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Migration: It's Time To Stop Blaming The Victims
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (408+ words) Read The Whole Hog Round-Up of 2025 in the Hot Press Annual " out now Ireland is full. Full of disinformation that is, plus inept politicians and frustrated citizens pointing the finger at migrants. That nasty slogan, chanted at riots and protests…...
The Year in Culture: That's Entertainment (And Politics)
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (495+ words) Read The Whole Hog Round-Up of 2025 in the Hot Press Annual " out now From the President of America raging against some of his country's biggest stars via social media, to Netflix's record-breaking Adolescence series being endorsed by the UK Prime…...
Life during wartime: "The ongoing violence frequently feels too nebulous to measure"
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (1354+ words) Read The Whole Hog Round-Up of 2025 in the Hot Press Annual " out now When President Catherine Connolly was inaugurated on November 11, she did not shy away from the topic of war. "As I assume the privilege of office, we face…...
ACLAÍ Palestine's Ainle Ó Cairealláin: "It's about defying the isolation that the occupation want to push Palestine into"
1+ week, 53+ min ago (1809+ words) Following another vital, albeit challenging, 12 months for ACLA" Palestine " a community gym in the West Bank " founder Ainle " Caireall'in discusses the importance of forging connections between Ireland and Palestine, and raising funds for a new music academy in the Aida…...
Troye Sivan, Rebel Wilson, Billy Bragg and more mourn victims of Bondi Beach shooting
1+ week, 1+ day ago (860+ words) President Catherine Connolly and Pope Leo XIV are also among those offering condolences to the victims. Reactions have poured in from around the world after a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia over the weekend. Authorities have named…...
Trump’s assault on Europe: "Happy new year? Somehow I don’t think so..."
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1184+ words) A year ago, we were on the countdown to Donald Trump's return to the White House. While I spent most of the editorial in the Hot Press Annual excoriating Joe Biden for his complicity in the genocide in Gaza and…...
Gerry McGovern's 99th Day: A Warning About Technology available to pre-order now
1+ week, 4+ day ago (321+ words) "McGovern forensically sets out the horrendous hidden costs of " and the exponential damage being inflicted by " the tech billionaires, the AI messiahs, the mining conglomerates and the blood-sucking alpha males who are driving the Gadarene rush towards climate catastrophe," says…...
What's really going on with the global drug trade?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1487+ words) Providing us with a lot of the answers is'Daniel Brombacher, Director of the European Observatory for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, who is a guest on'Hot Press" new Dealing With Drugs'podcast.' Ever since Hot Press launched in 1977, we…...
Miriam O’Callaghan: "I just hope people learn a little bit more about me – and think I’m an okay person at the end of it"
2+ week, 3+ day ago (2008+ words) Having just released a fascinating new memoir, in a hugely compelling interview, veteran broadcaster Miriam O'Callaghan discusses the Troubles, personal loss, scandals, encounters with cranky musicians, and a whole lot more. "I think my life doesn't get any less busy,…...
RTÉ to close 2XM, Pulse and more digital stations next month
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (644+ words) "It is an enormous shame that a station that champions so many independent and alternative acts is closing down," said Ailsha Irish metal musician and host of RT" 2XM's AMPLIFY. RT" is set to permanently shut down four digital radio…...