#niallboylan

I used to listen to The Niall Boylan Show out of sheer disbelief at some of the opinions expressed by callers. Boylan himself fascinated me. He struck me as a deeply flawed but compelling broadcaster, someone whose show would regularly disappear for unexplained periods before returning as though nothing had happened.

I've been researching this article for a long time. It has sat in my notes for months, repeatedly postponed because every time I thought I had enough material, Boylan would return to the same subject yet again. Over the years, I watched what seemed to be a gradual transformation: from a conventional shock jock chasing controversy wherever he could find it, into a broadcaster whose output became increasingly dominated by one subject - transgender women.

This article is not a reaction to one interview, one podcast or one tweet. It is the product of years of observation. Even now, I suspect it is unfinished. I have no doubt I will revisit it in the future because I believe there is considerably more to examine about Boylan's role in Ireland's growing anti-trans movement.

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