Madam, – “Why are high-achieving grown men and women with fine university educations and highly specialised training afraid to speak out?” asked Prof Tom O’Dowd (Opinion, March 12th). In posing this question he has done this country a great service. In Trust we have been involved for 35 years in working with people who are homeless, and during more...
by Eamonn Wynne of The Nationalist. (11/02/2010) Alice Leahy, the founder of the homeless agency Trust, will be the Grand Marshall of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Clonmel. The Fethard woman will lead the parade through the town on Wednesday, March 17th, and will also be the guest speaker at the St. Patrick’s dinner at Hotel Minella the more...
by Margaret Rossiter, The Nationalist. PDF of this article available here courtesy of The Nationalist. The camera focused in on a man’s red, swollen and blistered foot. The foot was being tenderly tended to by a woman. While she was applying medication and a plaster and bandage, she spoke warmly to the man. She helped him put on a fresh pair more...
