Sean Moncrieff
Columnist at Irish Times
Producer at Newstalk
Unvetted male Funkateer. Elevated neutrino readings. Talky stuff on @newstalkFM @IrishTimesMag columnist. https://t.co/zpseMV8Eq9 He/Him.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
Not that anyone is asking, but I wouldn’t want to be president. The job does have its attractions: the money is good, you get to live in a nice house and you can work from home a lot of the time. I once heard that the president has their own private entrance into Dublin Zoo. I hope that’s true. But once you get the job, you’re stuck there.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
After a lot of intense negotiations and multiple changes of mind, we have finally settled on holiday plans for the summer. A short break in Ireland with extended family, and another at-least-it-won’t be-raining trip to another country. It was the foreign holiday that caused the contention. It’ll be just myself, Herself, and Daughter Number Four.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
Dayton, Ohio is nicknamed the Gem City, though no one can remember why. The Wright brothers were based there for a while. The Dayton accords, which ended the Bosnian war, were signed at the air force base close by. In recent decades, the population has shrunk a bit. It’s not in decline, but it’s not particularly prosperous either. It is like a lot of other places. It’s not that remarkable. But in the 1960s and 1970s, Dayton did experience a relatively brief, yet significant, cultural flowering.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
One of the early indicators that spring has arrived is the change in the sorts of people I see on the Dart. The foreign language students arrive: they travel in large, noisy packs, usually carrying a rucksack issued by whatever institution organised the trip. Seasoned Dart travellers keep an eye out for these groups and move to a different carriage. They take up a lot of space and the decibel level is often close to ear-splitting. There are also people heading to Howth.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
It feels like it happened all of a sudden, yet the process was gradual. After years of various children staying with us for varying periods of time, they have established themselves elsewhere. Son Number One is in Colombia. Daughters Numbers One and Two live with their respective partners, and daughter Number Three just moved to London. I have a gut feeling she’s going to like it there. Daughter Number Four hasn’t moved out yet, her argument being that she’s only nine. That’s fair enough.
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