Fiona ·
Irish people are more bored, frustrated and lonely now than at any time during the pandemic. That came out this week in a poll by the Department of Health. It’s […]
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Karl ·
West Cork author Clare Mulvaney authored a book a dozen years ago, titled One Wild Life. She borrows the title from a poem by Mary Oliver which poses the question So tell me, […]
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I recently took up painting. It’s teaching me to appreciate the beauty in seemingly ordinary things. I find myself so intently focused on the subject, and so far removed from other distractions, […]
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Fiona ·
When you’re tired everything seems heavier. And harder. And more painful. If you haven’t slept, your ability to make decisions is impaired. Your ability to manage your emotions is destroyed. You cry more. […]
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Adeleh ·
We are not hopeful. We wait. We wait for horizons to open, for ideas to flourish. For plans and dreams to come to fruition. We wait, trying to console ourselves with the concrete, […]
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Tara ·
How Irish does that sound? This is a lyric from my favourite musical called Come From Away which tells the story of one of the kindest acts in history. (I would recommend listening to it, it is very […]
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Brian ·
Happy Anniversary! It’s been a year in the trenches. Can I just say, how appreciative I am for being part of this community again. From the Connect Communities to Sadhbh and Fee doing an auction of many different […]
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Matthew ·
Videos go viral for all sorts of reasons. One I saw recently really caught my attention, as it perfectly captured one of the defining characteristics of our generation; the obsession […]
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Clare ·
Our electricity went out the other day. I was just in the door after walking with my sister, it was midterm, clients were finished for the week and Friday night […]
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Michael ·
I couldn’t tell you how many hours I’ve spent listening to Radiohead while staring out the front window of my childhood home, a very long time. I’m not living, I’m […]
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Peggy ·
I was trawling through the internet the other week looking for inspiration for my Netflix watchlist. Came across a few potentials – Living with Yourself (quirky comedy), Collateral (crime drama), History […]
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