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Roscommon People Friday 05 November 2021
NewsPeople Who’s saying what on Tweet Street ... Paul Healy’s take on top tweets! Piers Morgan @piersmorgan The best way to make anti-vaxxers take the covid jab is to mandate it for them NOT to have it - then they will furiously demand their freedom to have one. -Oh I think I need a lie-down... Vincent Hogan @Vincent_Hogan Water breaks are a real nonsense at this stage.#GAA -Where did this outburst come from?!
Carole (Ducky) @IrPsych
Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut
What the hell has Brendan O’Carroll got over the BBC? It’s the only explanation for the dross that is Mrs Brown’s Boys getting prime time slots. Now we have RTE delaying the #LateLateShow for a 1/2 hour to accommodate a live broadcast of MBB
Since airplanes account for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions..... why aren’t the #COP26Glasgow world attendees doing ZOOM.... if they were truly serious?
-BOC has nothing ‘over’ BBC...and neither has Mrs B(B)! It’s pure talent...
Roisin Meaney @roisinmeaney
Bibi Baskin @BibiBaskin
Heard the doorbell. Answered to find four costumed young people and two supervisory adults outside. Confessed I had NO TREATS because I wasn’t expecting any callers, as I’d had none last year. Mortified. THEN the oldest child opened her treat bag and handed me a bag of lollipops
Why is it that so many people get excited about having an ‘extra hour’ in bed this weekend? If you go to bed an hour earlier any day you can still have an extra hour. What am I missing? -Did BB (or Bibi B) get out of the wrong side of the bed?
newsbriefs Murphy welcomes Connecting Ireland Plan Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy has welcomed the Connecting Ireland Plan as part of a major national transport connectivity initiative with the express aim of establishing connectivity, particularly for people in rural Ireland. As part of this plan, routes and the frequency of routes will be increased. Senator Murphy said: “There will be major gain for rural areas throughout Galway and Roscommon. It is hoped that up to 70 per cent of people in rural Ireland will have access to public transport consisting of three return trips daily to nearby towns. Over 100 rural villages will now benefit for frequent public transport at least three times daily”.
-Faith in humanity restored (but get some stuff in for next year, Roisin!)
Brendan O’Carroll as Mrs Brown
Kerrane: Government must listen to student nurses and midwives
Gospel Reflection Sunday, November 7th We must live by the obedience of faith, a faith that shows itself in works of charity and self-giving (see Galatians 5:6). That’s the lesson of the two widows in today’s liturgy. The widow in the First Reading isn’t even a Jew, yet she trusts in the word of Elijah and the promise of his Lord. Facing sure starvation, she gives all that she has, her last bit of food – feeding the man of God before herself and her family. The widow also gives all that she has, offering her last bit of money to support the work of God’s priests in the Temple. In their self-sacrifice, these widows embody the love that Jesus last week revealed as the heart of the Law and the Gospel. They mirror the Father’s love in giving His only Son, and Christ’s love in sacrificing Himself on the Cross. Again in today’s Epistle, we hear Christ described as a new high priest and the suffering servant foretold by Isaiah. On the Cross, He made sacrifice once and for all to take away our sin and bring us to salvation (see Isaiah 53:12). And again we are called to imitate His sacrifice of love in our own lives. We will be judged, not by how much we give – for the scribes and the wealthy contribute far more than the widow. Rather, we will be judged by whether our gifts reflect our livelihood, our whole beings, all our heart and soul, mind and strength. Are we giving all that we can to the Lord – not out of a sense of forced duty, but in a spirit of generosity and love (see 2 Corinthians 9:6-7)? Do not be afraid, the man of God tells us today. As we sing in today’s Psalm, the Lord will provide for us, as He sustains the widow. Today, let us follow the widows’ example, doing what God asks, confident that our jars of flour will not grow empty, nor our jugs of oil run dry. -Scott Hahn PhD, salvationhistory.com (courtesy of Sacred Heart Church)
-The debate rages
Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane
Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane has this week backed student nurses and midwives’ calls for a fair pay allowance. Speaking at the INMO’s protest outside Leinster House, Deputy Kerrane said: “I am proud to be standing in solidarity with student nurses and midwives as they protest the ongoing failure of this Government to deliver the fair pay allowances they need. It is scandalous that the Government is continuing to fail student nurses and midwives on this issue. “Student nurses and midwives perform a very important role in providing high quality care. It is right that they receive a fair pay allowance for this. I have spoken to a number of students who contracted Covid-19 while on the frontline during placement. They have sacrificed so much during Covid. “The Government has continually kicked the can down the road on this issue and failed to act. Media reports have indicated that the Government may progress on this issue short-
ly. If so, I welcome that but we must see meaningful change and proper engagement with the sector. “The INMO has said they were effectively blind-sided by these media reports and that the government has failed to properly engage with them on a possible proposal. This isn’t good enough. This failure to consult the INMO is yet another sign of the contempt with which the government has treated the healthcare sector. It is important that there is clarity on what the pay allowances will begin to be paid and what exactly they will consist of. It is vital that sectors representatives, such as the INMO, are engaged with on this. “This week, the Dáil will debate our motion to ensure fair pay allowances for student nurses and midwives. I am calling on all TDs to back our motion and ensure this important change is enacted. Student nurses and midwives have waited long enough. The Government must act now,” Deputy Kerrane concluded.