Emer McLysaght: Westlife deserve the title of Ireland’s greatest manbandI’m surprised to find myself a Westlife superfan, but their arses are mesmerisingSat Aug 13 2022 - 05:00
Emer McLysaght: Why should I make climate efforts in a world of SUVs and private jets?I keep washing out my yoghurt cartons, even though it won’t save the planetSat Aug 06 2022 - 05:00
Emer McLysaght: A miracle hangover cure gets more appealing the older I getNew pill claims to reduce the negative effects of drinking, but as you get older you need an actual miracleSat Jul 30 2022 - 05:30
Emer McLysaght: Equating Love Island with suicide is not a useful mental health conversationI ask myself: Why do people go on Love Island? And why do I continue to watch it?Thu Jul 21 2022 - 05:00
Emer McLysaght: I’m a bestselling author but I’ll struggle to buy a house in IrelandAs a single woman on an average income the odds are not in my favourSat Jul 16 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Do I fancy Mr Tayto?He’s an enigmatic national hero, and he knows itSat Jul 09 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Ask anyone about their first gig, and watch them light upHarry Styles’ Dublin show was magical, and an important first for manySat Jul 02 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Who benefits from hatred of trans people? And who suffers?The argument shifts from semantics to bathrooms while trans people exist in painSat Jun 25 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Move over hot girls — it’s time for Stanley Tucci SummerThe actor’s pivot from Hollywood to pasta daddy will have you hot under the collarSat Jun 18 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Roll up the ham, it’s Irish summer salad season Temperatures are rising, so hard boil the eggs and prep that butterhead lettuceSat Jun 11 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Going back to choir feels life-saving‘I didn’t realise how much I would miss singing with a group in a field or a hall until it was gone’Sat Jun 04 2022 - 06:40
Emer McLysaght: Can we please send the Kardashians some big knickers and a slanket?Being under constant public gaze makes them seem uncomfortable in their skinSat May 28 2022 - 06:00
I am cursed with a sweaty head and a big red faceSolidarity with my fellow sufferers as we enter the summer monthsSat May 21 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Can Conversations with Friends live up to Ireland’s horniest ever TV show?I’m nostalgic for Normal People’s lockdown thrills and still rooting for its central coupleSun May 15 2022 - 06:00
Do I have what it takes to be a ‘coastal granny’?Latest TikTok trend channels Nancy Meyers movies, Diane Keaton in a shirt and endless bowls of lemonsSat May 07 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: To the person in front of me at airport security . . .I beg of you, put your tray back at the end of the belt. We are not animalsSat Apr 30 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: My door-slamming, telly-blaring, prayer-screaming neighboursThere’s only so much door slamming and patio inquisitions one can takeSat Apr 23 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: I still feel inferior when I go swimming at the Forty FootWe need vast improvement in the outdoor swimming pool options around the countrySat Apr 16 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: I’m not from Derry, but I am a Derry GirlLisa McGee’s show is indicative of what it means to be Irish and, more particularly, Northern IrishSat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Bono might be a pox, but he’s our poxSometimes it’s hard to be a U2 fan. They don’t make it easySat Apr 02 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Ireland’s best pitstop – we’re spoilt for choiceHow I love the motorway service stations of Ireland. Let me count the waysSat Mar 26 2022 - 00:06
Emer McLysaght: I’m not near being sober but I’m trying the ‘damp lifestyle’Pregnancy and alcoholism used to be the only ways to get off the booze hook. Not any moreSat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Dear Future, here’s why I’m thinking about leaving DublinThis year’s census invites people to add ‘time-capsule’ information, to be opened in 2122Sat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Then it happened. The racist slur rolled off his tongue so easilyIf you feel that you ‘can’t say anything anymore’, then maybe you should shut upSat Mar 05 2022 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: The two lines on the antigen test came with a certain reliefAs restrictions eased, I relaxed very slowly. My vigilance was still at 75% when I got CovidSat Feb 26 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: We cannot accept a return to street-sweeping jeansNineties fashion trends are making me feel ancient and sickSat Feb 19 2022 - 06:00
‘I was just in the shower thinking about Marian Keyes’Emer McLysaght: Liking things by women and for women was considered lowbrow. Marian called this out as bullshitSat Feb 12 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: The very mention of the ‘W’ word sends me into a mini-rageAfter two years of pandemic-enforced walks, isn’t it enough to just lie on the couch letting episodes of Yellowjackets wash over me while playing Wordle?Sat Feb 05 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: I’m fascinated by Leo Varadkar’s grim aestheticThat birthday cake post on social media was just the latest example of his domestic austeritySat Jan 29 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: TikTok is good for me. I’ve stopped giving myself a hard time about itThe app is bringing me hope and joy at a time when it’s really thin on the groundSat Jan 22 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: I’m a driver, but the cyclist is always right‘The second time I cycled in Dublin city I was screamed at by a taxi driver for daring to share the road’Sun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: No home improvement show is too bonkers for me to watchTinie Tempah’s Extraordinary Extensions? Healy Rae’s Cow Shed? I’m inSat Jan 08 2022 - 06:00
Runny pudding and a megalomaniac Garth Brooks lead my 2022 predictionsEmer McLysaght dares to look at the year aheadSat Jan 01 2022 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: I haven’t been to a Christmas Mass in yearsThat doesn’t mean I don’t miss it, and that I don’t feel like a hypocrite for missing itFri Dec 24 2021 - 00:00
Emer McLysaght: In defence of being a Crazy Cat LadyI used to hate the misogynistic cliché, but now I’m leaning into itSat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Why are men so bloody hard to buy presents for?With Christmas looming I beseech the men of Ireland to tell us what they wantSat Dec 11 2021 - 06:00
Nothing says festive warmth like The Muppets, Home Alone and some psychological horrorEmer McLysaght: Netflix knows all too well that I am a divil for a Christmas comfort filmSat Dec 04 2021 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: I am never more of a Complete Aisling than when I’m on holidaysI just took my first flight in two years, so obviously I was in an organisational flapSat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: My sparkling water addiction is getting out of handCarbonated water initially tastes of TV static or liquid pins and needles, but now I’m hookedSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Ireland’s eating disorder treatment is a national disgrace, and I should knowI was granted that almost mythical HSE funding but I had a number of things in my favourSat Nov 13 2021 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: ‘A phone call without warning is an act of aggression’A ringing phone means bad news, or somebody wants something from meSat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
We need to calm down about Irish people and their accentsEmer McLysaght: We have an odd national obsession with how our celebrities speakSat Oct 30 2021 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: I’m a climate terrorist and I feel guilty and confusedWe must see the value in both daily change and civil resistanceSat Oct 23 2021 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: Will you turn off the Big Light there?It’s a necessary foe and autumn means it’s the big fella on the ceiling’s time to shineSat Oct 16 2021 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: After three decades of period pain I want a medal, or at least to be taken seriouslySometimes it’s hard to be a woman, especially if you want quality medical careSat Oct 09 2021 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: How I learned to stop hating Sundays4.45pm on a Sunday was the beginning of the end. The descent into oblivionSat Oct 02 2021 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: Turns out I was right to be terrified of quicksand all alongIt haunted my childhood and now the soupy sand has made a reappearanceSat Sept 25 2021 - 01:00
An exclusive extract from Aisling in the City, the new Complete Aisling bookAisling’s off to a fancy new job in New York, but first she’s flying business classSat Sept 18 2021 - 06:00
Emer McLysaght: Please, Great British Bake Off, heal our pandemic wounds with your creamy hornsThe show returns on Tuesday and while it might not fix the world at least it brings joySat Sept 18 2021 - 01:00
Emer McLysaght: Please stop acting as if liking coffee is a personality trait‘Don’t talk to me until I’ve had my first cup.’ Don’t talk to me, everSat Sept 11 2021 - 01:00
