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Michael Lanigan

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Michael Lanigan’s Biography

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Michael Lanigan is a Dublin based journalist. He is the current Topical and History editor over at HeadStuff.org. A features writer whose work has appeared in the Sunday Business Post, the Guardian, Irish Times, Tokyo Weekender and Huck, he has also worked as a reporter for JOE.ie and Hot Press.

Michael Lanigan’s Journalist Portfolio

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Meet Subset: The street art collective taking back Dublin

Meet Subset: The street art collective taking back Dublin

There wasn't much of a fuss when a 40-foot mural dedicated to the grime rapper Stormzy first appeared on the …

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Dublin activists are rebelling against slum landlords

Dublin activists are rebelling against slum landlords

"You in the mood for some direct action this evening?" It's a few minutes after 7pm on August 7th when these …

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How Vicky Phelan changed Ireland - the inside story of a fight for justice | Her.ie

How Vicky Phelan changed Ireland - the inside story of a fight for justice | Her.ie

When Cervical Check followed through on her request, Vicky found that the letter was sent to her gynaecologis…

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The jihadi Khalid Kelly was not a clown, but a warning for Ireland | Michael Lanigan

The jihadi Khalid Kelly was not a clown, but a warning for Ireland | Michael Lanigan

Efforts must be made to sterilise a breeding ground that could create more Irish Isis fighters. Even if the t…

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Coffee and Prophecy: The Curious Tokyo Café Serving Messages from God | Tokyo Weekender

Coffee and Prophecy: The Curious Tokyo Café Serving Messages from God | Tokyo Weekender

Do you want the Prophetic Message?" the waitress asks, handing me a menu. Coffee costs ¥800 here at Yogen Caf…

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My morning alarm in Tokyo is an AC H130 fighter jet

My morning alarm in Tokyo is an AC H130 fighter jet

I'm in Hachioji, a satellite city in the Tokyo prefecture, it's after 8am, and I'm doused in two kinds of swe…

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Articles

Things To Do: Celebrate 11 red cards, cheer on the masters of honey, discover the enduring language of spirals

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By Michael Lanigan Verified
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Our Picks Our recommendations – no sponsored content, or adverts, just stuff we like. Sent Off When Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa released their film Saipan last year, one of the greatest surprises to emerge from their highly-fictitious football biopic is the fact that this wasn’t the first time a version of Roy Keane appeared as a character on the silver screen. Actually, it was the second.
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On his new record, Robbie Stickland grapples with an adulthood that hasn't gone to plan

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By Michael Lanigan Verified
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Robbie Stickland sat over a decaffeinated latte in the sheltered outdoor dining area of the Cloud Cafe on North Strand Road. It was a grey and windy Saturday afternoon at the end of August. His third album, My Life’s A Lunch Break, had just come out the Wednesday before. Set against a backdrop of jangly distorted indie, it is a record that grapples with weighty personal issues.
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Things To Do: Things to eat, find out if you're normal, Maud Gonne's rebel picnic, and Sunday afternoon poetry

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By Sam Tranum Verified, Michael Lanigan Verified
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Our Picks Our recommendations – no sponsored content, or adverts, just stuff we like. This week Michael is on holidays, so I am stepping in to help with this newsletter, which he usually writes. I thought that would mean I'd have a free hand. In fact, it turns out he is sort of a micromanaging newsletter auteur, and so has left me his recommendations, which I am under orders to relay to you. And am happy to do it, it's great when someone has a vision.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Newsdesk internship at Hot Press.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Once, because I didn't have my laptop. My fingers hurt.

How is social media changing news?

It's fantastic if you want to source an interview.