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Melissa Kite

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Real life / Americans think they want the ‘real Ireland’. They don’t

As the first Americans of the season got out of their car I scrunched up my face and groaned. ‘They’re all like that, remember?’ said the...

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Americans think they want the ‘real Ireland’. They don’t

As the first Americans of the season got out of their car I scrunched up my face and groaned. ‘They’re all like that, remember?’ said the...

23.04.2026 10

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Dispatch / ‘People are at breaking point’: on the road with the Irish fuel protesters

Dispatch / ‘People are at breaking point’: on the road with the Irish fuel protesters

Melissa Kite (featuring one of the truckers) has narrated this article for you to listen to. A fuel protestor stood on top of a tractor waving a...

18.04.2026 10

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‘People are at breaking point’: on the road with the Irish fuel protesters

A fuel protester stood on top of a tractor waving a tricolor. In Ireland, everything is about nationhood and the price of oil is being contested here...

17.04.2026 10

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Dispatch / ‘People are at breaking point’: on the road with the Irish fuel protesters

A fuel protestor stood on top of a tractor waving a tricolor. In Ireland, everything is about nationhood and the price of oil is being contested here...

16.04.2026 10

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Melissa Kite

‘People are at breaking point’: on the road with the Irish fuel protestors

A fuel protestor stood on top of a tractor waving a tricolor. In Ireland, everything is about nationhood and the price of oil is being contested here...

16.04.2026 20

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Real life / Meghan is a woman much misunderstood

Lying in bed with a swollen face, I decided that the best thing to do was nothing, so I ended up watching the Duchess of Sussex make smoothies. I...

14.04.2026 10

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What the hell is going on with Melania Trump?

Melania Trump’s bombshell statement yesterday on the Jeffrey Epstein affair needed subtitles. As she spoke it was all so odd. There had to be a...

11.04.2026 10

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Real life / Meghan is a woman much misunderstood

Lying in bed with a swollen face, I decided that the best thing to do was nothing, so I ended up watching the Duchess of Sussex make smoothies. I...

31.03.2026 10

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Real life / Meghan is a woman much misunderstood

Lying in bed with a swollen face, I decided that the best thing to do was nothing, so I ended up watching the Duchess of Sussex make smoothies. I...

30.03.2026 10

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Meghan is a woman much misunderstood

Lying in bed with a swollen face, I decided that the best thing to do was nothing, so I ended up watching the Duchess of Sussex make smoothies. I...

26.03.2026 10

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Real life / My mother has become a hostile stranger

‘Do you know who I am?’ said the voice belonging to the lady who used to be my mother, crossly, at the end of the phone line. The truthful answer...

04.03.2026 20

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Real life / My mother has become a hostile stranger

‘Do you know who I am?’ said the voice belonging to the lady who used to be my mother, crossly, at the end of the phone line. The truthful answer...

04.03.2026 10

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Real life / The day Peter Mandelson tried to get me sacked

Assuming it was full of junk, I tried to pull the trunk out of the way but I couldn’t move it, so I opened up the lid and gasped. Whenever the...

23.02.2026 10

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Real life / Has Ireland’s tourist board just killed my Airbnb?

11.02.2026 50

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Real life / Has Ireland’s tourist board just killed my Airbnb?

11.02.2026 50

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Real life / Hell is a dog café

04.02.2026 10

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Real life / Hell is a dog café

04.02.2026 10

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Real life / My house is devouring me (and my relationship)

23.01.2026 10

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Real life / I judge judgmental people 

21.01.2026 10

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Real life / I judge judgmental people 

21.01.2026 10

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Real life / The ‘lovely boy’ who’s ruining our lives

07.01.2026 20

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Real life / The ‘lovely boy’ who’s ruining our lives

07.01.2026 10

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Real life / On the trail of the White Lady

17.12.2025 10

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Real life / On the trail of the White Lady

17.12.2025 10

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Real life / The power of tear pressure

09.12.2025 10

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Real life / The power of tear pressure

09.12.2025 10

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Real life / Why is Westminster Cathedral leaving Jesus in the dark?

26.11.2025 10

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Real life / Why is Westminster Cathedral leaving Jesus in the dark?

24.11.2025 10

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Real life / Why is Westminster Cathedral leaving Jesus in the dark?

24.11.2025 10

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Real life / Why is Westminster Cathedral leaving Jesus in the dark?

21.11.2025 20

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Real life / Did our B&B guests smell a rat?

06.11.2025 10

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Real life / The failed evolution of the horse

28.10.2025 20

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Real life / The failed evolution of the horse

28.10.2025 10

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Real life / The failed evolution of the horse

24.10.2025 10

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Real life / I’ve been won over by a herbivore

20.10.2025 10

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Real life / I’ve been won over by a herbivore

20.10.2025 10

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Real Life / The anarchy of a breakfast buffet

16.09.2025 20

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Real Life / The anarchy of a breakfast buffet

16.09.2025 30

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Real Life / The anarchy of a breakfast buffet

11.09.2025 10

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Deluded Americans are descending on Ireland

09.08.2025 10

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Real life / Deluded Americans are descending on Ireland

07.08.2025 20

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Real life / Our B&B is the opposite of organic

06.08.2025 10

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Real life / Our B&B is the opposite of organic

06.08.2025 10

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Real life / Our B&B is the opposite of organic

31.07.2025 10

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Real life / Why must B&B guests give us advice?

19.06.2025 10

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Real life / Must my fish and chips come with a side of geopolitics?

02.06.2025 10

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Real life / Must my fish and chips come with a side of geopolitics?

02.06.2025 9

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Real life / My foolproof plan to avoid speeding fines

08.05.2025 10

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The Airbnb guest from hell 

01.05.2025 10

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