The gal in Girona and how we are all connected
We were standing outside the tourist office in the beautiful city of Girona in Spain and taking in the stunning old buildings while figuring out our route for the day – a walk through the city...
View ArticleTaking away the fear and Positive PR the KLM way
I just received a very clever piece of personalised email correspondence from the President and CEO of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Pieter Elbers, which was designed to reassure anyone contemplating a...
View ArticleWill cities survive the coronavirus?
“Will cities survive the coronavirus?” was the headline that I read in a section of the New York Times called ‘Debatable‘, written by Spencer Bokat-Lindell. In the article it mentioned that: “nearly...
View ArticleJust a Drop of a West Cork Story ..
We were in the car all five of us on a Saturday morning, the last one of August, the last one of summer (I know it’s autumn, but I always consider August to be part of summer) taking a trip around...
View ArticleZero Covid and the “Future Green List”
This is not working, this is not living and we shouldn’t accept any plan that doesn’t have us working towards a return to our normal lives – shopping without masks, having people to dinner from more...
View ArticleIreland, Visitors and Closing the Schools
Another severe lockdown in the depths of winter, full of confusion, anger, worry and concern for all cohorts of society that are being severely damaged by a cruel disease that doesn’t really care how...
View ArticleWhen will we be back to normal?
I’m been really feeling down all day having made a decision to cancel two different restaurant bookings that we had made with friends because of the rising Covid case numbers and the fact that mum is...
View ArticleSaying “let’s do it” when most of us just wouldn’t dare!
I’m sure we have all been away on holidays in a special place and you pass an auctioneers window and gaze at the houses for sale and think “what if“? While it’s a nice dream, quickly after 60 seconds...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day and looking in the Covid rear view mirror
So, the ISAG (Independent Scientific Advocacy Group) last December were advocating for an approach (mostly known as Zero Covid), that they said would have us out of lockdown and enjoying some return...
View ArticleCashel Palace Hotel and the €15 Tea and Scone!
What are we seriously like when a printed receipt from a disgruntled customer makes the news in our national newspapers?!! The outraged Ciara who was charged €45 and 10% gratuity for her and her two...
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