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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jnr.
A probably rare walk across the length of West Street these days will reveal some windows festooned with colourful stars, which have been hand-woven by local artists.
The stars are part of an international movement One Million Stars to End Violence to raise awareness of violence in the home, and start conversations, particularly amongst the younger generations, that it is not acceptable in any way. It was started in 2012 in Australia by a Samoan artist, who wanted to weave stars in memory of a woman raped and murdered in their community, and then a woman in Kilkenny brought it to Ireland, explains Paola Flynn, who is one of the people behind the movement in Drogheda. It was a local girl Catherine Baker who put up a post on Drogheda Dolls about it, and I was looking for something from keeping me sane during lockdown and began making
All the love in the world is in this little car park . The words of the original Drogheda Doll Natalie Kelly, as just some of the kindness she has shown to thousands in the past two weeks in particular, is paid back to her in the darkness of Bolton Square!
The founder of the Drogheda Dolls community movement, which has raised over €50,000 for local charities, was honoured in the smallest of gatherings on Sunday night, a handful of people representing the 10,000 women who would want to have been there.
A covert operation that would impress the FBI was organised by friends Michelle Walker, Serena Smyth, Tracey Taaffe, Eleanor McGuinness, Martina Kelly and a team of others, who wanted to thank Natalie for all she does for others, straight off the back of Drogheda Kindness Week.
They say it takes a village . but in this case, it took several counties and a lot of kind hearted good people from all over Ireland to grant a very sick woman and her beautiful daughter a bit of comfort in their time of need.
We all need good news stories right now, especially ones which remind us that honesty, integrity and decency are alive and well in our community.
A Drogheda boy is being commended for his honesty after reuniting a man with €700 which had been lost on the Rathmullen Road last Monday (4th).
Séan Rafferty (13) was out walking with his aunt Estelle Churchill when he made the discovery, and hours later, two facebook posts connected the missing money with the man who had dropped it. We were just going for a walk near our house, when Séan kicked a small plastic bag, and when he asked me what it was, I said it was probably rubbish, but he decided to take a closer look, says Estelle, who looks after Séan.