I’m not usually one of those, what I like to call Flat White Wankers, but that’s what I’m drinking this morning, sitting outside the Happy Out Café on the seafront in Dún Laoghaire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leo is the first of us to get restless. He goes, “Oh my God, this is so boring!” and this is in the middle of the Protestant equivalent of, like, Mass? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If getting Brian, Johnny and Leo into a new school means changing my religion and getting up on Sunday mornings, then I’ll do it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christian is sitting at our usual table in 3fe on Sussex Terrace and I can tell instantly that something is up. When you’ve played ten to someone’s twelve, you can have no secrets from each other. Fact of rugby, fact of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’m in the cor with Sorcha and we’re on the way to Clonskeagh to collect Brian, Johnny and Leo from school. Yeah, no, they’re finishing up today and we’re bringing them out for lunch to say fair focks to them for going another year without being expelled. Like most south Dublin parents, we set a very low bor for our children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the old Jonny Bell that hits me first – a combination of bacon, cheese and Tom Ford Portofino that comes wafting up the stairs and under the bedroom door looking for me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – I’m mowing the back gorden with my top off again, portly to showcase the work I’ve been doing in the gym since the stort of January, and portly to see how long it takes for it to become an item of discussion on the Dalkey Open Forum Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The school concert hall is absolutely rammers this afternoon. We’re talking, like, 1,000 students and parents crammed between the walls to hear the result of the election for Mount Anville Head Girl for 2024-2025 and I haven’t seen Honor looking so pleased with herself since the time she swapped her old dear’s hair conditioning mask for Veet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Friday afternoon in London, the day before the European Champions Cup final. We’ve spent the last three hours talking about our favourite memories from our years following Leinster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’m driving along Vico Road – one of the bits of the road where two cors can barely pass – when I notice a black SUV coming towards me at speed... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Oh my God,” Sorcha goes, “what is she doing?” Yeah, no, she’s talking about Honor, who’s smiling so hord that it looks like someone has jammed a coat hanger in her mouth sideways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So it’s, like, Friday night and I’m having the usual pints with the goys in The Bridge. Dave Kearney asks how we’re getting on with a big smirk on his face. We’re all, like, crowded around my phone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man steps into the kitchen with a Montecristo the size of a rolled-up yoga mat burning between his fat fingers. Sorcha storts coughing – her passive-aggressive way of telling him that we don’t allow smoking in this house – but he just ignores her, like he did when she tried to introduce a similar rule about shoes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How quickly the years go by. That’s what I’m thinking as I’m taking the right turn at Donnybrook Bus Depot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I had my nightmare again last night, the one where I have a one-night stand with Taylor Swift and then I ghost the girl and she ends up writing 15 or 16 songs about me and they’re on the radio constantly. And – yeah, no – I woke up screaming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is upset. I totally get that? But I haven’t seen her over-react like this since I ate a tin of macadamias from the hotel mini-bor on a weekend city break in Ljubljana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Réaltín smiles. Which might well be a first for her. Yeah, no, we’re in Baldoyle of all places, playing Thor Frimann and Lisa Murray – the reigning champions – in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at the Leinster Padel Championships. It’s, like, one set apiece and we’re winning 5-4 in the third. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I tell Honor that I’m proud of her.I’m there, “Obviously, I don’t mean that literally?” because all she’s actually done is spend her Paddy’s Day picking litter up off the beach in Curracloe as port of her community service. “I’m proud of the way you’re, like, owning what you did?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m the first to arrive. I order a pint of the obvious and I do a quick circuit of the place. There’s no one here yet, even though I said eight o’clock and it’s quarter-past already. Fr Fehily wouldn’t have put up with that. What was it he used to say? Better three hours too early than a minute too late? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later.“Ross?” the dude goes, pulling a face at me across the net. “Ross O’Carroll-Kelly?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha asks me straight out if I’m having an affair.I’m like, “Why would you even think that?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I haven’t seen Honor look this angry since the time she spear-tackled a woman who tried to cheat her out of first place in the sack race at the Castle Pork Dalkey Open Sports Day.She’s like, “What ... the ... fock?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha says she’s sorry and I’m there, “Hey, it’s cool,” even though I’ve no idea what she’s even apologising for?She goes, “Oh my God, I was such an idiot.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“If some wooden comes at you with a shank,” Ronan goes, “grab them be the wrist and twist it, then hit them at the base of the nose with the heel of yisser hand, driving upwards. Upwards – that’s it."irishtimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’m shaking hands with Hugh and Marie Atcheson after our latest victory in the Leinster Padel Championships and the famous Réaltín – as in, like, my mixed doublesportner? – is just, like, glowering at me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor pretends to sneeze, but instead of ‘achoo!’ she goes ‘fock you!’ to the prosecution barrister Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So Honor is lying on her bed, her nose stuck in her phone, presumably trolling people on social media, when I tell her that Hennessy Coghlan-O’Hara is here to talk about her case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Réaltín and I have an intuitive understanding that only great lovers, or an out-half and his inside-centre, could fully understand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha has made an alarming discovery during her annual New Year’s Day clear-out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leopardstown on Stephen Zuzz Day is a tradition for the O’Carroll-Kelly men Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s three days before the big day and Cornelscourt is like the Battle of the Bastards scene from Game of Thrones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha wants to make our own Christmas tree out of books this year. I think she’s been at the eggnog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re off to give my godson Ross Junior his Christmas present, but his old dear will already be in a fouler at the thought of me coming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re doing the usual volunteering at the annual Christmas fete and this year we’ve been put on toilet-cleaning duties as a punishment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“If we do this,” she goes, “my husband can’t find out about it. Under any circumstances?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Or is Sorcha standing at the end of the bed, wearing the Tory Burch tennis whites she bought last summer to watch Wimbledon?She’s like, “Are you ready?”“Ready?” I go. “In terms of?”Read Ross O'Carroll-Kelly at irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the Killiney and Dalkey Combined Christmas Fete meeting, and we’re about as welcome as a snot-nosed kid in a bridal shop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Sur! Prise!” we all go.But the old man – standing at the bottom of the stairs in Shanahan’s on the Green – barely raises a smile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m there, “I have a bad feeling about this.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a sad day. Everyone agrees. Not as sad – hand on hort – as Ireland losing to the All Blacks last weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So we’re in Corcoran’s on the famous Boulevord de Clichy – we’re talking me, Christian, JP, Oisinn and Fionn – and I’m telling the goys why I think we’ll beat the All Blacks on Saturday and why I think it won’t even be close? But they only want one question answered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m there, “I’d be in Paris now if things had been different,” and when I say different, I mean if my daughter hadn’t been chorged with 277 counts of criminal damage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve never seen Sorcha so upset? And given my record as a husband, that’s a genuine achievement. She’s literally shaking with rage and whatever else is bubbling inside her, which is the reason I’m staying on the other side of the kitchen island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I love a crowd. Yeah, no, that’s as true of me now as it was back in my days as the best number 10 in the history of Irish schools rugby and the goy that every girl wanted to be with. I love the feeling of people staring at me with their gobs open in just, like, wonder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I wake up in the hotel in Nantes to find a letter on my bedside table, which turns out to be from – yeah, no – my old man? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man is as excited as I’ve seen him since the members of Elm Pork Golf Club voted to name the lateral water hazard on the 12th hole “the Chorles River”. It’s, like, Friday night – the night before Ireland play Romania in the opening match of the Rugby World Cup – and I’m sitting in The Connemora in Bordeaux, listening to him phone pretty much everyone he’s ever known in his entire life to tell them his so-called news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is tense. Yeah, no, for her, the first day back after the school holidays is like the first day of the Six Nations for me. In other words, a matter of life and death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man looks surprisingly well for a man who’s been banged up for, like, a week and a bit. I’m sitting in the visiting room when he walks in and he’s, like, deep in conversation with another, I want to say, inmate? It’s a good, like, five minutes before he saunters over to where I’m sitting...irishtimes.com/author/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m no stranger to seeing my old man standing in the dock accused of serious crimes – he’s Chorles O’Carrroll-Kelly, for fock’s sake – but I never thought I’d see him in court, aged seventy-whatever-he-is, chorged with the illegal possession of a fireorm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the final exclusive excerpt from Camino Royale, the new Ross O’Carroll-Kelly novel out today Thursday, August 17th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the second of three exclusive excerpts from Camino Royale, the new Ross O’Carroll-Kelly novel out this Thursday, August 17th 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the first of three exclusive excerpts from Camino Royale, the new Ross O’Carroll Kelly novel out this Thursday, August 17th 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is sitting at the kitchen island with her laptop open and a pleased-with-herself smile that I recognise from the Mount Anville Class of 1998 graduation photograph on her bedside table. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – we’re out in the old man’s boat in the middle of Dublin literally Bay, we’re talking me, the old man and Hennessy, and like the old man says, it’s just like old times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So it’s, like, ten o’clock on a Friday night and Ronan’s at the front door. He goes, “How are you fixed for the Oddle Arelint football fidal on Suddendee, Rosser?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha smiles warmly at me – an event so rare that it’s actually worth mentioning. “I’m so proud of our daughter,” she goes. “She’s turning into a wonderful young woman.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man rings me at, like, two o’clock in the afternoon and goes, “Ross! You’re not busy, are you?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Oh my God,” Sorcha goes, “they’ve struck again!”I’m there, “What are you talking about? As in, like, what the fock?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – we’re at the recycling centre with a boot full of empty cans and bottles from a recent borbecue to celebrate Sorcha’s 43rd birthday and me having nine penalty points wiped from my driving licence on appeal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m standing outside the famous Galloper on the Stillorgan dualler when Ronan rocks up. He’s as surprised to see me as I am to see him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I have to confess to getting a bit carried away, and I stort shouting things like, ‘Eat it up, you pack of losers!’ at the other moms and dads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor has been walking around under a bit of a cloud ever since a dude by the name of Jonah – Wesley College, before you ask – friend-zoned her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s no mystery as to why they chose Kielty for the Late Late. He’s not 76 years old. His bodily organs didn’t come from a black morket doctor in Bogotá Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man is on the phone, shouting at me in his usual all-caps voice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So we’re at a dinner in the famous Rochestown Lodge in – let’s be honest here – Sallynoggin, to raise money for the Seapoint Rugby Club U-8s Trip to Biarritz: Leave No Child Behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor goes, ‘It’s because I’m not good-looking.’ I’m there, ‘Looks aren’t important, Honor,’ and I’ve no idea where I’m pulling these lines from. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He’s, like, standing right in front of the gaff, staring at his phone. I throw open the front door and I’m like, “Whatever you’re selling, fock off before I call the Feds,” which would be pretty much por for the course in these ports? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People talk about polyamory like it’s a new thing. I’ve been polyamorous since the late 1990s. It’s just that I’ve never told my wife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I know they say it’s not good for your health but my relationship with Honor has never been better Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She has so much filler in her face that she looks like she’s had herself embalmed to save us the trouble when she finally pops it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If everybody is doing something how bad can it be, Ross thinks, as he submits to peer pressure from his daughter and discovers vaping Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear rings me and asks me to meet her for Sunday lunch in some, I don’t know, random Italian restaurant in Ranelagh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The final whistle blows and I burst into tears. The greatest day of my life? It’s definitely up there. People bang on about the birth of their children, but children let you down. This Ireland team never do? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The big Castlerock College versus Newpork Comprehensive showdown has arrived Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When his ‘back me or sack me’ move backfires, Ross is left in a mild depression having lost his job as the coach of Castlerock College girls rugby team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rossmeister General finds out about the ‘deleterious effect’ rugby is having on academic and behavioural standards among girls at school Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Only the crookedest lawyer in Ireland can get me out of this contract I accidentally signed with a modelling agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s, like, Monday morning and I’ve taken the boys for a haircut – or, to be more, I don’t know, pacific, I’ve dumped them in the borber’s while me and Honor are sitting in the coffee shop next door. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – the girls have been working unbelievably hord in training, which is why I’ve arranged a little surprise for them. I tell them to meet me in the school cor pork, where the bus is already waiting with the engine idling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Oh my God,” Honor goes, “you’re not actually wearing that, are you?”And by that she means my black, Canterbury elite protection body ormour vest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I go, “Twas the week before Sixmas, and all through the class, nothing was stirring, not even a mouse!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – I’m in Cinnamon in Monkstown, getting all excited about Sixmas, which is only, like, two weeks away now. I’m writing out my storting 15 for the match against Wales into the famous Big Book when I notice a woman staring at me over the top of her Watermelon Shhuga. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They stagger out onto the pitch in two or three different huddles, their orms folded against the cold of a horrible January morning.I’m there, “Welcome back, ladies! Hope you had a good Christmas!” and they’re all, like, hating on me for my – yeah, no – cheeriness?With any subscription you'll get unlimited access to the very best in unique quality journalism from The Irish Times. Subscribe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No less a judge than the great Jerry Flannery once described me as “one of Ireland’s greatest thinkers” – and even though it was in the course of a Charity Roast in the Sin Bin in Limerick, I think his point still stands... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear is drinking a Baileys with her dental plate out and I don’t think I’ll ever have another amorous thought in my life. The old man raises his brandy glass to me and goes, “Merry Christmas, Ross.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’m standing at the trough in The Queens in Dalkey, having a much-needed slash, when I hear a voice beside me go, “Is that the famous Ross O’Carroll-Kelly I see?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Castlerock College Christmas Fete has always been a massive event in the O’Carroll-Kelly social calendar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Corlow?” Sorcha goes – clearly worried about me. “Why on earth do you want to drive all the way Corlow for a Christmas tree when we can buy one three minutes up the road in Terenure College?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey, as I always say, it’s better to be someone’s shot of tequila than everyone’s cup of tea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – I’m in, like, the gorden, throwing the old Gilbert around with Brian, Johnny and Leo, except we can’t complete three passes without one of us dropping the ball and I’m wondering does it have anything to do with us living in Terenure now – as in, the general sense of failure that hangs over the place has somehow seeped into my children’s bones like arthritis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The school concert hall is absolutely rammers and the walls are pretty much vibrating with the sound of people being – as we say on this side of the city – up in orms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anyone who follows the Letters to the Editor page in this newspaper will be aware of my old man’s thoughts on the subject of girls slash women playing rugby.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I end up pretty much not sleeping for, like, five nights straight. And I know Honor is exactly the same. I’m there, “Can you just explain to me again what you saw and heard — illegibly.” “There’s no illegibly about it,” Sorcha goes. “I saw the ghost of an old man.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She’s quiet, cranky and liable to explode in a rage at the least provocation. Mind you, she’s been like that since she emerged from her old dear’s womb with her two middle fingers raised to the world. It’s just that for the first time ever, she seems without – I don’t know – hope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Ross O’Carroll-Kelly!” a voice behind me goes. “It is you, isn’t it?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is unpacking her collection of Lladro figurines from a cordboard box. She says she’s worried about Honor.I’m like, “Honor? In terms of what specifically?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’m in, like, Dundrum Town Centre with Honor and we’re racing for the lift slash elevator before the doors close. There’s, like, eight or nine people in there and they all do that thing that I always do when I’m in a lift slash elevator and someone is rushing for it. They all pretend they can’t see us, while one of them — some random old dude? — makes a movement like he’s looking for the hold doors button but he does it in, like, slow motion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire from Bray of all places says the miniature Scotch eggs are – oh my God – divine? Sorcha says the secret is to fold some Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco into the pork mince before deep-frying the things in 100 per cent corn oil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m like, “Okay, listen up, everyone,” spinning a rugby ball in my hands and – to be honest? – loving the way my voice sounds right now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren — as in, like, my best friend Christian’s wife? — has never been my number one fan. There are many reasons for that. For storters, she wouldn’t be what I would call a rugby person? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s, like, the first day of the school year and we’re standing outside the gates of Castlerock College. Although it would be more accurate to say that we’re blocking the gates — yeah, no, in protest at the school’s decision to go co-ed. There’s, like, 40 or 50 old forts involved — mostly mates of my old man’s — and they’re in their literally element. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are – I think we’d all agree? – some great events in the South Dublin social calendar. There’s, like, the Dublin Horse Show. There’s the arrival of Santa Claus in a twin-engine Sikorsky on the roof of Dundrum Town Centre each December. And there’s obviously Bloomsday – or, as I call it, Halloween for wankers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The weather in — yeah, no — Portugal has been so good that Sorcha has been suffering the big-time guilts over the future of what she calls our planet? But on Tuesday everything changed when a severe depression suddenly blew in from the west — in other words, her old pair came to visit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a cracking day in Quinta do Lago — but then aren’t they all? I’m having my first piña colada of the morning because I drank way too much last night and I’m feeling like dogshit that’s been stepped in twice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A well-appointed property,” Sorcha goes, reading from the bumf, “set in the hort of one of South Dublin’s most sagacious suburbs. Oh my God, I love that word. It sounds amazing, doesn’t it, Ross? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So – yeah, no – I’m in the gym in Riverview, trying to get myself beach body-ready for Quints in the middle of August. Today is orms day and I’m sitting on a Swiss ball in front of a long mirror, with a 6kg dumbbell in either hand, thinking how fantastic I look for a man of, like, 42, with abs like speed bumps and pecs like bay windows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man has a Cohiba the size of a Wavin pipe wedged between his teeth and I end up having to open the window so I don’t die of smoke inhalation.“The fock are we even doing here?” I go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland are playing the All Blacks but Sorcha has planned a family weekend to Center Parcs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s here — as in, like, the big day? Honor has reached the final of the Joshua Pim Shield and it’s the most excitement Glenageary has seen since Google accidentally called it Glasthule in the course of mapping the area and 14 per cent was wiped off local property values overnight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha asks me if I’m ready and I tell her – yeah, no – I think so? I’ve got my Rugby Tactics Book on the coffee table, twenty-four sticks of Heinemite in the fridge and I’ve aired out my Cantos with the loose elastic in which I do all of my best thinking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Daddy long-legs,” Leo goes, pointing at quite literally nothing. “It’s a focking daddy long-legs.”I’m like, “For the fifteenth time, Leo, it’s not a daddy long-legs. It’s a crack in your glasses from when Johnny hit you across the face with the griddle pan.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Ross,” Fionn tries to go, “you can’t keep turning up at the school like this.”And I’m like, “Who says so?” sitting down opposite him and throwing the old Dubey Dubey Doos up on his desk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Oh my God, that’s her!” Honor goes. Her being Corina Brien, her opponent in the first round of the Joshua Pim Shield in Glenageary Lawn Tennis Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha has ordered a skip. Yeah, no, that might not be big news where you live – but on Vico Road, Killiney, it’s, like, massive? Because it’s evidence that you’re up to something. And around here, there’s very little that escapes the attention of the local residents’ association, especially with their hourly drone flyovers looking for evidence of illegal building activity in the area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’ve brought Brian, Johnny and Leo to Morseille – yeah, no, the one in France – for their very first European Cup final. It’s, like, 24 hours before kick-off – or kick-orse, as I call it – and the excitement is already storting to build?https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ross-ocarroll-kelly/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s a familiar face in the kitchen, although I’m struggling to put a name to it. “Ross,” Sorcha goes, “you remember Foraoise Farrell, don’t you? Holy Child Killiney?”And that’s when the penny suddenly drops. Yeah, no, I was in UCD with her brother, Conor. We did the old Sportsman Dip course together – although the only sport we actually played, if I’m being honest, was pool while pissed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“What do you think?” Sorcha goes. Yeah, no, she’s trying to choose an outfit for the annual Vico Road and Vico Road-Adjacent Residents’ Association stort-of-summer borbecue and she’s been at it since nine o’clock this morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So it’s, like, Day Whatever-it-is and my period of isolation is finally over. I’m about to ring the goys to see if anyone fancies hitting The Bridge for a few bank holiday scoops when all of a sudden my phone rings and it ends up being dick features himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

According to my latest antigen test, I’m still positive, but – the most random thing – I’ve never felt better in my life, either physically or whatever other ways there are. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I’m not going to lie to you, I’ve been dreading this week since Christmas. And not dreading it in the same way that you dread, I don’t know, root canal surgery, or an NCT. I mean dreading it like you dread your own death, if that’s not putting it too strongly?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christian’s wife, Lauren, has never been a fan of the Rossmeister General. I don’t mind. I think it was me who first said I’d rather be someone’s shot of tequila than everyone’s cup of tea... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Most of them are empty and there’s, like, a homelessness crisis? I’m going to put six rooms’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles O’Carroll-Kelly goes on Drivetime to talk about Castlerock College going co-ed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can Ross convince the goys that Castlerock should never let in girls? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fionn’s changed since he landed the top job at our old alma mater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s goys from Michael’s, Belvedere, Gonzaga and Blackrock all mixing with each other like there’s no actual difference between them Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A tap on the shoulder while getting in a quick pint at the bor in Dublin Airport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fifty grandingtons. That’s what this crowd in, like, Budapest want to share the secret of Dr Holger Esterházy’s hair restoration miracle with me. I tell Winker Raymond – who did the Sportsman Dip course with me in UCD – that it seems a bit on the, I don’t know, steep side? But he reminds me that a year ago he had a head like a plucked scrotum and his confidence was on the floor – and now he’s dating a woman who’s, like, 26. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is quiet this morning. I honestly haven’t seen her this distracted since she got a girl sacked for plucking her eyebrows in a way that made her face look – her word – quizzical? And she keeps asking the same question that she asked that day: “Am I, like, a bad person?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha calls the Emergency General Meeting of the Vico Road and Vico Road-Adjacent Residents’ Association to order.“I realise that there’s a great deal of concern in this room,” she goes – this room being our living room, by the way? – “but it would be helpful to me, as the chair, if we could hear from just one person at a time?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the night before Sixmas and I’m sitting in The Bridge 1859, sharing with the goys the gift of my pre-tournament analysis. I’m telling them that I think Ireland are now the best passers of the ball in world rugby – and I’m including the All Blacks in that – but the most random thing is happening as in, they’re not hanging off my every word like they usually are? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronan’s there, ‘I sted at the roulette table too long – stordee of me life’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chorles may miss his first Six Nations championship match in almost seventy years Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“God, I’m bored,” I go. “How far into this whole self-isolation thing are we now?”Sorcha’s there, “We’re halfway-”I’m like, “Halfway?”She goes, “-halfway through day two.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha says we dodged it.And I’m like, “What are you banging on about?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I think I’ve finally figured it out,” I go – and, yeah, no, I’m talking about the latest restrictions. “If I set the alorm for, like, 2am and give the kids their breakfast, that’ll mean we can move lunchtime back to, say, 8am, which will mean that I’ll have my stomach properly lined when I stort drinking at 10am." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross makes Sorcha a doubly special Christmas gift.Thanks to everyone who listened to the podcast in 2021. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s no doubt that Honor takes after her old man in terms of never being afraid to call it.“Why is Dad allowed to get shitfaced with his friends,” she goes, “and my brothers aren’t allowed to put on the story of the birth of Jesus?”I’m like, “Er, I thought you were, like, an atheist?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Oh my God,” Sorcha goes, “we are so on top of Christmas this year!”I’m there, “In terms of?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha has pushed the boat out in a major way here. She’s having – get this – a Christmas mother and daughter day with her old dear and Honor and she’s gone about it in her usual try-too-hord way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Boys and girl,” the air hostess goes, “we have arrived in Rovaniemi, Lapland – home of Santa Claus!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha ends up saying the most unbelievable thing when the boys ask if Santa is real Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a big day for Johnny Sexton. And it’s a big day for me as well. I’m – yeah know – bringing the boys to see the great man win his 100th cap against Japan at the Aviva, and I decide to swing into Christian’s gaff on the way there just to use the old Josh Ritter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An encounter at rugby training sees Ross making an unexpected connection. From The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, as read by Paul Howard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The famous Hennessy Coghlan-O’Hara says he hasn’t been this excited about a business idea since we built all those houses on a floodplain in west Dublin in the 1970s... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blinky the borbor in Monkstown suggests a Jude Law or a Matt Damon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest dispatch from Ross O'Carroll Kelly, as read by Paul Howard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Since they storted school at Willow Pork, it’s been rugby, rugby, rugby, with no mention of soccer'From The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, read by Paul Howard.irishtimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hennessy pulls out the big guns to help settle a case of caravan arsonFrom The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, read by Paul Howard.irishtimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mad as it sounds, sometimes it’s easier to tell the girl the truth. I’m like, ‘Honor burned down the caravan, Sorcha’From The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, read by Paul Howard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha’s family conference to discuss registration for teenagers doesn’t quite go to plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross goes on a date with Marianne the Irish teacher, beginning with Mass.This is the final of four excerpts from the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book Normal Sheeple - out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On holidays in Kerry, Ross has a chance encounter with some locals and tries his hand at Gaelic football. The third of four exclusive excerpts from the new Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book Normal Sheeple. Normal Sheeple is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're bringing you four exclusive excerpts from the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book, Normal Sheeple, which is released on Wednesday 18th August.Today: Ross and Sorcha attend a dinner in honour of President Putin, who makes an unusual request. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're bringing you four exclusive excerpts from the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book, Normal Sheeple, which is released on Wednesday 18th August.Today: Sorcha takes control of Samantha Power's visit to her alma-mater Mount Anville. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Toni Loscher next door is power-washing the wooden patio again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha and her ‘symptoms’ want me to tag along for her PCR test Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I end up lying on her behalf to get her out of an unwanted visit to – oh my God – Lusk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross’ father is determined to make sure a birthday party takes place indoors in the Horseshoe Bar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross can’t face a week in a mobile home with Garret and Claire, but Honor has a plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘So what’s there to see in Ballycanew?’ ‘A Daybreak and a Londis’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm looking at the other 41-year-old men and I’m thinking how well I look by comparison Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha panics during a gathering of friends but Ross is on hand to help Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the first day of the Leaving Cert and my hands are shaking like the old dear’s when I hide the corkscrews Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I’d rather spend next 12 months in prison than endure one more night in a limited services hotel’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross is pressured into chopping off Christian’s top knot in the name of ‘rugby banter’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rugby training is back and Brian, Johnny and Leo are in a loser pod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor gets frank with Ross after he fails to see the painful truth about his boys’ rugby abilities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Who in the name of God eats four types of potato with their dinner?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross's parents continue to play by their own rules when it comes to lockdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross's mother finds herself in mandatory hotel quarantine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross collects his unrepentant anti-lockdown dad from Mountjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor devises a strategy for Ross as he attempts the exam for the second time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man tells the court he broke lockdown and refuses ‘to live under your mortial law!’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor learns money can't buy everything as Ross and Sorcha purge their friend lists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a mask-off in Dún Laoghaire as the old man leads an anti-lockdown march Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just google George Soros Molesworth Street and it’s all there! We have all been had... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Every single room in this house is haunted by the guilt of my failure’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross likens his life to Heathcliff’s – especially when it comes to women Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘You asked me the other night was I breathing louder than usual?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha loses it with Ross’s dad on Zoom when he discusses conspiracy theories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every – I don’t know – significant thing that ever happened in my life has some association with Kielys of Donnybrook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘They’re using the vaccine to force people to say they’re over 70 when they’d pass for 50’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve never passed an exam in my entire life. I’m still driving on a provisional Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I stand up on a chair and I take down the three guns... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No booze, swearing or sweets – Sorcha has new year’s resolutions for all the family Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is determined to stage a Christmas Day gathering that complies with safety guidelines Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronan is making a mint from black market Mass tickets until three wise men arrive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All of a sudden I’ve got a woman asking me if I find food intolerances funny.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Storting Christmas early could be good for our mental health... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I just want him to see what people from Dalkey are really like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘It’s like The West Wing when Jed Bortlet had to step down and John Goodman became president’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s no trick-or-treating this Halloween, but the trolls seem to be out in force. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m not 100% keen on Honor driving, mainly because she’s 14, has no licence, tax or insurance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Sorcha said, I shouldn’t have been throwing the old Gilbert around at her Ulysses fancy dress porty... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I throw back the duvet, hop out of bed and step into my chinos, all in one fluid movement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sounds like Sorcha’s old dear is driving the old man cuckoo in their Brittas Bay love nest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking to strangers on the doorstep is dangerous. Who knows what I might catch? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It storted with the shooting-of-the-s**t that goes with a doorstep package handover Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha’s old dear and my old man are supposed to be moving into the Lalors’ holiday home in Brittas Bay, except three dudes – studenty types – have been refusing to leave. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old pair are a bad influence on Honor so the plan was to move them out... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It looks like she’s a cranky drunk – in that way, she does take after her grandmother Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are landmork moments in our children’s lives. First day of school. First time you hold their hair back so they can vomit a naggin of vodka Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Your dad is the leader of a political porty that believes women should have to re-sit their driving test every six months to prove their competency to drive’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I suspected there was something going on. I have a sixth sense for this’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The sensible thing to do is to accept defeat early and try to get back on the road before the traffic gets bad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dingle restaurant owner thinks Ross’s family are from the US – and things get ugly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Quinta do Farranfore? I’ve never heard of it’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Posting a Fáilte Ireland pic on Instagram doesn’t mean you’re actually on a staycation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It seems young Ronan is doing a line in black morket tickets for Masses and church services Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time to put Christian in his place – after all, it’s what best friends are for Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor plots revenge for Ross after his rugby chat gets hijacked Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: I’m not sure we’re the kind of family who likes fun Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor restorts the economy while Sorcha’s Zoom call proves fatal to Ro’s alibi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Despite Sorcha’s warning, Ross may have just made a bad situation worse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rueful Ross realises the old man may have amorous notions when he spots that missing Greg Norman hat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'You’re lucky my orms don’t stretch two metres – because I would deck you for that' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rossmeister prepares for a third crack at the exams with Honor’s home-schooling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the horsh realities of the free morket, Honor goes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After weeks in lockdown Sorcha’s roots are showing... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is working on her best self and getting the old man and old dear talking again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phoning ‘Mom’ is a sure sign Covid-19 crisis brings out the best in people Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neighbourly gestures are one thing, but a hostage exchange is quite another. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phoning ‘Mom’ is a sure sign Covid-19 crisis brings out the best in people Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Home-schooling? Me? But I’m a complete focking dunderhead... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For five days, I’ve been stuck in the house and I can’t help thinking, ‘God, my family are annoying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear is catfishing dudes on Tinder by pretending to be only 58about 6 hours ago Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear was planning to propose to him on Saturday night Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear is up in arms because the house is being considered for a preservation order Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The triplets tear apart an oil painting of their smiling grandad and make a delightful discovery Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who wouldn’t spend too much at a charity auction for a horrible portrait? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha will do literally anything to get Honor into the right Irish college Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man is ordering a statue of Fr Fehily – with Panzer tanks and hippos, of course Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man has spent some of his hord (slash, crookedly) earned money on a statue of the late, great Fr Fehily Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘He hasn’t come to kill you, Ross. He’s come to dig up the time capsule we buried in the gorden just before the millennium’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronan admits to Ross he threw the race at Leopardstown on Stephen Zuzz Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leopardstown proves to be Hoss O’Carroll-Kelly’s downfall by betrayal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I love playing Santa Claus. The adulation brings me back to my schools’ rugby days Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rossmeister gets into the spirit of the season with a spot of Grafton Street carolling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m like, ‘What the fock, Ro?’ because I’m suddenly thinking about the 20Ks I’ve just lost... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A surprise trip to take the kids to see Santa Claus does not go according to plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha’s Toy Show dream quickly comes to an end when Ryan Tubridy meets the boys on set. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meeting our temperamental racehorse, Hoss O'Carroll-Kelly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yeah, no, I bought a racehorse, but it's not for Honor - it's for my old school's honour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All the posh schools have a horseracing syndicate. Why not Castleknock College? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A trip to Center Porcs leads to an encounter with one of Sorcha’s frenemies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's barely a day goes by when I don't think "God what I wouldn't do for a condom and a time machine". But that's parenting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What the fock? Did the old man pay someone to fake a video? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rossmeister is struck with a sudden case of FOMO with just one phone call. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being fired as godfather is making him teary - so is the breakfast beer... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha's was served on a VHS copy of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘According to Fionn, it makes me guilty of a thing called “cultural appropriation’’’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear thinks the old man has lost his marbles. He’s set up a vlog. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Baxter’s rightful owner has shown up, and Honor’s not giving him up without a dogfight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A letter from Munster Rugby leaves Ross's old man pacing the floor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The third and final excerpt from 'Schmidt Happens', the eighteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second of three exclusive excerpts from 'Schmidt Happens', the eighteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first of three exclusive excerpts from 'Schmidt Happens', the eighteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an extract from his new book, Schmidt Happens, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly has taken on his toughest job yet – coaching the Facebook tag rugby team for their annual summer match against Google. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross doesn’t like what he sees when he visits Ronan at work for some lunchtime pints. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dog is for the chop until Ross channels his inner rugby captain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christian is horrified to find his Wagyu steak looks tougher than Billy Vunipola. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dickhead of a smoke alorm ruins Ross’s night and leads him to a surprising discovery... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ro learns how to handle found goods, from the master, Hennessy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man got more than he bargained for when he bought a Lambo at a Cab auction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I have to remember to treat them all equally, even though one of them is clearly never going to play Leinster Schools Senior Cup rugby due to being basically half-blind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My daughter had previously told me that being seen to care is a sign of weakness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Do you know how embarrassing it is to live in Killiney and have to drive stick shift?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I end up carrying Leo in to the ophthamologist. I don’t know why – there’s fock-all wrong with his legs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She walks into the kitchen and storts looking at Leo in a suddenly strange way Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Your accent has gone full Colin Farrell from Intermission since we passed the turn-off for Newtownmountkennedy’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosston College has an eventful first day with the triplets out of Montessori. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It wouldn’t be an uncommon occurrence for me and Sorcha to find ourselves in a school principal’s office having to apologise for the behaviour of our children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor is at a birthday party – what usually follows is a solicitor’s letter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha's old pair are making arrangements for her resting place - but Honor has different ideas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronan is about to finish college and the old man has a bribe to bring him onside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is crying in the cor. “How could something like this have happened?” she keeps going – over and over again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha is on the warpath after the latest phone call from the Montessori about the triplets Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of our goys look like they’ve been pulled from the sea after their ship went down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘Inevitably, given the pressure I’m putting my mind and body under - I end up blacking out’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unfortunately, I don’t have Fr Fehily’s command of German or his record collection. But I do have my own – let’s just say – motivational qualities? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preparation for our grudge match with Newbridge isn’t going to plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our victory was slightly tainted when the IRFU stripped us of our medals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m, like: ‘You’re not going to drive around Belfield bellowing insanely at passers-by?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor goes, ‘The only reason I’m ringing is because there’s a Gorda checkpoint ahead’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man has a plan to stop him being no-platformed by UCD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The three boys experience that landmark moment: their first rugby international. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s some kind of protest in UCD as the old man arrives for his talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor’s blackmailing skills come out after using Sorcha’s MyTaxi app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why is there no O’Carroll-Kelly building? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha’s What Would Jesus Eat Diet lasts a record four hours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross discovers his 13-year-old daughter has secretly been driving his BMW X5 for the last two years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘She said if we hadn’t been friends for 20 years, she would have called the Gords’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross and Sorcha are particularly tense watching the triplets in their nativity play... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross, dressed as Santa, can’t believe it when a boy asks him for an Ireland soccer jersey for Christmas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are surrounded by empty porking spaces but neither of us is prepared to give up this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I had to unmute the Mount Anville mothers’ WhatsApp group - I couldn't bear the silence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland are beating the All Blacks with 15 minutes to go but everything is kicking off in the old man’s corporate box Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man is plotting a fresh course for New Republic given the Peter Casey effect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is my life now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Peter Casey has out-Charles-O’Carroll-Kellyed Charles O’Carroll-Kelly" says the old man. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha gets teary about her old Rav4 in Dundrum cor pork Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross gets a horsh lesson on how Mount Anville moms’ WhatsApp groups really work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha tells Ross that Honor has set up a review site. It’s called Rate My Playdate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What would Johnny Sexton do when confronted with plotting a way through Dublin’s no-go areas? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve joined the WhatsApp group the moms set up, and it is intense... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I convince the lads to go to Munster to rescue Joey Corbery Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The boys can presumably see that Mallorie Kennedy is a serious, serious honey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fourth and final excerpt from Dancing with the Tsars, the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book from Paul Howard. And we're back tomorrow with Ross's regular audio column.(Earlier we reposted Excerpt #1 in error - apologies to our listeners) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve been slaving over the microwave to prepare a family meal for us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Preparing for Round Two of the Strictly Mount Anville Father and Daughter Dance Competition. Excerpt three of four from Dancing with the Tsars. It's available in bookshops today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha delivers her maiden speech on the floor of the Seanad, with mixed results. The second of four exclusive excerpts from the new Ross O'Carroll Kelly book, Dancing with the Tsars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the first of four exclusive excerpts from the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book 'Dancing with the Tsars'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s portly my responsibility to deal with the triplets’ swearing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Focking fockers!’ Brian goes, obviously looking forward to releasing some of that pent-up energy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor lasted the course in the Gaeltacht - and that's suspicious. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Honor’s away, the guests will play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor’s off to Irish college somewhere called Tralee – I’m going to miss the little wagon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Time for the Rossmeister to show this LinkedIn team what actual rugby is Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One by one, I open the buttons of my shirt. Then, I stort unloading the dishwashing, making sure to let him see The Six. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fionnuala has tipped waiters that much for a good Martini. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tempers fray as the family are landed with some cling-ons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The family is flying to the south of France. It hasn't started well. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross sets off for the driving test centre, confident it will be 17th time lucky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha wants me to stay home to look after the kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha’s landed some job, and I don’t loike where this is going Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time to learn some crucial differences between GDPR and CPR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There has to be a consequence for ruining Sorcha’s royal wedding porty, hasn’t there? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So I’m lying on the floor in Bilbao airport – in shock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In fact my ancestors – brace yourselves, goys – are from Munster Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross has done a whole series of ads for the ‘Irish Times’ property section Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Surely Ross can come up with a plan to save a little bit of southside heritage... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s one of the biggest days in the south Dublin social calendar Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ronan wants to go to New York and hab a woord with his heerdo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You’d have to be up early in the morning to get one over on Lauren, though - and when I say early, I mean before the Happy Pear goys are turning cortwheels on Greystones beach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I grab my jacket and I perform my famous Ironmonger Act – I make a bolt for the door. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rude restaurants – in Ranelagh – are back and the family has a booking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just when Ross thought there were no more tears, the floodgates open in Bucharest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ireland are playing Scotland – but I know my old dear well enough to know when I’m being blackmailed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Mount Anville past pupils breakfast is like LinkedIn with egg white omelettes and epic insincerity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s hord to put into actual words the power of my new, one-seat, electric, company cor, other than to say it’s like if you fixed four wheels to Sorcha’s hair dryer, then tried to drive the thing to work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: The agency is rebanding and Ross doesn’t like it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha’s digging her way through a landfill of old memories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘You’d better look at the video she posted three days ago’... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor is rude to randomers on Grafton St – and Ross has never been so proud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross discovers that his idea of a Holy Day of Obligation doesn’t quite tally with his bos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross isn’t on board with Sorcha’s Irish resolution – and it’s about to blow up in his face Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dude who rings is called Mister Something-Something. His name isn’t important. He says he’s from the Deportment of Education and he has some good news for me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“It’s an amazing way of celebrating our Irishness in this period of historic centenaries,” claims Sorcha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor goes, “What the fock are we doing in Cork anyway?” and I end up having to laugh because it’s honestly like listening to myself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Honor has never been sentimental about Christmas. Do you remember the first time we ever watched the Late Late Toy Show together as a family? And she said she wanted to smash all of the toys with a hammer just to make all the other children cry?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave from the office was in chorge of payroll until he did a course in human resources in the Smurfit Business School in Blackrock and returned to work six weeks later having lost his sense of smell, his sense of taste and – most tragically of all – his sense of humour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is a grandfather and his old man is building a prison called Robbin’ Island. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Dad,” she goes, “you are so not a sexist. You’re horrible to women and men. It’s one of the few things I actually like about you.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren, the new Lady Managing Director of Hook, Lyon and Sinker, thinks I have a problem taking orders from women. Which is complete horseshit, of course. I worked behind the bor at the annual Foxrock Golf Club Ladies Foursomes event for seven years in a row and took thousands of orders from women. Mostly for gin and tonics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I walk into the office to discover that all of my most treasured possessions have been stuffed into a cordboard box, which is sitting on my desk. We’re talking my ‘That’s Leinstertainment’ travel mug. We’re talking my 13 letters of censure from the Property Services Regulatory Authority. We’re talking my signed photograph of Richie McCaw (“To Ross,” it says. “You could have been one of the all-time greats,” words which still bring a tear to my eye, even though I told him specifically what to write). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hennessy and the old man have bought Hook, Lyon & Sinker, but the way Hennessy’s talking, it’s not looking like yours truly is their first choice for managing director Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The annual Iron Stomach Contest is as much a part of UCD life as wearing your schools rugby jersey for the first 10 weeks of first year and experimenting with your sexuality by getting off with people who didn’t go to fee-paying secondary schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My daughter is doing a Closet Purge for her vlog. A purge with a difference – it’s Sorcha’s closet and there’s petrol involved Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man asks me for my thoughts on the Budget – like it affects me somehow?“What Budget?” I go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’d told me, when I was, like, 16 years old, that one day I’d end up literally working for a living, I would have asked you, well, what was the point of playing rugby in the first place? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s like Honor’s had some kind of, I don’t know, personality transplant? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fourth and final exclusive excerpts from 'Operation Trumpsformation', the seventeenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The third of four exclusive excerpts from 'Operation Trumpsformation', the seventeenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second of four exclusive excerpts from 'Operation Trumpsformation', the seventeenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first of four exclusive excerpts from 'Operation Trumpsformation', the seventeenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross and Sorcha find something suspicious – but they’re the ones in trouble Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross manages to throw the most unwanted birthday party of all tim Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The HSE have paid Ross a visit, but it takes him a while to figure out why Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First day in ‘actual Mount Anville’, but the last thing Honor needs is a chaperone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Now,” she goes, “when I give you the injection, I want you to count backwards from 20.”I’m like, “Twenty?” and I can hear the fear in my own voice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old dear might be ‘entitled’ to free travel, but that doesn’t mean she wants it Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some quick thinking is required of Ross to bail Ronan out of trouble – again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oisinn goes, “Yeah, you’ve been sitting there all night with a face on you like the Long Mile Road. Why did you even come out? You should have stayed home and watched Love Island.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross finds the past, and tackles by Jerry Flannery, catching up with him Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha has gone away for the weekend to a Himalayan Spa Retreat in a hotel on the R280 just as you’re coming into Drumshanbo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve hordly ever seen the old man this excited about something non-rugby related. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He asked me for 20 snots. And as I peeled two Brodie Jenners off the wad, I could seem him silently kicking himself that he didn’t ask me for 50. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross is forced to engage his brain, with surprisingly good results. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I'm Ross O'Carroll Kelly. What's *your* superpower?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Well, I’ve never heard of him. What school did he go to?”“King’s Hospital, Ross!”“Jesus. No wonder he says it doesn’t matter where you come from.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We keep driving. He doesn’t say anything for a minute or two. Then he goes, “You know, I shouldn’t eeben be in the cunter doddy.”I’m like, “In the what?”“The cunter doddy. This cunter doddy. Arelint.”“Oh, Ireland – right.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes the best advice we can give our children is the most obvious. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why am I getting grief for giving Ross jnr a wad of cash? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can Ross save Ro from Grievous Bodily Harm? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In which Ross and Ronan encounter celebrity gangster Grievous Bodily Horm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross rediscovers the simple pleasure of selling property to desperate house-hunters in an overheating morket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor outwits Ross after a focking disastrous parent-teacher meeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Ronan, I'm terrified of you being sucked into the world of guns, drugs and non-rugby nicknames" by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s, like, so random seeing my old man without hair... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I am so excited thinking about all of the people’s lives we can change with this money! by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross will pay it, Shadden. As a matter of fact, Ross will pay for absolutely everything by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I genuinely feel like grabbing that wig right now and focking it in the Liffey by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: “I’m here to watch Denis O’Brien wipe the floor with you.” by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘It’s the Celtic Phoenix, Sorcha. People are thankfully being stupid again’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The Dublin accent was invented to allow criminals to talk to each other" by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘If you showed Dermot Bannon around the inside of my head, he’d say the design was minimalist’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They’ll have to rename it ‘Don’t Tell the Bride I Did the Dirt on Her Again’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The old man wants to build Trump’s Mexican wall by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I actually like Trump. I like the way he pisses people off. I can see a lot of myself in him’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I thought Pythagoras was something the Greeks dipped their bread in' by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"She unbuttons her coat and that’s when I notice that my old dear has had . . . augmentation" by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"All those prophets of doom who said we would never again make the mistakes of the Celtic tiger era have been proven well and truly wrong. We’re not only making those mistakes, we’re making lots of new ones as well.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The two of us listen to them roaring at each other’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The turkey shuffles into the room and jumps onto the sofa beside me’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Going through Honor’s Santa list must be what it’s like to go on Tonight with Vincent Browne by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The old man is making a complete orse of himself’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever had an episode like this before? You could use his orteries for attic insulation by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I wouldn’t be any kind of best man if I didn’t try to persuade you' by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I think it was John F Kennedy who said that politics was the something of something else by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When she was born, the midwife smacked her orse and Sorcha fake-smiled her back by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don’t be frightened, it’s just latex and make-up – but you can call her Granny by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Mount Anville took out a High Court injunction banning me from their debs one year’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘You’re a dirty dog. And I can’t tell you how proud that makes me feel’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women want more. I say let them have it. I’m just not sure I’m the man to give it to them by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“ It feels like you’re.”“What?” “I’m going to use the phrase ‘pimping me out’.” by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘No one goes to lectures before Christmas’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Her ex worked as a risk assessor for an insurance company. I call him Love Actuary’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Did you hear that, Shadden? George Clooney is one of Hennessy’s neighbours!’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Honor is pacing in front of the cage, glowering at 200 terrified kids’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RO'CK Game of Throw-ins Extract 4 by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RO'CK Game of Throw-ins Extract 3 by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RO'CK Game of Throw-ins Extract 2 by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RO'CK Game of Throw-ins Extract 1 by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We can hear them chanting through the walls of the dressing room by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘You’re so transparent. You’re trying to butter me up so I won’t humiliate you too badly’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘After 2km, I’m wheezing like a 60-cigarettes-a-day man while Garret isn’t even breathing heavily’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘He’s got 12 months of hord training behind him. All I’ve really got is drugs’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘That’s a side-effect of taking these pills, by the way – short-term memory, em . . . thingy ’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘What’s happening with your face?’ ‘I’m thinking. I’m thinking deeply’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I suddenly feel the kind of shame that only a couple of lunchtime pints can help erase’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"See that little island down there. Lambay Island. Or – as it will soon be known – Aquatraz" by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Do you want to be the fedda puking his ring up on the soyud of the road? by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I find myself standing on Vico Road, hand on the wall, throwing my breakfast up’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Claire doesn’t have, like, a Wicklow Wicklow accent? she’s very, very nearly South Dublin’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘Are any of you familiar with Countdown?’ Of course they are – they were in UCD by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘You’re like a young Katie Hopkins – except more, I don’t know, evil?’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JP’s dad won’t be able to show his face in Doheny & Nesbitt’s again Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I can see Honor standing in the wings, giving Miss Pallister the famous one-finger salute’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She might have fitted into the dress on our wedding day, but now, well..' by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I put Leinster on the Census form as my religion’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘If at first you don’t succeed, it’s a pretty good indication you’re never going to’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I could tell you the word she used except The Irish Times probably wouldn’t print it’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I can’t wait to see Denis O’Brien wipe the floor with you in the High Court' by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: doing a hard sell on Inchicore as an estate agent by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Honor is naturally gifted on the piano. She’d want to be – we’ve spent about 12 grand on lessons by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The last time JP had his hand on a breast, it came out of a bucket’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘I haven’t heard the word pronoun since I sat the Junior Cert’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If JP is crazy enough to think he can take the chest-bump out of selling houses, he’s crazy enough to do anything Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘I make sure to just say it in my mind. Because that’s being a good husband' by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Chorles wants a prison colony for people who don’t pay their water bills’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘The government is planning to come down hord on people not paying their water bills’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Once Chorles discovered how highly the porty rated in the opinion polls, he didn’t want to discuss issues in case it alienated the people who were already committed to vote for us. That’s not politics to me, Chris – it’s morkeshing.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is getting ridiculous. It’s like being on a spa weekend with Sorcha by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He smiles with the same smile he uses when choosing his lobster in Cavistons by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These apartments will be so small, there won’t be room for two people to break wind by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These are going to be our Family Date Nights by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has she been drinking or is she still pissed from last night? by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I just don’t consider it a sport. It’s like watching CCTV footage of a fight by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You look like something Dr Marie Cassidy should be going at with rubber gloves and a bone saw by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I actually love women. If that makes me a feminist, then so be it. by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas is a time of year when, er… you get loads of stuff by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m the porty spokesperson on Gender Issues by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross, we need to take Pang to the Beacon – right now by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My son’s nickname is Manslaughter. by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorcha hasn't touched her chicken by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Ireland won alright. Which means we’re into the semi-finals of the World Cup!” by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“A lot of children are just born that way – they’re d**kheads.” by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m there, “Pang, give me those cigarettes.” She goes, “Get away from me, you racist!” by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you can do it on the upper deck of a no 40 bus by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

‘If you bought a gaff in Tenerife, they'd say they bought one in Elevenerife’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I should report you – underfloor heating is a human right by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seedless in Seattle Extract Five by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seedless in Seattle Extract Four by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seedless in Seattle Extract Three by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seedless in Seattle Extract Two by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seedless in Seattle Extract One by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RO'CK: It's here. A day I thought I'd never see by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: “It’s not camping,” Sorcha tries to go. “It’s what they call glamping!” Honor whips out her phone. “I’m staying in Castle Durrow,” she goes. “It’s what they call five-stor hoteling.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People are chanting, "Co'ck for Taoiseach!" by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll Kelly: ‘I see one placard at the next auction and the doggy gets it. Cah-peesh?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll Kelly: ‘Why don’t you just tell Denis O’Brien’s solicitor that you’ll stop having Denis O’Brien Hair?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll Kelly: ‘Whatever you think about two men kicking the humanity out of each other in a cage. . . at least it’s not soccer’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I've got to stop thinking about my old man as an ATM by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - JPs old man by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - You know that smell by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - I've genuinely never seen Sorcha so angry ... by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll Kelly: ‘Why would I want to date you? I’m already married to you.’ by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll Kelly (June 20th - 2) by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O Carroll Kelly (20th June) by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's audio column in The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's audio column in The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's audio column in The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's audio column in The Irish Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.