Frosty Morning
What a beautiful morning this morning was, a beautiful spring morning.


I don’t tend towards exageration however I have to say that we are on the edge of environmental disaster here in the North West of Ireland. We are about to allow a few large shale gas mining corporations, using hydraulic fracturing drilling methods, to waltz in here and destroy our watertables, our aquifers – in…
We were just talking yesterday about how great our small fridge is. I expect that most Irish people take their fridges and freezers for granted and would not even consider living without one although as a nation we are not very far removed from living without them. Rural electrification only happened in the sixties for…
Happy Bridget’s Day Although by many calendars today, February 2nd is Imbolc and for many that includes the olden goddess Bridget, in my local community and for many in Ireland February 1st is considered St Bridget’s day. In one of my local towns – and even as I say that I realise it sounds strange…
This article is posted to highlight a sad story. The Women For A Change Community have been supporting the families of the young people who have been imprisoned so harshly in Iran. On 26th July last year, Emily – a UK student of Arabic – married Basel – a Palestinian artist. They had a beautiful…
Guest Post from Colette Ní Eachtarn (a friend who doesn’t have a blog… yet. Her words need to be heard) ————————————————————– Day 3 on the ground in ‘The Jungle‘, Calais, France. An emotional day today for the whole team. From the minute we stepped into the camp it seems. Again the medical team were out…