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Colm O'Regan

Columnist with the Irish Examiner.

Taking a closer look at the objects that you take for granted

Colm O’Regan pays tribute to the extraordinary things doing ordinary things

Mon, 16 Jan, 2017

Doing the right thing between January 1 and January 15 is better than not doing it at all

Battling with your New Year’s Resolutions already? Colm O’Regan is here to share in your struggles.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2017

You need to tackle the 'fear of the return' head on

You’ve been bought a little time. But for an accident of the calendar that occurs once every few years, today would be The Worst Day Ever, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Mon, 02 Jan, 2017

Why Stephen’s Day is underrated

Stephen’s Day, or to give it its proper title Stephenses….es n  Day is an underrated day. (The added es is part of a great Irish tradition of adding ‘extreme possessiveness’ to certain nouns to be sure, to be sure. Another example would be Jameseses Street in Dublin.)

Mon, 26 Dec, 2016

Here's what will happen as you try to finish your Christmas shopping this week

Colm O’Regan helps shoppers with some handy tips for Christmas

Mon, 19 Dec, 2016

Setting goals and mission statements. Why do we do it?

My annual review actually included a criticism about my goal-setting, even though I hadn’t actually set any goals about goals, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 12 Dec, 2016

It’s logically better to do something about climate change than not

OK sh*t’s getting real now. The Arctic ice is knackered. As in, you could have gone there on holiday this autumn without your Big Coat. Something is seriously wrong with the climate.

Mon, 05 Dec, 2016

We're all fascinated by the weirdness of the human body

The fascination with what the body can do, or how it looks, or how it can go a bit different to the manuals, is always there, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 28 Nov, 2016

The world has changed utterly in the last fortnight

I would rather quick oblivion rather than humourless survival, lectured by Bear Grylls types about how I’d be dead if they hadn’t rescued me from being caught on the door handle by my belt-loop, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 21 Nov, 2016