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Colm O'Regan

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I should just enjoy the nice thing on holidays instead of using it as a stick to beat Ireland with
I should just enjoy the nice thing on holidays instead of using it as a stick to beat Ireland with
THERE comes a time on every holiday — usually about two or three days — and sometimes hours — in, where my wife will have to just issue a gentle warning: “Now Colm. Just be happy for the nice thing that’s here and stop feeling bad because it’s better than Ireland.”

Mon, 03 Oct, 2016

The genius of Gogglebox is that it celebrates the ordinary
The genius of Gogglebox is that it celebrates the ordinary

I don’t aspire to be on most television programmes (except obviously, one with my name in the title and a giant wedge of money to present it), because I feel I’d be giving up too much of myself for too little return, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Mon, 26 Sep, 2016

I get maudlin about how much has been forgotten
I get maudlin about how much has been forgotten

Out of nowhere, the name popped into my head. It was of someone I went to school with. Let’s call them Name McNameFace.

Mon, 19 Sep, 2016

If the world as a whole becomes more short-termist then 'too long, don't read' becomes a mantra
If the world as a whole becomes more short-termist then 'too long, don't read' becomes a mantra

Occasionally the financial world throws up headlines that just don’t make sense. I mean they don’t make sense to the likes of us. 

Mon, 12 Sep, 2016

Only over a number of years can you say whether someone is a ‘waster’ or a ‘legend’
Only over a number of years can you say whether someone is a ‘waster’ or a ‘legend’

Around the early 2000s, I was at a few Ireland matches in Lansdowne Road. 

Mon, 05 Sep, 2016

Dad, Daddy, Dada: What will my baby call me?
Dad, Daddy, Dada: What will my baby call me?

I’VE often wondered what it would be like to have a new name.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2016

Internet speak will soon be our language
Internet speak will soon be our language
Resistance is futile. Internet-speak is going to take over your lives, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 22 Aug, 2016

Colm O'Regan discovered a lot he didn't know during a staycation in Cork
Colm O'Regan discovered a lot he didn't know during a staycation in Cork

Ogham is a ancient writing that uses a system of ticks on a vertical line. Either that or it was an ancient advertisement for clothes pegs, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 15 Aug, 2016

Getting to know the finer points of grammar and punctuation
Getting to know the finer points of grammar and punctuation
The jig is up. I have a confession to make. I have been a total spoofer in these columns.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2016

What happens when your car breaks down on the motorway
What happens when your car breaks down on the motorway
The cars were going by so fast, they created little pulses of air that buffeted my car. It looked almost bullied. As if they were boys in a secondary school corridor and my little car has just dropped all its study notes on the ground. Just looking for an understanding glance from another pupil.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

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