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

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