Bernard O'Shea: My memory is so bad I forgot I did Dancing with the Stars

Its been long well-known that singing can be great for your mental health.

Bernard O'Shea. Photograph Moya Nolan

Last week our youngest shouted up the stairs: “What’s wrong, Daddy?” I was in the shower, so I hastily threw a towel around myself, and poked my head down the stairs. 

I shouted back: “What’s wrong?”, cursing the fact that mayhem ensued the second I had a chance to do something for myself.