249: Perhaps I Should Have Done More

Gearóid is home from his solo holiday, while Niamh is concerned that the heating is back on in her house.   They discuss the dilemma of a neighbour who feels they own a visitor parking space and a listener who has developed a Barista crush. If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get your tickets here! Your problems. Their opinions. Absolutely no guarantees. Join comedian Gearóid Farrelly and Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh for a hilarious live edition of Agony Rants, the podcast where life’s dilemmas are picked apart, questionable advice is dished out and absolutely nobody is qualified to help. From relationship disasters and family feuds to friendship fallouts and petty grievances, no problem is too big, too small or too ridiculous. Expect outrageous confessions, hilarious tangents, audience participation and the kind of advice you should probably never follow. Come for the advice. Stay for the rants. Leave with more problems than you arrived with! Details: Sun 8 Nov 2026 19:00 - 20:00 Hen's Teeth, Blackpitts, Dublin, D08 A9FD, Ireland Part of the Cheerful Earful Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearóid needs a holiday after an overzealous concert goer interaction and Niamh describes her Marty Party experience.  They have a couple of excellent stories from some listeners, including a listener in Canada who has some minor embarrassments to declare, and they discuss how to extricate yourself from a WhatsApp committee group. LIVE Announcement: Agony Rants will be LIVE as part of the Cheerful Earful festival at Hen's Teeth on Sunday the 8th of November.⁠ ⁠Get tickets here!⁠⁠ If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearóid needs a holiday after an overzealous concert goer interaction and Niamh describes her Marty Party experience.  They have a couple of excellent stories from some listeners, including a listener in Canada who has some minor embarrassments to declare, and they discuss how to extricate yourself from a WhatsApp committee group. LIVE Announcement: Agony Rants will be LIVE as part of the Cheerful Earful festival at Hen's Teeth on Sunday the 8th of November. ⁠Get tickets here!⁠ If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearóid is planning a solo holiday and Niamh is in full Halloween panto flow, once again they are living very different lives! They mull over whether it's right to leave one child out of a birthday invite and if the perfect man  can move plans along too fast! LIVE Announcement: Agony Rants will be LIVE as part of the Cheerful Earful festival at Hen's Teeth on Sunday the 8th of November. Get tickets here! If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearóid shares his big birthday plans and dissects a pop culture reference about Niamh from a recent book. Having lived it herself, Niamh joins in to fact check every last detail. They debate the pain of being left out of plans by friends who have more money than you, and how to navigate planning the diverse needs of a hen group. If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearoid and Niamh discuss their lesser known achievements, and the reality of solo holidays. They deal with how to connect with family when your mum isn't there to remind you and is a partner really perfect if the sex is blah. If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearóid and Niamh ponder on 5 years of Agony Rants and what has changed over those years.   They tackle how to escape a Devil wears Prada type boss without losing it and how to survive your best friend emigrating. If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Niamh shares her fabulous Donegal Camino experience with a reluctant Gearóid. They tackle a family dispute over babysitting and a workplace dilemma of when to speak up in mixed company. If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gearoid is still adjusting to being home from Edinburgh, and Niamh helps him unload about his Fringe Trauma. They ponder how to handle social situations when a Mother wants to hang with your friends all the time and when 4 should become 2. If you would like to support and access our bonus content us we would love for you to become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HeadStuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and leave us a lovely rating/review on whatever platform you listen on. Gearóid's tour-dates are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://gearoidfarrelly.com/tour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices