by Barbara | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
When I first heard that Channel Four had commissioned a ‘sit-com’ about the Famine I winced. My reaction was one of revulsion. The famine remains a special kind of horror that we may still be coming to terms with as a nation. The National Famine Monument in Co Mayo...
by Barbara | Nov 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every Tuesday a lovely, chatty man who loves to laugh calls to my door with a delivery of eggs. We shoot the breeze for a couple of minutes and we always end up with a laugh. Last week the poor man had the misfortune to ask me if I was looking forward to Christmas. ...
by Barbara | Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love starting a post with “as regular readers will know”. When I read this phrase elsewhere I always feel kind of slighted that perhaps I am not a regular a reader as I should be. So …… as my esteemed and highly valued regular readers will know (are...
by Barbara | Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
In the last year 58 amazing women have made the trip out to Dundrum Town Centre to be my guest on The Hen House. This week marks the programmes first birthday!When I came up with the idea for the Hen House I worried that I would quickly run out of women who were...
by Barbara | Oct 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yesterday on the Twitter machine, Dearbhail McDonald, Legal Editor with the Irish Independent posed the following question. “If @irishwater were to somehow start all over again, what advice would you give to the government?” 140 characters were not enough. Dear...
by Barbara | Sep 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
It happens usually in mid August. There will be an evening when the air carries a little extra chill and suddenly you become aware that autumn is waiting in the wings of the day, just beyond your perception. It is the gentlest of whispers, carried on the breeze that...
