Róisín Ingle: The day before the scan results, I remember I have cancer
‘I will just keep on living and occasionally wondering. Grateful to be here. Conscious that it could be different’
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Róisín Ingle columns
The St Brigid’s Bank Holiday still feels at least seven years away
If the Beckhams’ family row is not easing your January blues then try The Addams Family instead
A sick joke is being played on all of us – we’re being infantilised by convenience tech
Shortcuts are no harm occasionally. But when we shortcut everything, what do we lose?
Early Edition podcast: Children waiting years for medical assessments and today’s other top stories
Extreme weather more likely, Iran set to execute protestor and Pierce Brosnan plays a boxing coach
Róisín Ingle: I worried about Pierce Brosnan playing my uncle in new film about him and Prince Naseem
I am delighted to report that the new movie about my brilliant uncle Brendan and Prince Naseem – starring Pierce Brosnan as Brendan – is fantastic
Dry January: Since giving up alcohol, I’ve developed some strong opinions about it
I’ve since sworn off Nosecco and all the rest of the drinks pretending to be something I don’t want in my life any more
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions as a general rule but this year is an exception
Róisín Ingle: In hunter gatherer times the family would starve if women let men lounge around the cave scratching their nether regions
I don’t need diamond rings or shiny things. Give me something broken and glued together with love
I’ve always fantasised about being the kind of woman who is given or buys herself precious things. It’s just not me, though
We often say we could get knocked over by a car tomorrow, but never really expect it
Róisín Ingle: On a friendship blind date, we talked about going through our days with an awareness of our inevitable demise
Róisín Ingle: I’m enjoying fantastic TV that features middle-aged women. It feels a bit revolutionary
Middle-aged women are killing it, sometimes literally, on the streamers
Róisín Ingle: We all have a death day lurking unseen. When’s mine? When’s yours?
I became obsessed with a quote from Thomas Hardy - not due to my rereading the classics, but to seeking escape in Netflix
Róisín Ingle: I’m not ashamed to admit I have a serious parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift
I view it as a wholesome relationship, rather than a problematic one. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?
Róisín Ingle: Let’s have more dancing at Irish funerals
It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us
Róisín Ingle: I told the world to leave me alone, and it did. Wow
I desperately needed some distraction, and found it in new music from Taylor Swift, Lily Allen and Bressie
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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