The COVID–19 virus did not take long to reach our shores. Last month in this column I posed the question
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” so said Franklin D Roosevelt in his first inauguration speech as 32nd President of the United States. Roosevelt spoke of course, in relation to the Great Depression and the impact it had on the US economy and its citizens.
After a night of intense political activity NI parties are considering the details of the draft deal, including the compromises they will need to make in areas including culture and identity and petition of concern amongst others.
“It’s the Sun wot won it” was the brazen post–election headline which boldly conveyed the impact the print media had on the General Election of 1992, and now, some 27 years on a cultural shift sees the ubiquitous ’social media’ firmly at the centre of this battleground.
SUMMER’S all but gone, and the heat of a scorching summer sun as I read on the beach is already a distant memory. But the lessons of some of my summer reading will remain.
Change, it’s a simple unassuming word that can have a vast impact delivering positive transformation or devastating destruction on so many levels.
It was early September 2018, the prolific Dubs had just raised the Sam Maguire for a fourth time in four years and the stands of Croke Park were awash with jubilant scenes of sky blue and navy.