As I write this I am listening to the melodic sounds of gentle waves and birds softly chirping on a beach in Cuba. There is no one else around on this Cuban island to interrupt my thoughts or disturb my peacefulness. Just me and the blissful sound of waves gentle lapping on the shore. Alas,…
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My Green Trip to Italy
I was delighted recently to be informed that I was successful in winning a place on a Green Trip to Italy as part of the Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Project with the Irish partners Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA). Earlier in 2014 we had hosted a group of over 30 visitors on a similar trip from Europe…
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Co-ops – The saving of a community. Report from LiT Thurles
Friday night, 21st Feb., I popped along to an event organised by the Tipperary Environmental Network in LiT Thurles. The event ‘Co-ops – The saving of a community’ involved presentations by three speakers followed by a discussion and Q and A session. The speakers were Bill Kelly of Meitheal Mid West and the Limerick Community Grocery…
Read moreEU Health Prize for Journalists
Any journalists wishing to win a prize for writing on a health related topic read on. This is an email I received earlier today. Best of luck! For all journalists writing on health (even occasionally) Dear journalists, Working at the European Commission, I would like to inform you a new EU Health Prize for Journalists with deadline :…
Read moreCatholic Church in Ireland
Catholic Church in Ireland I generally try to avoid negativity of all sorts and therefore avoid the news as much as possible. During the past week the Child Abuse Commission has released it’s report into the atrocious acts of sexual, physical and mental abuse to children in industrial schools run by the Catholic Church in…
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