Yearly Archives: 2014

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Cora Sutton Smith writes:

Cora Bee Creations came about when I started making Irish-themed throw cushions for my Irish friends abroad. They went down so well I decided to set up a little Etsy page and have begun to sell them online. These Irish Handmade throw cushions can be fully personalized to say whatever you like and are a great gift for every occasion! Orders can be placed via my Etsy Page or my facebook page. Thank you.

Irish-Made Stuff marked ‘Irish-Made Stuff’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. No fees, favours, cushions.

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Vincent by Dutch artist and writer Barbara Stok is a 144 page graphic novel that seeks to shed light (via a series of letters between the artist and his brother Theo), on Van Gogh’s brief but intense years in the south of France.

Vincent dreams of setting up an artists’ house in Arles for himself and his friends. However, his attacks of mental illness confuse and disorient him, culminating in the notorious incident with his ear and leaving his dreams shattered.

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Homeless
“The problem of homelessness is out of control; it is getting worse every week and no one appears to be doing anything about it. The problem is most acute in Dublin where official figures show that six additional people are becoming homeless in the region every day, while only two each day succeed in escaping homelessness. More and more people who seek a bed for the night are told those beds are full. Just to keep pace with the problem would require opening a new hostel every week with 28 beds.”
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“There has been a 90 per cent drop in social housing output between 2007 and 2011, resulting in a 100 per cent increase in the social housing waiting list, from 43,700 in 2005 to 89,900 in 2013. The Government has allocated funding to build 449 new homes over the next two years – which will reduce the waiting list by 2 per cent!”

Fr Peter McVerry, founder of Peter McVerry Trust, in today’s Irish Times.

Authorities close door on crisis of homelessness (Fr Peter McVerry, Irish Times)

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Life is good.

Kathryn Miller explains:

Sophie stunned us with her fantastic rolling abilities one day and continued to do this for a few months in different areas of my yard. Usually she just throws herself onto her back and rolls around but the first few times she did it she happened to be on a sloping hill. She did this within a few days of us getting her, she was 2 months old. The video is from the very first time she did it. She is now 6 months old (March 2014) and still does it on occasion.

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