GUBU http://www.sarahcarey.ie An Irish woman's social, political and domestic commentary Sat, 28 Apr 2018 07:42:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.20 Nailed the Victoria Sponge http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2018/02/20/nailed-the-victoria-sponge/ http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2018/02/20/nailed-the-victoria-sponge/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:29:09 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1608 I don’t do much baking, or rather, I’ve a few classics I stick to. I’m posting this because it’s one of those things that should be straightforward but I’ve been tweaking it for years and am convinced I’ve finally nailed … Read more

]]> I don’t do much baking, or rather, I’ve a few classics I stick to. I’m posting this because it’s one of those things that should be straightforward but I’ve been tweaking it for years and am convinced I’ve finally nailed … Read more

]]> http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2018/02/20/nailed-the-victoria-sponge/feed/ 1 Glasnevin Cemetery – it started on a train http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2017/12/21/glasnevin-cemetery-it-started-on-a-train/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:17:45 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1605 I’ll put the moral of this story at the start. You should always talk to people when using public transport. Because it all started when I got on the train in Enfield and had the most entertaining encounter with an … Read more

]]> I’ll put the moral of this story at the start. You should always talk to people when using public transport. Because it all started when I got on the train in Enfield and had the most entertaining encounter with an … Read more

]]> Girls or Women – Intent is All, or not. http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2017/12/20/girls-or-women-intent-is-all-or-not/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 23:01:30 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1603 @boucherhayes took me up or rather, took up Kevin Myers – on calling a woman a girl.

It’s one of those places where I know he’s right, and yet, like most things, it’s complicated.

It reminded me of the time … Read more

]]> @boucherhayes took me up or rather, took up Kevin Myers – on calling a woman a girl.

It’s one of those places where I know he’s right, and yet, like most things, it’s complicated.

It reminded me of the time … Read more

]]> DUP – good for the end-game http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2017/12/02/why-the-dup-can-save-us-all/ http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2017/12/02/why-the-dup-can-save-us-all/#comments Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:13:32 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1594 On Tuesday Channel 4 news asked regular British people to draw the Northern Ireland border and we got to laugh at their ignorance. On Wednesday RTE news asked Irish people to draw some borders too and the results were only … Read more

]]> On Tuesday Channel 4 news asked regular British people to draw the Northern Ireland border and we got to laugh at their ignorance. On Wednesday RTE news asked Irish people to draw some borders too and the results were only … Read more

]]> http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2017/12/02/why-the-dup-can-save-us-all/feed/ 2 Lost My Electric Picnic Virginity http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2017/09/05/lost-my-electric-picnic-virginity/ Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:56:24 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1585 I finally lost my Electric Picnic Virginity. A bit like the real thing, I’d been watching glamorous people apparently having a great time for years and was feeling a bit left out, even though I could have disposed of it … Read more

]]> I finally lost my Electric Picnic Virginity. A bit like the real thing, I’d been watching glamorous people apparently having a great time for years and was feeling a bit left out, even though I could have disposed of it … Read more

]]> On Mass http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2016/05/10/on-mass/ Tue, 10 May 2016 13:51:59 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1579 My mass stories are piling up, and I’m afraid I’ll forget them. I’m not sure if I’m ready to start on exactly why I go to mass, but I can say I enjoy it immensely. I read an article once … Read more

]]> My mass stories are piling up, and I’m afraid I’ll forget them. I’m not sure if I’m ready to start on exactly why I go to mass, but I can say I enjoy it immensely. I read an article once … Read more

]]> The Lamb With No Eyes http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2016/04/23/the-lamb-with-no-eyes/ Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:46:08 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1574 Yep!

Our house is in the corner of a field really. The rest of the field, which is part of a network of four fields, is occupied by sheep. My Uncle J, the farmer/shepherd herds twice a day, morning and … Read more

]]> Yep!

Our house is in the corner of a field really. The rest of the field, which is part of a network of four fields, is occupied by sheep. My Uncle J, the farmer/shepherd herds twice a day, morning and … Read more

]]> What My Children Say I Look Like http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2016/04/19/what-my-children-say-i-look-like/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:45:22 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1571 This

They’re kinda right too.

Harsh.… Read more

]]> This

They’re kinda right too.

Harsh.… Read more

]]> Underestimated Enda http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2016/04/18/understimated-enda/ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 20:58:19 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1569 My column in the SINDO

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]]> My column in the SINDO

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]]> Norman Doors http://www.sarahcarey.ie/2016/04/16/norman-doors/ Sat, 16 Apr 2016 20:19:36 +0000 http://www.sarahcarey.ie/?p=1566 I used to work in a tech company full of clever people. A company book club allowed clever staff members to nominate clever books for everyone else to read. Pressure. The reading list looked a bit intimidating but I tried … Read more

]]> I used to work in a tech company full of clever people. A company book club allowed clever staff members to nominate clever books for everyone else to read. Pressure. The reading list looked a bit intimidating but I tried … Read more

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