Brigid O Brien

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One of Gordon Snell’s topical Christmas cards
Forget social media. Nothing beats a real Christmas card

Is the practice of sending Christmas cards diminishing? My own, output and input, have dropped considerably in the past few years. Digital, text messa(...)

Bríd Smith (right) of People Before Profit canvassing a resident, Kathleen Hanafin, at a halting site at Labre Park, Ballyfermot, Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Travelling voter: ‘I’ve heard she’s the only one fighting to get us’

Kathleen Hanafin, a Traveller woman in her 50s, will vote for the first time on Friday. A resident of Labre Park housing site in Ballyfermot, Dublin s(...)