Upstate NYer/Corkonian blogger writing about all things relevant to Irish Families & families visiting Ireland. Based in Cork, the 'Real Capital' of Ireland.
Community & Voluntary workers are being forced to strike. Why?
Because they're not paid equally to HSE staff, so people are leaving & services collapsing.
The government agrees they should fund them properly. @DonnellyStephen, @rodericogorman, why are you refusing to?
COMPETITION TIME!
I've managed to nab THREE advance uncorrected proofs of #TheGirlFromDonegal (16Mar) for my readers - one each for FB/TW/INST @happymrsh.
Open intl, simply follow, comment, RT and I'll pick a name from the random generator on 14 February.
Forced birth in a country with:
—No universal healthcare
—No universal childcare
—No paid family & medical leave
—One of the highest rates of maternal mortality among rich nations
This isn't about "life." It's about control.
I'm in Ukraine, a warzone. Russian attacks are constant, airstrikes hit Ukrainian cities overnight. But the first two Ukrainians I saw when I woke up today asked me about the Texas elementary school shooting where a gunman killed 19 children. "Why? How?" https://t.co/N8eXUGGVqZ
6:59 pm in #Ukraine
I know I’m not influential person. Just ordinary,
Anyway I have a courage to ask @Spotify to make possible for Ukrainians to listen to podcasts. We have only music here.
I am Ukrainian. And I want to feel myself part of the world. Free world. Thank you ❤️
“Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine”
“We live in each other’s shelter”
On this #StPatricksDay#Ireland 🇮🇪 stands in solidarity with the people of #Ukraine
We are thinking of you today
⚡️Mykolaiv zoo asks public to buy tickets to save animals from starvation.
The southern city has been under attack for days.
The struggling zoo, which has been shut down, is asking the public to donate by buying tickets online: https://t.co/GRvc54QR36
What Jussie Smollett did was dumb as hell. But it’s crazy that he’s gonna spend more time in jail than the family who are mostly to blame for America’s opioid epidemic.🧐
The International Pediatric Association (IPA) has released a Statement on COVID-19 in Children and Safety of COVID-19 Immunization in Children. Read the full statement via this post or on the IPA website https://t.co/1DcZB21Vn2
#EnverHasanoglu@UNICEF