2020

Guys, only one more day to go of January – and thank GOD for that. I mean; it feels a little crazy that we are almost in February 2021 (I mean; I am still processing March 2020), yet also somewhat great – in that; surely it can’t get any worse?! Please, please – let the […]

6 years ago

Happy New Year! 2021 is here – finally – and we can all put the mess that was 2020 behind us. When you stop and think about it, though – doesn’t it strike you how insane it has all been?! I mean; think back to this day last year – January 1st 2020. How utterly […]

6 years ago

It was the night we all needed. And then some. Tonight, across the country – and, indeed, across the world – families, adults, kids, grannies, granddads, aunties and uncles and friends, whether Irish by heritage or, just like myself, Irish by heart, sat down to watch Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Toy Show. After […]

6 years ago

Level 3… Just when life had started to take on a slightly more normal (or, at least, new normal), we are back to level three again, and date nights (unless you are willing to freeze to death outside a bar or restaurant while speed-eating your dinner before it goes cold) are once more confined to […]

6 years ago

Black cats, pumpkins, creepy crawlies – we are knee deep in Halloween season. And yes, this one will be different. But it shall still be celebrated. We can still dress up. We can still carve pumpkins. We can still eat sweets. We can still walk around after dark and go pumpkin spotting around the neighbourhood. […]

6 years ago

To most families, making a visit to Santa to tell him your wishes is a much-loved and important December tradition. However, this year, as I think we have all already figured out, will not be the same as previous years. Pandemic restrictions in place will make the traditional Santa visits either impossible or very, very […]

6 years ago