Una Mullally

Una Mullally

Contributor

Una Mullally is a writer and author from Dublin. She has contributed to The Irish Times since 2011. She writes a weekly opinion column on Irish culture, society, and politics, as well as on the arts and other features. She has written extensively on Irish activism and social movements, including on LGBTQ+ rights and women’s reproductive rights, the Irish language revival, the Irish far-right, urbanism in relation to Dublin city, data centres, and the Irish housing crisis.

Background and Career
Una Mullally was born in Dublin and grew up in Deansgrange. She graduated from DCU with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 2005. She began her career in music journalism, before becoming a news reporter, feature writer, and columnist for the Sunday Tribune, and later a columnist for The Dubliner magazine. She has written guest essays and opinion columns for the New York Times, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, Granta, and The Stinging Fly. She co-founded The Irish Times Women’s Podcast , and co-created other independent podcast series, including Don’t Stop Repealin’ (tracking the campaign to repeal the Eighth Amendment), United Ireland, and Saving the City (on the issues facing post-pandemic Dublin). She also works across theatre, publishing, sound art, and event curation, and hosted the Irish-language alternative music series Ceol ar an Imeall on TG4.

Books

  • Repeal the 8th (2018) (editor)
  • In The Name of Love: The Movement for Marriage Equality in Ireland: An Oral History (2014)

Awards and Notable Achievements

  • George RR Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop fellow, Medill, Northwestern University (2026)
  • Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator, Los Angeles (2019)
  • Friends of Europe, European Young Leaders programme, Brussels (2019)
  • Praeses Elit Award, Trinity College Dublin Law Society (2016)
  • Artist-in-residence, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2016, 2021)
  • The Irish Gay and Lesbian Awards (Galas) Journalist of the Year (2015)

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Is fuirseoir, aisteoir agus ceoltóir í Síomha Hennessy. Ainmníodh í don ngradam Spirit of Wit ag an Dublin Fringe Festival in 2023 (The Coil’s Lament), agus in 2025 (Building Character). In 2026, chuir sí an seó Gaelmaxxing i láthair ag an bhféile, a ainmníodh don ghradam Bewley’s Cafe Theatre Little Gem.

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“Bhíos faoi gheasa ag éisteacht leis na guthanna neamhshaolta sin ag canadh cheol na mara.”

Is amhránaí í Méav Ní Mhaolchatha atá ina ball bunaithe de Celtic Women.

A very touching thing happened on Capel Street last Thursday evening

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“Braithim go maireann meon na nGael go láidir lasmuigh den domhan gránna caipitlíoch ina bhfuilimid.”

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“Bhíos i gcónaí ag léamh agus ag scríobh, agus bhíos ag cur taispeántais bheaga ar siúl sa seomra suite do cibé duine bocht a bhí ina shuí ann.”

Is aisteoir agus scríbhneoir í Danielle James a bhíonn ag obair i réimsí na litríochta, an stáitse agus an scáileáin.

The Ed Sheeran controversy made Irish artists the biggest in the world

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“Bíonn an-imní orm nach bhfuil meas ar an nGaeilge i ngach gné den saol mar theanga bheo agus go bhféachtar uirthi mar chéatadán atá le comhlíonadh.”

Is scríbhneoir agus stiúrthóir í Medb Johnstone. Is é an gearrscannán Ár gCluiche Féin a scannán is déanaí. Beidh sé le feiceáil ar TG4 an fómhar seo.

It’s easy to look tough on immigration. It’s much harder to build empathy

In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin

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Fiosrú requested that hearing be put back as it continues to investigate actions of gardaí in case

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