I’m to move house in the next couple of weeks, which should prove about as much fun as trampolining on a soiled mattress. The things we do for warmth and shelter, eh? At least the …

By some curious combination of misadventure and recklessness, I ended up in Killarney yesterday afternoon.
There is no finer place in Ireland for people-watching, because most of them are foreign, and the rest of them are …

Dear Problem Pages,
I’m hoping you can help me with an embarrassing problem I’m having, financially and professionally. I think I’m being bullied and I don’t know where to turn.
I hired this company of gobshites to …

When schoolgirl’s dread was in my blood
I read of ancient demons
“Haughey’s kind has gone for good
No need for me to flee, then.”
But then when I grew up, my fears
Were sadly not in vain,
Our first world …

He twinkled at me from across the room. He was young. He looked trustworthy. He was ginger, for God’s sake. I found myself pouring my heart out to him.
“Sometimes,” I told him, sprawled out on …