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‘What about the wheelchair that I arrived home with after Jamie Heaslip’s stag?’

‘What about the wheelchair that I arrived home with after Jamie Heaslip’s stag?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha injures her foot while Honor makes a shocking discovery

Sat Dec 18 2021 - 06:00
Her old man is like, ‘You should have had Ross neutered a long time ago’

Her old man is like, ‘You should have had Ross neutered a long time ago’

Whenever the Rossmeister is in trouble, Sorcha’s old pair are the first responders

Sat Dec 11 2021 - 06:00
‘If you have to hide a cash incentive inside a food, it’s almost certainly not worth eating’

‘If you have to hide a cash incentive inside a food, it’s almost certainly not worth eating’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha wants her mother’s highly guarded ‘family recipe’ for Christmas pudding

Sat Dec 04 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly in Lapland: Johnny goes, ‘My daddy says we’re going to eat a reindeer’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly in Lapland: Johnny goes, ‘My daddy says we’re going to eat a reindeer’

A fair few of the kids burst into tears. And the face on Mrs Claus...

Sat Nov 27 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Of course Santa exists – who do you think drinks all the Heineken?

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Of course Santa exists – who do you think drinks all the Heineken?

Sorcha ends up saying the most unbelievable thing when the boys ask if Santa is real

Sat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I lead the boys at gunpoint up the Shelbourne Road’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I lead the boys at gunpoint up the Shelbourne Road’

It’s a big day. I’m bringing the boys to see Johnny Sexton win his 100th cap

Sat Nov 13 2021 - 08:42
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I can lie – very easily – but not when it comes to rugby’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I can lie – very easily – but not when it comes to rugby’

An encounter at rugby training sees Ross making an unexpected connection

Sat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor’s like, ‘Dad, can I leave school?’ I’m there ‘I don’t see why not’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor’s like, ‘Dad, can I leave school?’ I’m there ‘I don’t see why not’

‘They talk about the Collison brothers, but those chaps have got nothing on you, Honor’

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘You are not giving me a combover – I’m a quiff goy’

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘You are not giving me a combover – I’m a quiff goy’

Blinky the borbor in Monkstown suggests a Jude Law or a Matt Damon

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I can’t go bald. I’m 41 – but I’m, like, a young 41?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I can’t go bald. I’m 41 – but I’m, like, a young 41?’

Age and male pattern baldness has caught up with Ross

Sat Oct 16 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The hateful things the Blackrock crowd used to shout at me

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The hateful things the Blackrock crowd used to shout at me

Since the triplets storted school at Willow Pork, it’s been rugby, rugby, rugby

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00
‘You want to feel like the good guys won and the bad guys lost? Move to focking Sweden’

‘You want to feel like the good guys won and the bad guys lost? Move to focking Sweden’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m there, “That’s exactly what I was thinking – word for word”

Sat Oct 02 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m having Vietnam-style flashbacks here

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m having Vietnam-style flashbacks here

Sometimes it’s easier to tell a girl the truth. I’m like, ‘Honor burned down the caravan, Sorcha’

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha did Fake Sincerity as an extracurricular subject in Mount Anville

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha did Fake Sincerity as an extracurricular subject in Mount Anville

Sorcha samples kalettes and deactivated pecans as Ross gets accused of arson

Sat Sept 18 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: First day in Willow Pork for the triplets – the absolute shame of it

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: First day in Willow Pork for the triplets – the absolute shame of it

“I don’t want my children to go here. I’ve said things about this school in the past”

Sat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m no Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin but I feel like I have a superpower

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m no Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin but I feel like I have a superpower

The Leaving Cert results are up online, and my hands are literally shaking

Sat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I genuinely don’t think I’m ready to be a Blackrock dad’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I genuinely don’t think I’m ready to be a Blackrock dad’

Willow Pork is the only school to take the triplets, they’ve been on Joe Duffy too many times

Sat Aug 28 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor says she’s not getting the Covid vaccine

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor says she’s not getting the Covid vaccine

Sorcha’s family conference to discuss registration for teenagers doesn’t quite go to plan

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
‘You won’t need to microchip your staff if you sign up to Remote Workforce Monitoring’

‘You won’t need to microchip your staff if you sign up to Remote Workforce Monitoring’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Honor pitches her pandemic business idea at the annual borbecue

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00
'The neighbour is power-washing the patio again, he's supposed to be, like, working from home?'

'The neighbour is power-washing the patio again, he's supposed to be, like, working from home?'

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: His wife moves the cursor on his work laptop so it doesn’t go to sleep

Sat Aug 07 2021 - 06:00
‘I want you to, like, Insta-story my Covid test journey’, says Sorcha

‘I want you to, like, Insta-story my Covid test journey’, says Sorcha

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Sorcha and her ‘symptoms’ want me to tag along for her PCR test

Sat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Are you suggesting I pretend to have Covid?’ Sorcha goes

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Are you suggesting I pretend to have Covid?’ Sorcha goes

I end up lying on her behalf to get her out of an unwanted visit to – oh my God – Lusk

Sat Jul 24 2021 - 06:00
‘Hennessy Coghlan-O’Hara taught me how to drink a Mortini in three mouthfuls’

‘Hennessy Coghlan-O’Hara taught me how to drink a Mortini in three mouthfuls’

Ross’ father is determined to make sure a birthday party takes place indoors in the Horseshoe Bar

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Ronan showed me how to light a fire and make it look like an accident’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Ronan showed me how to light a fire and make it look like an accident’

Ross can’t face a week in a mobile home with Garret and Claire, but Honor has a plan

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’d rather rip out my molars with a pliers than holiday in Ireland again’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’d rather rip out my molars with a pliers than holiday in Ireland again’

‘So what’s there to see in Ballycanew?’ ‘A Daybreak and a Londis’

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You’ve massively disimproved with age ... The big, fat rugby head on you’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You’ve massively disimproved with age ... The big, fat rugby head on you’

I'm looking at the other 41-year-old men and I’m thinking how well I look by comparison

Sat Jun 26 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’ll throw on my nudey lady borbecue apron’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I’ll throw on my nudey lady borbecue apron’

Sorcha panics during a gathering of friends but Ross is on hand to help

Sat Jun 19 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m like Cersei Lannister – refusing to leave the throne

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I’m like Cersei Lannister – refusing to leave the throne

First day of the Leaving Cert. My hands shake like the old dear’s when I hide the corkscrews

Sat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Why does everything have to be a major production with this family?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Why does everything have to be a major production with this family?’

‘I’d rather spend the next 12 months in prison than one night in a limited services hotel’

Sat May 29 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Rugby banter is taking a dump in someone’s shoes’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Rugby banter is taking a dump in someone’s shoes’

Ross is pressured into chopping off Christian’s top knot in the name of ‘rugby banter’

Sat May 22 2021 - 06:00
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: ‘Rugby is not pass the porcel, Morcus’

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: ‘Rugby is not pass the porcel, Morcus’

Rugby training is back and Brian, Johnny and Leo are in a loser pod

Sat May 15 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Then she says it – the words all south Dublin parents dread

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Then she says it – the words all south Dublin parents dread

Honor gets frank with Ross after he fails to see the painful truth about his boys’ rugby abilities

Sat May 08 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘The  gords are hunting me down like an animal! You have to let me in!’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘The gords are hunting me down like an animal! You have to let me in!’

Three of them chorge into the living room. The old dear tries to escape through a hedge

Sat May 01 2021 - 06:00
‘We’re looking for Fionnuala O’Carroll-Kelly. She absconded from quarantine this morning’

‘We’re looking for Fionnuala O’Carroll-Kelly. She absconded from quarantine this morning’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘She’s been living on chicken Kievs and screw-top Sauvignon blanc!’

Sat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I just assumed quarantine wouldn’t affect people like us

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I just assumed quarantine wouldn’t affect people like us

‘I’m being held against my will in this ghastly . . . ghastly place!’

Sat Apr 17 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘The old man has promised to stop acting the dick’

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘The old man has promised to stop acting the dick’

Ross collects his unrepentant anti-lockdown father from Mountjoy prison

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: My opening line in the Irish oral was ‘Bonjour’. I never recovered

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: My opening line in the Irish oral was ‘Bonjour’. I never recovered

Honor devises a rugbaí-based strategy as Ross attempts the exam for the second time

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘The judge tells us – in, like, legal language – to shut the fock up’

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘The judge tells us – in, like, legal language – to shut the fock up’

The old man tells the court he broke lockdown and refuses ‘to live under your mortial law!’

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘We’re not a priority for the vaccine.’ ‘Even though we’re rich?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘We’re not a priority for the vaccine.’ ‘Even though we’re rich?’

Honor learns money can't buy everything as Ross and Sorcha purge their friend lists

Sat Mar 20 2021 - 06:00
‘I urge you all – standing here, in the People’s Pork – to remove your masks!’

‘I urge you all – standing here, in the People’s Pork – to remove your masks!’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Mask-off in Dún Laoghaire as the old man leads an anti-lockdown march

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘We’d be a lot better off if we’d remained port of Britain’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘We’d be a lot better off if we’d remained port of Britain’

‘Credit where it’s due, they just know how to organise things better than we do’

Sat Mar 06 2021 - 06:00
‘We can’t just dump our rubbish in the gorden. It’s the Vico Road – there’ll be meetings’

‘We can’t just dump our rubbish in the gorden. It’s the Vico Road – there’ll be meetings’

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘Every single room in this house is haunted by the guilt of my failure’

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Wuthering Heights is basically the story of my life

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Wuthering Heights is basically the story of my life

Ross likens his life to Heathcliff’s – especially when it comes to women

Sat Feb 20 2021 - 14:17
‘After a year locked up together, we are sick and tired of the sight of each other’

‘After a year locked up together, we are sick and tired of the sight of each other’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You asked me the other night was I breathing louder than usual?’

Sat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Have you seen the chemtrails over Foxrock this morning?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Have you seen the chemtrails over Foxrock this morning?’

Sorcha loses it with Ross’s dad on Zoom when he discusses conspiracy theories

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I know every mork on the floor, the walls and the ceiling of this bor’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I know every mork on the floor, the walls and the ceiling of this bor’

Every – I don’t know – significant thing that ever happened in my life has some association with Kielys of Donnybrook

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘75? What on earth makes you think I’m 75?’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘75? What on earth makes you think I’m 75?’

‘They’re using the vaccine to force people to say they’re over 70 when they’d pass for 50’

Sat Jan 23 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Honor has been, like, homeschooling me’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Honor has been, like, homeschooling me’

I’ve never passed an exam in my entire life. I’m still driving on a provisional

Sat Jan 16 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘The pressure of being the cool parent ends up being too much’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘The pressure of being the cool parent ends up being too much’

“Ross, I’m in a terrible funk,” the old dear goes. “I can’t pull myself out.” I feel instantly bad

Sat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Do Dry January? That’s crazy talk’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Do Dry January? That’s crazy talk’

No booze, swearing or sweets – Sorcha has new year’s resolutions for all the family

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
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