Personal Insights

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Personal Insights: 'Staying safe' in the next stage of Covid-19 crisis will be our greatest challenge
Personal Insights: 'Staying safe' in the next stage of Covid-19 crisis will be our greatest challenge
Reader, Máiréad Ni Chiarba, senses an air of complacency among her friends around the Covid-19 restrictions and that's why she believes society is facing its greatest challenge yet.

Mon, 11 May, 2020

Personal Insights: A cancer diagnosis at 16 is just not in life's script
Personal Insights: A cancer diagnosis at 16 is just not in life's script
In our latest Personal Insights, Fiona Cooney, reflects on what was a defining moment in her life.

Tue, 28 Apr, 2020

Personal Insights: Irish are shining a 'kindly light' in London's Soho Square
Personal Insights: Irish are shining a 'kindly light' in London's Soho Square
In our our latest Personal Insights we publish a submission we received from an elderly resident of London who, on seeing the kindness shown by an Irish priest and a group of Irish volunteers in the Parish of Saint Patricks in London's Soho Square, was moved to write to us. She has asked to remain anonymous.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020

Personal Insights: Cork couple travelling world reveal how Covid-19 reaffirmed faith in humanity
Personal Insights: Cork couple travelling world reveal how Covid-19 reaffirmed faith in humanity
Young Cork couple, Seán Noonan and Judy Walsh, were in the middle of a global travel adventure when they became stranded in Martinique during the Coronavirus crisis. Here they describe what happened and their new found faith in humanity and its innate kindness.

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

Personal Insights: We can and will emerge from this crisis kinder and more unified
Personal Insights: We can and will emerge from this crisis kinder and more unified
The ingenuity, passion and drive that has been seen across Ireland in recent weeks is a wonder to behold. Irish Examiner reader and writing enthusiast Maura O’Shea from Mogeely, Co Cork, hopes it will continue and some of the other injustices in our country will finally be addressed.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

Personal Insights: From Cork to London and back again ... the lessons learned
Personal Insights: From Cork to London and back again ... the lessons learned
It is a difficult time for everyone in Ireland but in this humorous essay, Ruth Manning, hopes to lighten the load somewhat with a personal reflection on her journey from Cork to London and back again.

Mon, 23 Mar, 2020

Personal Insights: In extraordinary times look to the brave and resilient for example
Personal Insights: In extraordinary times look to the brave and resilient for example
I woke up with a sick child two nights ago, and afterwards, I struggled to get back to sleep. My bedside reading was about the achievements of Nelson Mandela, and it prompted an hour of musing about people.

Thu, 12 Mar, 2020

Personal Insights: My love letter to Ireland
Personal Insights: My love letter to Ireland
Our latest Personal Insight submission is a 'A Love Letter to Ireland' from Fiona Cooney, a young Irish expatriate presently living in Vancouver.

Wed, 19 Feb, 2020

Personal Insights: My son's recovery after brain injury proves miracles do happen, says Cork Dad
Personal Insights: My son's recovery after brain injury proves miracles do happen, says Cork Dad
Cork father, Daniel Day, recounts how his son's 'against all odds' recovery after a serious brain injury following a cycling accident near Cork airport changed his life forever and renewed his faith that miracles are lurking for everyone even in their darkest hour.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2020

Personal Insights: 'We all make mistakes but don’t make the mistake of not forgiving'
Personal Insights: 'We all make mistakes but don’t make the mistake of not forgiving'
An Irish expatriate and daughter reveals how the dreaded news from home that her mother had died added incredible poignancy to the the last phone call between the two.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2020

Personal Insights: A Christmas Eve celebration which almost cost me my life
Personal Insights: A Christmas Eve celebration which almost cost me my life
Our latest Personal Insight submission is a cautionary tale for men and women alike. Fiona Cooney, a young Irish expatriate presently living in Vancouver, bravely recounts a Christmas Eve celebration which almost cost her her life and which served as a massive wake-up call as regards her relationship with alcohol.

Thu, 09 Jan, 2020

Personal Insights: A Cork man living in Zambia reflects on ... the weather
Personal Insights: A Cork man living in Zambia reflects on ... the weather
Writing from Zambia last month and having travelled and lived widely in East Africa Cork man, Brian Sexton, reflects on the international language of weather.

Tue, 17 Dec, 2019

Personal Insights: Embrace the season and listen to the stories of our new arrivals
Personal Insights: Embrace the season and listen to the stories of our new arrivals
Terri Kruschke moved to Cork from America with her family in 2007. In this personal insight Terri reveals her reflections on Christmas and urges everyone to listen to the festive stories of Ireland's new arrivals.

Thu, 05 Dec, 2019

Personal Insights: Come on Ireland, why not take a compliment for a change
Personal Insights: Come on Ireland, why not take a compliment for a change
After living in Ireland for 15 years Polish native, Anna Dokurno, reflects on the Irish inability to take a compliment and many of her own countrymen's inability to give them.

Mon, 25 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: We live in scary times but goodness in the world - and chocolate - must never be forgotten
Personal Insights: We live in scary times but goodness in the world - and chocolate - must never be forgotten
Nicholas Lenane reveals how he woke in the middle of the night one night to a flash of inspiration to write about 'the Good news'. This essay is what resulted form that nocturnal reflection.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: Let’s talk more about our Angel Babies. They deserve that ...
Personal Insights: Let’s talk more about our Angel Babies. They deserve that ...
A mother reflects on the loss of her baby before birth and expresses the hope that such loss will be talked about more openly in the future.

Mon, 18 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: Escaping London and finding 'Flow' and the 'Power of Now' in remote Mayo
Personal Insights: Escaping London and finding 'Flow' and the 'Power of Now' in remote Mayo
Writer Christina Bernstein reveals how an annual pilgrimage from her London home to Mayo each November allows her to find her ‘Flow’ and recognise the 'Power of ‘Now’.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: A mother's open letter to her baby after five year IVF journey
Personal Insights: A mother's open letter to her baby after five year IVF journey
Ruth Harrison and her husband embarked on a five year IVF journey which resulted in the birth of their precious son Ajay in January 2018. As a message to the one in six Irish couples who have infertility issues Ruth has written this letter to her son.

Wed, 13 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: Only illness allowed me to see the Imperfect Perfectness of life
Personal Insights: Only illness allowed me to see the Imperfect Perfectness of life
Galway woman, Marie Hanna Curran, in this 'Personal Insights' submission reveals how her battle with illness has finally allowed her to appreciate the joy of life.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: A childhood roadtrip in South Africa which resonates to this day
Personal Insights: A childhood roadtrip in South Africa which resonates to this day
Life teaches us that key events which shape our futures can happen at any moment. 

Fri, 08 Nov, 2019

Personal Insights: We want to hear YOUR stories in YOUR words
Personal Insights: We want to hear YOUR stories in YOUR words
Irish Examiner readers are being asked to contribute to an ongoing digital initiative on irishexaminer.com called Personal Insights.

Fri, 08 Nov, 2019

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