A group for older people in Greenisland has become a lifeline for people who struggle to regularly leave the house to socialise. Run by Greenisland Football Club, the weekly Cuppa Club provides activities, support and a hot meal for older people who are feeling isolated but there isn’t a football in sight.
The late Breda Geoghegan By Charlie Keegan BREDA Geoghegan, Beechwood Park, Pollerton Big, Carlow passed away peacefully in the presence of her loving family.
Lily, Karen Angel s miniature pinscher.
A SEASON OF GRIEF
I didn’t lose my miniature pinscher, Lily, because of the pandemic, but losing her during the pandemic made it that much worse.
A rescue from a hoarding situation, Lily had been with me nearly nine years, since she was about five. For the first few years, we were inseparable, due largely to the fact that she bonded to me like glue and had severe separation anxiety. Time apart caused her so much anguish that it was just easier to slip her into a mesh doggy bag and take her everywhere I went.