Suzanne Harrington

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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'

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

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

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

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

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

Prince Andrew relinquishes titles and honours

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

Asian senior man with luggage walking in Airport Terminal.

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’