When I was young and foolish, my friend and I hitchhiked around Europe
Between then and now so much has changed, while so much has remained the same
As our family grows, full wine glasses keep appearing as if by magic
A family is like a dynamic system, slowly growing over time and spreading across counties and countries
Did you watch Heated Rivalry immediately, and love it? If not, are you dead inside?
The relentless push of social media, where everyone’s talking about everything, creates an odd cultural pressure
Strange sequence of events experienced by my wife reflected chaos of our modern world
It happened the night after she dislocated her knee. Bleeding, she went into our bedroom to a ringing phone. It was her sister, with bad news
There’s one topic Irish people love yapping about more than the weather
We’re still not great at talking about mental health. But give us a life-threatening or even life-ending condition with a bit of a back story and we’re all over it
Even my daughter was embarrassed by the amount of clothes I bought her – but it won’t last
From sport-loving clans to outdoorsy adventurers, every family develops its own habits
There are some things Ireland does better than other countries - we should remember that
Yes, it would be nice to be able to get a metro from Dublin Airport to the city centre, but let’s not forget the positives
Fifteen years after my father’s death, I heard his voice again
His brief showbiz career was preserved on record for two minutes and 38 seconds. Then he claimed to have lost it, or that it had broken
I have two boxes full of old cables, waiting for the apocalypse. I know I’m not alone
Perhaps after I die, my children will marvel at how they chart technological change through the 20th and 21st centuries
If I were in charge, I’d ban everything Christmassy until two weeks before
This festive season I’m going to do something I’ve never done before
Seán Moncrieff: Donald Trump could well be the loneliest man in the world
One of the great reliefs of being with someone for a long time is the freedom to say: what would you like for Christmas?
Would the fighting spirit that defeated the Nazis be possible now? You’d have to worry
This century the closest we’ve had to a wartime footing in Ireland has been the Covid pandemic - and while it did have a unifying effect for a time, it also seemed to unleash something
Nature-loving types will tell you leaves are a gift. Don’t be fooled
They are piling up on the footpath, destroying the garden, sneaking into the house ... and always wet
Could this Republic of Ireland team reclaim the Tricolour?
In the taloned claws of the ‘patriots’, it becomes a weapon: an expression of naked racist hatred
Seán Moncrieff: Visiting from France, my daughter found Ireland hard to love
My daughter and her family have a quality of life in rural France they could only dream of having here