‘I am Alan f***ing Sugar’: I marvel at my business acumen on DoneDeal
I once convinced my partner to drive to a random person’s shed in Monaghan to buy a €50 piece of furniture
Moving to Ireland helped me understand my mother, her peculiarities and weird secrecy
Love in Irish families is more of a doing word than a saying one
Being a woman on TV: One viewer described my teeth as ‘tea-stained’
Most emails I get are not about the quality of my journalism, but what I wear and the state of my hair
I wrote down all my relationships and why they ended: ‘I cheated’, ‘he cheated’
Brianna Parkins: I imagined the public servant looking through the answers and surmising I was in fact, the problem
I am the victim of the most middle-class crime ever committed
There was nothing I could do in the situation that would be a dignified response
As my life got easier, I got angrier. Things should not be so hard for the working class
I cannot accept that mental health issues and neurodivergence are ‘overdiagnosed’
There are things Australians do better than the Irish. Death isn’t one of them
We get all awkward and weird about it, even though there’s a 100% chance it will happen to everyone
I’ve entered the world of weight-loss clips on TikTok. It’s like heroin chic all over again
Now it’s wearing activewear, and speaks with the mean but well meaning tone of a big sister sitting us down for a serious chat
Moving to another country is hard. You’re not failing if you’re not living up to a filtered social media standard
Irish emigrants in Sydney have been taken in by all the social media of Bondi sunrises without realising a lot of travel influencing is a total swizz
Her ‘no’ was clear. She did not want to go home with him. Still he went on. And on
We have to teach young men that sex is not a thing you win. It is not the result of how well you negotiate or argue your case
Brianna Parkins: I am the butt of my friends’ and family’s jokes because I can’t drive
Knowing you’re underachieving at the sport of underachieving tends to crush your ego
No, the Irish who come to Australia are not the ‘worst’
There’s a hint of something in this school of thought. Maybe it’s classism. Maybe it’s jealousy. But it gets at me
If everyone had ADHD, my life would improve tenfold. I would live in a world built for me
Instead, life feels about as comfortable as wearing a pair of scratchy, sucky-in knickers after a 12-hour wedding
Unpaid or poorly paid entry-level creative jobs are subsidised by wealthy parents
The main reason working-class often people find themselves locked out of entertainment industry roles is poor or no pay for early-career creatives
Relationships even between the best and tenderhearted can still fail
I have seen kind, mature people part ways with mutual care and respect because they didn’t wait to resent each other