Red Cross State Emergency Operations Centre - day nine It is a long working day in the Red Cross State Emergency Operations Centre in Milton, on the outskirts of Brisbane. With over 140 people deployed all over Queensland, it is a full-time job every day for about 27 people just to keep the Red Cross … Continue reading another working day
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feeling helpless
After a weekend of reading increasingly depressing articles about Ireland's economic status, I wonder what I can do to help from here. Nothing much of course, unless I decide to move back there and help with the dig-out. But it is the Christmas season, and it is estimated that there are over a million Irish-born … Continue reading feeling helpless
one week on
One week on, nothing has changed really. One week on, I get on my scooter and ride to work. Same route, same traffic. Same sunshine, same temperature. I get in, make a coffee, log on. Tonight I will go home to our house and relax in the living room. I will watch something light on … Continue reading one week on
things I have learned from Margaret Thatcher
On being a woman Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on … Continue reading things I have learned from Margaret Thatcher
Máiréad Doyle 