Great Resignation just an excuse to dodge the dirty work
Just like the Great Awakening or the Great Depression, the Great Resignation sounds seminal and epoch defining. Also known as the Big Quit, the...
Stop preaching and let’s get back to playing happy families
Along with cows milk and making phone calls to friends, having babies is passé.
Climate anxiety, all women hiking groups, not being bothered, the housing...
Why your profile photo matters
As a journalist and photographer, I regularly have to ask people for their profile photo. They send me all sorts- pictures of buildings with...
Live the high life in the Swiss Alps
Link to article in The Sunday Times here
As a member of the mid 40s age cohort, I’ve reached the 'overworked overweight, beyond adventure' chapter...
Escape to Germany is a peaceful break from Covid mania
The German word “Inselkoller” - the feeling you get when you’re on an island for too long and slowly lose your mind - may...
Environmentalism tends to be a middle-class phenomenon- how to broaden its...
Described as ‘tree huggers’ and “unco-operative crusties” (Johnson B, 2019), middle class environmentalists, activists and policymakers have been accused of “failing to understand and...
When it comes to vaccines, mothers don’t always know best
“Mother knows best” is an expression born from our high ranking position in society. As head of the family, we are nurturers and educators...
Generally speaking, women don’t like football..but let’s not blame men
“You have to see it to be it,” Neil Armstrong said when he walked on the moon. “If It weren’t for that other guy...
Doodle Kennelly Obituary
Link to article in Sunday Independent
‘The best way to serve the age is to betray it”, a line from Brendan Kennelly’s epic poem Book of...
I have no interest in going to the pub – I...
I’ve been teaching my daughter how to ride a bike on Dublin’s plague ridden streets. It was like a Japanese obstacle course. We spent...
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My manifesto: the 20s must be roaring, not boring
Link to article in Sunday Independent here
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