Compassion as well as professionalism My mum died last week. On the same day another friend lost her mother-in-law. Two weeks previously the father of another close friend died. And it’s a fair bet that many of you will…
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Ethna Collins: rest in peace Ethna Collins, who died on August 18 aged 79, lived an uneventful life but not an unremarkable one. Born in Wellington Street, Lurgan, her father Felix Breen was a joiner. Her mother, Rose Ann…
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“No chemicals, no maintenance, no mess, no dead wasps” … and no use There are traces still of the bees’ nest above the door of my study. Bees are a protected species, and mine were moved by the…
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