Suzanne Harrington

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Suzanne Harrington: 'We are all migrants from somewhere...we make the world richer'

Suzanne Harrington has contributed to a new book that records the stories of people who have migrated to Britain, and says she was struck hearing the stories of how adaptable, resilient, and gutsy some people are.

Mon, 07 Sep, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Goodbye Dolly — we will always love you

Your magic transcended musical genres, as you stood in front of us, a self-created goddess of glorious kitsch.

Wed, 26 Aug, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Pile-on on Arday is not what newspapers are for

Professor Arday incurred the kind of media ire usually reserved for paedophiles.

Mon, 24 Aug, 2026

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Suzanne Harrington: Bye George. Karma has undergone its final chameleon

On what planet did Boy George think releasing a song supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza would be a good idea, asks Suzanne Harrington

Mon, 03 Aug, 2026

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Suzanne Harrington: Muay Thai makes me forget about age for a bit

We warm up by skipping, which sounds harmless, but is absolutely not if the last time you skipped was in fifth class

Mon, 13 Jul, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Are we still a nation that sweeps things under the carpet?

Two current situations show just how embedded this under-the-carpet-sweeping reflex remains in the DNA of our institutions

Mon, 06 Jul, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: My garden cabin is now an air-fryer... we need to adapt

When foreign holiday temperatures turn up on our doorstep, we freak out — we are ill-equipped, which is to say we are not equipped at all

Mon, 29 Jun, 2026

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Suzanne Harrington: We need to tax the rich back to humanity

We continue to permit a skewed system, hoping that those who hoard wealth will chuck a bit back at us. Children still go to bed hungry

Mon, 22 Jun, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Fifa would let Genghis Khan host a World Cup

It feels like the most globally unifying, fun thing the world has left — football — has been hijacked by the baddies. It stinks.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: The closet still exists... it serves no one

You cannot but help feel sympathy for anyone who is so covered in shame about who they really are that they spend a lifetime lying to themselves and others

Mon, 01 Jun, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Things are bad when Miranda Priestly is the good guy

Monolithic power accrued by unaccountable, unimaginable wealth means we are living in the age of the techno tyrant, says Suzanne Harrington

Mon, 18 May, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Girls don’t like guys, or want to be like them

A cohort of Gen Z women believe the only way to survive patriarchy is to worm their way into it

Mon, 04 May, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Bro, do something useful...love yourself

Seeking self-worth and validation in external possessions is like building your house on the edge of a cliff

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

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Suzanne Harrington: Private human moments now fair game online

Our emotions are now commodities, to be harvested, manipulated, and sold back to us

Mon, 23 Mar, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: What kind of English family stays up late to count Irish swears on The Traitors?

What the conversation around the Irish Traitors and swearing fails to acknowledge is class.

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: Dear Brooklyn, thanks for the distractions...

You have been providing monetised content for the brand since conception. It's just that... well, the thing is, Brooklyn, if it wasn’t for your nepo-ness, it’s unlikely you’d have problems involving couture wedding dresses. It’s unlikely you’d have married the daughter of a Trumpy billionaire

Mon, 26 Jan, 2026

Suzanne Harrington: If we can see what's happening then so can global pop and sports icons

Jazz group The Cookers cancelled their New Year’s Eve concert at Washington’s Kennedy Centre — they have spoken out about not being morally able to perform in a 'a venue bearing a name… that represents overt racism'

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

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Suzanne Harrington: Thailand — farangs and 'improbable couples' everywhere

He makes up one half of one of Thailand’s most ubiquitous sights... the Improbable Couple. Somewhat unkindly known as losers back home, their Western wallets have transformed them into winners

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: Being veggie was hard work in the '80s — Quay Co-Op was the place to be

I remember the first time going up the stairs of the Quay Co-Op, and seeing all these radical flyers on the walls. Gay rights. Women’s rights. I didn’t know Cork had any gays, or that women had any rights

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: Trump has not just God-washed himself, but monetised the situation to the hilt

God wash them all, these spiritual giants, these champions of humanity and elevators of women. God wash them all to heaven

Sun, 30 Nov, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: At a recent Bob Vylan gig, fans had a surreal experience

At their recent London gig, Bob Vylan fans had a surreal experience — we had to pass a staged right-wing protest across the street from the venue

Sun, 23 Nov, 2025

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Suzanne Harrington: I’ve just conducted a one-woman experiment — I got a buzz cut

Get rid of your hair, and people will no longer see you. You could rob the Louvre and nobody would notice

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025

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Suzanne Harrington: Is being thrown off the gravy train a harsh enough punishment?

Purely to protect the continued existence of the Firm, Andrew-Formerly-Known-As-Prince's brother and nephew have thrown him not quite under the bus, but off the gravy train

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: From hair-do to hair-don't — I just don't care about hair-care any more

I want a hair holiday... I want to break up with my hair

Sun, 20 Jul, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: 'Terrorist-adjacent', hilarious, galvanising, inspirational Kneecap

That’s why the establishment wants to squash Kneecap, cancel them, restrict their movement — they, along with a handful of other vocal critics, are doing what the British government is not: loudly calling out atrocities

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: The narrative of helpless man stolen by pushy woman is being wheeled out again

For those still stubbornly refusing to spend their lives online keeping up with the far grander lives of Americanbillionaire heiresses, this column is here to fill in your blanks...

Sun, 08 Jun, 2025

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Suzanne Harrington: Cheap airlines and their baggage limits have made us packing pros

We laugh at the priority boarding eejits, their queue longer than ours, with their mimsy little wheelie suitcases making the aviation moguls richer with every flight

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

Suzanne Harrington: Turns out that there are no valid reasons for a man to assault you

Thanks to the grit and tenacity of an ordinary Dublin hairdresser, the dial has moved a fraction

Mon, 02 Dec, 2024

Suzanne Harrington: I've just signed an NDA for my next job — at Glastonbury

I’m off to Glastonbury. Not as a punter, or a journalist — but as a volunteer.

Sun, 18 Jun, 2023

Suzanne Harrington: Destroying stuff for war or profit or both — always the same stupid outcome

“Just don’t think about it,” my daughter says.She says that if she allowed herself to think about the state of the world and all that’s happening in it, she would go mad

Sun, 11 Jun, 2023

Suzanne Harrington: The great irony of the year award goes to the Covid vaccine

Millions of people in rich countries are offered a free vaccine and refused it, while in poorer countries, millions are desperate for it, and can’t get their hands on it.

Sun, 26 Dec, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: What's the big deal about being a gay footballer?

"Even if you support a club based in one of the gayest towns in Europe – like Brighton & Hove Albion, with their rainbow merch and inclusive policies – there are no players queering the pitch."

Wed, 03 Nov, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: Succession shows how the media can divide and conquer

Succession reminds me of an Einstein quote from 1949

Wed, 27 Oct, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: It's time for Ireland to stop living in fear of Covid

'Why the hesitancy? Surely, it is time to do the things that make us feel most human, most alive, most connected'

Wed, 15 Sep, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: An Easter miracle! I rolled back the stone from my cave and had a garden party

And lo! As Jesus emerges from lockdown, so too are the frazzled citizens of Brexitland blearily rolling the stones from the front of their caves.

Wed, 07 Apr, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: I wouldn’t even mind sharing a sofa with someone who smells a bit funny

I want to be on a cheap nasty airplane, with my knees uncomfortably rubbing the seat in front, and the thighs of randoms warming my own

Wed, 17 Mar, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: Four of my favourite things in lockdown

Bringing out the Julie Andrews in all of us

Wed, 03 Mar, 2021

Suzanne Harrington: Have a happy remote St Patrick’s Day folks

Corona, corona, corona. You wouldn’t know whether to laugh, scream, or stockpile cyanide pills in case the mass outbreak of stupidity becomes too intolerable, no matter how much you self-isolate, writes Suzanne Harrington.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2020

Suzanne Harrington: Is ‘The Crown’ undermining my opposition to monarchy?

Can you be diametrically opposed to the concept of monarchy and still get sucked into The Crown?, asks Suzanne Harrington.

Sun, 01 Dec, 2019

Outside the box: A tale of two Calais and suffering beyond reason

In the dining room in a cheap hotel in Calais, a table of men are having breakfast. When they finish their coffee and croissants, these men – meaty, booted, uniformed, well-paid – will spend their shift driving around Calais and its bleak industrial surrounds.

Mon, 18 Feb, 2019

‘The four boys at the station are lost deer’