If we don’t use our curses more sparingly, we may not retain our position as the gold standard of potty mouth

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

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