tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post6488370291343496558..comments2022-04-25T21:35:24.701+01:00Comments on Window across Dublin Bay: Suffer little children to come to me - later - maybe in 2015Padraic Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121615703620956858noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post-11422062102259964022010-10-18T16:33:58.871+01:002010-10-18T16:33:58.871+01:00Hi Catherine. Thanks very much of thinking of me. ...Hi Catherine. Thanks very much of thinking of me. I am honoured to be mentioned in your blog. My initial thought is that most of me is already exposed to the blogosphere and any more might be uncomely! I will reflect however and see how I can do justice to your kind award. I am in the happy position that I can keep in touch with my mum on daily basis. She is 90 and is fiercely independent. Keep up the good work! P.Padraic Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121615703620956858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post-12897051237227393662010-10-18T01:19:43.561+01:002010-10-18T01:19:43.561+01:00Padraic - I just left an award for you over at my ...Padraic - I just left an award for you over at my blog - hope you don't mind and may even do the "things about me" task that goes with it - meant to be a light-hearted thing, a bit of fun. I kind of agree with that you said there about older people and the burden of care when the state doesn't provide for them - in your comment over on Doris's blog. Awful in one way that the girl had to quit her job to mind the granny and there seems to be no homecare safety net in the US anyway - here it's still there but the budget could hit home helps and supports in a bad way. <br />All the best, Catherine.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post-90959375245118363642010-10-17T07:38:00.570+01:002010-10-17T07:38:00.570+01:00Thanks Doris for your wonderful blog. While some o...Thanks Doris for your wonderful blog. While some of us may try to talk the talk in our posts, you walk the walk every day in your dedicated job! Keep up the good work. Blessings!<br />PadraicPadraic Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121615703620956858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post-73524667535244993742010-10-16T19:52:09.917+01:002010-10-16T19:52:09.917+01:00Dear Padraic,
I think you have addressed serious a...Dear Padraic,<br />I think you have addressed serious and valid concerns. When it comes to lack of health or educational services to children, it's the adults' responsibility to fight for justice. But unfortunately there is too much of politics involved. <br /><br />I liked your reference to the Cuban people. I have visited that country in the past, and it's like going back in time. Old cars, old buildings, old everything...and just as you described it, people had to make obsolete things work, beyond our imagination. <br /><br />Thanks Padraic for visiting my blog, and for your kind comment. I understand your turmoil, which is the concern of most of my residents' families. In that particular case, I just wanted to outline the resident's faith resulting in such an expected ending. What I didn't mention is that Mrs. Lewis may just stay at home for a few months, as her health will most likely decline, and she will go back to a nursing home. At least she had the chance be at home for the last time :-)<br /><br />Blessings.<br /><br />DorisHold my hand: a social worker's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283197748791227012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post-24548903010620087272010-10-13T07:13:02.573+01:002010-10-13T07:13:02.573+01:00Thanks Catherine on both counts. I love your Blog ...Thanks Catherine on both counts. I love your Blog page. It is so busy and and full of gadgets. Maybe like your home! Enjoy the jam! PPadraic Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121615703620956858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1514401510502153119.post-26412345630313576232010-10-13T01:06:06.569+01:002010-10-13T01:06:06.569+01:00great post Padraic - you said it all really - I ag...great post Padraic - you said it all really - I agree about the HSE behemoth - they are a grinding bureaucracy with so many layers they of management accountability gets lost along the way. The debacle of the children's hospital is another example of the ineptitude of the govt. and the developers who must have had a say in the site chosen - how could it work there, digging underground for car parking instead of moving to a greenfield site or at least to Tallaght where the M50 would probably be an access if it doesn't end up another car park. It's all a bit depressing really, even though I'm a Labour member, I hope they don't sign up to any consensus with the govt. over the budget as I see that as a way for the govt to spread the blame for the draconian budget they'll bring in anyway. Time for a revolution or at least another march on the Dáil for a general election this time !<br />All the best, Catherine. (by the way I replied over on my blog to your comment on apple jelly - in case you don't have comment notification on)Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.com