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# Surrealing in the Years

Last week
7th April 2024 - 13th April 2024
Surrealing in the Years: Well Simon, the jamboree period is over
Carl Kinsella
13 Apr
7.1k
13
This month
April 2024
Surrealing in the Years: €1.90 for bag of Tayto is proof that the social contract is broken
Carl Kinsella
6 Apr
23.8k
Last month
March 2024
Surrealing in the Years: Sinn Féin and Fine Gael having a hard time being themselves
Carl Kinsella
30 Mar
10.4k
Surrealing in the Years: Varadkar feels sorry for whoever has to write about his legacy. Same.
Carl Kinsella
23 Mar
13.6k
Surrealing in the Years: Irish diplomacy differs greatly between Texas and DC
Carl Kinsella
16 Mar
7.1k
Surrealing in the Years: The results are in ... referendums remain nation’s messiest pastime
Carl Kinsella
10 Mar
8.0k
Surrealing in the Years: Snow nice but nation could use heads up next time
Carl Kinsella
2 Mar
7.0k
This year
2024
Surrealing in the Years: UK Pleasure Boys can teach us all a valuable lesson
Carl Kinsella
24 Feb
10.0k
Surrealing in the Years: This was a really good week to embarrass yourself on TV
Carl Kinsella
17 Feb
10.4k
Surrealing in the Years: Joe Brolly and Kneecap join forces against the Tory government
Carl Kinsella
10 Feb
11.6k
Surrealing in the Years: End of 'Global Greening' a brave step towards becoming less embarrassing
Carl Kinsella
3 Feb
9.2k
Surrealing in the Years: Story of giant Luke Kelly head vandalism comes to a sad end
Carl Kinsella
27 Jan
30.6k
Surrealing in the Years: Finally, a national conversation about throuples
Carl Kinsella
20 Jan
20.7k
61
Surrealing in the Years: First week of the new year marked by "preventable trauma"
Carl Kinsella
6 Jan
14.4k
Last year
2023
Surrealing in the Years: New retirement plan means 40 more years of this column
Carl Kinsella
30 Dec 2023
10.7k
Surrealing in the Year 2023: Ireland has had a weird year, and absolutely not in a good way
Carl Kinsella
23 Dec 2023
10.6k
Surrealing in the Years: Tornado in Leitrim steals the show during a season of extreme weather
Carl Kinsella
16 Dec 2023
5.5k
Surrealing in the Years: President Conor is unlikely, but we're still in for a long two years
Carl Kinsella
9 Dec 2023
15.6k
Surrealing in the Years: Good news! The weird online loudmouths are here to save Ireland
Carl Kinsella
2 Dec 2023
14.8k
Surrealing in the Years: Dublin riot shatters many of our shared delusions about Ireland
Carl Kinsella
25 Nov 2023
18.2k
Surrealing in the Years: Irish public knows the moral event horizon has been crossed in Gaza
Carl Kinsella
18 Nov 2023
7.4k
Surrealing in the Years: Only Suella Braverman knows what on earth she meant by Ulster comments
Carl Kinsella
11 Nov 2023
17.2k
67
Surrealing in the Years: Smaller venues not enough to hold Irish solidarity for Palestine
Carl Kinsella
4 Nov 2023
10.3k
125
Surrealing in the Years: RTÉ should utilise 'surprise Dolly Parton' strategy more often
Carl Kinsella
21 Oct 2023
18.3k
23
Surrealing in the Years: Thoughtless celebrity commentary on Gaza crisis will make things worse
Carl Kinsella
14 Oct 2023
21.0k
159
Surrealing in the Years: Bedbug apocalypse the least of our worries when it comes to neighbours
Carl Kinsella
7 Oct 2023
13.8k
0
Surrealing in the Years: Leo Varadkar is not good at pop culture references
Carl Kinsella
30 Sep 2023
15.6k
30
Surrealing in the Years: Has the establishment finally noticed the far-right?
Carl Kinsella
23 Sep 2023
13.7k
Surrealing in the Years: Legacy Bill apparently not as juicy as three old men
Carl Kinsella
9 Sep 2023
15.5k
15
Surrealing in the Years: A modest proposal for a Donegal-Dublin Bay South constituency
Carl Kinsella
2 Sep 2023
9.9k
24
Surrealing in the Years: Welcoming 40,000 American tourists by putting more guns on the streets
Carl Kinsella
26 Aug 2023
25.8k
31
Surrealing in the Years: Let's not forget how uncool the housing crisis makes us look
Carl Kinsella
19 Aug 2023
18.1k
88
Surrealing in the Years: Get ready to hear about Covid again
Carl Kinsella
12 Aug 2023
32.6k
74
Surrealing in the Years: Micheál Martin heals us through the power of podcasting
Carl Kinsella
5 Aug 2023
15.0k
18
Surrealing in the Years: The week began with nationalist gold and only got weirder from there
Carl Kinsella
29 Jul 2023
13.0k
Surrealing in the Years: Yes, the profits are enormous, but that doesn't affect our price hikes
Carl Kinsella
22 Jul 2023
20.6k
7
Surrealing in the Years: The martyrdom of a humble Toy Man
Carl Kinsella
15 Jul 2023
21.8k
27
Surrealing in the Years: It's jollies all the way down at RTÉ as nation looks on in exasperation
8 Jul 2023
23.8k
52
Surrealing in the Years: RTÉ's existential crisis has united the nation like little else
Carl Kinsella
1 Jul 2023
25.0k
53
Surrealing in the Years: Between subs, Tubs and consultative forums, who knows where to look?
Carl Kinsella
24 Jun 2023
11.9k
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