Almost a month after my mother, another mother passed away. She knew Pádraig. Her family agreed that she would have wanted that her car, a wheelchair adapted Fiat Doblò, would have been given to Pádraig. This is an incredible manifestation of generosity. – But it doesn’t end here.

In the meantime, I spent the day getting the car on the road for Pádraig. It all took a bit longer than planned, with lots of waiting and hanging around, but now it’s ready to be driven to Hamburg. There were newspapers in most places where I had to wait.

Pádraig was doing well today. His doctor came in for a check-up, the physio did his work with him, only the speech therapist didn’t make it.

Here are two of the headlines and articles that caught my attention.

The first is quoting the incredible waiting figures in the Irish health system. The other confirms that the countries offering free or heavily subsidised sports activities to kids are on the right way. The two examples are key areas where the Irish government need to make changes, investments – rather than talking about lowering taxes or handing out the money.

As I mentioned, there is more going on:

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