Irish Times journalist and videographer. Author and editor of several books including Seán Lemass: The Lost Memoir (March 2026)https://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mosnxs42js2jSuch a privilege to interview Kirk Hammett from @metallica.com at the Academy in Dublin yesterday - great crowd, thank you all. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett in Dublin: ‘Right now, songwriting and pop music is crap’ https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2026/06/21/metallicas-kirk-hammett-in-dublin-right-now-songwriting-and-pop-music-is-crap/21 Jun 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mosnxs42js2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mn6cz6u2x22iMy interview with Gopal Ghandi, the son of Mahatma Ghandi who spoke at the Jaipur Literary Festival this weekend.31 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6cz6u2x22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mn6cwmjuys2iMy interview with William Dalrymple in which we talk all things Empire, both the British Empire and the @empirepoduk.bsky.social https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/05/31/william-dalrymple-the-partitions-of-ireland-india-palestine-have-been-running-sores/31 May 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn6cwmjuys2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mmrf4vfjpc27The Government has introduced grants of up to €135,000 to convert empty above-the-shop properties into housing. Will it work? https://x.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/2058851484536644036?s=2026 May 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrf4vfjpc27https://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mmrf2n4g6c27https://x.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/2051655865053159447?s=2026 May 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrf2n4g6c27https://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mjdfm3rts22xMy piece in The Irish Times on the Mother and Child scheme 75 years on. It was more than a battle between Church and State. It was really about the medical profession shafting the people of Ireland for its own selfish ends and we are still paying the price today https://www.irishtimes.com/history/2026/04/12/why-the-failure-of-noel-brownes-mother-and-child-scheme-still-matter-75-years-later/12 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdfm3rts22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mhqdgmik5k2z@gavreilly.com Can you follow me for a DM please Gavan. Thanks, Ronan23 Mar 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqdgmik5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mernvlpqgs2dSeán Lemass: The Lost Memoir is coming out next month. It's the story of a transformational Taoiseach in his own words. It was assumed that Lemass had not left his own account of his extraordinary political career for posterity, but he had.13 Feb 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mernvlpqgs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mernnl26hc2dThe Social Democrats quit X last month for this channel. They had to return to X to post an apology to Alan Shatter about comments made by Gary Gannon alleging that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein. This is the background to the apology. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/02/13/social-democrats-apologise-to-former-justice-minister-over-false-epstein-files-accusation/13 Feb 2026 23:24 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mernnl26hc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mdnt6rs5es2gDelighted to announce my new book Seán Lemass: The Lost Memoir edited by me. Lemass, Ireland's most popular Taoiseach, left no autobiography or papers, but he recorded 22 hours of interviews with a businessman called Dermot Ryan in the 1960s. They are an extraordinary political testimony.30 Jan 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnt6rs5es2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3mblsqkjpa22xhttps://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2026/01/02/january-2026-marks-50th-anniversary-of-tit-for-tat-sectarian-murders-in-northern-ireland/04 Jan 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3mblsqkjpa22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3m6kqnjykzk2rAs a country we are great at remembering those who died for Ireland. They have streets, train stations, GAA grounds, etc named after them. We are lousy at remembering those who lived for Ireland. Of course, Dublin Airport should be named after Seán Lemass. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/11/25/lemass-or-parrott-bill-to-rename-dublin-airport-brought-forward-in-dail/26 Nov 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kqnjykzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3m6jkp77u7k2rhttps://x.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1993613849598025953?s=2026 Nov 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jkp77u7k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3m5c5mazt2k2cA video I made with Irish Times Europe correspondent @naomiohreally.bsky.social about President Higgins. Has he changed the nature of the presidency forever? https://www.irishtimes.com/video/video/2025/11/10/did-michael-d-higgins-change-the-nature-of-the-presidency/10 Nov 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5c5mazt2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social/post/3lbf7tgxxxu26Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone at all? This is my first post on Bluesy20 Nov 2024 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:vt36irf6blejvsguthvpnzla/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbf7tgxxxu26