Paul O'Mahony

Stockholm

Editorial Product Manager at The Local (Europe)

Editorial product manager @thelocaleurope. Producer and presenter @swedeninfocus. Mostly on Mastodon @[email protected]

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Articles

Ib Jorgensen: "It was good to see the Irish designers being so well received during the recent London Fashion Week"

5 days ago | hotpress.com | Paul O'Mahony

Ib Jorgensen reached the ripe old age of 90 just a few months ago. Ib is a legend in Irish fashion. He was one of Ireland’s most successful and acclaimed couturiers – or luxury apparel designers if you want to be more literal! – from the 1950s to the early 1990s. During the ’90s, he elected to move on from the grind of creating new looks and collections every season, but he’s sill in business, operating a design gallery on Dublin’s South Anne Street.
Red cottage nightmares, and is Sweden’s support for Israel crumbling?

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we ask why Swedish politicians are becoming more critical of Israel over the war in Gaza. We also discuss the government's plans to develop new kinds of pre-approved houses to make it easier for people to buy their own homes. For Membership+ subscribers we talk about what it’s like trying to get by without a bank-card in a mostly cash-free country.
'If you tick the boxes in Sweden it's smooth, otherwise it's challenging'

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we get insights into making a successful career in Sweden from Richard Mason, a scientist from Wales who now lives in Umeå where he researches rivers and their role in biodiversity. He spoke recently with The Local’s deputy editor Becky Waterton about his move to Sweden and why it’s a great place to be for his particular area of study.
Why Sweden is making it illegal to order OnlyFans sex

2 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

This week we have the latest on the recent citizenship freeze and we ask: Why has there been so little interest in this story from the Swedish media? We also look at a hotly debated new law criminalising the purchase of sex online. For Membership+ subscribers we have more on immigration as we hear from a doctor who has been ordered to leave Sweden at the same time as the country is struggling with a shortage of medical professionals.
'I love this country - that's why I'm speaking up about Sweden's diversity problems'

2 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In an interview for The Local's Sweden in Focus podcast, the pair explain that they started the initiative with the aim of ensuring that all of Sweden’s more than ten million inhabitants felt included in the country regardless of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability. Brandon Sekitto says it took him a while to figure out that Sweden wasn’t as inclusive as it seemed to him growing up.
How Swedish immigration rules fuel 'chronic anxiety' for foreign researchers

3 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we talk about why Stockholm is at loggerheads with the US Embassy over anti-diversity demands and we examine a scathing new report on how Sweden’s immigration policies are harming foreign researchers. For Membership+ subscribers we look at the ongoing saga of Sweden’s failed attempt to appoint a national security advisor after the latest pick for the job stepped down within hours over leaked photos from the Grindr app.
All you need to know about Swedish sauna culture

3 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we enter the steamy world of Swedish sauna culture. Recently The Local’s Nordic editor and regular podcast panelist Richard Orange caught up with Svante Spolander, a co-founder of Sweden’s Bastuakademien, or Sauna Academy.
Why Johan Forssell wants to change Sweden's 'weird' immigration system

4 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we talk about Sweden’s chances of winning the Eurovision Song Contest for a record-breaking eighth time with KAJ's song Bara Bada Bastu. On a related note, we immerse ourselves in sauna culture and the Swedish language as it’s spoken in Finland.
'Sweden was like a paradise at first - but then reality hits'

1 month ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In 2013 Jamil Walli, a journalist, filmmaker and painter, moved to Sweden from Damascus as an exchange student. Two years later, tens of thousands of his compatriots fled Syria to seek shelter in the country he has since come to call home. As a journalist, he documented the stories of those fleeing persecution as part of a project for The Local where he interviewed asylum seekers in Arabic about their new lives in Sweden and how they were adapting.
How Sweden tightened immigration after the 2015 refugee crisis

1 month ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we talk about the surprise resignation of the Liberal Party leader Johan Pehrson. Ten years on from the arrival of record numbers of refugees we also look at how Sweden reacted to the 2015 crisis how how its approach to asylum immigration has changed since then. For Membership+ subscribers we dig into why citizenship waiting times are set to get even longer in Sweden . Finally we look at why comments made by US rapper Azealia Banks have made headlines in Sweden this week.