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Colm O'Regan

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Opening Lines: I find it very hard to watch children being cute now without tearing up
Opening Lines: I find it very hard to watch children being cute now without tearing up

I finally saw the John Lewis ad. This will come as a relief to the John Lewis people as they may have been wondering if all the right “influencers” have seen it. It’s OK, John Lewis People. You can close the door because I’m safely in anyway.

Mon, 20 Nov, 2017

It’s funny the things you remember from school
It’s funny the things you remember from school

There was one place that will resonate with all who forgot they remembered them: The Islets of Langerhans, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 13 Nov, 2017

Tackling the attic and the 'War on Stuff'
Tackling the attic and the 'War on Stuff'

If I’d known this important truth, I wouldn’t have been in a hurry to grow up: Adult life is mostly getting things in and out of the attic, wrties Colm O’Regan

Mon, 06 Nov, 2017

The comfort zone is such a nice place
The comfort zone is such a nice place

The comfort zone gets a lot of bad press. Why? The comfort zone is such a nice place. It fits us perfectly, says Colm O'Regan.

Mon, 30 Oct, 2017

The beauty of missed calls back in the day
The beauty of missed calls back in the day

Missed call! It was always the ship that passed in the night. When we were

Mon, 23 Oct, 2017

After Che Guevara, who is next to be on a stamp?
After Che Guevara, who is next to be on a stamp?

I WENT into the post office and they were gone. Completely. Che Guevara had sold out, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 16 Oct, 2017

Is our future Taoiseach currently sending 'bit-pics on Tinder'?
Is our future Taoiseach currently sending 'bit-pics on Tinder'?

Say what you like about Enda Kenny but he never found himself embroiled in a row with LCD Soundsystem, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Mon, 09 Oct, 2017

Inventing nursery rhymes for the modern age
Inventing nursery rhymes for the modern age

There comes a time in a parent’s life where they realise their child will not have a notion about things in the past we took for granted, writes Colm O’Regan.

Mon, 02 Oct, 2017

Opening Lines: That Wednesday of the Ploughing that year with all the rain
Opening Lines: That Wednesday of the Ploughing that year with all the rain

Ploughing 2017: Or as it will forever be known, That Wednesday of the Ploughing That Year With All The Rain. 

Mon, 25 Sep, 2017

We don’t learn something new every day
We don’t learn something new every day

He told me casually but I think he knew this was a dynamite revelation. He knew life would never be the same again, in a very tiny way.

Mon, 18 Sep, 2017

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