Tom Dunne: Yes, I've reached that stage. Should I let a family member cut my hair?
Tom Dunne sporting a full head of hair at Feile 1990 in Thurles. Picture: Eddie O’Hare
The lockdown had reached the ‘let your child cut your hair’ stage. My wife is adamant. “You’d be mad,” she says, but I look at the dog, Murph, and he is better groomed than me. My 14-year-old daughter cut his hair. He looks majestic. I finger my locks sullenly.
My hair and I go back. It had its own agent during the Nineties, I was its ‘plus one’ at parties. It opened doors for me, made friends. There were people who didn’t know me but were familiar with my hair. I coasted on its coat tails. Naturally, mistakes were made.
