UpfrontI HAVE A CRICK in my neck. Hang on, is crick even a word? Apparently, yesSat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Ballymun gets a new local heroIF THERE was an award for the most democratic piece of public art in Ireland, a magnificent new sculpture due to be unveiled …Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Standing up for our gay parentsAn Irish report into the experiences of children of gay parents reveals the closeness of such families, but also the anguish …Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontBACK FROM THE holidays, and I am feeling like I desperately need another oneSat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI’M OFF FOREIGN now but it feels like my holidays started when I got the train out west recently for workSat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI’VE BEEN READING a lot about hipster parents lately. Yet another thing to worry about in this parenting adventureSat Jul 31 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT’S THE MORNING of the wedding of my little sister to her man. Hair appointment. Make-up appointmentSat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
Milking the momentSurprising as it seems, Ireland has never had a gay music festivalThu Jul 22 2010 - 01:00
'I was considering becoming a grill-to-hire to earn a few extra quid over the rest of the summer'I AM STANDING IN a flowery apron behind a smouldering barbecue, master of all I surveySat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontTEN YEARS AGO this morning I woke up in a hotel in Portadown, Co Armagh, dreading the day aheadSat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
Where the revolving door stopsSix out of 10 former prisoners are likely to reoffend within a year of their release, but a back-to-work course for ex-convicts…Sat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontIT APPEARS THE authorities might have caught the person who stole my phoneSat Jul 03 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontSHEILA SAID SHE was going to Lourdes. She wanted to know had I ever beenSat Jun 26 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontWITH A CRUSHING inevitability, slow-burning scandal has begun to threaten the very existence of a hitherto infallible institution…Sat Jun 12 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI AM STANDING on the sand at Burrow Beach in Sutton on the north side of DublinSat May 29 2010 - 01:00
'I've never met a chip I didn't like'Tomorrow is National Fish and Chips Day, when a one and one will be half price at your local chipperTue May 25 2010 - 01:00
The short life of Daniel McAnaspieDaniel McAnaspie, the first child to be killed while in State care, ran not from his family, they say, but from the system that…Sat May 22 2010 - 01:00
Upfront‘PARENTS,” SAID the man sitting opposite me over dinner, “they are just so self-righteous. And boringSat May 22 2010 - 01:00
Shake it up, babyWassim Dakik had just completed a business degree in London when it came to him that what Dublin really needed was a dedicated…Sat May 22 2010 - 01:00
'I'm not able for all that lepping around any more'As she prepares her new solo show, Jean Butler discusses the legacy of Riverdance, the loneliness of choreography and why Dublin…Mon May 17 2010 - 01:00
The bearable lightness of beingWith a church for a studio, sacred music turned up loud and nights sometimes spent in the confession box, it’s no wonder that…Sat May 15 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontI WAS ENJOYING AN après-work cider about 15 years ago when a well-meaning colleague gave me a piece of adviceSat May 01 2010 - 01:00
The call for your country has now closedYesterday was the closing date for submissions to Your Country, Your Call. But how viable are the most popular proposals?Sat May 01 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontFR FINTAN GAVIN, the assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of Dublin, has an interesting jobSat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
UpfrontTHAT DIDN’T TAKE long. Three weeks back in work and I am already nostalgic for those halcyon days of maternity leaveSat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Still learning to live with the elephant in the roomTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Ten years after her first initiatives as a social entrepreneur, Caroline Casey is now exporting her …Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Conor McPherson among seven elected to AosdánaSEVEN ARTISTS including playwright Conor McPherson and poet Vona Groarke were elected to Aosdána yesterday.Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Seven artists elected to AosdánaSeven artists including playwright Conor McPherson, poet Vona Groarke, composer Kevin Volans and architects Yvonne Farrell and…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Nama for the naiveConfused by Nama? Think of it as colonic irrigation for the financial system. Then dream of ways to spend the €21Wed Mar 31 2010 - 01:00
Countdown to C-DayUPFRONT: IT’S NOT LIKE we didn’t prepare for a natural birthSat Apr 18 2009 - 01:00
Kenny's a better radioheadUPFRONT: I’VE BEEN spending a lot of time in the company of Pat Kenny over the course of my pregnancy, which has been very pleasant…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Buys and dollsUPFRONT: WHEN I SIT down to write about it, about the teeny-weeny doll’s house bath mat that I purchased by mistake on eBay …Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
Have duvet won't travelSOME OF YOU MAY have correctly surmised from the limited sphere of these recent columns that I don’t get out much these days. …Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Those little white dresses still leave me coldUPFRONT: MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD niece calls for a chatSat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
COLUMNAT MY ANTENATAL class I sit near a woman who after a few minutes confesses she has developed a mighty crush on the man who does…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Posseting Versus Boking And Curtain Pole PokingIT’S TIME, WHILE I can still waddle around a maze of furniture without recourse to a portable resuscitation device, for the big…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
With Only Nine Weeks To Go I’m Still Allergic To CleaningI READ AN ARTICLE IN GO, The Irish Time s’ travel supplement, last week by a colleague who spent three days in Vegas and managed…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
With Only Nine Weeks To Go I’m Still Allergic To CleaningI READ AN ARTICLE IN GO, The Irish Time s’ travel supplement, last week by a colleague who spent three days in Vegas and managed…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Love's fortunes feel the crunchThe strain of family responsibilities and debts at a time of job losses and pay cuts are driving an increasing number of couples…Sat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
Northern DelightsAND SO TO Portadown for a much overdue catch-up with Queenie, my mother-in-law in waitingSat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Calm before the stormWE ARE SITTING watching raindrops dribble down windows from the comfort of the Sheraton Hotel on Fota Island in CorkSat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
When big wins cause a Lotto heartacheAn ongoing dispute over a deceased Dublin woman’s Lotto winnings highlights again the pitfalls of not being fully prepared for…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Driving AmibitionI HAVE A new guru. Come on down Maisie Moran from Nenagh, Co TipperarySat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
That's dinner sortedHAVE YOU GOT a cock or a hen? Do you even know? Bríd and Ann, two sisters who are rural to the wishbone, say it's a very important…Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Behold CrimbozillaUPFRONT: MY BOYFRIEND HAS been dropping hints that perhaps we shouldn't bother buying each other Christmas presents this year…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Living and dying with dignityTHE STAFF AT Northwest Hospice in Sligo town have come to know Gabrielle Gallagher well since she began availing of respite there…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
