'It is great that bees are back but I would just prefer if it wasn't in my chimney.'

I'm chatting Love Island shifting, pest control problems and scrubbing houses like our security deposits depend on it (it did). I'm also talking about how this generation didn't invent shifting brothers, debate whether or not August is autumn, and dwell for far too long on the cost of sheds.

If you have enjoyed the pod, I would be so grateful if you could rate or review wherever you get your episodes, as this massively helps with the charts. Thanks so much for listening! J x

'I think you not being good on Love Island is less to do with you inability to be strategic and more to do with the fact you are a 45 year old who is married.'

I'm talking about tormenting my poor, long-suffering DPD man, why you should never use a Flash wipe as an eye cleanser and how my friend's German husband solved the 13-12 mystery that has haunted me for nearly three years.

If you have enjoyed the pod, I would be so grateful if you could rate or review wherever you get your episodes. Thanks so much for being here! J x

'Níl a dheireann tú rudaí os ard, níl aon dul siar air.'

As seo amach, beidh pod as Ghaeilge agam gach Déardaoin daoibh. Tuigim nach dtaitneoidh sé seo le gach duine is muna dtaitneoidh beidh an eagrán as Béarla fos agam gach Máirt mar is gnáth leis. 

In sa chéad eagrán táim ag caint fé éad is cé chomh díobháileach is atá sé agus ag caint fé bogadh tí is ag cuimhneamh os ard mar a dúirt Ed Sheeran tráth an bhfuil an cinneadh ceart déanta againn. 

Beidh an pod seo níos pearsanta ná an cheann eile mar, is déanaim plé fé seo ar an bpod, braithim níos sábhailte ag rá na rudaí seo as Ghaeilge ná an Béarla mar, is níl clú agam cadinathaobh, is féidir liom a bheith níos leochailí as Ghaeilge.  So má suim agat sa Ghaeilge/in sna rudai móra, tar liom! J xx

'I'm like the GAA Catifsh, it's impossible to get rid of me'

I'm talking about doing the Leaving Cert all over again, getting fired as an Oral Irish examiner, reinforcing stereotypes in Bondi eateries circa the mid noughties and Holy Communions in England.

If you also had your first kiss with Jesus, please get in touch. If you enjoy this episode please rate or review us wherever you listen to your pods and/or recommend us to a friend and/or an enemy.

Thanks so much for listening! J x

'After that afternoon in Siamsa Tíre I was one step away from joining the Black and Tans just as a coping mechanism.'

I discuss the confronting nature of Easter Camps - essentially the new nightclub of 2026, where all your ghosts of Christmas past will encounter you at your most vulnerable and misremember the name of your current husband. In a major moment for geopolitics I compare Trump's level of diplomatic delusion to my lowest emotional ebb circa 2011 and also recall the economic consequences that follow. 

Finally I discuss the PTSD I am still suffering following my afternoon of hip hop and overheating in Siamsa Tíre, and fret about how my lack of parental control may very well have cost my child a career in local politics and guaranteed my own status as the last woman you want to chaperone an extra-curricular activity. 

Finally we learn from Fred what to do when your Twitter gets hacked, and I look for a pen. Exciting! If you have enjoyed please rate and review wherever you get your pods! Thanks so much for being here - J x

'Those days of speed-dating in the staffroom are over'

I'm discussing Liz Nugent's new book Ruby Cooper, accidentally starting book clubs and why you should be dialling 8 for the Teaching Council if you are a secondary student whose teacher has forced you to listen to this podcast.

I talk about recently going kind of viral (ish) and the phenomenon of internet copycats: at what point are all guilty of being derivative, and at what point can we call the cops on someone copying your 25 second instagram reel. I also talk about flashing my bum to the wind in Galway, my encounter with Mormons in the Maldron and how tough it is being married to Padre Pio.

I also make the mad discovery that geography teachers read books too - who knew. If you have enjoyed the pod I would be so grateful if you could rate or review wherever you get your episodes, it helps hugely with spreading with the pod! Thanks so much for listening J x

'They say dress for the job you want but I'm a secondary teacher and dream of being a showgirl, so that doesn't fly.'

I'm chatting about the guards accidentally ordering the double strength pepper spray and how they can't be using this when checking for tax and insurance, i discuss recently supporting my brilliant, genius friend Alison Spittle on her latest tour 'Big' and also fess up to my propensity to kleptomania.

On that note, I suggest alternatives to pepper spray when it comes to to fighting crime. and also talk about my first ever appearance on the Claire Byrne. Synopsis: Claire Byrne is an absolute pro and I would die for journalists Niamh O'Reilly and Mick Clifford.

Gerry Hutch play is also discussed! Popcorn at the ready.

Finally, I discuss the fecking Foo Fighters gigging in Dingle, because yes, obviously.

Thanks so much for listening guys! I love that you're here. J x

'Fred was away filming the Tommy Tiernan show in the submarine 100s of feet below water'

I am back and full of apologies - between vomiting bugs, school plays and my husband working away in a submarine the podcast didn't get recorded and for that I will be saying 12 decades of the rosary and self flagellating all afternoon.

We're comparing the recent review of SNAs in schools to Simon Cowell reviewing Niall Horan's membership of One Direction and I review the recent gig where we had our Lord and Saviour Deirdre O'Kane doing the iconic Paudie O'Sés.

In the wake of the Epstein Files I also touch upon how there is one group of people definitely not surprised by the fact the world is ran by perverts is women, who have known that perverts have ruled the world since Day Dot.

Finally, I discuss the mad mystery of the Nancy Guthrie abduction and why you should always wear mittens in a search party.

If you have enjoyed the pod I would be so so grateful if you could rate or review Venting wherever you listen to your episode. Rating via the stars literally takes 3 seconds and can help exponentially with spreading the word of the pod! 

Thanks a million, love yas J x

Guys, this is just a quick one apologising to you the listeners for another audio mishap today. It has all been rectified now, I am so sorry to have once again messed up on the audio front, which ps is kind of the whole point of a podcast.

If it's any consolation, I look forward to another long night self-flagellating and listing off all the ways I have sabotaged any semblance of success I might have enjoyed over the last few years....punctuated only by calpol and mutliple trips to the loo thanks to my pelvic floor being about as good as my editing skills (very weak).

If you did try to listen to the earlier episode, I am so sorry for wasting your time. It's been rectified now but Joanne and Vogue I am not, and I know I can't expect people to keep tuning in and hoping for the best.

Thanks for being here, I love doing it, if that counts for anything, and you having been here at all means the world. Love yas! A very tired J x

'When I told him I was getting a lotus flower because it blooms in muddy waters, I could feel the audible eye-roll.'

I discuss the controversy surrounding Jacob Elordi being cast as our numero uno forbidden fruit Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell's adaption of 'Wuthering Heights', Pamela Anderson dishing the dirt on her dalliance with Liam Neeson and Katie Price's new husband. 

I also touch upon the latest solution to the housing crisis as per Ray Cooke who let's face it has no skin in the game and how i will be approaching parent teacher meetings going forward.

If you have enjoyed the pod please rate or review us wherever you listen to your pods, as it really helps keeping this whole ship afloat (i am the ship). Love yas! J x