Peace Talks Now

The scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides are heart breaking. But shock and despair at more violence in that region is not the answer.

On Being Seventy Five. 

I  published a version of this reflection  when I was seventy two.Following my recent 75th birthday I  think it deserves another slightly revised outing. I might rewrite and republish it again when I’m eighty. Who knows? 

The 1916 Women’s Tour. 

 

Robert Ballagh’s recent limited edition print for the Moore St. Preservation Trust is a timely reminder of the key role women played in the 1916 Rising. Too often in our history their contribution is either ignored or only found in the margins of the accounts.