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Jessica is a trainee solicitor, and blogger who is currently residing in her grannies basement (Which is socially acceptable in Ireland till you're 30!)
When she isn’t typing like the wind, or ensuring justice is served, she is spending time with her two beloved budgies Gus and Harriet (who are also talented skateboarders.) Jessica aims to produce mini legal articles that make our readers LAWL and that aren’t totally lAWFUL. Stay tuned for her weekly contributions as The Honorary Hunzo!

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Lockdown Lust: Why I’ll Miss Level Five

Jessica Mc Carthy Apr 21, 2021 0

A lot of people nowadays are delighted we are exiting level five lockdown. I am telling you folks, there is very little to be gained from re-entering civilisation. The positive facets of the lockdown are too plentiful for me to relish…

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Love (and a Deadly Virus) is in the Air: A Guide to Dating during the Pandemic

Jessica Mc Carthy Apr 13, 2021 0

For us lucky singletons, the pandemic presents yet another obstacle to finding one’s one true love (or a hook up, whichever way you are inclined). As someone who has found themselves the perfect Victorian style romantic pen pal, I feel I…

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Santa’s Secret | Misconduct, Negligence and Scandal at North Pole HQ

Jessica Mc Carthy Dec 16, 2020 0

We Interviewed Alabaster Snowball, Santa’s previous employee and head elf at the North Pole HQ. Due to the strange occurrences taking place at North Pole HQ, Alabaster has been forced to enter the film and Media industry as a “stunt elf”…

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Landlord Life Hacks For Newly Formed Adults

Jessica Mc Carthy Sep 4, 2020 0

On March the 11th 2020, I was forcibly expelled into adulthood. I stepped out of my Company Law exam feeling frazzled, defeated, and disappointed (the norm). My phone rang to the tune of 50 Cent's Candy Shop, as I walked out of the Law…

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ET PROBE HOME?! The Covid testing scandal

Jessica Mc Carthy Jul 28, 2020 0

Due to a severe shortage of COVID tests, some patients opted for strange measures. The Covid testing site based deep in the Courtown forest, was just one of many strange consequences of the coronavirus crisis, and gained national news…

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Lessons I Learned From Loss

Jessica Mc Carthy Jun 18, 2020 0

Three years ago, I lost my dad suddenly. It was just your average day. I had been cramming for exams, and was as unprepared as usual, mixing up case names, and stumbling on principles. I emerged from my crunchy sweet wrapper filled cave,…

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Pandemic Perfectionism | How to Survive COVID Isolation Like a Pro

Jessica Mc Carthy Apr 28, 2020 0

At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, I lived my life like most other young gobshites. Thinking I was invincible. I wore gloves, and social distanced etc but still laboured under the mistaken belief that the coronavirus could only be…

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The Honorary Hunzo | Tis The Season To Be Brolly?

Jessica Mc Carthy Nov 13, 2019 1

As I ambled down Henry Street I noted the first trappings of Christmas lingering in the air. The lights twinkled, and the chant of street stall sellers chuntering could be heard as they promoted their questionably fresh produce. Although…

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The Honorary Hunzo | The Man Behind The Lollipop

Jessica Mc Carthy Nov 6, 2019 0

I stood patiently at the bus stop, awaiting the arrival of the two tiered metallic steed that would transport my Monday morning corpse, through the depths of inner city Dublin. A flash of luminous green, and the sound of laboured breathing…

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The Honorary Hunzo | Riddle Me This

Jessica Mc Carthy Oct 29, 2019 0

On Friday evening I engaged in one of my favourite hobbies: eating alone. I reclined back in my eco-friendly beanie bag and eagerly awaited some vegan morsels. Noting, upon my prior visit, how minuscule the platters were (i.e one singular…

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