Bernard O'Shea: I have spent hours of my life looking at people cutting into cakes

Bernard O'Shea. Photograph Moya Nolan

I’m embarrassed about a lot of things in my life but when I realised how much time I was spending on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram I felt a surge of shame. However, a deeply embedded memory of a Tommy Fleming interview helped me overcome my digital dilemma.

Somehow I convinced myself over the years that I had to be on social media 24/7 because of my job. I would knock back my wife's criticism of “Bernard get off your phone” by replying “I’m working.”