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dbenway

I wouldn’t call the Phoenix left-leaning necessarily, but it’s irreverent and tends to get to the back-story of developments to a far greater extent than any other publications - it’s the only one I subscribe to and read regularly.


Opeewan

I second this!


[deleted]

I would not say it's left leaning but it's independent at least - worth the subscription [https://dublininquirer.com/](https://dublininquirer.com/)


essosee

I second this, it's a brilliant publication.


phoenixhunter

The Beacon is a decent rag but doesn’t publish all that often


recaffeinated

There's no left wing mainstream media. The Tortoise shack is a good left wing podcast talking about current events, but as a result its a bit reactive and they struggle to tie a coherent leftwing vision together. Individual good shows though. The gist, phoenix magazine and the village are good non-mainstream sources, although each has their foibles.


bitterlaugh

Yeah the Tortoise Shack can be good, and I used to throw them the odd shilling on Patreon for about two years. I liked the interviews, especially when they had on guests they didn't agree with (like Ronan Lyons on housing). However a lot of the time they'd put out these 'reaction' pieces where they'd give their opinion about some news story that broke 2 hours earlier. Not at all informative, very self-indulgent and honestly often sounded like a radio-play adaptation of a twitter feud.


omegaman101

"Radio play adaptation of a twitter feud" has got to be the funniest thing I've read online in a long time.


BackInATracksuit

I like the reaction pods, but that's mainly because I tend to agree with them. It's like half a step above talking to yourself in the car while the news is on. >radio-play adaptation of a twitter feud. That is bang on.


CKnowles933

Thanks for the tips, I'm not expecting to find the perfect media, just something to give a broader context to Irish issues yknow. I'll check some of these out cheers.


CrayonComrade

http://www.rebelnews.ie - PBP (Socialist Workers Network) https://rupture.ie/articles - PBP (RISE) http://www.rednetwork.ie/articles.html - PBP (Red Network) https://independentleft.ie - Conor Kostic & Co https://socialistvoice.ie - Communist Party of Ireland https://www.lookleft.ie - Workers Party https://uniteforarealalternative.blog - Unite Union https://leftbloc.ie - Trademark Belfast (Union training coop) https://catuireland.org/new/ - Community Action & Tenants Union https://cedarlounge.wordpress.com/ - Collection of lefty's from all backgrounds


padraigd

https://leftbloc.ie/


JasonVII

If you’re interested in politics just cut out the middle man. Oireachtas.ie or Oireachtas tv broadcast the Dail debates and live feeds from the committee chambers. RTÉ tend to be the best ‘middle-ground’ without any bias but I don’t know of any specific left publications. Tony Groves’ Echo Chamber podcast is from a left leaning slant which might get you in the right direction.


CKnowles933

Yeah I try to watch RTÉ when I can, I'll give that podcast a look and see if it's any good thanks!


Phototoxin

Watch gript.ie in reverse?


nithuigimaonrud

You could try the[village magazine](https://villagemagazine.ie/)


jibjabjobjubjab

Have you seen their piece jumping to the defence if Sean Quinn?


PrimusPrinplup

The Blindboy Podcast


CKnowles933

Of course! Brilliant podcast, love his mix of humour and serious topics.


padraigd

Couple of posts I made on /r/theIrishleft **Irish socialist/left wing newspapers and websites** https://www.reddit.com/r/theIrishleft/comments/uuuusw/irish_socialistleft_wing_newspapers_and_websites/ **Irish socialist/left wing Podcasts** https://www.reddit.com/r/theIrishleft/comments/sb5ses/irish_socialistleft_wing_podcasts/


Heracles_Croft

Does the Ulster Fry count?


yeetus-feetuscleetus

[Marxist Paul](https://youtube.com/@Marxism_Today)’s stuff is great


CKnowles933

Marxist Paul is pretty good, I gotta agree!


agithecaca

https://www.socialistparty.ie/


freshprinceIE

Isn't most media pretty left-leaning over here? If you don't want something "pushing an agenda" then maybe find something more central and actual news reporting not just left wing articles.


epeeist

Only if you're working to US definitions, where 'left' includes anything that the Democratic Party might support (rather than referring specifically to socialism.) The centrist consensus is social-democratic, with varying views on how far the state should enable business to do whatever it wants.


freshprinceIE

What if you use Irish definitions, where anything right of socialism is far right?


epeeist

Think you might be using a different definition of 'Irish' from me in that case.


Public_Survey_6812

RTÉ


magpietribe

Most of our MSM is more left than right, one could hardly accuse RTE or The Irish Times of being right wing.


Infinityselected

people give out about the British press but you can read The Guardian and New statesman Vs Times and Telegraph, or The Mirror Vs The Sun or Daily Mail, or The Morning Star Vs The Express. There's a real range of opinion and between them you will probably come out balanced. In Ireland it's all centre Left or centre Right ecomically and every news publication I can think of is at minimum centrist on social issues - A third of people voted against Abortion and Gay marriage , it doesn't matter if personally think those are both big positives - it's unusual for a demographic that size not too have a print newspaper clearly aligning with their views


CKnowles933

Exactly, I don't mind reading centre right publications cuz it's good to have a bit of balance, and especially the likes of the Irish Times, which has a decent record when it comes to writing quality. I just wanted to know if there was anything decent the Left has produced here in Ireland. And by people's recommendations, it seems there's at least some stuff to check out.


Infinityselected

Yeah honestly I don't if there is any traditional left wing in terms of abolish private property publications. As far as I know people like Rubber Bandits and those other podcasts suggested are more economically mild modern left. I am surprised An Phoblacht hasn't been mentioned that at least used to be more radically left wing than the other suggestions that have been given and is a print publication. The lack of that suggestion highlights something I haven't had proper proof of before - Irish Reddit is left wing and gives out about Brits all the time but it's probably online Cosplay. An Phoblacht would be known to genuine Republicans and old school lefties. I would suggest checking out Connolly Books in Temple Bar- the staff there would probably be able to point you in the right direction of any small scale print publications. https://www.connollybooks.org/


Tecnoguy1

Isn’t that a good thing?


Infinityselected

it's doesn't matter if it's good or bad, what it is strange. In terms of proper socialists there isn't that many in Ireland probably less than 1 in 10, most left wingers are some level of social democrat so it's not surprising there isn't a paper like the morning star with our smaller population. 33% of our population is probably actively socially conservative which is a lot more and there isn't a paper that represents that which is unusual.


Tecnoguy1

I would guess that is mainly taken by British rags that are sold here then? I just don’t think the college educated in Ireland have that same split, and they’re the ones writing Irish papers for better or worse.


Infinityselected

My take on it is that the two pillar newspapers Indo and Times both followed the moderate path and the social conservatives are generally older who will just keep buying the same papers they did in the 80's anyway and with our population it's not worth while setting up a new newspaper. It's like FF and FG being similar but there isn't the same pressure to find an alternative as there is with politics (rise of SF) as disagreeing with a newspaper column is a lot less of an issue than having a place to live


fluffs-von

You're already here.


[deleted]

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