A is for Adeleke. We like her.
B is for Brian Fenton. He’s often seen around the Orange Goat in Killester.
C is for cunts. We don’t like them.
D is for Donald Trump. He’s a cunt.
E is for Elon Musk. He’s an even bigger cunt.
F is for Fianna Fail. This is Fianna Fail country.
G is for genocide. Nobody publicly likes genocide but a lot of people like publicly denying it.
H is for Harris. Kamala and Simon and Drew. We’ll hear no more from Kamala.
I is for Ireland and I is for Israel. Much like this writer, the two Is like to fight against each other.
J is for Juniper, Paul Murphy’s non-binary offspring who makes middle aged men froth with rage.
K is for Kyle Hayes. He’s a cunt.
L is for Liverpool. We love them.
M is for McGregor. He’s a rapist.
N is for Nineties. We wish we lived in the Nineties.
O is for Oasis. Oasis are proof we wish we lived in the Nineties.
P is for Putin. He’s very popular with online simpletons.
Q is Quinnsworth. We preferred Quinnsworth to Tesco. This is more proof we wished we lived in the Nineties.
R is for Rules Committee. It’s been a great year for rules committees.
S is for Slot. He’s Bob Paisley.
T is for Tony Kelly. He’s a magician.
U is for United. We laugh at them.
V is for Verona Murphy. She’s a headbanger.
W is for White Supremacists. It’s been a great year for them.
X is for Xi Jinping. He’s a bad egg.
Y is for Yamal. He’s very talented.
Z is for Zelensky. @glenshane hates him.
But now onto the real list.
A is for awful filler material. Which is what this is.
B is for Breheny. He likes lists.
C is for content. Nothing that is called content is any good. C is also for clickbait.
D is for derogation of duty. Which is what I want to engage in having to do this list.
E is for end of year lists.
F is Fuck, as in fuck having having to do this list.
G is for go away you’re boring me with this list.
H is for hat. As in “I’ll eat my hat if anybody reads this list.”
I is for Inches. As in column inches to fill.
J is for Jesus. Jesus why do I have to do this list.
K is for kill, as in kill me now for having to do this list.
L is for list. Why we’re all here.
M is for man, as in “man I’m bored of doing this list.”
N is for nearly over. Which is what this year is.
O is for Oh christ when will I get to the end of this list.
P is for pint. Christ I’ll need a pint after doing this list.
Q is for Quiz. Take our end of year quiz on page 78 of the weekend magazine.
R is for running out of ideas. Which is what I’m doing right now.
S is for stupid. Which is what this list is.
T is for turgid. Which is what this list is.
U is for unimpressed. Which is what readers of this list are.
V is for void. Which I’m staring into doing this list.
W is for why. As in why do I have to do this stupid list.
X is for X. Which is the former name of Twitter where I get most of my ideas for lists.
Y is for Year. It’s the end of the year and this is why I have to do this poxy list.
Z is for Zzzzzzz. The noise you’re making after reading this list.
I hope to fuck he didn’t actually go to that. I’m uncertain as to how much respect I have for the modern rugby player but it would plummet further if that were true