Seán Moncrieff: Time is slowly kicking the crap out of me
Time is slowly kicking the crap out of me and my friends. But I rarely notice the changes
Seán Moncrieff
Seán Moncrieff: My wife and daughters wear my clothes and everything looks better on them
At least they are deriving some small amount of style inspiration from actual human beings
The secret of Claire Byrne’s success? Her Laois accent
Newstalk host’s mood matches sunny weather, while Hard Shoulder pair take big-top approach on tour
Seán Moncrieff: Humans are innately political, but when does an issue become a moral one?
For the Eurovision and international sporting competitions, you can’t have a rolling beauty contest where only ‘approved’ countries can take part
My wife bought art. It looks like something we found in the back garden
Interesting economic and philosophical questions, and the cost, are what have largely prevented holiday art purchases by Herself
Seán Moncrieff: The Dart in good weather seems to induce a screaming insanity in teenagers
They are loud and boisterous and invariably carry a portable music device which thuds sounds through the carriage, startling everyone
The NCT system, like most systems, favours rich people
NCT testing couldn’t be more classist... all too often it’s expensive bad news. There’s humiliation too
Sunny Ian Dempsey, dreary Matt Cooper: Today FM’s stars are very male but still not stale
Radio: Commercial station’s longest-serving presenters take contrasting approaches to warm spell, with equally positive results
It wasn’t that my parents were strict; everyone went to Mass. You didn’t think about it
To be suddenly presented with a choice, to not do something I had been doing every Sunday of my life, felt distinctly weird
Seán Moncrieff: If you’re not part of a WhatsApp group, you are a failure as a human being
There are groups for family, friends, colleagues, other colleagues who want to bitch about the colleagues in the first group
Seán Moncrieff: Irish weddings can be quite un-Irish
The couple can have spent years, and tens of thousands of euro, in an effort to produce a day that is fairytale perfect
Seán Moncrieff: My new granddaughter has advantages most other kids don’t
Globally, about 380,000 babies arrived on the same day as Granddaughter Number Two. A fifth were born into poverty
Hutch assets frozen in Spain; Dublin link to Icelandic murder case; and Seán Moncrieff is blessed among women
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Threshold flags confusion over rent reforms
I’m the only male at home and it’s not weird. It’s a fascinating honour
Family environment makes me think of the opening line of John McGahern’s Amongst Women
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