This century the closest we’ve had to a wartime footing in Ireland has been the Covid pandemic - and while it did have a unifying effect for a time, it also seemed to unleash something
They are piling up on the footpath, destroying the garden, sneaking into the house ... and always wet
Radio: Stand-in host is comfortable with tough topics, while Ciara Kelly courts controversy on Newstalk Breakfast
In the taloned claws of the ‘patriots’, it becomes a weapon: an expression of naked racist hatred
My daughter and her family have a quality of life in rural France they could only dream of having here
The device in your pocket wants you to think – but it doesn’t want you to think about what you’re thinking
Once you’ve lost a radio presenting gig, the chances are vanishingly small that you’ll get another one
Radio: Veteran host tackles difficult issues in trademark style, while Drivetime deputy Claire Brock grills RTÉ boss
Some houses had the front garden displays turned on weeks ago; some appear to have even dug up parts of their gardens
When the garage says I might need a new one, it’s like the death of an elderly family member: you know it’s coming, but it’s still a lot to deal with
Michael D and the two Marys were masters at it. I don’t want to be mean about this crop of candidates. But, you know
If we don’t use our curses more sparingly, we may not retain our position as the gold standard of potty mouth
Radio: Newstalk host has lively exchanges on ballot papers, while Séan Moncrieff gets scientific and saucy
I tried to think of a problem more first-world than the temporary loss of the internet
Every day people in this country become furious over seemingly trivial matters. I believe a disproportionate amount of this anger has to do with cars
I worry about my daughter. Our education system is preparing students for a world that may disappear
Apart from the epoch-defining waste of it all, there’s a baffling human tendency to want something just for the sake of having it
She denies she does this long-distance talking at all and insists the problem is me being deaf
It was a party partially to celebrate a birthday, but also to mark a departure
I looked for a charging point at every garage we passed. It was striking how few there were
When I say Herself ‘announced’ to me that she would like a raised bed, I really mean ‘instructed’
In an expensive restaurant on Dublin's southside, everyone acts like they deserve to be there
You have to sit there and munch on your insect-laced burger and declare it to be delicious to stroke the ego of a man who barely knows how to switch on a kettle
Radio: If Kenny’s attitude to splashy Government spending plans is jaded, he sounds sickened by the horrors in Gaza
Most meetings are, at best, a waste of the working day, and at worst, an egregious, soul-sucking waste of life itself
If an Irish person invites you over, you know to wait until they’ve reissued the invitation at least twice
I feel implements are used to scratch around inside
Seán Moncrieff: ‘No thank you’ is her preferred method of refusal and that’s why she is an effective negotiator
I was in Barcelona, near the Sagrada Família: tourist central. Everyone was narky
I left it with the itchy feeling that we should all be doing more about our world
Radio: Newstalk and RTÉ cover unrest in Ballymena and Los Angeles
Keep the kids at home, and give them internet access? That’s where the real monsters are
Even though it was our Boring Safe Space, I could see my wife had to stop her eyes from rolling back in her head
If there is a triumph in the razing of Gaza, in the targeted starvation, the mass killing, the fervent cruelty of it all, it is a triumph over language
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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