Olaf Tyaransen

Olaf Tyaransen (born 10 February 1971) is an Irish former journalist and contributing editor with Dublin's Hot Press magazine.

Career Tyaransen was born in Dublin on 10 February 1971. His family moved to Galway in 1977, where he attended Coláiste Éinde on Threadneedle Road. He contributed film reviews to the local free Galway Advertiser in 1988, and edited another local freesheet called The Word. He began writing for Dublin's Hot Press magazine in 1991. His first book, the poetry collection The Consequences of Slaughtering Butterflies, was published by Salmon Poetry in 1992. In October 2001, Tyaransen visited Ukraine to report on the phenomenon of internet bridal agencies. The resulting report was published in Sex Lines (2002), published by Hot Press. He polled just 348 first preference votes, but said his intention was to make a point. The Cannabis Legalisation Party has since disbanded and he is not affiliated with any other political party.

Sexual assault allegation

In late 2017, Laura Lee, a sex worker and sex workers' rights campaigner, made a complaint to the Garda Síochána that Tyaransen had sexually assaulted her in 2014 when they met for a Hot Press interview. two weeks later, her allegation was reported on Medium.com by Brooke Magnanti and widely repeated online. Several of those who had repeated the allegations deleted them and issued apologies. He stopped writing for Hot Press by mutual agreement although, according to him, the magazine continued to pay him for two years. but has been deferred to 2026 by the publishers after threats of defamation proceedings from Hot Press, its editor Niall Stokes, and a solicitor who had advised Laura Lee.