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Colm O'Regan

Columnist with the Irish Examiner.

Colm O'Regan: dancing in the social double-bubble
Colm O'Regan: dancing in the social double-bubble
We are told we are now in the era of the social double-bubble. Experts encourage us to metaphorically put our car keys in a bowl, pick another couple and stick to that choice. It may not be possible for everyone either through reasons of accessibility or just not really liking anyone enough to make them your Significant Other House.

Sun, 24 May, 2020

Colm O'Regan: I’m enjoying turning a waste-frown upside down
Colm O'Regan: I’m enjoying turning a waste-frown upside down
It’s time to talk rot. Not rancid rot. Not breaddy rot or chickeny rot. Nice rot. Eggshells and lettuce. Potato skins. The kind of stuff that you make you say Oh instead EEEEEUUU.

Mon, 18 May, 2020

Colm O'Regan: of gratitude in an uncertain time
Colm O'Regan: of gratitude in an uncertain time
Gratitude. I’m grateful I found out about it actually. I had always thought of gratitude as a sort of fuzzy nice-to-have.

Sun, 10 May, 2020

Colm O'Regan: putting on the 'game face' - or not
Colm O'Regan: putting on the 'game face' - or not
Many mini-genres of social media bulls**t have blossomed like dandelions in this crisis. One of the more rage-inducing is ā€˜productivity shaming’.

Sun, 03 May, 2020

Colm O'Regan: 'It goes against everything I believe in to isolate my opinions from other people'
Colm O'Regan: 'It goes against everything I believe in to isolate my opinions from other people'
We are doing our darnedest to flatten the coronavirus curve. But, elsewhere, there are other curves growing exponentially.

Sun, 26 Apr, 2020

Colm O'Regan: Some things are un-Google-able
Colm O'Regan: Some things are un-Google-able
ā€œI don’t know and I don’t think I’ll ever know. And that’s fine.ā€ That’s my new mantra for sanity.

Sun, 19 Apr, 2020

Colm O'Regan: old films, old fairytales
Colm O'Regan: old films, old fairytales
Disney Plus? Another subscription? Surely now is not the time. Surely you can get the stuff from the libr...

Sun, 12 Apr, 2020

Colm O'Regan: The lockdown does strange things to folk
Colm O'Regan: The lockdown does strange things to folk
We are everyone now. Reluctantly admitting we are as basic as David Gray’s White Ladder being your first CD, writes Colm O'Regan

Sun, 05 Apr, 2020

There is a new threat from social media. It’s videos of super hero parents
There is a new threat from social media. It’s videos of super hero parents

Our daughter has finally been ensnared by The Force. 

Mon, 12 Nov, 2018

Reasons why going to the beach in winter is better
Reasons why going to the beach in winter is better

I’m sure it’s not an underrated experience, but just in case it is, let me rate it so highly, that its average rating goes well above four stars on Amazon.

Mon, 05 Nov, 2018

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