Ross O'Carroll-Kelly columns
The old man is depressed about the closure of his favourite restaurant, and Hennessy is looking like a kid whose favourite toy is broken and he’s waiting for a grown-up to fix it for him
The goys are up in orms that I used to send them chicken feathers anonymously in the post after lousy displays. But I was their captain
Yeah, no, I’ve badly misjudged this one. She’s actually talking about having another baby
Hennessy, the old man and Honor are sitting around the island, looking as thick as thieves. Which is exactly what they are
Oisinn is feeling old as he shows up to compere the UCD Iron Stomach Contest, but his exploits in the competition are still legendary on campus 23 years on
Sorcha is making unfounded allegations that my old man and Honor are in cahoots over the closed-bids system for the school skiing trip
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’ve possibly spoiled our daughter over the years, having decided very early on to give her absolutely everything she wants out of fear of the hurtful things she might say to me
Leo’s teacher stares at me silently. She’s clearly never met a father like me before
Teenagers are a mystery. You might as well ask why it gets dork at night. Nobody knows
The plot is farcical on the surface, but the absurdity of Ross’s life cloaks the relatable beneath
She goes, ‘Are you actually trying to talk me out of taking you back?’
The kitchen door opens and in they come, Sorcha’s old pair, the two of them with faces as long as an M50 tailback
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: At a borbecue in Christian’s gaff the cat is thrown out of the bag ... and now I’m in deep merde
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The vicar-slash-reverend-slash-whatever is joking about that – but not about the baptism part
My daughter has failed to turn up for community service. ‘Hennessy can’t get you out of every legal scrape,’ I say, an out-and-out lie
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m reading the epistle from St Paul to – randomly – the Ephesians, when Christian tells me his ex wants to get back together
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The boss woman in the Protestant church sees through me and presents her test to scare off timewasters
If getting Brian, Johnny and Leo into a new school means changing my religion and getting up on Sunday mornings, then I’ll do it
I assumed she was being sorcastic when she asked for tickets as port of her birthday present
We can’t help what we dream about. I’m on the record as saying her old dear has a face like a roofer’s knee
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Whiff of corruption hangs in air as Sorcha hosts ‘end-of-term lunch’ for Mount Anville moms
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha is furious when she discovers that Ross got a tattoo in homage to Leinster’s European Cup achievements
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The results are about to be announced in the election for Head Girl of Mount Anville
Paul Howard’s next Ross O’Carroll-Kelly book will be last in the million-selling series but Irish Times column will carry on
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: It’s Friday afternoon in London, the day before the European Champions Cup final. We’ve spent the last three hours talking about our favourite memories from our years following Leinster
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha claims the campaign for Honor to become Mount Anville Head Girl has been dragged into the gutter - through personal attacks on other candidates and inducements to students to vote for her
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The election to decide Mount Anville’s next Head Girl is weeks away and Honor is one of the candidates
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Taxi drivers see people like us in our sailing jackets and our sailing shoes, and they drive us all over the place
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: This is south Dublin. We have our own ways here
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The old man has been secretly filmed doing something frankly sickening, but Honor says she can get the video taken down - at a price
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Réaltín really is the most terrifying person I’ve ever met
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Don’t you dare tell me that I’m over-reacting!’ she goes. ‘Don’t you dare try to gaslight me!’
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Seriously, the Leinster Padel Championships make the Hunger Games look like Sports Day in Newpork Comprehensive
The gorda is about to do me for speeding, but some things are more important than avoiding a driving ban
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