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Marc de Faoite @marcdefaoite.bsky.social · 8d

@roisinlanigan.bsky.social on Irish accents on the screen.
After more than 35 years away, my accent is apparently so diluted and distorted that I've lost count of the times my fellow Irish ask me what part of Germany I am from. (I have never lived in Germany).
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘If you get it wrong, it’s sacrilegious!’ TV’s problem with Irish accents

From James Norton’s ‘terror’ at playing a Dubliner in House of Guinness to Helen Mirren doing an impersonation so atrocious it went viral – why do actors struggle to play people from Ireland?

www.theguardian.com

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · 8d

Do u think u do “a good Irish accent”? Consider this: u do not

Wrote about this for the guardian www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘If you get it wrong, it’s sacrilegious!’ TV’s problem with Irish accents

From James Norton’s ‘terror’ at playing a Dubliner in House of Guinness to Helen Mirren doing an impersonation so atrocious it went viral – why do actors struggle to play people from Ireland?

www.theguardian.com

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 16d

Why is Belfast thronged with megaphones and placards? @roisinlanigan.bsky.social reports from home.

www.the-fence.com/titanic-stre...

Titanic Street Preachers

JESUS SAVES FROM HELL

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · 27d

i wrote about the golden age of vice for the ft www.ft.com/content/8e39...

Vice Is Broke and the risky business of selling cool

A new documentary from former Vice presenter Eddie Huang charts the media powerhouse’s rise and fall

www.ft.com

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The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · Sep 3

Labour's decline in support is remarkable.

Support for Labour has fallen more sharply after this election than it has for any other winning party covered by the BESIP (though the timings between waves are not identical).

Graph showing the decline in support between a post-election wave and the subsequent wave of the British Election Study Internet Panel, measured by mean like/dislike ratings. The drop in the mean like/dislike ratings for Labour is much larger than that for the Conservatives in 2015, 2017, or 2019.

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 29

column this week is about flegs

David Wilding @drwilding.bsky.social · Aug 29

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Watch out, England – you’re being Ulsterised | The Observer

Flag-waving, patriotic spray-painting and men shimmying up lamp-posts. Why do I feel like I’ve been here before?

observer.co.uk

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 29

thank u!

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 20

wrote this for @irishnews.com today
www.irishnews.com/opinion/rois...

As Kneecap’s Mo Chara returns to court, and hundreds are arrested at Palestine protests, there is something rotten here in England

Belfast-born journalist and novelist Róisín Lanigan reports from London as the British government increasingly turns to terror laws to clamp down on dissent over Palestine

www.irishnews.com

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 20

wrote this for @irishnews.com today
www.irishnews.com/opinion/rois...

As Kneecap’s Mo Chara returns to court, and hundreds are arrested at Palestine protests, there is something rotten here in England

Belfast-born journalist and novelist Róisín Lanigan reports from London as the British government increasingly turns to terror laws to clamp down on dissent over Palestine

www.irishnews.com

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 18

observer column this week: make musicians poor again observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s our fault that Oasis are now the status quo

Liam Gallagher took a pop at the establishment in Edinburgh – but isn’t his band part of it?

observer.co.uk

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 5

:) backstory.london/products/the...

The Pub by The Fence

We're proud to be The Fence's bookshop partner. Pre-order their latest book, The Pub, and it will be despatched on or around publication day, August 14th. Would Queen Victoria have been good value ove...

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Aug 5

wrote some things about THE PUB for @thefence.bsky.social’s book about THE PUB

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · Jul 30

Rumour has it that Tommy Robinson has fled to Spain after reading @roisinlanigan.bsky.social's dispatch from Benidorm.

Latest here: dispatch-media.com/benidorms-gr...

Benidorm's greatest patriots

A Glorious Twelfth • On the Costa del Ulster • Pass the Buckfast

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Jul 24

I went on the Money's No Object podcast to talk about winning the lottery and becoming benevolently evil as a result open.spotify.com/episode/3Tvg...

Money's No Object #8: Róisín Lanigan

Money's No Object · Episode

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · Jul 24

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Jul 24

A Palestinian mother in Gaza: “My children have become skeletal, skin and bone. Even the slightest effort makes them dizzy. They are asking for food, and I have nothing to give. I can’t lie and say I’ll bring them something when I know I won’t be able to.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · Jul 24

We dump vulnerable people (not just asylum seekers, but the homeless as well) in inadequate conditions where you can’t even store a pint of milk, and in the case of the asylum seekers, leave them to rot, and make it harder for them to integrate. Then people claim they’re living in luxury.

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Fórsa trade union @forsatradeunion.bsky.social · Jul 24

What a feeling to see Fórsa on the jersey for our rising Palestinian GAA stars!

While we wish they were here in Ireland, they're instead at a summer camp in Jordan. Some of the Dublin hurlers also went over for a training, class acts.

One day we'll meet, a chairdre! 🇮🇪🇵🇸

A member of gaa Palestine wearing a green hersey. It says forsa, gaa and o neills, with a peace dove on the side

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Jul 24

in the new issue of @thefence.bsky.social i wrote about belfast's street preacher mania and also some status symbols for the vibeless

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John Merrick @johnmerrick.bsky.social · Jul 23

This is a fascinating essay on Paul Ray, the founder of the EDL – a strange and troubled sounding bloke ‪@dispatchmedia.bsky.social‬

dispatch-media.com/the-forgotte...

The forgotten founder of the EDL

Paul Ray lit the fuse • Then disappeared • From Luton to Ukraine

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Jul 20

Putting the 'sham' in shamrock:
@roisinlanigan.bsky.social on the problem of Irish chic
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

‘Cool Eire’ puts the sham in shamrock | The Observer

All of a sudden, it’s cool to be Irish – but only if you talk about Ireland in a certain way

observer.co.uk

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you!

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Jul 19

Last week I went semi-undercover in Benidorm for @dispatchmedia.bsky.social dispatch-media.com/benidorms-gr...

Benidorm's greatest patriots

A Glorious Twelfth • On the Costa del Ulster • Pass the Buckfast

dispatch-media.com

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Dispatch @dispatchmedia.bsky.social · Jul 17

What happens when you mix Benidorm, Buckfast and Loyalist zeal?

@roisinlanigan.bsky.social reports from the Costa Del Ulster for the Glorious Twelfth:

dispatch-media.com/benidorms-gr...

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Róisín Lanigan @roisinlanigan.bsky.social · Jul 6

thank u so much!

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