Brianna Parkins, Irish Times columnist

I still think that Brendan O'Connor has an incriminating video involving livestock and newspaper editorial staff, otherwise I can't understand his prominence.

I don't mind her outsiders view of Dublin, Ireland and the Irish.

But since she moved back to her native Australia, I'm not sure what she offers to Irish Times readers in terms of columns and colour pieces.

A terrible loss to Ireland now that she has gone back to Australia.

But as least we still have Roe and Vogue.

wonder what % of the votes are spoiled in Oz. I'd imagine that some of the folks who don't show up to vote would spoil their vote if mandatory voting was in place.

She used the term 'special needs kids' which could be considered not politically correct; better phraseology would be 'kids with special needs'.

I really don't understand the hype, lived there for years but really it's very superficial. I found we had more in common with aboriginal people who understand craic and have a sense of community.

more drivel from her today in the IT magazine; isn’t the Oz healthcare system fab. Don’t get why I paid good money for my paper today to read that condescending article. She has returned to Oz ~ we no longer need to hear from her.

Bring Roisin Ingle back ( heard her on BOC on the radio this am) ~ she is starting a new article in the IT on Wednesdays

I saw that headline but didn't read it, reminds me of that awful Ryan Tubridy "god in a hoody" slock.

How much do these scribes get paid for such ramblings?

I agree. I cancelled my subscription after their "all boys are raised in a soup of misogyny" piece. Rather than leading with facts and context they descended into gender war hysteria.

political correspondents are still very good, they also still do very good podcasts

Another day, another pointless, unwarranted Brianna Parkins article: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2025/11/07/brianna-parkins-ive-nothing-against-irish-men-i-keep-one-myself-but-i-recommend-irish-women/

Started with the token "no offence…but" and then went on to say offensive things.

Why downplay it? Why can't Irish men just be known as charming? It's a reputation we have that carries well in other countries, and we have seen it first-hand.

No, instead, it devolves into some petty battle of the sexes, again. Can you not just let it be? Do you have to push someone down to pull someone up?

If you want to write about the charm of Irish middle-aged women, then do that without having to embrace misandry.

Brianna is blagging a living, and what's annoying me is I'm funding such slop with a sub fee. F me. The horrors persist, and so does Brianna Parkins s*** takes.

I've a chronic aversion to whingers. And oh, this one is a whiny one!

Though mind you, the Irish Times seems to have some arcane internal rule that the front page of the weekend magazine MUST be occupied by a woman who grumbles.

Complain, complain, and all mé féin.

Can't stand the woman, I flick past that page with impatient slappy movements.

Such a contrast with Seán Moncrieff, who can always write a column that is thoughtful, insightful and still, somehow, positive and optimistic.

It's an age thing, Sean Moncrieff is from a time when a career was hard won, culture and life were different; he is delighted he's still around. I feel sorry for younger people; they seem to lead such complicated lives, if she and some of the other columnists are really representative of the lives younger people are leading.