Emer McLysaght
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 11
- Latest publication
- Sep 25, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for TheJournal.ie
- Top 10K sites
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- Jul 10, 2026
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Hard to be a Swiftie: When Taylor announced the new album, I knew I'd be forced to defend it (opens the original)
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In Nobody Needs This, a series for The Journal, Emer McLysaght focuses her eagle eye on the trends, products and notions we can do without. It’s not all giving out, however. She’ll also be keeping up with what’s catching her attention, keeping people interested and, quite frankly, driving her mad. I am begging Taylor Swift to take a day off. Hell, take five years off. Has she never heard of the old showbiz adage to “always leave them wanting more”? It’s been less than two years since Swift’s rec
Have concert ticket sales completely lost the run of themselves? (opens the original)
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In Nobody Needs This, a series for The Journal, Emer McLysaght focuses her eagle eye on the trends, products and notions we can do without. It’s not all giving out, however. She’ll also be keeping up with what’s catching her attention, keeping people interested and, quite frankly, driving her mad. IN 1997, OASIS played a three-night residency at Dublin’s Point Depot. These were the infamous shows where Liam Gallagher pulled out after the first gig, blaming a throat infection, and his brother Noe
How is smoking cool again? My Dad thought quitting would save his life, but it was too late (opens the original)
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In Nobody Needs This, a series for The Journal, Emer McLysaght focuses her eagle eye on the trends, products and notions we can do without. It’s not all giving out, however. She’ll also be keeping up with what’s catching her attention, keeping people interested and, quite frankly, driving her mad. Some of my earliest memories are of being sent into the village shop to buy 20 Gold Bond (back in the days when hanging cigarettes over to a child with a tenner in her hand was socially acceptable), or
I got so heated at one point that I – and I’m not proud of this – resorted to online jeering (opens the original)
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In Nobody Needs This, a new series for The Journal, Emer McLysaght focuses her eagle eye on the trends, products and notions we can do without. It’s not all giving out, however. She’ll also be keeping up with what’s catching her attention, keeping people interested and, quite frankly, driving her mad. REMEMBER THE SUMMER of the great paddling pool shortage? It was 2013 and Ireland was in the claw of a July heatwave. Across the country there wasn’t a paddling pool to be hand for love nor money. R
It should be an anomaly to see a 13-year-old on Snapchat, not the norm (opens the original)
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In Nobody Needs This, a new series for The Journal, Emer McLysaght focuses her eagle eye on the trends, products and notions we can do without. It’s not all giving out, however. She’ll also be keeping up with what’s catching her attention, keeping people interested and, quite frankly, driving her mad. NEXT WEEK, SECONDARY schools will begin welcoming swathes of (mostly) 12 and 13-year-olds for their first taste of Big School life. It’s a huge step. I remember feeling apprehensive about finding m
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