Mairead Hurley

[Kieran McCarthy @KieranMcC_SS]

'They're up for a big party, but myself and Joe Carroll (Mayor of the County of Cork), we've to be in work in the morning at half 7 so we won't be doing much celebrating!'

Paul O'Donovan in top form at the Olympics homecoming in Skibb, though the party must go on without him!

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@jacquihurley @McKeownDeclan Fantastic compilation!

[Jacqui Hurley @jacquihurley]

Absolutely magic @McKeownDeclan 👏👏👏🇮🇪☘️

[RTÉ Sport @RTEsport]

'It's magic...now it's time to celebrate'
Kellie Harrington's wife and brothers talk to RTÉ Sport after the boxer's brilliant gold medal victory
#RTESport #Paris2024

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@MoCatterson 😂😂😂Thanks Mo!

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@thejournal_ie Interesting read! I think I might record my own expenditure!!!

[The Late Late Show @RTELateLateShow]

“We are currently living in our own miracle”

#LateLate

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Awww that reaction. 😂

https://t.co/2MV6KQluS3

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@rossladiesLGFA Congratulations girls! Fantastic achievement 👏👏

[Aisling McNiffe 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @McNiffecent]

Any parents of frequent flier or long stay patients in Crumlin or Tallaght who might need accommodation, a friend of mine has a hotel paid for for the next 5 x nights including tonight and would like to gift it to another family whose child is *CURRENTLY* in hospital.

[john creedon @johncreedon]

Everyone can play air-guitar, but....

[CRY Ireland @CRYIre]

Have you or someone you know been affected by the loss of a young loved one through Sudden Cardiac Death?
☎️The CRY #Freephone Helpline is OPEN & our Volunteers are there providing a caring listening ear. Reach out - we're here to support YOU.
#Charity #Hope

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

"It's actually not about the north of Ireland. Zombie is about the death of a child, a 3-year-old boy. Happens to be north of Ireland situation but could have been (babies) in Bosnia. It's not politics. It's heart. Love. Leave the kids alone."

-Dolores O'Riordan, September, 1994

[Balls.ie @ballsdotie]

☘️ HISTORY ☘️

Lucy Quinn's long-range strike is the first ever goal for the Ireland WNT at the Aviva Stadium 💚

It has Ireland 1-0 up at half-time against Northern Ireland

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

Students at Monkstown Park Junior School in Dublin had a special homework assignment this week as they learned to sign the rugby anthem, Ireland’s Call, in Irish Sign Language ahead of Ireland's game against South Africa in the Rugby World Cup

#ISLAwarenessWeek #IWDP

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@MoCatterson How exciting! Best wishes to you Maureen. Enjoy your time

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

I just love this story! My kind of woman! @jacquihurley @trionahurley

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@GIrwinRacing So proud of you! 👏👏👏

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@GIrwinRacing Great post Glenn! Well done

[Mairead Hurley @Figgeg]

@eireguide It looks a bit like 'The Slosh'😂😂