I am a concerned, ill and disabled older woman aged 64. I know the 'lay of the land' as a former nurse and social worker. 

Genocide is defined as “Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part”. 

Three million armed US troops transiting through Shannon airport on their way to wars in the Middle East ended Irish neutrality, unjustifiably and recklessly. 

It was my elderly mothers birthday. I was wondering what to get her for a present. Chocolates, flowers, clothes? 

There is never, not now or ever before, any justification for what took place in Manchester.

True Grit, tenacity, determination, new players winning through, stalwart players not giving up the ghost and bloody hard work won Munster through a ‘Season like No Other’.

Each fresh terrorist attack, where ever it occurs, brings with it the uncertainty of how best to respond.

Fancy a pint? Sounds good, doesn’t it?

Aoife O’Rourke is uncomfortable around death and belives the tradition of the Irish Wake is morbid.  (Irish Examiner readers blogs – May 2nd 2017) .

My name is Alannah Murray and I'm one of the many people in Ireland with a disability.