Emer McLysaght: So much admin, too many taxes - adulthood is a crushing disappointmentI really thought frogspawn and Billy Roll would play a bigger part in my adult lifeSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Emer McLysaght: Testing of drugs at Electric Picnic is a positive step, but who will sacrifice their stash?The HSE’s stab at an anonymous harm-reduction strategy is progress, but who will sacrifice their stash?Sat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Emer McLysaght: Nothing about parenting horrifies me more than the school WhatsApp groupA new update allows you to leave chats silently, if the 37th message about a lost jumper tips you over the edgeSat Aug 27 2022 - 04:45
Emer McLysaght: Norovirus has slapped on the fake tan and booked a bottomless brunch with the girliesCalling it the ‘winter vomiting bug’ is a dastardly case of false advertisingSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
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
