Dawn on New Year’s Day 2021
What else would you do on New Year’s Day except to get up in the early hours of the morning, while it’s still dark, and take a hike up into the Dublin mountains to see the first sun rise of
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First day back in the office since March
I had an essential reason to be in town today, and so I’m back in the office today for the first time since March – and it’s a lot quieter than the last time I was here! My office was
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Photos from Donegal
We had amazing weather last week in western Donegal! The sun shone, and we have 20+ degrees temperature every day. Which meant, of course, going to the beach. And we found loads of almost-deserted beaches near our base in Ardara.
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Return to office and the new normal of office work
Like a lot of people in Dublin, I work for a large multinational company, and since March I’ve been working from home full time. As the COVID-19 restrictions are easing, there’s lots of discussion in my team about the return
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Socially distanced singing
The latest advice from the Irish government is that choirs can resume singing together in about a week’s time, at the beginning of Phase 3 of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. After months of silence – or solo singing from
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Specific COVID-19 recommendations for choirs and singers
The Irish government has released specific recommendations for choirs and group singing for when we enter Phase 3 of COVID-19 restriction easing on Monday 29th June. It says the following: Choir rehearsals have previously been linked to outbreaks in a
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