Sean Moncrieff: In life, you’re going to your debs. Over and over againAt every posh do, a bit of you is your teenage self, entering the adult world againSat Oct 20 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: ‘If you can’t have a home, then what’s the point?’Land and a sense of place are encoded into our DNASat Oct 06 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: ‘Your dreams could be meaningless. Or not’My nocturnal ramblings range from the bizarre – the Netflix in the Dolomites – to the downright spookySat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: A new experience doesn’t necessarily mean a good experienceI could happily live without root canal treatment or Daughter No 4’s unwanted giftsSat Sept 22 2018 - 06:00
Seán Moncrieff: The presidency isn’t about politics. It’s about poetryRobinson, McAleese and Higgins have occasionally reminded us that Ireland has come a long waySat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
Seán Moncrieff: Beard-wearers have too much time on their handsPerhaps the popularity of facial hair is hiding a little male nervousnessSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Angry Ireland sees compassion as an unaffordable indulgenceThe centrifuge of nastiness sucks in anger about immigration, the media, tax and the EUSat Sept 01 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: You can’t be holy and have a sex lifeThe church needs to keep sex at bay; as if too much sex, certainly too much nice sex, could overwhelm religious beliefSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: ‘I can write an article giving out about bureaucracy because of bureaucracy’The aim of civil service bureaucracies is not to make things better, the aim is to keep things the sameSat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: ‘Are you busy? I seriously hope not’Flat to the mat. Out the door. Busyness is a badge of honour – can I hand mine back?Sat Aug 04 2018 - 00:00
Sean Moncrieff: ‘I have a lifetime habit of being slightly too late for things’When I listened to Microdisney in 1987, I was listening to meSat Jun 23 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Might it be time to consider changing our flag?The tricolour was designed as a symbol of togetherness, but was it ever seen as one?Sat Jan 27 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: My new car is judging me and it’s only going to get worseNo one is safe from automation: not doctors, lawyers, not even newspaper columnistsSat Jan 20 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Brexit is steadily corroding the EU from the insideEurope depicts Brexit as a British midlife crisis unconnected to any systemic EU problemSat Jan 13 2018 - 06:00
'I don’t get cars. Why do some people become so excited about engine size?'Sean Moncrieff: Midddle-aged men are supposed to be petrolheads, right?Sat Jan 06 2018 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: A universal truth is that we can all be annoying. That includes youWant to avoid rows this Christmas? See your loved ones as they are, not as you want them to beSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Why are so many Isis fighters engineers?There is a despairing need to find definitive answers to complex problemsSat Dec 16 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Is Peppa Pig a fat-shaming Feminazi?Peppa tells Daddy Pig he’s silly and has a big belly: a relentless stream of derisionSat Dec 09 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Welcome to the media, where everyone is a liar and a hypocrite. Except youSwelling distrust in the media is being exploited to spread lies and paranoiaSun Nov 26 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: I don't get Nathan Carter and the Country and Irish music tribeCountry and Irish? To my ears it sounds like country music but with all the blood drained outSat Nov 25 2017 - 06:00
Seán Moncrieff: ‘I don’t hate Christmas. I don’t’But, from Brussels sprouts to Guantanamo-style musical torture, I hate how we do itSat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: As a father of daughters, I realise I’m a hypocriteWe should not need skin in the game to stand up to the Weinsteins of the worldSat Nov 11 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Does Donald Trump actually exist?Maybe he’s just a many-faced creation sprung from our darkest fears and wildest revenge fantasiesSat Nov 04 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: I pray life will be as good or get better for my daughtersTo the south of us people are baking on beaches. To the south of them people are drowningWed Sept 06 2017 - 06:00
Sean Moncrieff: Server beware – that cranky bald guy is in buying coffee againA homogenised, Californian cheeriness is replacing the old Dublin shop greetingWed Aug 30 2017 - 06:00
