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Sep 7

Learning the Hard Way That Leadership Means Letting Go of Your Vision

Until it becomes someone else’s dream

Angry little girl.

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Big List Energy

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Aug 10

6 Stupid Things I Used to BE Embarrassed About

And why I no longer care

A woman with a pear-shaped body wearing white trousers.

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May 31

I Have a Master’s Degree, and I Don’t Understand These 10 Simple Things

No Matter Who Explains Them

A vintage sea green toilet tank with a piece of string coming out from under the lid, wrapped around the flush handle and trailing down towards the ground.

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The Memoirist

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May 30

The Day I Tried To Save My Mother

I couldn’t touch another body for decades.

An old black and white photo of two women, one eating candyfloss in a light coat, the other standing against a railing on a promenade in Coney Island, New York.

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Aug 14, 2025

The Long Way Home to Dublin

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The Long Way Home to Dublin

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Big List Energy

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2d ago

Ciall Cheannaithe: 7 Life Lessons I Bought and Paid For

Hard truths with high prices

Portrait of a young woman smoking.

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Another Fucking Publication

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Kay Flanagan

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2d ago

Rant & Roar # 15

Roadworks rage: the fortnightly rant topic from AFP

Roadworks.

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PubBeat

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Kay Flanagan

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4d ago

Delectable Discs

Mostly macabre musical morsels

Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet.

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Another Fucking Publication

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6d ago

You’re Not An Asshole, You’re An Adult Adolescent

Grow up and date the family

A white goat rutting a black goat.

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Big List Energy

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6d ago

From 1980s Manhattan to Kyoto Comfort Food: 7 Books Reviewed

My Fortnightly Reading Habit

A woman reads a book.

Kay Flanagan

Kay Flanagan

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Tale slinger, foul-mouthed ranter and occasional deep and meaningful scribbler with an Irish name and a will to write.

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