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Sometimes, in my search for a joke, I tell a small white lie. Sometimes, I cast myself as thicker than I really am, in the hope of a laugh. (As you know, I am amazing; amazingly thick.) Last week, I wrote about road trips and I ended it in…

This week, Jeremy Corbyn was the absolute boy, Theresa May went into talks with the DUP, and the Tories lost a load of seats. Ariana Grande also held a benefit concert in Manchester, former FBI director James Comey gave a testimony, &…

If not for Washington DC’s aged streets, Donald Trump’s inauguration could have been all the more bombastic. Allegedly, the leader of the free world wanted a military parade to mark his ascension, something that certainly would have marked…

As confused reports came in of a mass shooting at a casino in Manila on Thursday evening, Melania Trump tweeted her condolences to those affected, and although I’m sure that she did so in good conscience, I couldn’t help but feel that she…

I believe the children are our future. Teach them well, and let them lead the way...  Jk, jk. But listen, Whitney had a point. Last week, my 14-year-old sisters, Ruby and Amber, were collected from their school after a male teacher roared…

Maybe it wouldn’t get under my skin so much if I’d watched in a different context. Maybe I’d shrug it off, laugh even, because I’m Irish and we are good at doing that. We have to be. We are not quite oppressed enough to Take Offence – after…

I couldn’t drive until my 30s, which was the first time I was able to afford to run a car. Before that, I was a strictly bike and bus person. Until I moved to London, when I added the Tube into the mix. I sold the car to help facilitate the…

I have experienced two very beautiful moments during my teaching career. One was in 2014 when I was teaching 4th Class. Two occurrences complemented one another which culminated in the first of the beautiful moments. The first was that the…

The upcoming British “snap” election has often been referred to in the media as the Brexit election – with commentators arguing that issues such as the budget, the housing crisis and even migration are being considered through the lens of…

‘The ethics of care starts from the premise that as humans we are inherently relational, responsive beings and the human condition is one of connectedness or interdependence’ - Carol Gilligan ‘They say the darkest hour is just before the…