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Melissa Kite

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Real life / Dog people are the worst

The couple who were on a climate crisis camping trip in Ballydehob messaged me in a desperate state. ‘We’re cold and wet! Please can we come?’...

14.07.2026 10

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Melissa Kite

Real life / Dog people are the worst

The couple who were on a climate crisis camping trip in Ballydehob messaged me in a desperate state. ‘We’re cold and wet! Please can we come?’...

14.07.2026 10

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Melissa Kite

Real life / Dog people are the worst

The couple who were on a climate crisis camping trip in Ballydehob messaged me in a desperate state. ‘We’re cold and wet! Please can we come?’...

10.07.2026 10

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Real life / The tree that nearly sent me over the edge

‘We need to get into bed and watch a really good Poirot,’ I said, for I had given him such a hard time I doubted anything else would fix it. The...

01.07.2026 10

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Real life / The tree that nearly sent me over the edge

‘We need to get into bed and watch a really good Poirot,’ I said, for I had given him such a hard time I doubted anything else would fix it. The...

01.07.2026 10

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The real reason for the Dartmoor pony cull

Try as I might, I cannot think of an animal welfare issue that is more misunderstood than the survival of Dartmoor ponies. Every maddening...

27.06.2026 20

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Herd mentality / The real reason for the Dartmoor pony cull

Try as I might, I cannot think of an animal welfare issue that is more misunderstood than the survival of Dartmoor ponies. Every maddening...

25.06.2026 10

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The real reason for the Dartmoor pony cull

Try as I might, I cannot think of an animal welfare issue that is more misunderstood than the survival of Dartmoor ponies. Every maddening...

25.06.2026 10

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Real life / Once we Brexiteers get our Irish passports, we can go anywhere

‘There’s a flat rat under the mat!’ I shrieked, and wondered whether that was the sort of jaunty phrase that could be used for elocution...

09.06.2026 20

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Real life / Once we Brexiteers get our Irish passports, we can go anywhere

‘There’s a flat rat under the mat!’ I shrieked, and wondered whether that was the sort of jaunty phrase that could be used for elocution...

09.06.2026 20

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Real life / We’ve lost our only anti-vaxxer friend in the village

‘Can I go now?’ said the farmer I was talking to over my gate, and he looked so scared I felt a bit ashamed of myself. I had flagged him down as...

07.06.2026 30

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All good holidays start with a border checkpoint

What a treat it was to escape to Cyprus for some sun and a last-minute mini-break. I left the builder boyfriend and the cleaner with strict...

28.05.2026 20

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Real life / We’ve lost our only anti-vaxxer friend in the village

‘Can I go now?’ said the farmer I was talking to over my gate, and he looked so scared I felt a bit ashamed of myself. I had flagged him down as...

27.05.2026 20

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Melissa Kite

Real life / We’ve lost our only anti-vaxxer friend in the village

‘Can I go now?’ said the farmer I was talking to over my gate, and he looked so scared I felt a bit ashamed of myself. I had flagged him down as...

27.05.2026 20

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Melissa Kite

Real life / What do the French see in Ireland?

As the eco-tourism season got under way, the confused-looking French people began to arrive. They come to see ‘la nature’, and they insist they...

20.05.2026 20

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Real life / What do the French see in Ireland?

As the eco-tourism season got under way, the confused-looking French people began to arrive. They come to see ‘la nature’, and they insist they...

18.05.2026 30

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Real life / What do the French see in Ireland?

As the eco-tourism season got under way, the confused-looking French people began to arrive. They come to see ‘la nature’, and they insist they...

18.05.2026 30

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Melissa Kite

Real life / What really killed off the traditional B&B

To B&B or not to B&B? That is the question. Whether it’s nobler to offer breakfast to a guest is not in question, but whether it’s...

08.05.2026 20

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What really killed off the traditional B&B

To B&B or not to B&B? That is the question. Whether it’s nobler to offer breakfast to a guest is not in question, but whether it’s...

07.05.2026 30

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Real life / Attention, waiters: it’s not about you

‘Something I like to do with all my tables is ask what brings you here today?’ said the young waiter as he sat us down and began to talk. If I’d...

05.05.2026 30

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Real life / Attention, waiters: it’s not about you

‘Something I like to do with all my tables is ask what brings you here today?’ said the young waiter as he sat us down and began to talk. If I’d...

05.05.2026 30

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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...

04.05.2026 30

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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...

27.04.2026 30

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Melissa Kite

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 30

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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 40

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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 30

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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 40

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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 40

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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 40

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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 30

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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 30

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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 30

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Melissa Kite

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 40

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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 50

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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 40

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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 30

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

11.02.2026 70

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

11.02.2026 80

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Real life / Hell is a dog café

04.02.2026 40

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Real life / Hell is a dog café

04.02.2026 30

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

23.01.2026 40

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Real life / I judge judgmental people 

21.01.2026 30

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Real life / I judge judgmental people 

21.01.2026 40

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

07.01.2026 40

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

07.01.2026 30

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Real life / On the trail of the White Lady

17.12.2025 40

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Real life / On the trail of the White Lady

17.12.2025 30

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Real life / The power of tear pressure

09.12.2025 30

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Real life / The power of tear pressure

09.12.2025 30

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

26.11.2025 30

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