What a year for Feakle's Adam Hogan! 🏆
All-Ireland and National League winner, Fitzgibbon Cup winner and player of the tournament.
Now, he’s part of the Feakle side to win a first #ClareSHC since 1988. Maybe Young Hurler of the Year & an All Star by the end of 2024!
#GAA
⚠️ We urgently need an additional 2,000 blood donations over the next 4 weeks to support the national blood supply! Most blood groups have fallen to under 3 days of stock. ⚠️
Read more: https://t.co/2Ic8d7GTm3
#GiveBlood#BloodDonorsNeeded#GiveBloodIreland#WeCountOnYou
Aisling O’Connor a winner in our eyes anyway! The Clare Rose succinctly describing how rural Clare communities like Feakle are at their best in the worst of times.
Everyone in East Clare and the entire county very proud of Aisling tonight.
#roseoftralee
It’s interesting to see how a simple change in language and thinking can change our mindset and reduce bias - using a strengths based approach gives us a much more positive outlook when dealing with people - mgmt, colleagues and/or students @patriciamannixm @niamhickey#pdsl
Often feedback can be difficult for the giver and the receiver if it’s not something engrained in school culture but if we do so with a positive tone it will be all the more effective #pdsl @patriciamannixm @niamhickey
As teachers/leaders we work so hard to prevent negative talk and bullying among students in our schools, why then are we often so willing to turn a blind eye among staff rooms? We need to ‘lead’ by example #pdsl @patriciamannixm @niamhickey@blathbreslin
As a coach and as a leader the importance of really listening to others is paramount. Is the art of truly listening something that gets lost in the hustle and bustle of school life? #pdsl @patriciamannixm @niamhickey@blathbreslin
”listening is the missing half of communication, absolutely necessary but often overlooked” an important observation to keep in mind as leaders 🤔 #pdsl @patriciamannixm @niamhickey@blathbreslin
“The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters. “
—Alan Bennett
And some time make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore,
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other
So that the ocean on one side is wild
With foam and glitter
The most Irish moment of the entire series of Normal People is when Connell says he can't go in to the house with Marianne, the love of his life for whom he absolutely aches because "I've shopping in the boot, so...."