Tag Archives: poverty

What They Really Think About Us

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Surviving the post-apocalyptic landscape that Ireland has become in the wake of the Celtic Tiger is difficult enough for most people. The economic downturn and the past number of lean years and a governmental programme of austerity have exposed the … Continue reading →

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They Trample the Head of the Poor

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

Moving home is one of those life events which we have romanticised with the icon of the happy family; full of bustle, adventure and promise. The flit has been culturally packed with the all-American cinematic scene of loving parents lugging … Continue reading →

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Venite Adoremus

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

“Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first-born (Luke 2:6).” Undoubtedly the infant Jesus was brought kicking and screaming into the world, … Continue reading →

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More Celtic Bull than Tiger this Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

So much of the traditional Christmas story, with the country people coming to the city and the death-defying attempts to deliver expensive gifts to little gods, is played out each year in the days and weeks leading up to the … Continue reading →

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