine Gael and Harris choose hate over hope - why the Irish right pivoting to overt racism is as predictable as it is wrong, and what the left (and in particular Sinn Féin) has to do to avoid making the same mistake.
#SpeirGorm #Aras25
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#SpeirGorm #Aras25
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Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in the history of the state.
This kind of analysis is neither serious nor credible, and it has to stop.
#Aras25
This kind of analysis is neither serious nor credible, and it has to stop.
#Aras25
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in the history of the state.
This kind of analysis is neither serious nor credible, and it has to stop.
#Aras25
This kind of analysis is neither serious nor credible, and it has to stop.
#Aras25
On the Irish Times site this morning, there is one article about #Aras25 in general, one about FF's failure, one each about a non-runner and spolied votes, and only one about the winner, while Sheehan uses his Indo piece for snide score-settling.
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On the Irish Times site this morning, there is one article about #Aras25 in general, one about FF's failure, one each about a non-runner and spolied votes, and only one about the winner, while Sheehan uses his Indo piece for snide score-settling.
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
How can this coverage be taken seriously? #speirgorm
I wrote a thing:
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
October 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I wrote a thing:
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
October 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Connolly’s landslide buries political myths about Ireland’s presidential process - how the establishment's attempts to explain #Aras25 are fatally flawed from the outset, and who really matters in the aftermath.
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
philipoconnor.com/connollys-la...
Given that Connolly got the biggest personal mandate in the history of the state AND the highest percentage of first preferences ever in a presidential election, anyone in media engaging this pereniial fuckwit for analysis is pissing in your eye and telling you it's soda water.
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Given that Connolly got the biggest personal mandate in the history of the state AND the highest percentage of first preferences ever in a presidential election, anyone in media engaging this pereniial fuckwit for analysis is pissing in your eye and telling you it's soda water.
"Serious accountability and MAJOR changes". 🙄
Garron Noone trying to tread the fine line between wanting to be really, really racist and, at the same time, keep the sweet, sweet "influence" dollars flowing in.
He is who he told us he was back in March.
Garron Noone trying to tread the fine line between wanting to be really, really racist and, at the same time, keep the sweet, sweet "influence" dollars flowing in.
He is who he told us he was back in March.
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Serious accountability and MAJOR changes". 🙄
Garron Noone trying to tread the fine line between wanting to be really, really racist and, at the same time, keep the sweet, sweet "influence" dollars flowing in.
He is who he told us he was back in March.
Garron Noone trying to tread the fine line between wanting to be really, really racist and, at the same time, keep the sweet, sweet "influence" dollars flowing in.
He is who he told us he was back in March.
Not one word about who the mob were, their motives or politics, or their targets.
I'll say it again - Irish politicians, law enforcement and media have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to the far right, and they will reap a bitter harvest from their ignorance.
I'll say it again - Irish politicians, law enforcement and media have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to the far right, and they will reap a bitter harvest from their ignorance.
October 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Not one word about who the mob were, their motives or politics, or their targets.
I'll say it again - Irish politicians, law enforcement and media have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to the far right, and they will reap a bitter harvest from their ignorance.
I'll say it again - Irish politicians, law enforcement and media have absolutely no idea what they are doing when it comes to the far right, and they will reap a bitter harvest from their ignorance.
What an absolute shitshow.
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What an absolute shitshow.
Two questions for the Irish and Swedish governments - where are Tadhg and Greta, and what are you doing to bring them home?
October 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Two questions for the Irish and Swedish governments - where are Tadhg and Greta, and what are you doing to bring them home?
Swedish media not much better - this from public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio is laughably bad.
No mention of the meat of the allegations of abuse of Thunberg, just that they "according to witness testimony have been treated badly."
Utterly craven, cowardly journalism.
No mention of the meat of the allegations of abuse of Thunberg, just that they "according to witness testimony have been treated badly."
Utterly craven, cowardly journalism.
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Swedish media not much better - this from public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio is laughably bad.
No mention of the meat of the allegations of abuse of Thunberg, just that they "according to witness testimony have been treated badly."
Utterly craven, cowardly journalism.
No mention of the meat of the allegations of abuse of Thunberg, just that they "according to witness testimony have been treated badly."
Utterly craven, cowardly journalism.
Hon kanske kan göra den tillsammans med din grabbs nazistiska "aktivklubb".
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hon kanske kan göra den tillsammans med din grabbs nazistiska "aktivklubb".
... "some legal experts ..."
If you're still paying for the @nytimes.com, you probably shouldn't be.
If you're still paying for the @nytimes.com, you probably shouldn't be.
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
... "some legal experts ..."
If you're still paying for the @nytimes.com, you probably shouldn't be.
If you're still paying for the @nytimes.com, you probably shouldn't be.
Vad i hela helvete är det här @svtnyheter.bsky.social ?
Hur fan ska man ha förtroende för denna "journalistik"?
Hur fan ska man ha förtroende för denna "journalistik"?
September 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Vad i hela helvete är det här @svtnyheter.bsky.social ?
Hur fan ska man ha förtroende för denna "journalistik"?
Hur fan ska man ha förtroende för denna "journalistik"?
Just popping in to say that, if I was Taoiseach and Irish citizens were banned from somewhere because of their opinions, I probably wouldn't wait to be asked by them to say something about it.
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Just popping in to say that, if I was Taoiseach and Irish citizens were banned from somewhere because of their opinions, I probably wouldn't wait to be asked by them to say something about it.
