Trying to get places in Irish college is worse than queuing for Taylor Swift tickets

"We didn’t get into Cursaí A," someone writes in all caps. The WhatsApp is hopping.

Visiting The Gaeltacht for two weeks in the summer is a rite of passage for some

Nobody knows what in God’s name we are doing. Our kids have just crossed the threshold into the First Year of Secondary School, and the parents are distracted by the newfound discovery of Snapchat.

We are supposed to have signed up to the social media app to keep an eye on the kids, but we streak each other pictures of our own warped faces, or cute with freckles and glasses... my face on a foot. Total hijinks like we are not 42 years of age and tight on the mortgage.