Niamh Browne

County Dublin, Dublin

Graduate journo @IrishTimes, Formerly a reporter @hotpress 📝 22/23 Editor of @Motleymagazine 📰 Winner of the 2023 @TheSmedias Editor of the year 🏆

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Articles

Walking the Bray Celtic Camino: a Famous Five adventure for adults

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Niamh Browne

Dare I utter the words “hidden gem”? Especially when referring to Bray, Co Wicklow? I think I dare. The Camino de Santiago de Compostela is a network of pilgrimages across Europe which leads to St James‘s Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. I know scores of people who have done it for spiritual, physical and craic-centric reasons. They all come home with a sort of knowing air of, “It’s fabulous.
Biird at Vicar Street review: Consummate musicians deliver radical trad for the TikTok generation

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Niamh Browne

“We represent the best of Ireland,” says Lisa Canny, harpist, banjo player and frontwoman of the 11-strong trad girl group Biird. At a sold-out Vicar Street on Saturday night, their easy confidence is intoxicating as this huge group of musicians dressed to the nines play some hair-raising trad. The girl group formed in September 2023, when they were invited to perform at one of Annie Macmanus’s literary nights at London Irish Centre.
Trying out Lidl’s new Thermomix dupe: ‘I don’t take direction from a robot well’

2 months ago | irishtimes.com | Niamh Browne

I was cynical of the Monsieur Cuisine Smart cooker’s promise of “taking the hassle out of home cooking”. Think Mrs Doyle in Father Ted when confronted with the Tea Master, which promises to “take the misery out of making tea” to which, she famously responded “Maybe I like the misery”. The original Thermomix design comprises a super powerful blender that also cooks and stirs. It will knead dough or mix batter, and comes with steamer baskets.
Niamh Browne reviews Lidl's new thermomix dupe

2 months ago | irishtimes.com | Niamh Browne

Niamh Browne reviews Lidl's new thermomix dupe to see if it is worth the moneyCiara Mangan speaks outside court after an appeal by Shane Noonan against his conviction for her rape was rejected. The family of Roy Hopkins say they are "happy to get justice" after Robert Broughan was sentenced to life in prison for his murder.
Reporter Ella Sloane tries the viral Dubai chocolate being made in Westmeath

Feb 7, 2025 | irishtimes.com | Niamh Browne

Marguerite Drennan from Mountrath, Co Laois speaks about her son Joe, who was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Limerick in 2023. Video: Bryan O'BrienElla Sloane tries the Dubai chocolate from the Mullingar-based company Sugar Plum Sweetery who are producing more than 3,000 bars a day to fulfil orders. Many people in Leitrim are without power for two weeks and they are blaming falling trees from commercial forestry in the county.
Hot Press Podcasts presents: Airbrushed episode 6: Margaret Skinnider | Hotpress

Dec 3, 2024 | hotpress.com | Niamh Browne

For the last episode of Airbrushed, join hosts Niamh Browne and Alana Daly Mulligan as they discuss the life and legacy of Scottish-Irish revolutionary and feminist Margaret Skinnider. Referred to by the New York Times' Sadhbh Walshe as "the school-teacher turned sniper," Skinnider was born in 1892 to Irish parents in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Later, she trained as a maths teacher and was involved in Cumann Na mBan in Glasgow.
Hot Press Podcasts presents: Airbrushed episode 5: Elizabeth O'Farrell | Hotpress

Nov 27, 2024 | hotpress.com | Niamh Browne

For the second to last episode of Airbrushed, follow presenters Niamh Browne and Alana Daly-Mulligan as they explore the life of Irish nurse, republican and revolutionary Elizabeth O'Farrell. Best known for delivering and negotiating the surrender in the 1916 Easter Rising, O'Farrell was born on November 5, 1883 in City Quay Dublin. In 1906, she and her lifelong partner Julia Grenan joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann, before taking part in Cumin na mBan in 1914.
Hot Press Podcasts presents: Airbrushed episode 4: Helen Chenevix | Hotpress

Nov 20, 2024 | hotpress.com | Niamh Browne

Hot Press's Airbrushed is back for its fourth episode, telling the story of queer Irish revolutionary, suffragist and trade unionist Helen Chenevix. Born in 1886 in Blackrock, County Dublin, Helen Chenevix was the daughter of Henry Chenevix, a Bishop in The Church of Ireland, and Charlotte Sophia, née Ormbsy. She attended Alexandra College in Dublin, where her follow suffragist and parter-to-be Louie Bennett had graduated twenty years prior.
Hot Press Podcasts presents: Airbrushed episode 3: Helena Molony | Hotpress

Nov 12, 2024 | hotpress.com | Niamh Browne

Following the release of the first two episodes of Airbrushed, focusing on queer Irish revolutionaries Dr Kathleen Lynn and Eva Gore Booth, the series returns for its third instalment to tell the story of republican, feminist and socialist activist Helena Molony. Once famously described as "the patron saint of lost causes," Molony was a revered actor in Dublin's Abbey Theatre, although she later stepped away due to her commitment to her political work.
Hot Press Podcasts presents: Airbrushed episode 2: Eva Gore-Booth | Hotpress

Nov 5, 2024 | hotpress.com | Niamh Browne

Following the launch of Airbrushed last week, starting with an episode on Dr Kathleen Lynn, who was predominantly known for her role in Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising as the Chief Medical Officer of the Irish Citizens Army, Hot Press presents the series' second episode, delving into the life of prominent labour activist and poet Eva Gore-Booth.