Peter McVerry, the privately educated son of a wealthy Newry family, stepped out of a life of privilege into a worldwhere the treatment of the poor, voiceless and vulnerable shocked […]
When Ireland’s children are in grief, Sister Helen Culhane is a lifeline for them. Her work has exposed her to the gritty realities of a modern world, and never once […]
When Brian Hogan’s life was blown apart with a single punch, he almost died many times. Brain-damaged, paralysed, blind and living in a nursing home for the elderly at 32, […]
Karen Morrison is inspiring generations of Irish children at a little school in rural West County Cork. She has transformed Kilbrittain National School and teaching approaches to ensure children of […]
They may only be eight and five years old, but Gavin and Liam Kelly know all about being lifesavers. The brothers have been their mother Ciara’s first emergency responders for […]
As a postman, David Carrie is used to moving fast and delivering the goods. But this postie has helped an entire village get on its feet and start marathon running. […]
Oscar Wilde said Ireland would be more civilised if people learned to listen. And 100 years later Fiona Doyle turned his hope into action and bravely forced Ireland to listen […]
A train was bearing down on Gavin Leane but he refused to move to safety while his friend Erin lay on the track, her life draining away. What had started […]
For five years pretty Alyssa Kelly had watched in frustration as her twin sister Amber scrambled to toddle, walk and then run. Confined to a wheelchair, the youngster had been […]
