The greatest problem in Irish farming today, bar finding a wife, is ageing, so anti-ageing queen Mariah Carey could be the new hero Irish farmers need, writes our auld Lehane in this week's Lighten Up

The rumble of that truck, the air of panic, the struggle to finish a job I wish I had never started, all became too much to handle, writes our Denis in this week's Lighten Up

Our Auld Lehane is busy packing his bags for a new life in Áras an Uachtaráin as Ireland's premier, in this week's Lighten Up

Richard Harris as The Bull McCabe taught me more about farming passion than any advice from a whiteboard ever did

There's only one serious candidate to be Ireland's next president, writes Denis Lehane in this week's Lighten Up

Any place well accustomed to the bawling of a bullock would have no bother dealing with the bellowing of auld Lehane and his tales from the 'Lighten Up' column

Denis reckons his invitation to Jeff Bezos' wedding got lost in the post... but that didn't stop him from celebrating with the newly weds, in this week's Lighten Up

After my emotional plea for the return of the slow set on RTÉ's radio show, callers from all over the country rang in wailing for the return of Bonnie Tyler, Michael Bolton and Foreigner, writes Denis in this week's Lighten UP

Summer in West Cork is unbeatable and you simply 'gotta roll with it', writes our Denis in this week's 'Lighten up'

Our Denis reckons he's just like Tom Cruise, except for the fancy molars, in this week's Lighten Up