Maurice Shanahan offers a lesson to us all

Took your advice, Maurice Shanahan. Picked up the phone over the weekend and called a friend. Two, in fact. To see how they were. To say hello.

One is in Australia and making a hell of a life for himself and his beautiful family but if it weren’t for the work opportunities there, he would never have left Ireland.

He misses home dearly. He never says it but you get the sense he feels out of mind when out of sight. Another buddy has had his difficulties and been off the radar a while. He made his apologies for being out of touch although none were sought. He’s busy working on a new business and the outlook is good.