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Paulo Coelho
I learned about this in AA. Almost every time you go "out there" on the drink
after accepting you have a problem it gets worse. Because you know deep
down you have a problem and I think there is spiritual energy at play
telling you "This is not the way to go and you will have to learn that
and will whatever the cost". AA is about helping- and transforming- the individual drinker to live a happy life free from drink so this below message from Paul would be applicable to everyone in life in general, I think, and not just to people who have a alcohol or drug addiction or other addiction.
I haven't gone to an AA meeting in well over three years but I learned a lot going to those meetings and thanks in very large part to the organisation I haven't drank in well over 5 years! :)
I haven't gone to an AA meeting in well over three years but I learned a lot going to those meetings and thanks in very large part to the organisation I haven't drank in well over 5 years! :)
16/06/16
15/06/16
Heineken and Formula 1 in 2016!
Image via felixdicit.com
Photo via chimpreports.com
Letter to The Irish Times
Alcohol companies and motor sports
Sir, – In light of the recent statistics issued by the
Road Safety Authority that found that alcohol was a factor in almost 40
per cent of fatal road incidents, it is truly shocking to see Formula 1
agreed a five-year new sponsorship deal with Heineken.
The F1 deal with Heineken, estimated to be worth €133
million, places this alcohol company as one of the main sponsors of the
sport, with both trackside billboards and also sponsorship of teams in
F1. Alcohol brands are now dominating sponsorship in F1, linking popular
motor sport to one of the major killers on our roads, drink-driving.
A report on alcohol brand exposure during the F1
Monaco Grand Prix last year showed there were on average 11 references
to alcohol brands per minute, averaging one every five seconds. The
Monaco Grand Prix has a worldwide audience of around 500 million people,
and with the new deal in addition to the previous sponsorship
agreement, F1 is close to becoming more an event for granting the global
exposure of alcohol brands than a sporting event.
Between 2008 and 2012, 1,077 lives were lost in in 983
fatal collisions in Ireland alone. Surely Formula 1 has a
responsibility to break the link between drinking and driving? – Yours,
etc,
Prof FRANK MURRAY,
Chairman,
Alcohol Health Alliance Ireland,
President
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland,
Frederick House,
South Frederick Street,
Dublin 2
15th June 2016
12/06/16
09/06/16
Inequality and poverty - Michael D. Higgins (3)
"Global hunger is rooted in poverty;
And poverty is exacerbated by inequality."
And poverty is exacerbated by inequality."
President Michael D. Higgins, 9 June 2016
31/05/16
28/05/16
CRAOL Community Radio Féile 2016 - Regency Hotel
On Saturday 28th May 2016 the Near Media Co-op hosted the 2016 CRAOL Community Radio Féile & Awards in the Regency Hotel. I went along to it in a personal capacity and for Near FM and Raidió na Life and interviewed:
1) Louise McLoughlin, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) (en).
2) Martina O'Brien, CRAOL (en).
3) Jack Byrne, Near Media Co-op and current chairperson of CRAOL (en).
4) Ciarán Ó Muirí, Comharchumann Cumarsáide Near (ga).
5) Muiris Ó Fiannachta, Raidió na Life (ga).
6) Fergus Ó hÍr, Raidió Fáilte (ga).
7) Tina Dennis, Dublin South FM (en).
8) Jeff Murphy, 92.5 Phoenix FM (en).
9) Gavin Byrne, Near FM (en).
10) Donie Tarrant, Near FM (ga).
11) Irena Cvetković, Athlone Community Radio (en).
12) Tony Conway, Erris FM (en).
13) David Quinn, Freelance Video Journalist (en).
14) Aoife Nic Canna, DJ & Oibrí sa Meáin (ga).
15) Ciarán Oglesby, Near FM (ga).
16) Eoghan Ó Néill, Raidió Fáilte (ga).
17) Bénévole de Radio, Fréquence Sillé (fr) .
18) Bénévole de Radio, Fréquence Sillé (fr).
19) Sally Galiana, Near FM (es).
20) Sally Galiana, Near FM (en).
18/05/16
17/05/16
09/05/16
Twitter lists
I created two Twitter lists tonight, my first time creating them.
- Raidió Pobail (Community Radio)
of my favourite community radio stations
and
- Irish Global Dev NGO's
of my favourite Irish global development NGO's including Irish Aid as the GO.
Creating your own personal lists on Twitter is a great way of catching up on all the news on Twitter in the areas you interested in and saves you having to check out each individual page separately. I have known of Twitter lists for ages but I only started creating them tonight and I think they are a great idea.
- Raidió Pobail (Community Radio)
of my favourite community radio stations
and
- Irish Global Dev NGO's
of my favourite Irish global development NGO's including Irish Aid as the GO.
Creating your own personal lists on Twitter is a great way of catching up on all the news on Twitter in the areas you interested in and saves you having to check out each individual page separately. I have known of Twitter lists for ages but I only started creating them tonight and I think they are a great idea.
06/05/16
Esther Abraham Hicks
I wrote last October about my spiritual avatars to date. I have to update you on the latest and one of the greatest new spiritual avatars I have now. Esther Hicks. She channels a higher power of Abraham- which is a collective higher power- and gives seminars throughout the world. I heard of her once a couple of years ago but did not inquire any further at the time because I, like most of you now probably, considered the idea absurd. Well I reread a few months ago that Neale Donald Walsch recommended one of her books in one of his books so I bought it and I agree with her teachings and believe that Esther Hicks, like Neale Donald Walsch, speaks the word of God. She not only has a Youtube channel with 163,000 subscribers to date (May 2016) but there are loads of other Youtube channels of or including her work also. She clearly believes in spreading her work for free mostly.
Anyway I recommend having a listen (most of her videos on Youtube, bar on her channel which incidentally has not been updated in a year, are audio podcasts). I am inclined to believe her when she says that we are all extensions of Source and when we are in alignment with our higher power know it or feel it. It happens I believe that some people, a very small minority, spend a lot more of their time in alignment than most people. I believe that Esther Hicks is one of these people and has a lot to teach us.
I recommend you watch or listen to at least two or three minutes of two of her videos to find out about Esther and the spirit Abraham she channels for yourself. A Youtube search for Abraham Hicks with specific search terms for areas you are in particular interested in should bring up videos/or audio podcasts of talks she has done on those topics- I find with areas I am interested in myself anyway.
22/04/16
The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill / An Bille Sláinte Poiblí (Alcól) 2016
Prof. Joe Barry, Trinity College Dublin
21/04/16
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19/02/16
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland and the 2016 Irish General Election
Here is an interview I did earlier with John Mark McCafferty the Head of Social Justice and Policy at the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Ireland. We also spoke about the global picture in the second half of the interview mentioning the Sustainable Development Goals.
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