Julie Jay
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
- Latest publication
- Sep 8, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Irish Examiner
- Top 50K sites
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- Jul 28, 2026
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Julie Jay: 'Second week syndrome' is alive and well at the start of new school year (opens the original)
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Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast âVenting.â She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children Second week syndrome is a very real thing â just ask my family. Last week, we all skipped off to school just delighted to have an excuse to get dressed before the afternoon and grateful to have somewhere to go which didnât involve heated exchanges in supermarkets about how small people canât drive the trolley if theyâre going to continually hit off m
Julie Jay: Promise of jellies is the only way to field a team of under-8s in West Kerry (opens the original)
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Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast âVenting.â She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children I Can't have been the only one who found myself watching the European Athletics Championships and thinking to themself that with just a little push, that could have been me up there. Could I run for a bus? No. But perhaps if somebody had driven me to gymnastics back in the day, I too could be gliding from monkey bar to monkey bar in Birmingham a couple of we
Julie Jay: I bought a supermarket sponge for my son’s birthday cake (opens the original)
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Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast ‘Venting.’ She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children My baby is three. It’s hard to believe, but it’s also hard to conceive of a time when he wasn’t here. He is a joy, if a little averse to going to bed; but nobody, bar my saviour Miriam O'Callaghan, is perfect. His birthday fell on a Tuesday, and I had full intentions of baking a cake; but because I am clearly a terrible, terrible mother, I ended up buying a supe
Julie Jay: Saying goodbye again as another beloved grandparent dies (opens the original)
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Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast ‘Venting.’ She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children This week, we lost another beloved grandparent: My father-in-law died. It is still difficult to wrap our heads around, and we are all so sad that he is physically gone. But, of course, when it comes to the big stuff, delivering the news to the children is never easy. When I initially told my nearly six-year-old that his Daideo had died, I had expected him to be
Julie Jay: Don’t feed the animals at the zoo unless the animals are your children (opens the original)
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Julie Jay is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast ‘Venting.’ She currently lives in West Kerry with her husband and two children I have been threatening to bring the kids to the zoo for a while now, and this week was the week I put my money (€75 to be precise) where my mouth is and headed to the Phoenix Park. En route, we spotted an exciting Garda escort coming from the Áras. You have reached your article limit. Already a subscriber? Sign in Be the first to know the latest news and update
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