Colm O'Regan: I had a go at Dry January - my first step was to cut out the cans

"Lockdown gave us a certain licence — an off-licence if you will — to blur the lines between the weekend and not-weekend. A shnakey can at the end of days ending with a y was not unheard of."

Comedian and Irish Examiner columnist Colm O'Regan pictured in Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.

We made it to February. January seemed so long, it almost feels like we are already halfway through 2024, so I think it’s appropriate to sit back and take stock.

First things first, it is not spring. At some point in the birth of the Irish nation as we assembled the essentials of a working country, undoubtedly mistakes were made.