Seán Moncrieff: The woman said ‘I hope you’re not going to write about this for The Irish Times!’
On a plane, Herself felt I should surrender my seat or offer to be strapped to the wing. I wasn’t so keen
We’d all love long teacher holidays, but how keen would we be on the job that goes with them?
Any parent, in their more honest don’t-say-it-out-loud moments, will admit that looking after kids can be boring
‘Were you fired? What did you do?’: Seán Moncrieff on chaos unleashed by a change to his column
An alteration to the timing of my column has caused a level of chaos, but luckily I’ve been able to stuff those worries deep into my psyche
Keep your Michelin tasting menus: There’s no better pairing than a pint and a packet of Tayto
Modern Irish restaurants are mostly fabulous, but what’s distinctly Irish about them?
We may be living through the angriest period in human history
Angry men can rattle off all sorts of reasons for their fury, yet increasingly, the reasons are becoming less important
Watching our daughter discover she’s good at something is a great joy
Kids are figuring out who they are, which is another way of saying they are attempting, or hoping, there is something about them that is different from others
Seán Moncrieff: The allure of kitchen gizmos solving problems we didn’t know we had? It’s dizzying
In the thrill of the search, we rarely consider the quality, where it’s been made, or under what circumstances
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