Alan Hynes
@hynesalan.bsky.social
CEO - Catholic Education Partnership Ireland. “Rejoice in the Lord always.” - Philippians 4:4
The Holy Saturday blessing of the food for breakfast on Easter Sunday in Athenry, Co. Galway this morning. A Polish tradition.
#HolyWeek2025 #HolySaturday2025 #HolySaturday
#HolyWeek2025 #HolySaturday2025 #HolySaturday
April 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Holy Saturday blessing of the food for breakfast on Easter Sunday in Athenry, Co. Galway this morning. A Polish tradition.
#HolyWeek2025 #HolySaturday2025 #HolySaturday
#HolyWeek2025 #HolySaturday2025 #HolySaturday
Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you life.
#HolySaturday #LiturgyOfTheHours
#HolySaturday #LiturgyOfTheHours
April 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you life.
#HolySaturday #LiturgyOfTheHours
#HolySaturday #LiturgyOfTheHours
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Doctors initiate legal action over State’s transgender policy
Doctors initiate legal action over State’s transgender policy
Clinicians made a formal complaint against HSE over its referral of young people for assessment abroad
www.irishtimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Doctors initiate legal action over State’s transgender policy
Less than a week here and already a settled part of our home.
December 22, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Less than a week here and already a settled part of our home.
O King whom all the peoples desire, you are the cornerstone which makes all one. O come and save man, whom you made from clay.
#OAntiphons #Advent
#OAntiphons #Advent
December 22, 2024 at 10:20 PM
O King whom all the peoples desire, you are the cornerstone which makes all one. O come and save man, whom you made from clay.
#OAntiphons #Advent
#OAntiphons #Advent
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It was a joy to be able to write this week’s soul food reflection for the Irish Spiritan website. The Visitation is one my favourite Gospel accounts, for a short passage it covers so much from family, love and faith to helping and encouraging others spiritan.ie/reflections/...
Soul Food for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 22nd December 2024 | Spiritan Ireland
As a school chaplain, I am no stranger to the question “What is your favourite Bible story?”. My answer is today’s Gospel, The Visitation. Though a short account, it overflows in Advent values. It is ...
spiritan.ie
December 22, 2024 at 8:53 AM
It was a joy to be able to write this week’s soul food reflection for the Irish Spiritan website. The Visitation is one my favourite Gospel accounts, for a short passage it covers so much from family, love and faith to helping and encouraging others spiritan.ie/reflections/...
Even as an opening gambit in a negotiation this is eyebrow raising. There’s mention of linking US-EU trade terms to defence spending. Implications for Ireland? (Defence spending: 0.2% of GDP)
Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told
www.ft.com/content/35f4...
Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told
www.ft.com/content/35f4...
Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told
US president-elect’s closest foreign policy aides indicate he will continue arming Ukraine while pursuing end to war
www.ft.com
December 22, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Even as an opening gambit in a negotiation this is eyebrow raising. There’s mention of linking US-EU trade terms to defence spending. Implications for Ireland? (Defence spending: 0.2% of GDP)
Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told
www.ft.com/content/35f4...
Trump wants 5% Nato defence spending target, Europe told
www.ft.com/content/35f4...
The first gathering around our new table (chairs to follow!) over and all tidied away. Little events building on the sense of home in our new house.
December 21, 2024 at 8:26 PM
The first gathering around our new table (chairs to follow!) over and all tidied away. Little events building on the sense of home in our new house.
O Rising Sun, you are the splendour of eternal light and the sun of justice. O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
#OAntiphons #Advent #Vespers
#OAntiphons #Advent #Vespers
December 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
O Rising Sun, you are the splendour of eternal light and the sun of justice. O come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
#OAntiphons #Advent #Vespers
#OAntiphons #Advent #Vespers
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No shit. Even the most economically illiterate among us know this. And yet, we walk, as if blindfolded, towards the cliff edge.
#IrishPol
#IrishPol
Ireland’s tax system over-reliant on high earners and risky corporate tax - Parliamentary Budget Office www.businesspost.ie/news/ireland...
Ireland’s tax system over-reliant on high earners and corporate tax - Parliamentary Budget Office
The PBO’s newest report highlighted the main public finances risks that will hang over the new Dáil
www.businesspost.ie
December 21, 2024 at 10:54 AM
No shit. Even the most economically illiterate among us know this. And yet, we walk, as if blindfolded, towards the cliff edge.
#IrishPol
#IrishPol
O key of David and sceptre of Israel, what you open no one else can close again; what you close, no one can open. O come and lead the captive from prison; free those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
#OAntiphons #Advent #Vespers
December 20, 2024 at 8:35 PM
O key of David and sceptre of Israel, what you open no one else can close again; what you close, no one can open. O come and lead the captive from prison; free those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
#OAntiphons #Advent #Vespers
O stock of Jesse, you stand as a signal for the nations; kings fall silent before you whom the peoples acclaim. O come to deliver us, and do not delay. #OAntiphons #Advent
December 19, 2024 at 8:04 AM
O stock of Jesse, you stand as a signal for the nations; kings fall silent before you whom the peoples acclaim. O come to deliver us, and do not delay. #OAntiphons #Advent
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An excellent article by @hlinehan.bsky.social, flagging an increasingly likely chance that #Bluesky becomes just a different echo chamber to Twitter. Can it "hold the line on its aspiration to be an open and respectful space or just end up as Musk’s black mirror?"
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Bluesky may be in danger of becoming Elon Musk’s black mirror
Wokeism (as it doesn’t like to be called) and the reactionary right each propose a way of seeing the world as it ‘really’ is
www.irishtimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
An excellent article by @hlinehan.bsky.social, flagging an increasingly likely chance that #Bluesky becomes just a different echo chamber to Twitter. Can it "hold the line on its aspiration to be an open and respectful space or just end up as Musk’s black mirror?"
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
O Adonai and leader of Israel, you appeared to Moses in a burning bush and you gave him the Law on Sinai. O come and save us with your mighty power.
#OAntiphons #Advent
#OAntiphons #Advent
December 18, 2024 at 7:55 AM
O Adonai and leader of Israel, you appeared to Moses in a burning bush and you gave him the Law on Sinai. O come and save us with your mighty power.
#OAntiphons #Advent
#OAntiphons #Advent
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December 11, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Alan Hynes
Trade war fallout could trigger deep Eurozone rate cuts, Pimco warns
https://www.ft.com/content/08c155fa-fd5d-480a-8ad5-82d1588ad932
https://www.ft.com/content/08c155fa-fd5d-480a-8ad5-82d1588ad932
Trade war fallout could trigger deep Eurozone rate cuts, Pimco warns
Bond giant says euro is vulnerable to further declines amid market ‘optimism’ over impact of Trump presidency
www.ft.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Trade war fallout could trigger deep Eurozone rate cuts, Pimco warns
https://www.ft.com/content/08c155fa-fd5d-480a-8ad5-82d1588ad932
https://www.ft.com/content/08c155fa-fd5d-480a-8ad5-82d1588ad932
Something is not as it should be.
December 6, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Something is not as it should be.
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The French parliament voted to oust premier Michel Barnier over his proposed deficit-cutting budget, plunging the country into deeper political turmoil. on.ft.com/4g3z6Co
December 4, 2024 at 7:46 PM
The French parliament voted to oust premier Michel Barnier over his proposed deficit-cutting budget, plunging the country into deeper political turmoil. on.ft.com/4g3z6Co
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This CD player was my birthday present in 1997 along with the incomparable Fresh Hits 1997. I found it recently and COULD NOT BELIEVE how rich the sound was, after years of streaming Spotify on my phone. My column today is about this phenomenon, which I’m calling “qualitynesia” on.ft.com/3ZlwHf5
December 3, 2024 at 9:18 AM
This CD player was my birthday present in 1997 along with the incomparable Fresh Hits 1997. I found it recently and COULD NOT BELIEVE how rich the sound was, after years of streaming Spotify on my phone. My column today is about this phenomenon, which I’m calling “qualitynesia” on.ft.com/3ZlwHf5
That solidarity we owe the dead, the salute to common mortality we all share, is a part of Irish culture that I admire.
May Mary rest in peace. May angels lead her to Jerusalem, the Holy City, our rest, our Home.
May Mary rest in peace. May angels lead her to Jerusalem, the Holy City, our rest, our Home.
More than 300 people attended the funeral of woman in Carlow, after an appeal by an undertaker following her death last Friday
Hundreds attend Carlow funeral after appeal by undertaker
Over 300 people attended the funeral of woman in Carlow, following an appeal by an undertaker following her death last Friday.
www.rte.ie
December 3, 2024 at 11:16 PM
That solidarity we owe the dead, the salute to common mortality we all share, is a part of Irish culture that I admire.
May Mary rest in peace. May angels lead her to Jerusalem, the Holy City, our rest, our Home.
May Mary rest in peace. May angels lead her to Jerusalem, the Holy City, our rest, our Home.
