Sean Moncrieff
Columnist at Irish Times
Producer at Newstalk
Unvetted male Funkateer. Elevated neutrino readings. Talky stuff on @newstalkFM @IrishTimesMag columnist. Happier at @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social
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6 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
I had to buy a new computer. For some, that sentence might prompt a sort of internal shrivelling as they brace themselves to be bombarded with details about processor speeds and RAM size. Others might be dying to know, or even have strong opinions on the subject. I’ll avoid all that, other than to tell you that I had to buy a new one because the old one couldn’t update from Windows 10 to Windows 11. The reasons why are far too dull to go into, though I do feel compelled to defend my old computer.
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
I love words. Professionally, they are my primary tool. Yet sometimes – more often than I would like – I question what they are good for. Sometimes, they feel like empty noises or squiggles on a screen. Take Gaza. Words seem to be failing us. The phrases we used to hear a lot – international order, international community, civilisation – seem to have been rendered meaningless. Most European countries, ourselves being one of the few exceptions, have opted for throwaway pieties.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
I hate being sick. Obviously, no one is a fan of illness, but some people seem to be better at adapting to it, to tucking themselves into bed with a hot water bottle, Netflix and plenty of fluids. To me, that doesn’t feel like the path back to good health, but lying in bed doing nothing. I start self-accusing: are you malingering? Are you really that sick? Too sick to get up and go to the bottle bank like you said you would? Invariably, I get up and go to the bottle bank and end up feeling worse.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
Here are my earliest memories of funfairs: I remember being in a bumper car with my father, and my mother being unhappy because we were doing a little too much bumping. After that, I’m a teenager, during the October fair in Ballinasloe. The ride, which was popular, consisted of a large circular frame, divided up into sections for each person to stand upright. No one was strapped in. The only safety feature was a flimsy chain across each section.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | Sean Moncrieff
I wouldn’t be the best at beard maintenance. Every morning, I cut a few hairs that refuse to do anything but stand horizontally or vertically out from my face. Sometimes, it’s more than a few. Sometimes I look like I’ve been receiving mild electric shocks while I was asleep. In the bathroom I have a little beard brush yoke and a dust buster which I bought to get rid of the detritus and to keep my marriage stable: hairs are a contentious issue.
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