Minister Martin announces arrangements for the National Famine Commemoration 2021 on Sunday 16 May
Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee has today announced arrangements for this year s National Famine Commemoration.
The ceremony, which will be led by President Michael D. Higgins, will take place in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin at 12pm on Sunday 16 May and will include military honours and a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of all those who suffered or perished during the Famine. President Michael D. Higgins will give the keynote address at the ceremony. Wreaths will also be laid by H.E. Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu, and the Chairman of Dublin Cemeteries Trust, Mr. David Bunworth.
Karl Purdy of Coffeeangel
“I wanted to show just how good coffee can be,” he says. “A lot of effort goes into delivering that perfect cup.” It all starts with really good beans sourced from farmers in countries as diverse as Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia and Kenya and roasted days or weeks before being brewed to an exact ‘recipe’ in an increasingly large variety of ways.
Soon, Purdy had customers who came back time and time again. When he opened up a Coffeeangel van in the heart of Dublin’s financial district, business started to boom, but having been scarred in the restaurant trade, he was reluctant to open a bricks-and-mortar café. “Rents were very high back then,” he says. “It wasn’t until the financial crash came along and rents were much more affordable that I made that move.”