It is a strange thing to realise that you have become a sort of slave – albeit a fairly happy one, at least when you are tucking your peacefully slumbering little masters in at night. Perhaps the term, “indentured servant” is more accurate, because there is the prospect of eventual freedom, allegedly. With each new…
Category: Your Faith
A cake to melt your Valentine’s heart
Erin FoxSweet Treats
Sharing between generations
Courtney McGrailEvan O’Brien explains how a student charity group supports the elderly in Cork
Bunting for St Valentine’s Day
Any occasion is made special with the addition of decorative bunting. Typically, bunting is shaped like triangles but different holidays inspire different shaped bunting such as Christmas trees, shamrocks, Easter eggs or, with St Valentine’s Day just around the corner, hearts. Heart bunting is not just for St Valentine’s Day. Make this garland for the…
Life’s Little Things
Like many others across the country, I was horrified at the sentence received by Patrick O’Brien for the years of abuse and torment of his daughter Fiona to which he pleaded guilty. This week the Court of Appeal agreed with most right-minded citizens when it ruled that the sentence – 12 years in prison with…
The blessing of St Blaise
The feast of St Blaise is in a few days on February 3. Not much is known about St Blaise except that he is the patron saint of sore throats and wild animals. More is known about devotion to him rather than his life itself. On his feast day, the anointing of the sick takes…
Community Spirit In action
Mags GarganMags Gargan speaks to the organisers of a successful parish food bank in Co. Kildare
Outcomes for strokes are vastly improving
Dr Kevin McCarrollMedical Matters with Dr Kevin McCarroll
We need to teach children what kindness means
Maria ByrneA parent’s perspective with Maria Byrne
Don’t be disheartened by broken resolutions
Cathal BarryHealthy Living