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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Hosted by The Irish Times · ENGLISH
The weekly Ross o'Carroll-Kelly column in audio, read by Paul Howard.
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We filled a skip with all the things Sorcha decided she can live without, until she changed her mind
1w ago00:06:22Tap to summarizeSo the latest “thing” in our house is the Swedish death clean. For those of you who aren’t married to Sorcha Lalor, this is a decluttering method that’s meant to spare your loved ones the trouble of sorting through your shit after you’ve dropped the mic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘Nobody can say I haven’t put my body on the line for this Leinster team’
2w ago00:06:14Tap to summarizeThe old man says he thinks he might not live long enough to see Leinster win the European Cup again. I tell him I’m only 46 years old and I’m storting to feel the same way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘Ross, it’s a very simple choice. It’s me or it’s Leinster. You decide’
3w ago00:05:58Tap to summarizeSorcha says she’s – oh my God – so excited about Saturday and I tell her I am too. She goes, “These are the moments, aren’t they?” Which is random because she’s hasn’t shown the slightest flicker of interest in rugby since she thought Rob Kearney gave her a smile and a wave at Taste of Dublin the year before the pandemic and I didn’t have the hort to tell her that he was smiling and waving at me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘Ross, I think you’re finally getting your comeuppance from the universe’
4w ago00:06:10Tap to summarizeSo what do you think? Yeah, no, Nicola – as in, like, Honor’s girlfriend – is showing me a watch that she bought from, like, Tiffany of all places? It must be, like, a grand’s worth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘Dude, you’re not in Ballsbridge now,’ I tell the old man. ‘This is Las f**king Braygas!’
May 800:06:45Tap to summarizeThe old man asks me if I’ve been boning up on my Spanish ahead of the trip to Bilbao. I’m like, “Is that where Bilbao is? In Spain?” I honestly think I learned more from rugby than I ever did at school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →I have zero interest in her in that way – is it weird that I want to spend time with this girl?
May 100:06:04Tap to summarizeSo I’m in the gym and I’m bench-pressing, I don’t know, something ridiculous, when all of a sudden there’s someone standing over me and – yeah, no – they’re, like, talking to me? I take out the old AirPods and sit up and it ends up being Nicola, as in, like, Honor’s new – in fairness – girlfriend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘There’s nothing wrong with Bray, Ross,’ the old man says. Literally. Word for word
Apr 2400:06:44Tap to summarizeThe old man is sitting in the corner of what was once Shanahan’s on the Green, sucking on a Cohiba the size of a Daihatsu exhaust. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘Sorcha, I don’t need ChatGPT to tell me how to talk to my daughter and the girl she’s seeing’
Apr 1700:06:14Tap to summarizeSorcha asks me how I’m feeling and I tell her I’m in scintillating form – especially after the win over Sale yesterday. I’m half-thinking of doing my joke about having a semi to look forward to – but then I think better of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →‘Potatoes au gratin? My old dear used to say they’re for people with money but no class’
Apr 1000:07:16Tap to summarize“Come in,” she goes.This is Bernie I’m quoting – word for word, by the way – as in, like, Bernie the mother of Claire from, like, Bray of all places? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →We’re driving through Donnybrook and Sorcha shouts ‘Stop!’
Apr 300:05:48Tap to summarize“Stop!” Sorcha goes. Yeah, no, we’re driving through Donnybrook at the time. I generally slow down anyway as we’re passing the spot where Kielys once stood, just to make the sign of the cross on myself. Except Sorcha is looking past me at the other side of the road? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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