Humour

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…

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…

Following a failed injunction against its publication, Kevin McCallister’s tell-all book on Trump has finally hit shelves. It’s funny how some things stay with you throughout your life. There are certain moments that will swirl unbidden…

2005 sci-fi flop AEon Flux is back in the news recently, thanks to Elon Musk and Grimes' controversial recent decision to name their baby after it. It actually makes more sense than you might think. Musk and Grimes have always been a bit of…

If someone in the near future asks me ‘What was your main memory of Covid-19?’ I’ll know exactly what to say. ‘An ingrown toenail.’ Ok, not exactly a near-death experience in this truly unprecedented time, but developing an ingrown…

Five years ago, I completed my master’s in English at university, which culminated in the submission of a fifteen thousand word thesis examining the significance of Gollum in the story of J.R.R Tolkien’s classic tales The Hobbit and The…

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…

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…

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…

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…