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Colm O'Regan

Columnist with the Irish Examiner.

Obama and Putin talks come second to a sleeping baby

A baby’s sleep trumps nearly everything, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 09 May, 2016

What mad stories could you leave for people to discuss at your funeral?

WHAT would they say about you? I mean at the funeral, asks Colm O’Regan

Mon, 02 May, 2016

Shakespeare could have used social media to hone the skill of a good insult

INSULTS: they’re not what they used to be, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Of course you will always assume the generation after you are a shower of slack-jawed ingrates

WHEN were your formative years? When was the time that reinforced habits in you that you don’t think twice about now? 

Mon, 18 Apr, 2016

Virtual reality is here to stay

The march of virtual reality is unstoppable, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 11 Apr, 2016

Renewing the gym membership is a little victory

They took the debit card details over the phone. I’d successfully renewed a gym membership for the first time. It feels good. Any eejit can join a gym, but in the world of the dilettante the renewed man is king.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

When deciding if a house is suitable, trust the advertising hoarding

IT WAS an innocuous headline in the middle of the Sunday Business Post last week, writes Colm O’Regan. “Big spend on Hoardings is a sign of the times.”

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016

The search for the next Irish president of America has yet to begin

WE’RE running out of time. With only six months to the US presidential election, one task, worryingly, has not begun: Finding Irish links to the next American president.

Mon, 21 Mar, 2016

It looks like Eircode here to stay

I hope Eircode doesn’t mean the placenames fall out of use, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

A new baby in the house makes bargaining pointless

The effect of a new baby in a house is like the presence of the troika in the country. There is no bargaining power, writes Colm O’Regan

Mon, 07 Mar, 2016