A FEW weeks ago, I wrote here that the Taoiseach’s apology to the women who had survived the hardship and abuse of the Magdalene Laundries represented significant social progress, for which he deserved a lot of congratulations.

I HAVE a friend called Ger.

DEAR Eamon,

I SENT a few texts home during the week, complaining about the heat and humidity, and about how I kept having to slip into the pool to cool off.

WHEN you think about it, the really surprising thing is how surprised we all were.

WE ARE all dreading it.

I DON’T understand how Government departments can act this way and get away with it.

THE Taoiseach’s apology to the women who had survived the hardship and abuse of the Magdalene laundries represented significant social progress, for which he deserves congratulations.

I WAS with a group of young people the other day when the news broke on a telly in the background. The Pope had resigned.

A LONG time ago, I used to drive a group of adults with intellectual disabilities to the Arch Club in Blackrock, on the south side of Dublin.