Ar Slí An Fhirinne | Real Change |

Ar Slí An Fhirinne. It’s the age we’re at I tell myself and my declining peer group as we attend funeral after funeral this last wee while.  The great wheel of life is now turning for our generation. This phase started with Colette’s sister Martha. Martha was eighty five. The matriarch of the Mallon family. A kind, strong, gentle woman who lived on through Parkinson’s and the loss of her husband Jim and their son Jim. Martha was ferried between Andytown and Donegal and Spain by her devoted family until her time came. Mary Herald, the same age as Martha and a childhood friend and neighbour in the Whiterock went next. A valiant Camóg in her day and a lifelong Antrim Gael.Delivering ChangeLast week’s northern local government election was an outstanding success for Sinn Féin. Well done to everyone involved, especially the votersIn solidarity with LGBTQ+ citizensLast week a video was posted on social media of a vicious attack on a young person in Navan in Co. Meath. It shows a 14-year-old boy being violently assaulted by a group of other young people. The boy is punched to the face and forced to the ground where he is kicked and punched again as he tries to crawl away. The assault only ends when other young people step in to stop it.