Today, if you didn't know, is St. Patrick's Day. There's always big excitement around the parades and in the last two years I've been on the PR team of Sligo Tidy Towns. From January we've had weekly meetings planning this years float in the Sligo parade. This year was 'War on Waste'. We had 'toy'... Continue Reading →
The end of Winter?
I don't know about you but for me it's felt like a really long winter. Full of grey, rainy days and very little light. Although there does seem to be a grand stretch in the evening (to quote an old Irish saying!) Today I feel a bit stuck in a rut, not sure why, just... Continue Reading →
World Kidney Day
Today is World Kidney Day. The photo is a forget-me-not which is the Irish Kidney Association logo and seems quite fitting as my dad is no longer with us. The point of this post is to urge you all to carry a donor card. My dad got kidney failure in 2002 and spent 7 years... Continue Reading →
Women of the Rising: Journeys and Learnings
As it's International Women's Day it seems fitting to give a mention to Bus Éireann's 1916 commemorative campaign. Sligo's Countess Markievicz will feature in the North West. Bus Éireann and the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) have launched a collaborative campaign to commemorate leading female participants in the 1916 Rising. The campaign features a specially wrapped... Continue Reading →
Gorgeous Food at The Grass Roof Cafe
I was delighted to win lunch for two at The Grass Roof Cafe in The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim so myself and Lucy headed along yesterday for Mother's Day. Aisling Stone is the proprietor and chef at the cafe and I've already enjoyed food from her at her Homecooked van which you may have... Continue Reading →
Cycling on Water
Today Lucy and I went to The Grass Roof Cafe in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim for a wonderful lunch (more about that in another blog). On the way home we took a drive to Glencar Waterfall. On the drive home I saw a man cycling a bike on Glencar Lake....yes you read right he was cycling... Continue Reading →
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