RTE News- Govt can't afford any more clashes with FF - McGrath June 25, 2017Fianna Fáil's finance spokesman Michael McGrath has warned the Government that it cannot afford any more clashes with his party in the wake of the controversy surrounding the appointment of the former attorney general Máire Whelan to the Court of Appeal.
- 128 consultant appointments in breach of regulations June 25, 2017Patient safety may be compromised in public hospitals because of the appointment of doctors without specialist training to consultant positions, says the Irish Hospital Consultants Association.
- Remaining residents told they 'must leave' blocks June 25, 2017Residents remaining in four tower blocks evacuated over fire safety concerns in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster will be told they "must leave", Camden Council has said.
- Man charged with assault after another man dies June 25, 2017A 20-year-old man has been charged in court with assaulting another man who died early yesterday.
- LÉ Eithne rescues over 700 migrants in Mediterranean June 25, 2017The LÉ Eithne has rescued more than 700 people during a number of rescue operations in the Mediterranean today.
- 146 people killed in Pakistan oil tanker fire June 25, 2017An overturned oil tanker exploded killing 146 people in Pakistan, as most of the victims had gathered round when spilt fuel from the stricken vehicle ignited, officials said.
- Istanbul police enforce ban on Pride march June 25, 2017Turkish police were deployed in central Istanbul today to enforce a ban on the city's annual gay and transgender Pride march, blocking off a main street and dispersing groups of demonstrators who gathered nearby.
- Sean Whelan: Beware the Brexit goggles June 25, 2017Brexit goggles cause the wearer to see a Brexit angle in everything - trade, travel, transport, the economy, tax policy, terrorism, football: you name it, it's all about Brexit, writes Sean Whelan, Economics Correspondent.
- Yemen faces world's worst cholera outbreak June 25, 2017The World Health Organisation and the UN childrens' agency UNICEF have said that Yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world with over 200,000 suspected cases of the disease.
- Davis 'not certain' UK will secure Brexit deal June 25, 2017UK Brexit Secretary David Davis has said he is not certain the UK will secure a withdrawal deal with the EU.
- Govt can't afford any more clashes with FF - McGrath June 25, 2017
Category Archives: Poetry
Keep The Faith Writers, It’s A Difficult Journey!
Title: Letters to a young poet Author: Rainer Marie Rilke ISBN – 10: 1603864806 ISBN – 13 : 978-1603864800 Publisher: Merchant Books, 2012 Edition Sample Text: ‘You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Blogs And Blogging, Letters, Poet, Poetry, Writing & Writers, Writing Skills
Tagged Franz Kappus, Letters to a young poet, poet, Rainer Marie Rilke, writing
May-Day By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In Celebration Of Our May Bank-Holiday Weekend! Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Maketh all things softly smile, Painteth pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a smokeless incense breathes. Girls are … Continue reading
Easter Week By Charles Kingsley
See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices; Fields and gardens hail the spring; Shaughs and woodlands ring with voices, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Poet, Poetry
Tagged Charles Kingsley, Easter, Easter Week, poem, poetry
Lent By George Herbert
Welcome deare feast of Lent: who loves not thee, He loves not Temperance, or Authoritie, But is compos’d of passion. The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church sayes, now: Give to thy Mother, what thou wouldst allow To ev’ry Corporation. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Poet, Poetry, Religion
Tagged George Herbert, Lent, poem, poetry
For Mum – Happy Mother’s Day
The Song of the Old Mother By W.B Yeats I RISE in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow. And then I must scrub, and bake, and sweep, Till stars are … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Mothers, Parenting, Poetry
Tagged poetry, The Song of the Old Mother, W B Yeats, William Butler Yeats
Happy Birthday Dr.Seuss
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! A Poem By Dr Seuss “If we didn’t have birthdays, you wouldn’t be you. If you’d never been born, well then what would you do? If you’d never been born, well then what would you be? … Continue reading
Posted in Author, Books, Children, Poetry, Video
Tagged author, Dr. Seuss, happy birthday, kid's author
Sonnet 130 By W.Shakespeare
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen … Continue reading
Posted in Poet, Poetry, Romance
Tagged love poetry, love sonnet, Shakespeare poetry, Sonnet 130, William Shakespeare
