Gavan Reilly
@gavreilly.com
Politics guy @virginmedianews.bsky.social; one third of The Group Chat podcast; columns here and there; author of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞: linktr.ee/gavreilly
Ireland exported €39.9m of produce to Iran in 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Ireland exported €39.9m of produce to Iran in 2024.
I honestly think about this tweet by @sarahjaybee.bsky.social *every* time I’m abroad for work
(Including last week in Shanghai)
(Including last week in Shanghai)
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
I honestly think about this tweet by @sarahjaybee.bsky.social *every* time I’m abroad for work
(Including last week in Shanghai)
(Including last week in Shanghai)
The man openly touting invading a NATO member says:
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The man openly touting invading a NATO member says:
This video wouldn’t attach the first time - this is from the opening commentary at the meeting; the press get kicked out after those opening exchanges but more was said behind the scenes.
Xi also commented that tariffs on dairy imports - due to take effect next month - are still subject to review.
Xi also commented that tariffs on dairy imports - due to take effect next month - are still subject to review.
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This video wouldn’t attach the first time - this is from the opening commentary at the meeting; the press get kicked out after those opening exchanges but more was said behind the scenes.
Xi also commented that tariffs on dairy imports - due to take effect next month - are still subject to review.
Xi also commented that tariffs on dairy imports - due to take effect next month - are still subject to review.
Blimey. It’s one thing to engineer the circumstances of a coup, quite another to abduct the president and evacuate him from the country
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Blimey. It’s one thing to engineer the circumstances of a coup, quite another to abduct the president and evacuate him from the country
🎹 And… done!
Closing the donations page for the Christmas Day piano appeal, with an amazing €8,060 offered to AsIAm.
Sincerely grateful to everyone who joined us and chipped in, with donations of all sizes!
The charity will get the proceeds (minus transaction fees) in the days to come.
Closing the donations page for the Christmas Day piano appeal, with an amazing €8,060 offered to AsIAm.
Sincerely grateful to everyone who joined us and chipped in, with donations of all sizes!
The charity will get the proceeds (minus transaction fees) in the days to come.
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎹 And… done!
Closing the donations page for the Christmas Day piano appeal, with an amazing €8,060 offered to AsIAm.
Sincerely grateful to everyone who joined us and chipped in, with donations of all sizes!
The charity will get the proceeds (minus transaction fees) in the days to come.
Closing the donations page for the Christmas Day piano appeal, with an amazing €8,060 offered to AsIAm.
Sincerely grateful to everyone who joined us and chipped in, with donations of all sizes!
The charity will get the proceeds (minus transaction fees) in the days to come.
December 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It’s that time of year again… and I’m sharing a photo of me from 1993. That’s how seriously I’m taking this.
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It’s that time of year again… and I’m sharing a photo of me from 1993. That’s how seriously I’m taking this.
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
Going live on Instagram, at 3pm on Christmas Day, to take piano requests. Unplanned, unprepared.
All in aid of the wonderful work of AsIAm.
idonate.ie/gavplayspiano
Feck it, go on, it’s Christmas: have some free bollocks on me.
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Feck it, go on, it’s Christmas: have some free bollocks on me.
🚨 annual ‘Santa has clearance to enter Irish airspace’ announcement 🚨
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨 annual ‘Santa has clearance to enter Irish airspace’ announcement 🚨
The very tone of this statement from Micheál Martin (who hasn’t yet seen/received THAT internal report) illustrates the pressure he’s under - in 16 years leading the party he has never seen fit to issue a statement as defensive and adversarial as this
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The very tone of this statement from Micheál Martin (who hasn’t yet seen/received THAT internal report) illustrates the pressure he’s under - in 16 years leading the party he has never seen fit to issue a statement as defensive and adversarial as this
Presented without comment
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Presented without comment
NEW: European Council President Antonio Costa is the first person to publicly identify Russia as responsible for the unidentified drones off Dublin Bay last week - “another example of the hybrid attacks from Russia”, he says.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NEW: European Council President Antonio Costa is the first person to publicly identify Russia as responsible for the unidentified drones off Dublin Bay last week - “another example of the hybrid attacks from Russia”, he says.
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
@virginmedianews.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Exclusive footage of how they designed the FIFA Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Exclusive footage of how they designed the FIFA Peace Prize
“Send him off! Send the dirty git off! Get him off the field! That were diabolical! Walk him, Campbell, if you’ve got any bottle! … He’s give ‘im a yellow card. I can’t spake. You bottless git, Campbell, you dick’ead. You bottless git. I can’t spake.”
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Send him off! Send the dirty git off! Get him off the field! That were diabolical! Walk him, Campbell, if you’ve got any bottle! … He’s give ‘im a yellow card. I can’t spake. You bottless git, Campbell, you dick’ead. You bottless git. I can’t spake.”
Broke: Watching Troy Parrott's winner with the Titanic music
Woke: Watching Troy Parrott's winner with the berserk Icelandic commentary from Euro 2016 (when Heimir Hallgrimsson was the manager!):
Woke: Watching Troy Parrott's winner with the berserk Icelandic commentary from Euro 2016 (when Heimir Hallgrimsson was the manager!):
November 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Broke: Watching Troy Parrott's winner with the Titanic music
Woke: Watching Troy Parrott's winner with the berserk Icelandic commentary from Euro 2016 (when Heimir Hallgrimsson was the manager!):
Woke: Watching Troy Parrott's winner with the berserk Icelandic commentary from Euro 2016 (when Heimir Hallgrimsson was the manager!):
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Michael D Higgins, with his wife Sabina, has left Áras an Úachtaráin for the final time as president.
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
He was given a guard of honour by members of the Sanctuary Runners, a charity of which he is patron.
The President’s term of office ends at midnight.
@VirginMediaNews.bsky.social
Warm applause in the Dáil chamber - from all sides - as the House is formally notified that, for the first time since 1973, a sitting member of the Dáil has been elected President of Ireland. Catherine Connolly’s seat in Galway West has now been formally vacated. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Warm applause in the Dáil chamber - from all sides - as the House is formally notified that, for the first time since 1973, a sitting member of the Dáil has been elected President of Ireland. Catherine Connolly’s seat in Galway West has now been formally vacated. @virginmedianews.bsky.social
As if the front page of the Sunday Independent wasn’t bad enough reading for the Taoiseach…
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As if the front page of the Sunday Independent wasn’t bad enough reading for the Taoiseach…
Apropos of recent comments by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste:
In September (the most recent data available), 44% of asylum decisions resulted in the applicant being considered eligible for international protection.
It is presently taking the State around 17 months to process a standard application.
In September (the most recent data available), 44% of asylum decisions resulted in the applicant being considered eligible for international protection.
It is presently taking the State around 17 months to process a standard application.
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Apropos of recent comments by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste:
In September (the most recent data available), 44% of asylum decisions resulted in the applicant being considered eligible for international protection.
It is presently taking the State around 17 months to process a standard application.
In September (the most recent data available), 44% of asylum decisions resulted in the applicant being considered eligible for international protection.
It is presently taking the State around 17 months to process a standard application.
And if you were waiting for an audiobook version, I have some contemporary started-that-today news for you too
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
And if you were waiting for an audiobook version, I have some contemporary started-that-today news for you too
Too late, NYT. That top line ain’t fooling anyone.
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Too late, NYT. That top line ain’t fooling anyone.
