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Liz Carolan

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Trump’s alt right edgelords will inevitably come for Ireland. We can’t take the bait

At some point in the next four years Ireland will become the target of a culture or meme war attack from Donald Trump’s “alt right” allies. The...

07.01.2025 8

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

TikTok’s annus horribilis of 2024 creates problems for Ireland

As Irish voters went to the polls a couple of weeks ago, an election on the other side of Europe was in crisis. The Romanian presidential election...

17.12.2024 5

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

Could Simon Harris’s 105 social media videos or the Freedom Party’s €1,000 a day sway the election?

This general election has been punctuated by a series of viral moments that have derailed the carefully laid plans of parties and candidates. As...

27.11.2024 3

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

When it comes to following the money at election time, don’t even try

Talk of money is everywhere in the election debate, mostly in the form of promises of bumper giveaways in the year ahead. We hear less about money...

20.11.2024 2

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

Michael O’Leary’s swipe at teachers won’t land more than a glancing blow on Fine Gael

The digital election campaign is well under way; tens of thousands of euro are being spent per day on online ads, and party leaders have embraced...

12.11.2024 5

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

The silence of the ‘Shinnerbots’: How social media lost political credibility

When a political scandal breaks in Ireland, a fight to own the narrative quickly ensues. We have come to expect at least three public battlegrounds...

19.10.2024 1

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

Can I afford to let religious ethos be a factor in choosing a school for my child?

Our household is one of many across the country applying to primary schools for our child who starts junior infants next September. It is both an...

16.09.2024 2

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

Hard to imagine any Irish politician losing the run of themselves with a Kamala-style ‘brat summer’

The US presidential election is coming, and don’t we know all about it. It is politics elevated to the level of spectacle. Even from across the...

07.09.2024 2

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan

We don’t need death threats against politicians to see how social media is harming democracy

Last week, a TikTok video containing alleged death threats against Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald went viral, the latest incident in a...

24.07.2024 2

The Irish Times

Liz Carolan