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The word now routinely comes out of the mouths of people from Kerry or Offaly. It’s like if you met Willie O’Dea and he said Yo
Even among kids, queue-jumping is frowned upon. They understand that the queue is essentially egalitarian
Seán Moncrieff: For some years I had a vague hope that it might go away forever. But I’m past that now. Psoriasis is part of me
The British – or more specifically, the English – think of us as their fun cousins. The ones you want to sit with at weddings
The family drama, particularly in the Irish context, can also operate as a powerful metaphor
It’s only a few decades old, but our reliance on the internet is almost total: financially, structurally and emotionally
Apparently, it gets worse the older you get
Sometimes I talk to people, now dead, who made an imprint on my life
Daughter Number Four’s sassy slang is the start of a realisation that her generation is different to that of her embarrassing parents
If anything, older people should think more about their sex lives than the young
I love the city, as it is now – but I fear that might change. Pray that Prophet Song remains a work of fiction
Sean Moncrieff: Singers represent a country, but all too often they are of mixed heritage, of uncertain gender or no gender at all, yet still attract votes from competing countries
Every time – every single time – I get the 'approval needed' announcement and hear myself saying to some 20-year-old: I am desperate for your approval
Daughter Number Four’s birthday became more of a birthday week, not with the usual play centre party, but a pampering session
Ours are full of fancy corkscrews that don’t work, a slow cooker we never got the point of, a block of blunt knives – will we ever learn?