My greatest fear has come true – my home of seven years is to be sold
I’m not much of a believer in signs, but surely the resilience of my clematis is something to cling to
My late dad’s legacy is the love and care he put into each slightly wonky home renovation job
A friend’s house move takes me back to the 1990s, home of the pastel handbasin and other paternal projects
Emer McLysaght: I live to scroll. It’s for ‘work’, I convince myself
I bought a new phone and a Brick to close off distracting apps. But I'm not ready yet to deploy the Brick's full power
The TV in our Airbnb was the size of a ping-pong table hung on a wall
To say my head has been turned is an understatement. Lily Allen would be horrified
Why don’t we have a cure for head lice? I suspect it’s the fault of the patriarchy
How do we have arse implants and double-basket air fryers but no cure for lice?
I’m haunted by the time I gave tourists the wrong directions to Riverdance
Big Aisling that I am, I immediately went into one of my favourite modes: helping visitors to our shores
Hot young celebrities are smoking and I’ve got mortifying middle-aged envy
In recent months I’ve been feeling the devil call of the cigs more keenly than any other time in the past nine years
Emer McLysaght: I’ve changed my mind about Botox
It was the deep crevice between my eyebrows that ultimately drove me into the arms of Dr K and her syringe of muscle paralyser
Mothers of boys are worrying the most about raising ‘good men’
I am in awe of the women in my life raising sons - and I’m so glad it’s not me
‘We would fight to the death for Dawson. He was a sap, but he was our sap’
James Van Der Beek may have wondered if he would ever shake being Dawson, or if the part was always destined for him
I’m sorry Greta Thunberg, I have become a ‘kitchen roll’ house and it feels luxurious
Growing up where paper towel use had sanctity, I often wondered if it was merely decorative
I got to see Catherine O’Hara as Moira Rose in the flesh – before it was too late
In late 2019, I was unwell. So, when a friend spotted a live ‘evening with’ event taking place in Brooklyn, we were off to Schitt’s Creek Live in no time
Heated Rivalry brings back my childhood dreams of being an Olympic figure skater
I was something of a prodigy in Dolphin’s Barn, and by ‘prodigy’ I mean I could mostly stay standing and didn’t have to cling on to the edges
Living alone in Ireland is a joy, 85% of the time
The hidden challenges of one-person households, from bathroom slips to budget woes
Some films leave me with memories lasting for years. Hamnet will be one of those
In the cinema, something can happen that makes you feel you’ve developed an entirely new personality in two hours