It’s all go on the political front isn’t it? As the government steps down and the election posters go up the next three weeks...
Author: Nichola Beresford
Seeing success
Seeing success
I know several people that are happy to trot out the theory that despite the fact that there are still sixty seconds in a minute...
Public Compassion
Public Compassion
If we are to measure social climate and general thinking by what we see in the media then our attitude to murder and death has...
Just buy the boots!
Just buy the boots!
January; the month of guilt! This is probably an affliction only suffered by my own age group and those older. Anyone born post...
Don’t look back in Anger!
Don’t look back in Anger!
Over the Christmas break I spent some concentrated time with my nephew and niece, five years and two and half respectively. We...
Beat the cold by understanding the cold
Beat the cold by understanding the cold
There is no doubt that some people feel the cold more than others. It’s not that I get cold quickly, but rather that I am...
Change – it’s all in the way you look at it!
Change – it’s all in the way you look at it!
The Christmas decorations are up, the ironing basket is empty and the house is very tidy; all thanks to the snow. Mind you I’m...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
On Friday night last I was at the wonderful Barrack Street Concert Band 140th anniversary concert at the Good Shepherd Chapel....
Have we forgotten how to dress?
Have we forgotten how to dress?
The death of actress Moira Hoey who played the legendary Mary Riordan in RTE’s The Riordan’s sparked many thoughts on Monday...
I’m choosing glorious life over poisonous gloom
I’m choosing glorious life over poisonous gloom
I was out of the country from Wednesday to Friday of last week. Almost precisely forty eight hours of unexpected sunshine and...
Explosion of social carbuncle
Explosion of social carbuncle
The downturn, the recession, the death of the Celtic Tiger; call it what you want but it is a manmade mess of mammoth...
Caught in the Ikea Trap
Caught in the Ikea Trap
A pregnant friend invited me to go Ikea on Bank Holiday Monday. I’ve visited Ikea in other countries and know that it is one...
