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Colm O'Regan

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You could say more in a chant or a rhyme and what’s more you could hint
You could say more in a chant or a rhyme and what’s more you could hint

Everywhere I go, people always ask me: who I am, and where do I come from. And I always tell them, I’m from Dripsey, MIGHTY, MIGHTY DRIPSEY.

Mon, 26 Jun, 2017

Some Republican senators make the A-Team look like The Wire
Some Republican senators make the A-Team look like The Wire

Some Republican senators these days seem to be playing the Bad Guy in such an obvious way, they make the A-Team look like The Wire, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 19 Jun, 2017

Hugs and kisses bring with them rights and responsibilities
Hugs and kisses bring with them rights and responsibilities

XOXOXO (Hugs and Kisses): Although you might have only seen it at the end of texts or WhatsApps, it has a storied history, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Mon, 12 Jun, 2017

Why would Trump say “let’s focus on digging out things and burning them rather than getting free stuff from space and the weather"?
Why would Trump say “let’s focus on digging out things and burning them rather than getting free stuff from space and the weather"?

There are times when you just have to appreciate the awesome power of your better than-bog standard fossil fuel.

Mon, 05 Jun, 2017

Will there be a dose of skinny-jeans wearing octogenarians in forty years time?
Will there be a dose of skinny-jeans wearing octogenarians in forty years time?

Colm O'Regan has started wearing skinny jeans and he's here to tell you all about it. 

Mon, 29 May, 2017

The epiphany I had most recently is that I can’t relax
The epiphany I had most recently is that I can’t relax

Every so often I’ll have a small epiphany, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Mon, 22 May, 2017

Fidget spinners - where will the next big craze come from?
Fidget spinners - where will the next big craze come from?

As the latest craze sweeps the nation’s schools we watch carefully, writes Colm O’Regan. Apparently they’re called Fidget Spinners but the name’s not important.

Mon, 15 May, 2017

A dream isn’t the worst place to try out new jokes
A dream isn’t the worst place to try out new jokes

It’d be like finding out that Mandela, Einstein, Marie Curie and the fella who invented the stirrup were in the same hurling team at Minor level

Mon, 08 May, 2017

There are several categories of what I like to call wage conflation
There are several categories of what I like to call wage conflation

There wasn’t much of it for a while, but you hear more about it now: Complaining about wages. Not just bemoaning your own, but someone else’s, and how you’d be glad to get the money they’re asking for, for the job they’re doing.

Mon, 01 May, 2017

Do we need to be flexible in life?
Do we need to be flexible in life?

Colm O’Regan tackles adaptability in life this week.

Mon, 24 Apr, 2017

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