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Christy Moore & High Hopes Choir Release Single

High Hopes Choir By RTE I saw this programme on Irish TV during Christmas. For the public, it put a human perspective on homelessness and each person had their own sad tale of real life living rough and addiction. It … Continue reading →

Christy Moore & High Hope Choir Release Single

High Hope Choir By RTE I saw this programme on Irish TV during Christmas. For the public, it put a human perspective on homelessness and each person had their own sad tale of real life living rough and addiction. It … Continue reading →

Storm-Racked

Storm-Racked By Amy Lowell How should I sing when buffeting salt waves And stung with bitter surges, in whose might I toss, a cockleshell? The dreadful night Marshals its undefeated dark and raves In brutal madness, reeling over graves Of … Continue reading →

A Poem About Storms #StormFrank

Storm-Racked By Amy Lowell How should I sing when buffeting salt waves And stung with bitter surges, in whose might I toss, a cockleshell? The dreadful night Marshals its undefeated dark and raves In brutal madness, reeling over graves Of … Continue reading →

Christmas Holidays By Thomas Hood

Along the Woodford road there comes a noise Of wheels, and Mr. Rounding’s neat post-chaise Struggles along, drawn by a pair of bays, With Reverend Mr. Crow and six small boys, Who ever and anon declare their joys With trumping … Continue reading →

Beautiful Humanity

Title:Hundreds fed by charity at Christmas Day dinner Author: The Irish Times Full Text & Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social... The Internet, Online, 27/12/2015 Sample Text: Volunteers help to feed Christmas dinner to thousands of homeless and poor in Dublin. More than 350 … Continue reading →

Homelessness: A Crisis Beyond Crisis

Tagged: Irish poor, living on the streets, no homes, The Examiner

Well Done Cork Penney Dinners & The People Of Cork

Well done to the Brennan Brothers and the people of Cork for coming out to help revamp Cork Penney Dinners and cloth the homeless for Christmas. The Christmas edition of At Your Service was updating the old and inadequate premises … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas All

I am taking a few days off for Christmas but first I want to wish you all a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Annette xxxx

Sams Christmas Pudding By Marriott Edgar

It was Christmas Day in the trenches In Spain in Penninsular War, And Sam Small were cleaning his musket A thing as he’d ne’re done before. They’d had ’em inspected that morning And Sam had got into disgrace, For when … Continue reading →