Introduction What is healing? For the past 5 years or so I’ve been on what I would call a ‘healing journey’. It’s a personal thing but it’s something I want to share with people as I feel it’s important and also it’s talked about very little and I don’t want to be afraid to talk about…
How I have Coped thus far – Learning through Lockdown by Jocelyn Cunningham Firstly, I would like to congratulate everyone on their courage and strength to keep it all going throughout this global pandemic. It has almost been a year since the initial lockdown here in Ireland. Be proud of how you have handled things…
Can you hear me? Trevor Lorkings @Bizzy_Fizzy “Are your eyes taking over the burden from your ears in receiving incoming communications? I read a white paper about the world of work in the late 1960s. The times, they were a-changin’. The written memorandum was being replaced by electronic typewriters and computers. The thought processes changed. When…
Growing up surrounded by the quiet countryside of Kildare during the nineties, I developed a great interest in the natural world. I enjoyed walks and cycles on my quiet country roads and got my teeth stuck into the local football pitch. Unphased by mud, wind and the constant rain, the outdoors was my playground and,…
“Let Us Always Meet Each Other With A Smile, For the Smile Is the Beginning of Love” Mother Teresa Whilst travelling by train from Schiphol airport to Hoorn in North Holland this September, something lovely happened. As is the case on most forms of public transport across the world in 2020, everyone was wearing a…
MY REVIEW SINCE MEETING BOOK HUB PUBLISHING ON 29/9/2020 BY THOMAS KIELY As we move more into the month of November, it’s a month that’s going to bring up so many memories and mixed emotions for me. This time 12 months ago, I had only weeks left with Angela, my wife, as she struggled with…
‘To Be or Not to be’, It’s a Cert for Leaving? By Paddy McMenamin Well, that’s it over for another year, three weeks of Algebra & Geometry, French & German, Shakespeare & George Orwell, J B Keane & Sophocles, the Treaty of Limerick or the Treaty of 1921, and, of course Gaeilge, written & aural,…
Belt It Out Detta “The Only Thing Better Than Singing, Is More Singing” Ella Fitzgerald My earliest memories of my mum were of her voice. To be specific, her singing voice. I remember her singing in church, in the car, karaoke, around the piano with her siblings, in fact anywhere. She would love to sing…
On Statues and Historical Legacy Floyd will never know how his death changed the world, the innocent Minneapolis guy who had a racist cop stand on his neck for 12 minutes while he gasped for breath and eventually expired has inspired people the world over to stand up against institutionalised racism – and not before…
In c431a Welsh Shepard found his way to this part of the world and changed the place for all time. Patrick or Patricius had already been here previously after being sold into slavery by Irish pirates, now he was coming back as a preacher to convert a pagan island to Christianity, ordaining priests to spread…