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Colm O'Regan

Columnist with the Irish Examiner.

Colm O'Regan: Who will the Irish be without the endless rain?

Colm O'Regan: Who will the Irish be without the endless rain?

'The dashed expectations of summer are in-built into our small talk conversation, our attitude, and our literature'

Mon, 15 Aug, 2022

Colm O'Regan: These papers are precious heirloom of memory

Colm O'Regan: These papers are precious heirloom of memory

From preserving postcards to my grandfather in 1915 to reminiscing over old football magazines, archiving paper documents is a masterclass in nostalgia

Sat, 06 Aug, 2022

Colm O'Regan: I have made my debut as one of 'those' weirdos on the road

Colm O'Regan: I have made my debut as one of 'those' weirdos on the road

The neck of Google Maps sending me up an angry hoor of a road, though

Mon, 01 Aug, 2022

Colm O'Regan: 'Nothing will ever top pushing pigs around the crossroads on beds in Dripsey'

Colm O'Regan: 'Nothing will ever top pushing pigs around the crossroads on beds in Dripsey'

Festivals are back, and as a stand-up comic, I can't wait to tell jokes again for roasting hot humans in a dirty auld tent

Mon, 25 Jul, 2022

Colm O'Regan: I have shingles. It feels like a disease from another era

Colm O'Regan: Using a telescope to go back in time 'freaks my nut out'

The James Webb Space Telescope is grand but what about the mysteriously grainy images from its predecessor, The Hubble

Mon, 18 Jul, 2022

Colm O'Regan: I have the TV pitch that will trump Love Island

Colm O'Regan: I have the TV pitch that will trump Love Island

It's like Love Island but on Cape Clear with no social niceties or 'doing bits'

Sat, 09 Jul, 2022

Colm O'Regan: 'Left shark' has nothing on my little ones

Colm O'Regan: 'Left shark' has nothing on my little ones

Children's theatre is the purest form of artistic expression, and I'm here for it

Sat, 02 Jul, 2022

Colm O'Regan: Cream tea, the great British rip-off

Colm O'Regan: Cream tea, the great British rip-off

I'll see your Sconegate and raise you the English cream tea, served (without a lick of butter) by the chilled hand of the empire

Mon, 27 Jun, 2022

Colm O'Regan: Why does summer solstice always remind me of goddess Anu's breasts?

Colm O'Regan: Why does summer solstice always remind me of goddess Anu's breasts?

Watching the sunset from the Shehy Mountains was 'absolute magic'

Tue, 21 Jun, 2022

Father, daughter hold hands outdoors. Parent, child. Love, affection.

Evolution of the Irish Dad: ‘My father had no long hair to brush, he brushed mine with his hand’

He nailed the Irish Mammy on Twitter. Now, for Father's Day, Colm O'Regan takes a look at the Irish Dad

Sun, 19 Jun, 2022