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Melissa Kite

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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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Melissa Kite

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 9

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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 9

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

11.02.2026 40

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

11.02.2026 40

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Real life / Hell is a dog café

04.02.2026 9

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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 10

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

07.01.2026 5

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Real life / On the trail of the White Lady

17.12.2025 9

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Real life / On the trail of the White Lady

17.12.2025 4

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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 7

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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 4

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

21.11.2025 10

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

06.11.2025 7

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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

28.10.2025 4

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Real life / The failed evolution of the horse

24.10.2025 4

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

20.10.2025 9

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

20.10.2025 9

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Real Life / The anarchy of a breakfast buffet

16.09.2025 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

11.09.2025 5

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Deluded Americans are descending on Ireland

09.08.2025 9

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Real life / Deluded Americans are descending on Ireland

07.08.2025 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

06.08.2025 5

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

31.07.2025 9

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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 5

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

02.06.2025 4

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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 6

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Real life / Help! I’m turning into Basil Fawlty

29.04.2025 6

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Real life / Help! I’m turning into Basil Fawlty

29.04.2025 3

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Real life / Has someone been smuggling drugs in my hay bales?

27.02.2025 10

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Real life / I won’t let my mother be sent to a care home

25.02.2025 10

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Real life / I won’t let my mother be sent to a care home

25.02.2025 5

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Real life / My parents prefer the NHS to me

19.02.2025 2

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Real life / My parents prefer the NHS to me

19.02.2025 10

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Real life / My parents prefer the NHS to me

13.02.2025 10

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Real life / My memorable ride in a Black Hawk

06.02.2025 10

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Real life / The Irish laugh in the face of EU regulations

10.01.2025 10

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Real life / The Irish laugh in the face of EU regulations

09.01.2025 10

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