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Colm O'Regan

Colm O'Regan is a comedian, best-selling author, broadcaster and podcaster from Cork.

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

Close up shot of Bitcoin and alt coins cryptocurrency

Colm O'Regan: What does cryptocurrency have to do with the Kilkenny hurlers?

I'm just one crypto coin away from another existential crisis. Make it stop

Mon, 13 Jun, 2022

Colm O'Regan: Cycling up St Patrick's Hill in Cork — even Lance Armstrong couldn't do it

Colm O'Regan: Cycling up St Patrick's Hill in Cork — even Lance Armstrong couldn't do it

I had the feeling that I was going to go backwards and fall off the world

Sat, 04 Jun, 2022

Colm O'Regan: I went back to my old school in Deerpark. It seems calmer now

Colm O'Regan: I went back to my old school in Deerpark. It seems calmer now

It's called Coláiste Eamonn Rís and girls go there now too

Mon, 30 May, 2022

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

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

Like a swanky new dishwasher tablet, it works on two levels

Mon, 23 May, 2022