Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Thanksgiving are Americanisms we can do without claims Patricia

Gay Byrne opening the Trident Cash and Carry in Limerick in June 1972

Are we set for another big freeze like the Beast from the East in March 2018?

To go along with the RSA latest campaign - Minister Shane Ross has proposed the new crime of ‘dangerous overtaking of a cyclists’

Buttongate: Surely there are more pressing issues the Dail should be sorting

The problem with trips down memory lane are that they are always sunnier than they were in real life

The views are great out there - if it would only stop raining

Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe proudly displaying his work

A Free State Army column on the move during the Battle of Kilmallock, the largest single engagement of the Irish Civil War

Patricia says she loves trees, but commercial afforestation leaves her cold

Patricia claims the Irish language belongs to something far greater than our insular national soul...it is a national treasure for decades

Royals Harry and Meghan have come under fire for their use of a private jet - even after their very public environmental campaigns

Sunday's All-Ireland may not go down as a classic, but Patricia still appreciates the world's fastest field sport

Leaving Cert results, CAO offers, schools re-opening, All-Ireland final day, violent thunderstorms, pre-Budget flyers -what a time of year August is?

Everything in the pan: Huevos rancheros is perfect when getting rid of those leftover pieces in the fridge

We nearly choked on our caviar: Fee-paying schools are being subsidised up to €90 million a year with taxpayer money

How many good jobs in the bank could Patricia have landed if it weren't for her hair style. She feels sympathy with Bojo on this one

Been there, walked that: Croagh Patrick is on the bucket list of pilgrimages

The old half crown (2s 6d) was worth 1/8 of a pound

Go electric they say: But where exactly can I charge it ponders Patricia

Patricia was glad she didn’t have to sit this year’s Higher level English Paper

‘A dry spring and a wet May, fills the haggard with corn and hay'

Don't freak out: The Leaving Cert is just over a week away

Phone addiction - there should be an app for that

Lip service to the culchies: A lot of people want to talk about the decline in rural Ireland but no one is offering any real solutions

Not just a problem at the post office: A number of Eircodes say Limerick, when the house is actually in Clare or Tipperary