FEATURED post
03/09/26
02/09/26
Some evil people in politics in Ireland (2026)
Update –
(I posted the second quote above online on a political website a few years ago)
Enclosed neighborhood streets are linked to better sleep, study finds — PsyPost (2026)
I would well believe it!
01/09/26
Eoin O’Malley: Working in a university, I’ve seen how ideology has overtaken the pursuit of truth (2026)
Good article by Eoin O'Malley in last Sunday's Sunday Independent which I just read today.
Often I think the problem in universities and higher education in general is not crazy "ideology" but crazy
misfitism. I see these people in question as misfits and weirdos more than anything else. There may be a
more hardcore element though.
Ataxia community welcomes HSE decision to fund Skyclarys — Dublin People (1.9.26)
My article this week, it is online-only and not in copy form:
Ataxia community welcomes HSE decision to fund Skyclarys — Dublin People (1.9.26)
Update on Hem incense (2026)
I have recently bought Hem Jasmine incense and find it great. It took burning one or two sticks of it
for me to get used it it though. It is strong and leaves me with or in a deep spiritual state when burning
it.
I cannot say enough for the incense sticks I burn in that sense. They put me in a deep or pretty deep
sense of spirituality while burning them. They are kind of like a drug in that sense but they are not
addictive, although the smoke of them may possibly (I don't know) be carcinogenic.
Darshan are my favourite incense company and Hem are my second favourite and not very far behind.
Darshan incense is not very easy to source I find. It is made in India but not sold a lot
in Ireland or Europe.
Watch out as well – there is another Darshan incense company and I don't know what they are like.
I stick with what incense I know and that is my favourite – Darshan lavender, white rose, red rose,
patchouli – and when I can't get what I want from Darshan I try Hem.
Previous post – Incense for well-being (2023)
31/08/26
.jpg)
30/08/26
Darren J. Prior
I mean largely in a mental health context but the word is or can be relevant for loads of things. I am just
adding this note to this jpeg in case readers think I might support the Restore Britain party which I do
not. 😊
29/08/26
26/08/26
Glenn Patrick Doyle (31)
Or went to a school or other later environment where there is or was almost no maturity.
Party for Animal Welfare PAW protest at Dalkey Lobster Festival. Cathal Leavy @ Near FM (2026)
🔊 Will the EU Lead on Welfare for Lobsters if Irish Government Won't?
The Ataxia Foundation Ireland AFI @ 10 and Great News about Skyclarys — Near FM (2026)
Maureen Sweeney, Ataxia Foundation Ireland
24/08/26
The “sense of absence” may explain why disconnected teens turn to addictive behaviors — PsyPost (2026)
I agree with this! I believe it is important to keep children's and teenagers' minds stimulated, as distinct
from teaching them brain "tricks". I know loads of people who grew / grow up learning loads of things
that are good for their brains but often not good for their mental and emotional development. What do I
mean? To be blunter I mean that children and teeanagers should be brought up to be holistically
intelligent instead of just nerds who simply know loads of info but who are not creative.
23/08/26
J. Krishnamurti (532)
To discover ultimate reality, as much as we know at the time, or six sensory reality I would clarify.
#Meditation
21/08/26
Barry Cowen MEP, Midlands-North-West, Ireland (2026)
Look at who I met on my journey to Castlerea today on the Westport train! It was my first time meeting
him too!
20/08/26
19/08/26
David McCullough
Update
David is a historian as well as a journalist so I am tagging this post under my History tag too
17/08/26
What in the heck is Joe Higgins doing with himself these last 10 years? — DJP (2026)
I had to double-check the year on his Wikipedia page – Joe Higgins stood down from standing in
electoral politics actually 10 years ago this year! 2016!
What the heck has he been doing for the last 10 years?
So much for him being a lifer to his cause. Does he have any creativity / any much soul?
I realise that he is in his late 70's but many people in their late 70's still have an active life, contributing
to community and humanity.
Some people actually thought he was a colourful politician! He could be on occasion but only on
occasion apparently. I would post a photo of him to go with this post but the image of the old man in
the film Poltergeist 2 comes to mind in a way when I think of JH in more recent years and I don't want
to scare people myself included. 👻🙈🙊
Baclofen for alcohol addiction? — DJP (2026)
Baclofen as a treatment for alcohol addiction mentioned in this new article on PsyPost.
I tried Baclofen for alcohol addiction once, and my brain felt so totally relaxed from taking it at first
that I thought that I could afford to drink again. Which is a frame of mind, if you are addicted to
alcohol, which is not good.
To make matters worse, not only did I drink again over those few days taking Baclofen – I didn't
realise that Baclofen is one of those tablets where you are NOT supposed to drink with AT ALL – and I
nearly had a breakdown!
I think that, given how relaxed my brain felt over the first day or two of taking Balcofen, it should
be researched more for other neurological and mental health conditions though.
I haven't drank alcohol since 2010, but if I thought I could afford to take Baclofen again for a
relaxation point of view, I would, given how relaxed I felt taking it at first. However I would need to
see more research done on the drug. What is the saying – "If something sounds too good to be true, it
probably is"?
Sadhguru (351)
Note the word "ecstasy". From what I remember of doing some of them when I was young is that
people use some legal (I am thinking in particular of alcohol although cannabis is legal in some places
as well) and illegal drugs (like the drug ecstasy or "e" or "yokes" as we called them itself and stronger
drugs) as they believe there is no other way of experiencing real, natural ecstasy.
I have learned that there are ways of experiencing real, natural ecstasy but you have to find it and in my
experience often actually create the experience. I can only speak for my own experience but I
experience this state most usually through spirituality and other things I am passionate about.
16/08/26
Abraham Hicks (311)
This is one of the main things or tricks maybe they could be called I learned from the Abraham Hicks
books I have.
When we feel intense discomfort or rather pain it is often because we are not keeping up with the
rockets of desire as Abraham Hicks calls them we have launched.
15/08/26
13/08/26
12/08/26
11/08/26
10/08/26
Seirbhísí Stáit as Gaeilge — Páidí Ó Lionáird, Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga — Near FM (2026)
🔊 Nuacht maidir le comharthaí gan ag cloí le hAcht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
– Near FM (2026)
08/08/26
07/08/26
Caisleán Cnucha agus Castleknock Tidy Towns (2025/26)
I am nearly a year "slow" on this but I only noticed this yesterday driving in a friend's car on College Road! I love it!! 💖💖💖 I will take a couple of photos of the spot for WC / Wikimedia Commons at some point over the next few weeks.
Uasdátú/Update:
I took a photo of the sign for Wikimedia Commons
.jpg)
Bilingual EN/GA bookmarks (2026)
I bought these 4 bilingual aluminium EN/GA bookmarks from the shop Local Irish Gifts in Wexford
Town recently – I love them, not that I really read 4 books at a time! 😊😍 The shops sells a pretty
wide selection of as Gaeilge and bilingual as Gaeilge / as Béarla stuff which is great dar liom!
.jpg?uselang=ga){kind=link}
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)