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Colm O'Regan

Columnist with the Irish Examiner.

US Ukraine War
Colm O'Regan: A font of knowledge when it comes to typography
In a bid to be taken more serif-ously US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to ditch the Calibri typeface and use Times New Roman

Fri, 26 Dec, 2025

Man is Looking For Something in Old Books
Colm O'Regan: Solving a minor family mystery thanks to a Ballyhoura writer
A small word links a book about Ballyhoura, broth bits in Croom, and a scribble on the inside cover of a 70-year-old dictionary — and I couldn't be more pleased to find this connection

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Mustang mileometer
Colm O'Regan: Marking life's milestones in my car
I don’t think I can get across to my family how important this moment is... I need to take a photo of the car’s odometer at 299,999, and again further down the road at 300,000

Fri, 12 Dec, 2025

Bike Couriers New York City
Colm O'Regan: Cycling courtesy to combat rage-bait
There is no point in sneering at motorists for their choice. But equally there is no benefit in motorists treating cyclists badly.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Clickbait Online Clicks Web Links Cursors Millennials Addiction
Colm O'Regan: You simply won't believe these 10 things about clickbait headlines
And don't forget about deathbait and anxietybait — this stuff is happening because the system is broken. We’ve never had so much ‘content’, we’ve never paid less for it and we’ve never been more discontented

Fri, 28 Nov, 2025

Troy Parrott celebrates with Jayson Molumby after scoring the winning goal of the match 16/11/2025
Colm O'Regan: A super satisfying result for Irish football, but now we're hungry for stats and analysis
After a match like that, janey, you’d go to an extra Confession to see what the priest thought about Hungary’s time-wasting

Fri, 21 Nov, 2025

An undated handout picture shows Jake Gy
Colm O'Regan: Remembrance of things past even when they're barely past
How dare things happen so quickly!  Ten years since the marriage equality referendum, 20 years since Brokeback Mountain, 25 since the Nokia 3310. 30 years since Naff-Naff jackets, 40 years since Cork 800

Fri, 14 Nov, 2025

Colm O'Regan: Some stars are the molar opposite of bland or forgettable
Colm O'Regan: Some stars are the molar opposite of bland or forgettable
For years, a winning smile has been a sign of health, wealth, success, and discipline. Crooked, discoloured teeth seem associated with bad living and untrustworthiness on TV

Fri, 07 Nov, 2025

Colm O'Regan: I'm learning to swim as an adult – but I'm in my depth
Colm O'Regan: I'm learning to swim as an adult – but I'm in my depth
"It’s absurdly late in life. I should have done it earlier. I just never got around to learning how to swim out of my depth."

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Colm O'Regan: I'm stumped by the maths in the movies
Colm O'Regan: I'm stumped by the maths in the movies
"Greek symbols mean it’s tricky, someone is obsessed, they think of something and run to an obscure book and open it to the page, a hot woman is the only one who “gets them”, the jocks are stupid."

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025

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