Tom Collins
@tcollins.bsky.social
Scribbler, Irish News columnist, dad. Emeritus journalism prof at Stirling University.
Proof Labour has lot the plot.
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Proof Labour has lot the plot.
Claire Hanna’s leader’s speech to the #SDLP conference was far-sighted, but was anyone listening? My take in today’s @irishnews.com online and in the shops.
October 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Claire Hanna’s leader’s speech to the #SDLP conference was far-sighted, but was anyone listening? My take in today’s @irishnews.com online and in the shops.
Ahead of his leader’s speech to the #Labour conference today I look at Keir #Starmer - a liability for his party but also his country in today’s @irishnews.com. Available online and in the shops.
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ahead of his leader’s speech to the #Labour conference today I look at Keir #Starmer - a liability for his party but also his country in today’s @irishnews.com. Available online and in the shops.
As Britain prepares to welcome Trump I look at the Labour Party’s appeasement of the authoritarian would-be dictator in today’s @irishnews.com online and in the shops.
September 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As Britain prepares to welcome Trump I look at the Labour Party’s appeasement of the authoritarian would-be dictator in today’s @irishnews.com online and in the shops.
What do do with your first state pension cheque from a British government that has let the people of Gaza down? I have just fulfilled my pledge in today's @irishnews.com and given it to Medicines Sans Frontieres. Check their website, consider donating. www.msf.org
August 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What do do with your first state pension cheque from a British government that has let the people of Gaza down? I have just fulfilled my pledge in today's @irishnews.com and given it to Medicines Sans Frontieres. Check their website, consider donating. www.msf.org
My column in today’s @irishnews.com on the UK’s increasingly repressive approach to protest and its double standards in Northern Ireland, online and in the shops @neilmackay.bsky.social also worth reading on Palestine Action proscription.
July 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My column in today’s @irishnews.com on the UK’s increasingly repressive approach to protest and its double standards in Northern Ireland, online and in the shops @neilmackay.bsky.social also worth reading on Palestine Action proscription.
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social in @theguardian.com really is the best political commentator going. Today on Badenoch.
June 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social in @theguardian.com really is the best political commentator going. Today on Badenoch.
A little light reading from @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social Proof that history is not just something stuck in the past.
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A little light reading from @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social Proof that history is not just something stuck in the past.
I think I’ve spotted Stanley Tucci
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I think I’ve spotted Stanley Tucci
My take on Starmer. Toxic for Ireland. Today’s www.IrishNews.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My take on Starmer. Toxic for Ireland. Today’s www.IrishNews.com
The challenge for Europe. My column in today’s www.irishnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The challenge for Europe. My column in today’s www.irishnews.com
Susan B Glasser in the New Yorker on the inauguration. Spot on.
January 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Susan B Glasser in the New Yorker on the inauguration. Spot on.
In today’s Irish News - Hilary Benn in denial over the Legacy act and Britain’s dirty war in Ireland. In the shops and online at Irishnews.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In today’s Irish News - Hilary Benn in denial over the Legacy act and Britain’s dirty war in Ireland. In the shops and online at Irishnews.com
From today’s @irishnews.com -it’s time for a step-change in HE provision in Derry. Online and in the shops.
December 3, 2024 at 9:05 AM
From today’s @irishnews.com -it’s time for a step-change in HE provision in Derry. Online and in the shops.
Netanyahu’s place is in the dock. My column on the ICC warrant into today’s Irish News. Online and in the shops www.irishnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Netanyahu’s place is in the dock. My column on the ICC warrant into today’s Irish News. Online and in the shops www.irishnews.com
Joe Biden wrong to reject ICC ruling on Netanyahu. My take in today’s Irish News - in the shops and online at Irishnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Joe Biden wrong to reject ICC ruling on Netanyahu. My take in today’s Irish News - in the shops and online at Irishnews.com
Has Biden’s shift on missiles come too late for Ukraine? My take in today’s Irish News in the shops and online at Irishnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Has Biden’s shift on missiles come too late for Ukraine? My take in today’s Irish News in the shops and online at Irishnews.com
My column in today’s Irish News. Online @ irishnews.com and in the shops.
November 12, 2024 at 7:57 AM
My column in today’s Irish News. Online @ irishnews.com and in the shops.
Belfast has a new transport hub. But the decision to reject bilingual signage is a kick in the teeth for lovers of the Irish language. My take in today’s Irish News.
September 10, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Belfast has a new transport hub. But the decision to reject bilingual signage is a kick in the teeth for lovers of the Irish language. My take in today’s Irish News.
A Marriage of Figaro that made for very uncomfortable viewing at Edinburgh Festival. Revolutionary but not in a good way. Mozart triumphed in spite of the gore.
August 16, 2024 at 11:36 PM
A Marriage of Figaro that made for very uncomfortable viewing at Edinburgh Festival. Revolutionary but not in a good way. Mozart triumphed in spite of the gore.
Very impressed by the enterprise of this letter writer in the Times Literary Supplement.
August 8, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Very impressed by the enterprise of this letter writer in the Times Literary Supplement.
My take on social media’s corrosive impact on life, the universe and everything in today’s edition of The Irish News online and in the shops.
August 6, 2024 at 7:39 PM
My take on social media’s corrosive impact on life, the universe and everything in today’s edition of The Irish News online and in the shops.