Humour Features

In National School, 1st February is a day often associated with boring talk of Saint Brigid and the frustration of making a cross from rushes that crumples in your bag before you can even show off your shoddy attempt to your nan, in a vain…

“Don’t forget your potato skinner, mate.” I let the sentence register for a moment and assess how I should take it. Have I just been racially abused? Or is this just a bit of harmless fun between friends? I’ve agreed to meet an English…

2016 has been kind of like when you are out walking and step in dog poo, but then after cleaning your shoe, you step in dog poo again with your other foot. Only for an eleven-month period. Things have been, not so good. We do look for…

2016 The Dáil votes down a bill to hold a referendum on repealing the 8th amendment. The movement to repeal the 8th amendment finally heeds the unsolicited advice of broadsheet columnists and tones it down. Further columns are…

Close your eyes. Breathe deeply. Groan ever so gently. Open your eyes. And now we begin... You are alone in your home. It is early evening. Bae is out for the night with work friends. Your dinner sits half uneaten on the kitchen counter.…

It’s no secret that Hillary Clinton is determined, at times desperate, to mobilise the youth vote in the upcoming US presidential election. She’s made a number of bids to get millennials to the polls, including a recent appearance on Zach…

Dear Me, First off, hi! I’m you, if a little thicker round the middle, and a little, well, a lot less hair! I thought I’d impart some life lessons to you, to help you on your way through this crazy, confusing, defining moment of your…

After great reviews at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Dreamgun have brought their original comedy Mimes in Time home to Dublin as part of the Fringe Festival. I was feeling sceptical about Mimes in Time since it prominently features two of…

I received a weird email recently. It wasn't the usual LinkedIn request from somebody I spoke to once while inhaling free pizza at a college society AGM. It was from the creators of Netflix hit Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers. (Yes,…

I'm not a sporty person. In primary school, we used to play football every day at small and big break. I was always picked last. I scored a goal once. Another time I did a handball by accident and one of my teammates insisted it wasn't a…