"Children crave difference and diversity. It is how they learn. The different perspectives that an Irish classroom offers children is so vitally important for their healthy maturation."

"Sitting with Georgie is an incredible experience. Her energy and zest for life is infectious. She is the kind of girl who inspires people."

To be a ‘high-valued man’, as Tate calls it, you have to have fast cars and be physically aggressive. In my experience, that is the stuff of really insecure men 

The Government cannot be on the sidelines watching this unfold, they must act now to stop the spread of discontent and poison

Stop tidying her room. Leave it get messy to point where she has to tidy it herself. She isn’t tidy because she has never had to be. 

The busyness of life, responsibilities, chores and regular banal routine is famous for killing desire

Every time a business like John O'Flynn & Sons butchers closes, we are moving closer to an utterly detached shopping experience devoid of any human contact. That is not progress

Happiness isn’t some abstract elusive thing, we need to gain more understanding about what makes us happy and do more of that

Two of the most important questions you can ask yourself before you launch out on a new year resolution is, “Am I afraid to thrive?” and “What would thriving look like?”

"Sometimes we can really question our levels of merriment: ‘I don’t have the Christmas feeling this year’ or ‘it doesn’t feel like Christmas at all’."