Funerals are the only aspect of Catholic life I engage with any more
Every time I’m in a church and listening with adult ears, I’m struck by the reality that religion is a response to fear
Krispy Kreme rage, Teresa Mannion, HomeToVote: The moments that made the Irish Internet truly great
The viral moments we’d like to preserve if the vast online archive disappeared tomorrow
Aerial house photos used to be in all rural homes, but my search for one was no easy task
In the days before Google Earth, it was fascinating to see a structure you knew so well from ground level from a brand-new, bird’s-eye view
It is difficult to describe the seething rage I felt watching The Lost Children of Tuam
Any Irish person who sees the film will likely have some connection to Ireland’s shameful institutions; my grandmother was an ‘inmate’
Ever since we started tracking everything, we’ve lost our minds
Emer McLysaght: When did we stop just ... going to sleep?
9/11 was the last day of my New York summer. It will never leave me
After turning on CNN, we watched in horror as the second plane hit the South Tower
Mik Pyro and Republic of Loose will go down in history as Irish musical legends
Twenty years after witnessing the band’s now legendary set on the main stage at Oxegen in the pouring rain, I made it my business to go to Electric Picnic to see Pyro play once more
With news of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish purchase, I became concerned I had ‘castle blindness’
Could the Norman knight who built Drimnagh Castle in 1240 have imagined it would one day sit near an Aldi?
Emer McLysaght: Does the sound of people chewing fill you with rage?
Misophonia, meaning ‘hatred of sound’, causes those affected to have strong emotional responses to specific noises
The joy of mildly scolding someone’s incorrect use of the overhead bin
Emer Of The Past makes decisions that fill Emer Of The Present with anxiety, but having a packed schedule before this UK wedding was delightful
Emer McLysaght: I realised with horror it wasn’t seaweed, but the undercarriage of a jellyfish
Encounter with diaphanous, ghostly presence was a real pain
When I first laid eyes on pockets of South Co Dublin my blissful ignorance was shattered
If Shrewsbury Road residents have a neighbourhood WhatsApp, what do they text about?
I feel sorry for anyone who’s skipping The Odyssey because of ‘wokeness’
Complaints about Christopher Nolan’s commitment to ‘historical accuracy’ are deeply entertaining
Why is it ‘okay’ to wear a swimsuit at the beach, but a crime to expose my arms?
The fluctuating weight of my late teens and 20s meant I was at war with various parts of my body at any one time
I get exhausted even watching the Love Island girls getting ready every day
I want neither wedges nor wedgies when I’m lying by the pool