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Publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission Report. An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O Gorman TD at Government Buildings. / Julien Behal Photography / RollingNews.ie
A new series,
The three episodes detailed how Irish people holidayed, shopped and worked in the 20th century.
People below a certain age, such as the millennials of 1980 onwards, probably laughed and cried in equal measure watching it.
Specifically in relation to how women in Ireland were treated, there was probably more crying and cringing than laughing.
Considering the number of reports into abuse that we, as a country, have generated over the last number of years, a fourth instalment,
Amii McKeever.
Last year on the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) international tour to Washington DC, I was chatting with a friend as we waited to go into a meeting. With slight incredulity in his voice, he asked me: “How do you come up with something different to write about every single week? How do you cope with that obligation hanging over you?” I laughed, but I will admit that it played on my mind when I sat down to write the first few pieces. However, I have found that as I go about my life, meeting people and seeing things, the little bits that interest me stick in my head. I am always thinking: “There might be an editorial in that.”
Instagram Inspiration
As a luxury west Cork hideaway, you might expect the Dunowen House Instagram account @dunowen house to be all about Georginan interiors and wild Atlantic seascapes; but during lockdown, owner Kela Hodgins also gained quite the following for her #cakemonday recipes.
Instagram Inspiration: Kela Hodgins shares #cakemonday recipes @dunowen house
And whether it’s a festive fruit and nut cake “fed” with Clonakilty whiskey, a chocolate and meringue layer cake or mini banoffee pies, you’ll find plenty of inspiration to get your week off to the sweetest of starts.
Rural Rhymes
Orla Donlyn as part of our Local Treasures competition.
Amii McKeever.
A work colleague said to me recently: “I saw a video online that made me laugh and I thought of you. I must send it on.” And true to her word, she sent me on the video. It was about a guy working busily at his desk and them getting up and lying down on the floor. The caption was
Things that are legal but make you look like a psychopath, part 20 – just deciding to lay on the floor. It made me laugh too because it equally applies to me. Not the psychopath part obviously, but my back is giving trouble and at any time I could be found lying down on the ground. We have written many times in our health pages about the importance of not letting other health ailments get ignored just because COVID-19 continues to be a threat. I took this advice myself and went for an MRI in the Mater Hospital last week. In fairness, the COVID-19 protocols in place would give you great confidence. I await the results.