#649 Real Names Only: Civilising the Internet or Killing It?

The Niall Boylan Podcast (They Told Me To Shut Up) · Feb 11, 2026 · 58m

This week, host Niall is joined by social commentator AJ Walshe for a thoughtful — and at times uncomfortable — conversation sparked by a powerful listener email. The discussion centres on a recent anonymous love-story featured on RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor Show, where a married man in his 50s reflected on a secret same-sex relationship from decades ago and the complicated emotions that still linger.

But not everyone sees these stories as uplifting. A female listener wrote in angrily, saying her own husband left her for a man three years ago and she’s frustrated by what she feels is a one-sided…