Daughter Number Two and partner finally found an apartment to rent. People keep asking what their secret is
Seán Moncrieff: After an eight-month search to find a place pretty close to Dublin city centre Number Two and partner are thrilled beyond words
We wanted Daughter Number Four to experience something a bit more foreign. We got more than we bargained for
No one glared disapprovingly. Any looks we got were kindly, but perhaps tinged with: you didn’t know?
Kids’ lives are being constrained by their parents’ fears
I’m wary of mythologising the past but still: children having the freedom to just go outside to play is better than driving them to playdates
Why is everyone lugging huge water bottles about? Perhaps I’m gifted with an astonishing ability to resist thirst
Why is everyone lugging huge water bottles about? Perhaps I’m gifted with an astonishing ability to resist thirst
Misogyny is not wired into our DNA – it is something to be overcome
I like women now. Misogyny is not wired into our DNA – it is something to be overcome
Too often our emotions – anger, frustration, fear – propel us to search for ‘facts’ to fit how we are feeling
There was a time – not too long ago – that we might roll our eyes and even feel a bit superior to Americans, given all the stupid things so many of them believe
Seán Moncrieff: Things in Ireland have got better. So why doesn’t it feel better?
Seán Moncrieff: There is a human tendency to believe that things were better in the past. Not just in relation to pubs, but life in general
My generation didn’t talk about mental health. We could be oblivious, or in denial, about the damage done
The realisation dawns eventually that overthinking can derail joy, obscuring the fact that every day is precious
It’s startling to see the towering regard so many Independent politicians have for themselves
Seán Moncrieff: It’s a neat trick: simultaneously criticising the ‘corrupt’ system while trying to become part of it
Seán Moncrieff: Day two of parental leave and we’ve already learned something new
Day two of parental leave and we’d already learned something new. I’m looking forward to the rest of it
I’ve got sucked into stupid rows online and regretted it afterwards. So why keep going back for more?
When social media first took off, it was presented as a public commons, where people could exchange ideas and interests. What it eventually became couldn’t be further from that civilised concept
I come from a generation where it’s a given that the man will always have a toolbox
This is one aspect of being a man that can be benign and useful; even an expression of love
Seán Moncrieff: I have no idea why a woman at a dinner party decided to tell this untrue story about me
Nothing brings people together like knowing another person who is a bit of a melt
A large swathe of the country looks at the 2 Johnnies and sees themselves
On their last 2FM show, a notable theme emerged from listeners' voice notes: it was great to hear culchies on the radio
Passion overload: Is everyone really that excited about everything?
The dawn of the passion-industrial complex has brought with it a sort of tyranny, especially for young people