Values and their importance
Every experience that you have had and every person that you have met will have, in some way, influenced your values and beliefs. What we value and the beliefs we hold have a profound influence on how we think about things and how we behave. We can all help others to
Values and their importance
Every experience that you have had and every person that you have met will have, in some way, influenced your values and beliefs. What we value and the beliefs we hold have a profound influence on how we think about things and how we behave. We can all help others to
Politics 8
In any democratic country, it is the politicians who represent the aspirations, opinions and voice of the people. People elect politicians who they feel best represent what they stand for, and implement what they believe the country needs. But is this the case? If the views of the people
Prison and its consequences 9
The primary purpose of a prison sentence is to punish the offender. However, we tend to forget that a family exist behind the curtains of shame, loss, anger, isolation and anxiety. The families from which prisoners come are among the most vulnerable and disadvantaged
What does it feel like to be old?
What does it feel like to be old? Not middle-aged, or late-middle-aged, but one of the members of the fastest-growing group of people in Ireland. This is a question I have asked myself for the past couple of years, now that I am in that age group. The gradual loss
The erosion of morality and its legacy
Between the idea and the reality … falls the shadow.” So wrote TS Eliot in 1925.
The European Values Study is a pan-European research project focusing especially on values associated with work, religion, lifestyles and other issues. Its most recent
The value of being a good worker and its benefits
When I was growing up there was never a need to use the word bored. You were always kept busy doing the little jobs you were capable of doing, from jobs around the house, to farmyard chores. My mother use to say “you can have all the brains and
The Value of Integrity
The six “Pillars of Character”recognized and taught by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, California, are values that are not political, religious or culturally biased. But they are a good foundation for a decent and an honourable way of living
The challenge of living your own life
As our Leaving Certificate students ponder on what course to take when they finish second level schooling in a few short months, many are bedeviled with the thoughts of what they want out of life. However, all the data available for successful people, believe
