THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS
ISSUE 22 • SUMMER-AUTUMN 2013
TAX CHEATS How rich corporations dodge their responsibilities.
ALSO INSIDE
HOW TO SAVE A FOREST IMPROVED PARENTAL LEAVE HADDINGTON ROAD AGREEMENT DEALING WITH DIFFICULT COLLEAGUES NEW EDUCATION DIVISION
IMPACT BENEFITS. 1913 CENTENARY EVENTS. CLASSY LEATHER. GREAT GRAVEYARDS. MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY. WATCH YOUR WEIGHT. GARDEN BEES. JOE SCHMIDT. MEAT-FREE MEALS. MODS AND ROCKERS. YOUR MONEY. BOOKS. ALL THE NEWS. PRIZES.
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work& & life Summer-Autumn 2013 WORK
LIFE
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DODGING TAX What are multinationals up to? HARD ROAD New public service agreement. QUIDS IN Save money with IMPACT. HOW TO SAVE A FOREST The story behind IMPACT’s successful Coillte campaign. RIGHTS AT WORK
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32. IMPACT PEOPLE The woman behind IMPACT’s new Education Division. LOCKOUT Commemorating the 1913 Lockout centenary.
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FOOD Time to eat less meat? GARDENS Bringing bees back home. HEALTH Getting your weight down. MOVIES
SPORTS Mr Rugby, Joe Schmidt.
HEALTH
NEW PUBLIC SERVICE DEAL COMMUNITY SECTOR JOBS OUTSOURCING SLAMMED SLEEK FIRE SERVICE STATE AGENCIES DEFENDED SNAS SUFFER ASSAULTS UNIONS SEEK €280bn BOOST LOCAL GOVT RISK SUPPORT FOR TURKISH PROTESTS
PRIZES
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New leaf for Matthew McConaughey.
Contact IMPACT at: Nerney's Court, Dublin 1. Phone: 01-817-1500. Email: rnolan@impact.ie
YOUR MONEY Choosing holiday insurance.
REFORMS STALLED
OBITUARY Christopher Robson.
Front cover: Photo by Dylan Vaughan. Paul O’Halloran and Tara Robertson of IMPACT’s Dublin City branch at the recent IMPACT local government conference.
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BOOKS Mary Grehan’s labour of love.
NEWS
TRAVEL AND TRIPS Glasnevin and other great graveyards.
YOUR CAREER Dealing with difficult people.
Work & Life is produced by IMPACT trade union's Communications Unit and edited by Bernard Harbor.
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FASHION Timeless, classy leather.
Improved parental leave arrangements.
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MUSIC When Mods rocked.
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Campaigns
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How a branch saved a forest The shelving of plans to sell Coillte harvesting rights was greeted with relief and delight, according to the press. NIALL SHANAHAN and BERNARD HARBOR report on an IMPACT campaign that won the day. RELIEF AND delight is putting it mildly. When economist Colm McCarthy first fingered Coillte as a saleable state asset, it filled a lot of us with dread. Not just the 600 IMPACT members who work for the State forestry agency or the 12,000 people whose jobs it supports in the timber industry. Not just the small and medium enterprises supported by forestry tourism, worth an estimated €270 million a year. Something about the sale of our forests just seemed fundamentally wrong. The Government’s proposal was modified. We wouldn’t be selling the land our forests grow on, just the trees. Better, but not enough to ensure public access to our forests, or to guarantee the environmental and economic benefits they bring. 12
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Yet, by the middle of 2012, the sale looked unstoppable. A firm Government decision had been announced. Commitments had been made to the Troika. Work on the technicalities and finding a buyer was underway.
High stakes Against those odds, the campaign devised and spearheaded by IMPACT’s Coillte branch has been a rare success. So how was it done? There’s no recipe for successful campaigning. But this initiative had all the right ingredients: A specific objective; a strong case that could capture the public imagination and win political support; a committed branch working effectively with
them, it was all about access. For us, it was also about forestry, jobs and the wider economic effects. But by working together, we were able to talk about the full range of issues with authority and credibility. This opened doors.
The message The next step was to hone and test the arguments. We knew that nobody – least of all the politicians who made the decisions – would be convinced by an approach that simply said: “We’re not having it.” We needed credible arguments. Years of knowledge and experience built up in the branch helped deliver them.
A seminal moment in the campaign was the decision to commission Peter Bacon to do a study of the economics. It was an expensive and risky decision as Bacon was clear from the outset that his report would reflect the facts regardless of whether they supported the union’s case. Retired member John Prior was instrumental in developing the campaign’s basic case, set out in the Save Our Forests booklet and website developed by the IMPACT Communications Unit. These became both a resource for the committed campaigner and a ready-made case to put in the hands of potential allies and decision makers.
Impact organiser Una Faulkner at the launch of the Save Our Forests campaign in November 2012.
the union’s officials and experts; a genuine effort to involve other concerned groups and individuals. And some money. From the start, the union’s Coillte branch believed that, when it came to the State’s forests, everyone is a stakeholder. This would not be a narrow industrial relations effort; it would reach out to people and organisations of like mind. By focusing on aspects of concern across the community, especially the issue of public access to forests, the union was soon spearheading a Save Our Forests coalition that included organisations as diverse as the Society of Irish Foresters, Birdwatch Ireland, Mountaineering Ireland and, in time, Scouting Ireland. Mountaineering Ireland was a key partner. The organisation had started lobbying on the issue nearly two years earlier. For
It also went to selected journalists. We believed the issue would be a slow-burner. Nobody was going to hold the front page because a union opposed a privatisation. But people began to notice when expert commentators and journalists started to discuss – and relate to – the issues raised by Save Our Forests. Meanwhile, we quickly established the campaign’s online presence, which was accessible to concerned individuals who might not be attached to an organisation.
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Taking risks It was relatively easy to build support around the potential loss of countryside access. But we knew we’d be confronted with the seemingly rock-solid argument that Ireland simply had to make sacrifices because the country is broke. The economic argument was going to be crucial. ‰ WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 13
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Between us, the partner organisations had a huge and active network, which was able to use the material to convince others and lobby local representatives. The brochure, which covered the social, economic and environmental case against selling Coillte assets, was sent to every TD, senator, councillor and Leader Company in the country.
Campaigns If there was a seminal moment in the campaign, it was the Coillte branch’s decision to commission economist Peter Bacon to do a study of the economics behind the proposed sale. It was an expensive decision, although a number of IMPACT branches have now made a contribution to the substantial costs involved.
While we were dead against the sale of harvesting rights, the union positioned itself as an advocate for the best possible forestry service. But it was a risk too as Bacon was clear from the outset that his report would reflect the facts regardless of whether they supported the union’s case. If he came to the ‘right’ conclusion, the report would be a highly credible tool in the campaign. If he disagreed with the union’s economic analysis, it would be an expensive disappointment that could even be used against us. As it turned out, the money was well spent. Bacon unearthed some uncomfortable truths about the proposal and concluded that “the economic rationale for the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights no longer stands up and cannot be justified.”
This became the core message of the campaign. Bacon’s assessment was a cold look at the bottom line, which drove a stake through the heart of the proposal. It confirmed that a sale would put jobs at risk and, devastatingly, concluded that it would actually cost the taxpayer money to lose its forests.
Lobby With Bacon’s report in hand, the union and its partners stepped up the political lobbying effort. A Dáil briefing in February attracted a large number of TDs and senators. It soon became virtually impossible to find a public representative prepared to back the Government’s proposal. Meanwhile, the mainstream media took up the issues with RTÉ’s Eco Eye and Primetime running extensive pieces featuring Save Our Forests. Further afield, international media interest came from outlets as diverse as Al Jazeera and the Financial Times. No Irish journalist now covered the story without reference to Bacon. As numerous ministers and backbenchers voiced doubts about the proposed sale and whether it would go ahead, it now became an issue of creating space for a Government rethink. Earlier plans for rural public demonstrations were postponed and media work was played down. It was time to keep our nerve. When IMPACT officials gave evidence at the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee in May, the union emphasised its members’ willingness to look at ways of improving Coillte’s operations and maximising its return to the exchequer. While we were dead against the sale of harvesting rights, the union again positioned itself as an advocate for the best possible forestry service.
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Trade union campaigns rarely end so conclusively. Everyone involved is still absorbing the news that the sale is off, while the Coillte branch and its members now have to prepare for the challenges of a proposed merger with Bord na Móna. But by building a coalition of interests around a single and achievable objective, by showing the courage to put branch and union resources – including time and cash – behind a priority campaign issue, and by sheer determination and hard work, the Coillte branch has shown just what can be achieved in an effective campaign l
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Escape the parent trap Parental leave rights have just been extended. But MARTINA O’LEARY finds that barriers to equal parenting remain in place. THE GOOD news is that parental leave entitlements have increased by a month – up from 14 to 18 weeks each for both parents. The bad news is that the leave remains unpaid, which means take-up rates in Ireland will remain very low. The changes give effect to a European
Union directive, which came about after European trade unions and employer groups agreed improvements. Another significant change is a new right to request flexible working arrangements when returning to work from parental leave. But while
employers must consider such requests, they aren’t obliged to grant them. The new regulations apply to all children who currently qualify for parental leave. That’s kids under eight, or under 16 if your child has a disability or long-term illness. ‰
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Rights at work The extra four weeks’ leave is not transferable between parents. This is an attempt to encourage men to take parental leave and encourage a more equal sharing of family responsibilities between men and women. According to a 2010 OECD report, only 5% of those who take parental leave in Ireland are male.
Only 5% of those who take parental leave are male. Fathers in Ireland have no right to paid paternity leave, which means the burden falls primarily on women.
Implementing the changes, justice minister Alan Shatter said supports like parental leave give mothers and fathers an equal role in childcare. “This is important on many levels, not least in breaking down stereotypes about childcare. I also hope that it will encourage and enable working women to remain in the workforce after they have children," he said.
But Irish trade unions say the Government missed an opportunity to tackle parental inequality in a more ambitious, comprehensive manner. Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ deputy
general secretary Sally Anne Kinahan said successive Irish Governments have taken a minimalist approach to parental leave, which has copper-fastened inequalities at work and in the home.
“We know the gender pay gap widens significantly when women have children. Ireland falls below the EU15 in relation to leave and childcare support, which ensures women remain over-represented in lower paid work. Fathers in Ireland have no right to paternity leave, which means the burden falls primarily on women,” she said. ICTU says a statutory right to paternity leave would rebalance care duties and ensure greater equality l
Parental leave at a glance Each parent can take 18 weeks’ unpaid parental leave for each child born or adopted. You must have one year’s continuous service to avail of the full 18 weeks’ parental leave. The leave can be taken in respect of children up to eight years of age, or older if agreed with the employer. The age limit can be extended for an adopted child. For children with a disability, leave can be taken up until the child is 16. An extension may also be allowed if illness or other incapacity prevented you from taking the leave within the normal period. Parental leave is limited to 18 weeks in any 12month period, although this can be longer if your employer agrees. (If you have twins or triplets, you can take more than 18 weeks in a year). The leave can be suspended if you become ill while on parental leave. Photo: dreamstime.com
You can take the leave in one continuous period or in separate blocks of at least six weeks – or in smaller blocks if your employer agrees.
Both parents have an equal and separate entitlement to parental leave. However, if you both work for the same employer, and your employer agrees, up to 14 weeks of the leave can be transferred from one parent to the other. Parents can seek flexible working arrangements when they return from parental leave, but your employer doesn’t have to grant it. Parental leave is unpaid, but mothers are also entitled to paid maternity leave. See www.impact.ie for details. Get more info from www.impact.ie or www.employmentrights.ie.
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1913 Lockout Centenary events The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is organising and supporting a wide range of events to mark this year’s centenary of the 1913 Lockout. Get more information from www.lockout1913.ie
Living the Lockout: Tenement experience Living the Lockout: Tenement Experience, at 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1, tells the story CT IMPA rted! of day-to-day life in Dublin's tenements at o supp the time of the Lockout. Partly IMPACTfunded, this joint initiative between Dublin City Council, ICTU and the Irish Heritage Trust will be open to the public during July and August 2013. Tickets (€5, €3 concessions) from the venue or www.dublintenementexperience.com . Group bookings (10-15 people) from 01-874-8030. Not to be missed. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Lockout centenary exhibition The National Library’s important commemorative exhibition, produced in m o r f partnership with the Irish Congress of st Augu Trade Unions, opens in the National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, on 21st August.
Trade union banners and badges An historic exhibition of trade union banners and badges in conjunction with the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, will er emb Sept 13 explore the economic conditions, working 20 life, and the origins and organisation of trade unions in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Food ship re-enactment, The first British trade union food shipment to support striking Dublin workers and their 6th 5th- er families will be re-enacted with the b Octo 3 participation of the current UK Trade Union 201 Congress. The Dublin Port Company is facilitating an exhibition and events at the ferry terminal during the summer and autumn of 2013.
And watch out for... l Commemorative stamps to be launched by An Post in August.
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l National tapestry project to be unveiled in September.
Dublin Fringe Festival, September
l Dublin City Council’s ‘one city, one book’ – James Plunkett’s Strumpet City.
This dramatisation of 13 Lockout events is staged in Dublin Castle.
l Liberty Hall installation: Ambitious plan to wrap liberty Hall in a commemorative story of lockout design.
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Your career
Down and Everyone finds themselves working with difficult or challenging people at some stage in their career. ISOBEL BUTLER advises on how to handle it.
AT SOME point in everybody’s working life they’ll work with a colleague who is difficult to deal with or behaves in a challenging manner. Typical problems include working with someone who doesn’t do their job or fulfill their role. Others might deliberately undermine you or your work, or you may encounter colleagues who take credit for work you have done. You might come across domineering people with an opinion on everything and a willingness to share it even when they are not asked. Others might be constantly negative, always complaining and dragging down the atmosphere for the whole team. And it can be challenging if some members of staff have formed a clique from which others are excluded. Whether we are able to cope can depend as much on how we feel about ourselves as the other person’s behaviour. But if we don’t take action the behaviour will definitely continue and may even escalate or wear us down so that we find ourselves dreading coming to work.
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So you must recognise that there’s a problem that can’t be ignored or simply risen above. Ask yourself if there’s anything you are doing that may be contributing to the problem. If so, change your own behaviour as this may impact on the other person’s.
Don’t address the issue until you feel calm and able to do so in a clear, focused, objective, respectful manner. The aim is to ensure you don’t make the situation worse and that it is not perceived as a personal attack.
Secondly, recognise that you need to confront and deal with the issue if you want it to stop. If you feel undermined and devalued now, the situation will deteriorate if you don’t tackle it. If your emotional health and wellbeing are negatively affected then you need to do something to protect yourself. If your work or performance is being negatively impacted, then you must tackle it otherwise your professional reputation and job satisfaction will be affected.
Be clear and precise and explain what the problem is. Avoid starting sentences with ‘you,’ which can be perceived as accusatory. Explain how the behaviour impacts upon you and your work and propose solutions to overcome it. Be prepared to actively listen to their view and be willing to compromise if it will lead to an acceptable solution.
Feeling overwhelmed at the thought of bringing the issue up and politely confronting your colleague? Then seek advice and guidance from another colleague, a friend working in another area, your manager or someone in HR or your trade union.
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Tackling problems when they are small is easier than waiting until you are overwhelmed. Successfully doing so enhances
difficult Not everyone is helped by genuine listening, some people like to complain and have a complaining habit. If this is the case the next time they complain explain that you have listened, you respect their opinion but don’t see it the same way. Be prepared to step back from this type of negativity otherwise it can drag you down and you can find yourself being constantly bombarded with complaints and moaning.
“Some people have a complaining habit. Be prepared to step back from this type of negativity otherwise you can find yourself being constantly bombarded with complaints and moaning.” Limit the time you are prepared to spend with a negative person. Meet them when you have the time, energy and resources to listen and you know that it won’t drag you down. Avoid them when you’re tired, stressed or busy. Finally remember everyone is entitled to respect and dignity in the workplace. If you perceive that you are being bullied, use your organisation’s policies and procedures to deal with it l
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Remember there may be reasons for the negative behaviour. Ask your colleague to explain what the issue is and listen to their explanation. Sometimes negative people have valid points to make. If we don’t listen to the problems or pitfalls they see, it can lead to a project failing. Discovering problems at an early stage allows time for corrective action.
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Isobel Butler is an independent organisational psychologist who works with people on a wide range of workplace issues including conflict management, dealing with change and solving problems. If there are specific issues you’d like her to tackle in these articles send them in via the editor, Work & Life magazine, Nerney’s Court, Dublin 1 or info@impact.ie.
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Looking good
Loving the look of From glad rags to iPads, TRISH O’MAHONY says Spanish leather is the accessory of choice. I’M FIRST to acknowledge it that I can be inclined towards a bit of OCD at times. The great thing about this tendency is that I quickly move on to the next thing to be obsessed about. The end result is plenty of variety along the way.
Pleather is a good imitation at first but it doesn’t pass the longevity test, cracking and peeling away from its surface. But leather has never been as big news as it is now. According to news gurus Reuters, the recession changes how people shop for fashion, with more of an eye for special pieces rather than wardrobe basics. People are buying pieces that create an emotional reaction and personal attachment. Lacambra
My current obsession with all things Spanish has taken me into the realm of Spanish designers of leather products. Even though Spain is in very deep recession, its leather goods industry remains in a very healthy state with an annual turnover of more than €500 million and exports on the rise. The web lists over 700 companies supplying, producing or distributing specialist Spanish footwear alone. And some of the world’s top designers, like Manolo Blahnik and Pedro Garcia, are synonymous with quality Spanish leather. If you’ve ever owned a pair of Pedro Garcia shoes you’ll appreciate the unique fabrics and designs. Stocked in over 1,000 shops in 36 countries, these master craftsmen take great pride in their trade and workmanship. Cue international recognition by the likes of celebrity Sarah Jessica Parker.
Timeless Shoe designer Blahnik once described his mission to “try to make women feel like princesses.” And it appears he has succeeded.
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Good quality leather products never go out of fashion because leather is timeless, comfortable and always classy. It has experienced a trend resurgence in the last few seasons, along with its poor relation, pleather (plastic leather), coming to us not only in jackets but in trousers, dresses, skirts and even shorts.
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Lacambra is one Spanish From the Pedro Garcia summer company that offers that personal attachment. Based in Madrid, their handmade 2013 collection range includes contemporary fashionable handbags, tote bags, clutches, wallets and accessories for a wide range of gadgets – the fashionable but practical way to protect your laptop, IPAD, tablet or phone.
Corporate For something more corporate they offer briefcases, rucksacks and maxi handbags. The ‘baguette’ is the newest style and trebles as a clutch, shoulder bag or cross body. Size 29x13x4. Price €160.00. Each piece comes with a two-year guarantee and a lifetime repair service. You can expect the highest standards in terms of quality materials, workmanship and appearance.
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leather Discerning customers can have pieces customised. Create your own personalised bag by choosing from a palette of more than 15 colours, combining your favourites to create your own unique piece. Colours vary from timeless black, camel and pearl grey to vibrant lemon yellow, turquoise, green and ruby red. You can even choose your own lining colour. Depending on the style of bag you can opt for your preferred handles, either cross-body or short. Each piece is then engraved on the back panel with your initials. Prices range from around €127 for the iPad cover to €285.00 for the briefcase. Lacambra sells worldwide through its online shop at myLACAMBRA.com. Allow three weeks for delivery l
Even though Spain is in deep recession, its leather goods industry remains in a very healthy state with an annual turnover of more than €500 million and exports on the rise.
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FOR A versatile, unisex piece, the rucksack is worth closer examination. Priced at €298 (including delivery) this style is particularly popular with image conscious metro-sexual men on mainland Europe.
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Because of its practical uses it might become a big seller here too. It’s not cheap but it’s worth the investment. Made from robust cowhide leather it comfortably holds a 15-inch laptop with plenty of extra storage space and extra back padding. It looks professional enough for office and transition to après office. Whether you are thinking of a Lacambra bag as a gift for yourself or someone else, you can get samples of the exact material colours before you commit your order. WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 21
Travel and trips
Necropolis now BERNARD HARBOR spent an absorbing afternoon in Glasnevin cemetery and got a crash course in Irish history. MORE PEOPLE are buried in Dublin’s Glasnevin cemetery than currently live in the capital. Overloaded with fascinating tales of the great and the good, its museum and tour struggle at times to find space for the stories and history of ordinary Dubliners. But they’re up for the challenge and ultimately win out.
lives of the people and the city they lived in. The highlight of the museum is the excellent touch-screen information about the graveyard’s many residents, which really puts a face on Irish history. Alongside the politicians and poets, you’ll find James Tallon, (nineteenth century bookbinder, died of consumption), Connolly’s cartoonist Ernest Cavanagh, shop assistant Jane Boyle (killed in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday just a week before her wedding day), 16-year-old servant girl Mary Yeates (buried in the poor ground after dying of smallpox in 1879), and two-year-old John Francis, killed in the crossfire the day that Pearse read the proclamation from the steps of the GPO. It’s easy to access as much or as little information as you want on these and scores of others, and I found myself under pressure as the tourtime approached.
Though the big historic names – O’Connell, Parnell, Collins, De Valera, Larkin, Markievicz and plenty of others – dominate the Glasnevin experience, the small but absorbing museum deliberately sets out to relate the
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Père-Lachaise, Paris Reputed to be the world’s most visited cemetery, Père-Lachaise is home to Proust, Balzac, Oscar Wilde and other famous artists and writers. Doors front man Jim Morrison’s tomb is the most visited.
Prague’s Jewish cemetery The fifteenth century old Jewish cemetery’s 12,000 visible tombstones conceal the fact that as many as 100,000 are buried here. A truly strange and moving place.
The museum also boasts a bank of PCs, where you can research your family tree and access information on every person buried in Glasnevin since four-year-old Michael Casey was laid to rest in February 1832. The facility is also available on line. It’s fitting that O’Connell’s tower should physically dominate the cemetery itself, not just because of The Liberator’s place in Irish history but also because he campaigned to have the place opened. Prior to this, the penal laws forced Catholics and other nonprotestants to be buried in the poor grounds or pay over the odds for a place in a protestant churchyard.
fuss in military graveyards for fear of inspiring further resistance. Trade unionists, feminists and other progressives also feature strongly in both tour and museum. At Jim Larkin’s graveside (a few feet from his nemesis William Martin Murphy) I enjoyed the discomfort of an elderly American visitor clearly unused to the positive use of words like trade unionist, socialist and communist. I later overheard him asking our guide where Eoin O’Duffy was buried.
“Our guide Niall really knew his stuff and communicated his passion for history in a really accessible style with a twist of Dublin wit.”
On a June Tuesday afternoon, I joined about 20 people aged from six to over 60 for the excellent tour. Our guide Niall really knew his stuff and communicated his passion for history in a really accessible style, with a twist of Dublin wit. Starting with O’Donovan Rossa the tour really brings to life (if you’ll pardon me) the people and events – and the great funerals and orations – that shaped our history. No wonder most of the leaders of the Easter Rising were buried without
Even the kids stayed fully engaged as the hour-and-a-half tour flew by. It left me wanting more. As Leopold Bloom found, the cemetery is a wonderful place to wander, and I also found myself flicking through the excellent Glasnevin: Ireland’s Necropolis (€15 or €10 if you do the tour) when I got home. If you have time, follow Bloom’s example and visit the Gravediggers pub in Prospect Square, which serves great pints and good food. You’ll find the cemetery in Prospect Road on the north side of the city, close to the Botanic gardens which are also well worth a visit. It’s well-served by the 140 bus from O’Connell Street. Tour and museum entry costs €12 for an adult or €25 for a family. MP3 self-guided tours cost a tenner, but I really recommend you go with the guide. Museum entry alone is €6. Tour and opening times from www.glasnevincemetery.ie l
Najaf The final resting place of prophets, kings, scientists and millions of Muslims, Iraq’s ancient and holy Wadi Al-Salam cemetery is the biggest in the world. It’s a UNESCO world heritage site.
Zentralfriedof, Vienna Music lovers can honour Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Schönberg and Beethoven in the Austrian capital’s main graveyard.
Drumcliffe, Sligo Stunningly positioned at the foot of Benbulben, W B Yeats chose beautiful Drumcliffe graveyard, with its round tower, as his final resting place.
Arlington national cemetery Across the Potomac river from the Washington monument, Virginia’s military cemetery is J F Kennedy’s final resting place. WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 23
In the kitchen
How low can yo You don’t have to believe meat is murder to see the benefit of reducing your intake. MARGARET HANNIGAN picks over the bones. THERE’S JUST no escaping the fact that we’re overdoing it. We are all (Ryan Tubridy and a few healthy others excluded) eating too much. And what’s worse, we are all eating too much of the wrong kinds of foods. One-third of our energy should come from fat, half of which should be unsaturated fat. But we’re eating way beyond that, and it’s making us overweight and unhealthy.
Meat is a complete protein, and the iron it contains is highly available to the body. Meat intake also helps the absorption of iron from other foods where availability of iron is low. Iron is essential for growth, and without it we feel tired and listless or, at worst, develop anaemia.
Simple Plant foods are incomplete proteins, which need other foods to provide the missing amino acids we need. But this need not be a complicated process. Something as simple as beans on toast is a complete protein. The other glaring contradiction is that we only need 60-100g of protein per day, whereas most of us eat multiples of that at a sitting. An 8oz steak is 225g, and that doesn’t include the poached egg you had for breakfast or the ham roll at lunch.
Saturated fat is the most harmful fat. You’ll find it labelled and identified in processed foods, but it’s impossible to quantify the amount contained in any cut of meat you buy. Despite numerous attempts to raise awareness about the dangers of over-consumption, European sales of meat rose by 14% between 2005 and 2010. Sales of vegetables rose by just under 11%. Our cultural attachment to eating animals, founded in the belief that it provides the best source of protein, is tied to the notion that a good dinner has to have meat in it. It’s also linked to how we perceive our standard of living. Just as in Ireland over the centuries, regular meat eating is regarded as a sign of affluence in the emerging economies of China and India, and by much of the developing world. But we don’t have to eat a plate of meat every day to convince ourselves we’re doing okay, do we? Well do we?
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Full-on vegetarianism can be a bridge too far for many, but the notion of becoming flexitarian is gathering momentum. This just means mixing it up a bit with meat-free days, fish-only days, dairy days, or whatever combination you like. It really means moving away from meat as an essential component of every main meal and ramping up your consumption of vegetables, fish, grains and pulses, supplemented with eggs and dairy.
Digest If you continue to eat meat – as many of us will – reduce the portion size and eat lots of vegetables to aid digestion and help you feel full. Digestion times for meat vary because much depends on how thoroughly it’s chewed and whether there were fibre-bearing vegetables on the plate. Generally red meat is slow to digest and can take up to three days. Think of the lioness who’s just eaten half an antelope and then has to lie down for a few days while her innards get to work. Increased consumption of plant foods reduces the risk of cancer and, because you’re eating less saturated fat, the risk of hypertension and obesity is also decreased. Similarly, type 2 diabetes is less common in vegetarians as veggie diets are higher in complex carbohydrates and fibre, which helps keep blood sugar levels down.
Risk There’s also a benefit to the environment. Less meat consumption means fewer greenhouse gases while reduced demand for meat frees up grain to feed people instead of animals. There’s also a zero risk of accidentally consuming horsemeat, which has to be a good thing all on its own. Last, but certainly not least, in these dark days of austerity budgets, eating less meat saves money. So that’s the challenge I’ll be taking this summer. I want to know how low I can go in terms of meat consumption. In India, 31% of the Hindu population is lacto-vegetarian while another 9% eat eggs but not meat. They have sunshine and Bollywood, but I have the Burren and Netflix. Game on! l
Spring chicken in a pot This is a recipe that does contain chicken. But the ratio of chicken to veg is low, and if offers 125g of meat per person – still plenty. Serves four. l 1tbsp olive oil l 1 onion, chopped l 500g boneless, skinless chicken thighs l 300g small new potatoes l 425 ml low-salt vegetable stock l 350g broccoli, cut into small florets l 350g spring greens, shredded l 140g petit pois l Bunch spring onion, sliced l 2 tbsp pesto Heat the oil in a large heavy pan. Add the onion, gently fry for five minutes until soft. Add the chicken then fry until lightly coloured. Add the potatoes, stock and plenty of freshly ground black pepper and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes until the potatoes are tender and the chicken is cooked. It can be frozen at this point. WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 25
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At the movies For most of the last decade Matthew McConaughey has been a byword for undemanding romantic comedies or forgettable action films. But in the last couple of years the actor has assumed markedly different roles, says MORGAN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;BRIEN.
McConaugheyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new leaf The Internship (5th July) Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn rethread their well-worn schtick as a couple of slackers who intern at Google. Pre-release advertising looks like an ad for the internet behemoth.
Now You See Me (5th July) Crime caper about a magic troupe that fronts for a bank robbing enterprise. The impressive cast includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo and Woody Harrelson.
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The Bling Ring (5th July) Director Sofia Coppola brings her stylistic sensibilities (an acquired taste at the best of times) to the true-life story of a group of famesmitten LA teenagers who stole liberally from the houses of celebrities.
Pacific Rim (12th July) Soldiers manning giant robots to battle giant monsters may not sound the most cerebral, but in the hands of virtuoso director Guillermo Del Toro we can expect more than Michael Baystyle crash, bang, wallop.
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The Lincoln Lawyer
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY first came to attention in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, where he sauntered on screen as a somewhat louche small town lothario. His stock rose in the late 1990s with solid, dependable performances in the adaptation of John Grisham’s A Time to Kill (1996), Steven Spielberg’s slave ship drama Amistad (1997) and the Carl Sagan-influenced Contact (1997). From the early 2000s McConaughey pressed his easy insouciance and chiselled torso into service in a series of commercially successful, but critically unheralded, rom-coms including The Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Failure to Launch and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. He essayed similarly laidback and undemanding roles in action flicks Sahara and Fools Gold. Until 2011 the actor seemed content to plough this particularly singular furrow, characterised by sharp cheekbones, a perma-tan and welldefined muscles. Then he appeared in The Lincoln Lawyer. While the film itself is a fairly routine lawyers and cops drama, McConaughey’s performance has been the start of his assuming more ambiguous roles in dramatic pieces.
Killer Joe
His performance in William Friedkin’s lurid Killer Joe marked a stripping bare of his well developed on-screen persona. As the titular ‘Joe’, McConaughey laced his characteristic charisma with searing menace to play an amoral hitman embroiled in a family’s internecine insurance scam. Subsequently, the actor has seemed more judicious in his selection of roles, pursuing more interesting and varied fare. He recently reunited with Richard Linklater, featuring in his caustic blackcomedy Bernie alongside Jack Black and Shirley McClaine, starring alongside Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman in Lee Daniels’ torrid neo-noir The Paperboy and, most recently, as a fugitive on the run in the coming of age film Mud. Most notably, McConaughey won plaudits for his role as an ex-stripper in Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike, a performance that had many expecting an Academy award nomination. While the imprimatur of the Oscars wasn’t
forthcoming, the actor’s stock rose significantly with a slew of high profile roles.
DiCaprio Later this year McConaughey will star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese’s film about corporate corruption. And he’ll feature in Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming sci-fi Interstellar and The Dallas Buyer’s Club, a true life story of a man with HIV who starts importing illegal medication. What hastened this embrace of a broader palette of roles is unclear. But McConaughey has emerged as a versatile and appealing on-screen presence, reminding audiences of the early promise he showed in John Sayles’ Lone Star. As he recently quipped “It’s a McConaugh-aissance” and long may it continue l
The Lone Ranger (9th August)
Kick Ass 2 (19th July) A sequel to the entertaining Kick Ass, this adaptation should offer an offbeat view of the superhero genre. Jim Carrey joins the established cast as the colourfully named Colonel Stars and Stripes.
The Wolverine (26th July) Hugh Jackman reprises his longstanding role as perhaps the definitive member of
the X-Men. Based on Chris Claremont and Frank Miller’s comic book series, the action takes Wolverine to Japan.
RED 2 (2nd August) Bruce Willis and John Malkovich are joined by Catherine ZetaJones in this sequel to the thoroughly entertaining and highly ridiculous RED. Expect the usual mix of quips and gunplay from the ageing spies.
Johnny Depp reunites with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski to play Tonto to Armie Hammer’s Lone Ranger. The film has endured a lengthy release delay. Not always a positive sign.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (9th August) Can the inimitable Partridge make the transition from small to big screen? Reports suggesting Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci have been heavily involved with the script bode well.
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Rockin’ in the Mod world RAYMOND CONNOLLY finds forty-something Mods in the heart of Dublin. THE WHO is the greatest band ever. We know that for a fact. I gladly went to see them in Dublin recently. And, following a riproaring show, I accidentally stumbled upon a ‘Bubbles’ reunion night at the Grand Central Hotel. It sounds ever so Brighton doesn’t it? Bubbles was Dublin’s Mod scene between 1981 and 1987. Nothing much has changed, although the parting on the left is now the parting on the right. Two things struck me. First was the small but dedicated community of Paul Weller wannabees out there. Second, it’s approaching 50 years since the iconically famous Mod versus Rocker riots broke out in the South of England. On the subject of Mr Weller, I almost sparked a riot of my own by humbly suggesting that he was a tad over-rated and had spent much of his career pretending to be from London. I do have respect for The Modfather, but I also doff my cap to the art of growing old gracefully. Sporting a barnet from Shaftsbury Avenue circa 1965, and ingesting slimming pills to ensure that the tight, neat jacket still fits, is too tall an order for my liking. 32
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Nonetheless, the Mods and Rockers conflict must have been invigorating for the youth of the day. Although the British press was horrified by events (“Wild Ones Invade Seaside,” they screamed) the conflict was hardly the trigger for Bertrand Russell’s quote: “War does not determine who is right, only who is left.” Brutal force was exerted with the aid of the most lethal known weapon to mankind. The deckchair.
Snobs Hundreds of young people would descend on Margate, Brighton, Bournemouth and Clacton to dispute the major issues of the day. Were Mods weedy, effeminate snobs? Could it be true that Rockers were out of touch, oafish and grubby? Seems harmless enough. The riots commenced on Easter weekend 1964 and were generally the preserve of bank holiday weekends through to 1966, when they petered out. I can suggest two good reasons why the rioting stopped then.
Captivated In the summer of 1966 the English nation was captivated by the soccer world cup. England won, although they tend not to talk about it. And in any event a large percentage of the Mod and Rocker tribes, keeping pace with societal moves, found harmony in the hippy movement. My Bubbles reunion experience, with its cast of Woking wannabees, set me imagining if Dublin would ever see a Mod or Rocker revival. Picture the scene as hundreds of Vespa scooters and Norton bikes descend on Bray and Greystones to debate the issues. Fortified by porridge and granola from some mother earth café? I think not l
C’est Chic I KNEW I was right. In my secondary school days I took an absolute pasting for suggesting that some of the disco music of the day was funky, interesting and cool.
Nile Rodgers
The reaction reminded me of the great Bob Monkhouse one-liner: “When I was younger I told people I was going to be a comedian. They all laughed. They’re not laughing now.” My opponents were mainly supporters of an up-and-coming garage band called U2, who went on to become a garage band. Meanwhile, I hailed Nile Rodgers and his Chic and Sister Sledge manifestations as the work of a genius. How delighted I was to see Nile at the hub of the Daft Punk single Get Lucky, which gave the French electronica outfit its first ever UK No.1. Well played.
Drastic plastic 4th August 1964: A crowd of Mods join the rioting between Mods and Rockers on the beach at Hastings.
A TIP for all You Tube fiends. Check out I’m Your Vinyl, if you haven’t already done so. Vocalist-guitarist Dana Donnelly and multi-instrumentalist Ken McHugh write melodically beautiful songs that showcase their love of rich cinematic overtones coupled with hypnotic and seductive beats. They’re working on their first album. You’ll be hearing more in Work & Life.
MOD MOVERS
GREASY SPOONERS
1. My Generation by The Who (1965) Why don’t ya all f-f-f-fade away?
1. Be Bop A Lula by Gene Vincent (1956) The American translation of wack for de toora loora.
2. Tin Soldier by The Small Faces (1967) The intro alone does it.
2. C’mon Everybody by Eddie Cochran (1958) Finally put to sleep by The Sex Pistols.
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4. Green Onions by Booker T & The MGs (1962) Hammond organ, Fender Tele and one of your five a day.
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That’s All Right by Elvis Presley (1954) The King animates this Jimmy Rogers production.
5. All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks (1964) Muswell Hill supports the 24/7 Alliance.
5. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet by Bachman Turner Overdrive (1974) Arsene Wenger stands accused.
Keep on Running by The Spencer Davis Group (1965) Spencer Davis administers advice to Forrest Gump.
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Summer 2013 Crossword Solutions See page 46 for the competition winners from Issue 21.
ACROSS: 5. Clockout 6. Tow 9. aboree 11. In 13. Secret 16. Uniform 17. Cats 18. Ache 20. Ink 21. He 22. Hearing 23. Net 24. Office 25. Onus. DOWN: 1. Clockin 2. Scot 3. Coal 4. Stamps 6. Topic 7. Or 8. Wedge 10. Tool 12. Niche 14. Resigns 15. Tank 17. Carrot 19. Chef 22. Heck. WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 33
From the author
A labour of love County Waterford-based IMPACT member Mary Grehan’s first novel has just been published by Penguin Ireland. Mary trained in ceramics in the National College of Art and Design in Dublin. She’s now arts director at the Waterford Healing Arts Trust, which specialises in the area of arts and health. She comes from a family of nurses which, she says, best explains where she is now – directing arts programming in a health setting. Mary’s career in this field began when she undertook responsibility for running the National Maternity hospital’s centenary arts programme in 1994.
Head space Her work in Waterford continues to be challenging."We have a busy programme and it uses up a lot of head space. We do art making, commission art work and we have an extensive art collection. There’s a music making programme, and we are responsible for the national arts and health programme. Essentially, we are bringing art into the health environment,” she says.
MARY GREHAN says her novel made it to print as a result of a ‘chain of women’ who took up the cause of the novel and helped to realise her dream of publication. She credits poet and children’s fiction writer Grace Wells for mentoring her through a programme for writers, funded by Waterford county council. But before that, she spent three years forging the novel in relative secrecy. Detailing her experience on the blog writing.ie, Mary writes: “I told very few people about the novel in the first year of writing. I chipped away at it in my attic room as if it were a huge piece of marble. “The early drafts were roughly hewn but feedback from writer friends helped me shape and refine it over time. I channelled boring bus journeys and gym sessions into problem solving, forcing myself to listen to my own nagging doubts about plot and character. With each re-write, I burrowed deeper into the characters and took a closer look at their motivations and the personal histories that shaped them,” she says.
Fake The novel details the experiences of Sylvia Larkin a mother who, deep down, is convinced that she's no good at it. Seeing her husband's loving relationship with their daughter Kate, she believes she's simply been going through the motions. She feels like an outsider, a fake. When a former lover turns up, reminding her of the striking young artist she once was and the life she gave up, Sylvia is finally tipped into despair and nearly destroys her own world and that of her family. The novel deals with many strong themes including post-natal depression. 34
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“I’m an artist who also writes books. We are all the sum of many parts and we’re not necessarily defined by one part of our lives.” Mary is keen on the idea of people finding expression for their own creative identity. To that end, staff in the trust take part in an exhibition called Inside Out, which includes a staff art wall. “I’m an artist who also writes books. We are all the sum of many parts and we’re not necessarily defined by one part of our lives,” she says. Now based in Passage East, Mary has travelled widely and has lived in many places from Mullingar to Japan, which is the backdrop for her second novel, now well underway. Interview by Niall Shanahan. Love is the Easy Bit is now widely available in book shops. Find out more about Arts & Health by visiting www.artsandhealth.ie l
Book reviews
Who are you? The incredible life of Jonathan Doe Carol Coffey (Poolbeg, £12.99 in the UK)
BRENDAN MARTIN lives in the granny flat at the bottom of his uncle Frank’s New Jersey garden. He’s there because of a DUI conviction that left him unemployed in New York, and a community service requirement that expoliceman Frank undertook to oversee. Now Brendan isn’t a bad sort. He’s just a bit careless the way people who aren’t valued tend to be. His mother was cold to him, and he never knew his father. Growing up in Mullingar his only friends were imaginary ones in books. Now he is under the watchful eye of Frank, who has charged him with safely delivering his cousin Eileen to the local homeless shelter where she helps out every day. Eileen is even more confined than Brendan and, for reasons unknown to him, seems to be under virtual house arrest. Eventually, Brendan gains her trust and meets Jonathan Doe, the shelter’s only permanent resident and someone Eileen seems to care for. Jonathan’s origins are shrouded in mystery. He can’t remember his last name or where his childhood home was. He has confused memories of growing up on a farm, but the scars of repeated beatings are at odds with his happy tales and don’t explain how he was found living rough in a New York park. He remained unidentified and grew up in foster homes and shelters. Fragile and frequently medicated, he gradually comes to trust Brendan, who decides to solve the mystery of Jonathan’s identity. While becoming Tom Sawyer to Jonathan’s Huck Finn was appealing, Brendan finds there are more demons to confront than he ever imagined. As with all good quests, the heroes grow and develop to meet the challenges as they arise and there are plenty of twists in the tale to keep the reader intrigued and involved. The characters themselves are well-written, if at times sailing just a little too close to stereotype for comfort, while the settings are vivid and believable. It’s a really good read and an insight into how easy it is to ignore the personalities that are often obscured and defined
by their attendant disorders. It’s a sobering reminder that, whether billionaire or street-bum, we were all somebody’s little baby once. Margaret Hannigan
Sister acts The Sea Sisters Lucy Clarke (Harper Collins, £7.99 in the UK) WHEN SHE receives the devastating news that her sister has died, Katie Greene realises that her life will never be the same again, but not how much it will change. Relations between the two girls were not always good. Katie, blonde and pretty with a good career and a perfect fiancé, could not have been more different to dark, wild and uncommitted Mia. Mia had gone travelling with her best friend Finn and was found dead in Bali. But Bali was not on Mia’s itinerary, and why wasn’t Finn with her? Matters worsen when the police inform her that Mia committed suicide. Mia was strong and spontaneous and, despite the evidence, Katie does not believe it. When Mia’s belongings are returned she discovers a journal and, in an attempt to finally understand her sister, Katie decides to follow its itinerary. Travelling through Australia and Bali, alone and often afraid, Katie sees the world through her sister’s eyes. She is shocked at the struggles and pain that her sister endured and heartbroken at her own part in Mia’s hardship. Katie also learns that she is more like Mia than she ever realised and she begins to question her own carefully constructed life. continued on page 36 ‰ WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 35
More book reviews This book explores the complex relationship that exists between sisters. Underneath the tensions and rivalry there is someone who is closer than anyone else ever could be. Secrets emerge through the book to show how each sister could inflict terrible hurt on the other, and one secret is discovered that neither knew about.
With its vivid depiction of the trail often followed by young back-packers as its backdrop, this is an engaging tale of love, regret and finding your true self. Katherine Smith
Changing spouse The Farmers’ Wife Rachel Treasure (Harper Collins, £7.99 in the UK) IF YOU’VE read Christos Tsiolkas’ book The Slap you might find it difficult to face another book about thoroughly objectionable Australians. But rest assured. While many characters in Rachael Treasure’s book are crude and obnoxious, at least some of them have redeeming qualities. When Rebecca Saunders was an agricultural student she dreamt of marrying Charlie Lewis, running her own farm and raising a family. Ten years on and all of those dreams have come true, but the reality is more of a nightmare. Charlie is mean and useless, the work is endless drudgery, and they are in debt. A new type of farming is being advocated which Rebecca believes could turn her farm around.
Hippy trap Telegraph Avenue Michael Chabon (4th Estate, £8.99 in the UK) TELEGRAPH AVENUE is a four-mile stretch that takes you all the way from rundown downtown to the gates of the University of California’s Berkeley campus. Well-known to tourists, the Avenue offers a taste of 1960s tied-dyed hippy Americana, complete with street stalls selling reefer accessories, handthrown pottery and herbal teas. Well, that’s the myth. In reality, few from the People’s Park end of the street ever make it into Berkeley and the Avenue is also home to addicts, gangs and mentally unstable drifters. In the middle of it all, a few independent stores struggle on, serving a niche market and keeping the whole neighbourhood vibe going. It’s in one of these funky little stores that Chabon introduces us to Archy, an African-American man-child running a small record store in partnership with his oldest friend Nat, whose gentle Jewish exterior conceals a heart that beats pure R&B. Coincidentally, Archy’s wife Gwen and Nat’s wife Aviva are also in business together, offering home midwifery services as the Berkeley Birthing Partners. Both partnerships come under 36
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But Charlie is resistant to change. She feels her life disintegrate completely when she discovers that Charlie is having an affair. But Rebecca has some loyal friends and also meets the new owners of the farm next door. Handsome Sol Stanton and his half-sister, Yazzie are successfully using the new farming methods. Yazzie’s wealth and beauty hide a tragic past, but she is warm and friendly to Rebecca. In the nearby town, an ageing hippie called Evie takes Rebecca under her wing and guides her with her quiet wisdom. Rebecca’s transformation is very well written and this book could be quite inspirational. The cover suggests a love story about modern marriage and expectations, but actually the writing runs deeper than that. Katherine Smith threat from corporate America; the women via an altercation with an obstetrician at their local hospital and the men from the opening of a music megastore. Gwen is 36 weeks pregnant herself and, while Archy tries his hardest to ignore the reality of her growing bump, she’s forced to confront his infidelities and the arrival of his 14-year-old son whose existence was previously unknown to her. Add in various riffs on music, musical equipment, babies, fatherhood, birthing plans, Blaxploitation king-fu movies, Quentin Tarantino and a cameo by Barack Obama, and you get a feel for the heady mix this is. But it’s a mix that is significantly less than the sum of its parts. I found reading it a chore, because all 625 pages are so overwritten and crammed with detail that I kept having to stop and analyse exactly what he meant. Chabon micro-manages each exchange between his characters and, while his writing is skilful and vibrant, it just keeps getting in the way of the story. More epic fail than epic grandeur, this book is too confined by its location to have universal resonance. The characters lack sympathy and seem to be icons rather than real people. It appears to be trapped within the confines of its origins and may remain a niche read because of it. Margaret Hannigan
Obituary
Christopher Robson 29th January 1941 – 23rd March 2013 CHRIS ROBSON was a longstanding activist for equality for gay and lesbian people, and for civil rights more generally. From the early 1980s he was pivotally involved in all the key campaigns that delivered such fundamental progress for us in this country. We would not have achieved this transformation so effectively without the huge commitment, as well as the wise, calm and principled guidance, of Chris. Chris was a committed trade unionist, active in the Union of Professional and Technical Civil Servants (UPTCS), IMPACT, and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU). In UPTCS, he and Tom Leacy successfully negotiated the groundbreaking 1988 Civil Service agreement, which stated that discrimination on the basis of HIV status or sexual orientation “would not be tolerated.” He was also on the ICTU working group that produced the pivotal 1988 publication Lesbian and Gay Rights in the Workplace. He had an acute understanding of the importance of making progress in employment areas, and was particularly proud of his role in getting sexual orientation explicitly included in the Unfair Dismissals Act (1993) and the Employment Equality Act (1998). Christopher and Bill Foley, partners of more than thirty five years, recently celebrated their civil partnership. Over the years Bill (a member of IMPACT’s Dublin Hospitals branch) and Chris were comrades in arms in many pivotal campaigns including the establishment of the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Men’s Collective, the organisation of the pivotal 1983 Fairview march, and the founding of Gay Health Action. Chris was a founder member of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) in 1988 and continued on as a board member. He was a skilful strategist and a persuasive speaker. He wrote beautifully with great insight. Equally important, he ensured that his own great generosity of spirit was the
bedrock of GLEN’s approach to campaigning. Chris was brave, principled and passionate; to be an open gay activist in the 1980s was not easy. We had few friends and supporters – and many powerful enemies – in those days. But Chris put himself on the line and took risks with his career because he believed that discrimination and oppression were inhuman and that each person had a responsibility to take action where they could. The range of Chris’s commitments was huge and included being a long-standing board member of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Ana Liffey drug treatment project and EUROCASO, the European response to the HIV/AIDS crisis. He was a founder member of the Campaign for Equality. His legal legacy is powerful; gay law reform in 1993, equality legislation, civil partnership, and now moves towards gay marriage. It is so sad that Chris was not able to witness the overwhelming vote for civil marriage at the recent Constitutional Convention. He would have been thrilled. Chris was a huge force who enhanced all our lives, all our communities and Irish society. A secular memorial service held on Saturday 30th March was a wonderful and moving celebration of the breadth of Chris’s life, the profound impacts he had on people’s lives, his great talents, passions and foibles. President Michael D Higgins was represented at the service by his aide-de-camp, Commandant James Galvin. Our great condolences go to his partner Bill Foley and to their families and wide circle of friends and colleagues.
Kieran Rose IMPACT member and chair of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network. WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 37
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World wide web of Turkish support Protester holds a flag as he takes cover from a water cannon during clashes with police at an anti-government demonstration in Ankara on June 16, 2013.
SIOBHÁN CURRAN says trade unionists across the globe are supporting protesters in Turkey. OVER 800,000 people in Ireland have put their names to an Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) letter of protest over the repression of peaceful and legitimate protests in Turkey. The letter, to Turkish prime minister Recep Erdoğan, was handed into the Turkish Embassy in June as part of a worldwide trade union campaign supported by organisations representing over 175 million workers. Turkish cities have been thronged with protesters, with over ten million people taking part in protests and strikes. The demonstrations were sparked by outrage at the violent actions of Turkish police when they attempted to evict a sit-in at Istanbul’s Gezi park. The authorities were about to begin demolishing the park before turning it into a shopping mall. Weeks later, the violent and repressive actions of the Turkish authorities had led to five deaths and thousands of injuries, arrests and arbitrary detentions.
recently made blasphemy a criminal offence and restricted the consumption of alcohol. Even more worrying are the restrictions on human rights, most notably freedom of speech, the right to free assembly and freedom of the press. The European Union has sent a message to Erdoğan as further talks on Turkish accession to the EU were blocked by Germany, Austria and The Netherlands in June.
Turkish demands
l End violence and repression against peaceful protests l Address the protesters’ demands l Prosecute those responsible for the deaths and injuries l Guarantee freedom of assembly in public areas l Stop dismissing trade unionists who exercise their right to freedom of assembly l Immediately release citizens who have participated in peaceful protests l Immediately release trade unionists, detained journalists, and all others unjustly held for legitimate acts of protests l Remove all barriers against the exercise of trade union rights l Ensure that injured protestors have access to adequate health care
The AKP has restricted the use of internet and social media, banned kissing in public, and has opposed any extension of gay rights. This, as well as the scale of the protests and their repression, has attracted a quick and strong response from the international trade union community, as well as civil and human rights groups across the globe. Unions have urged members to spread the word and seek support for the people of Turkey by spreading the campaign by email and social media, and raising it with TDs and councillors.
According to many of the protesters, the move to demolish l Stop prohibitive measures against the use of social media. one of downtown Istanbul's last green spaces was merely the spark. There has been growing tension over what is seen as an increasingly authoritarian agenda. Despite the crackdown and the obvious danger, Turkish citizens continue to pour onto the streets to express their oppoDuring his decade in power, Erdoğan has weakened the secsition to their Government’s policies. Over 800,000 trade ularist influence of the Turkish army and hundreds of miliunionists held a national strike in June, despite threats of distary officers have been jailed on charges of plotting a coup missal l against him. His Justice and Development Party (AKP) has WORK & LIFE: THE MAGAZINE FOR IMPACT MEMBERS 41
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Good to go You’ve organised your flights and accommodation, sourced your foreign currency, and booked your annual leave. But don’t forget your travel insurance, says IVAN AHERN. SUMMER IS the peak season for travelling abroad. There are so many considerations when you’re booking a summer holiday that travel insurance can easily be overlooked. This could be a costly mistake. Even before you travel, if you or a family member is taken ill, your flights may be non-refundable and your hotel may require advance notice of cancellation. If you haven’t purchased travel insurance you could be liable for these costs. The most popular place to buy cover is online. The marketplace is very competitive, with many different insurance providers. Price-determining factors include your age, whether you require cover for a spouse and dependent children, where you’re going, and certain activities like golf and skiing, which can make your quotation more expensive.
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When you come to purchase insurance you’ll typically be offered either a single trip or annual multi-trip policy. Single trip insurance is suitable for one-off trips or short breaks. But consider annual multi-trip if you plan to take more than one overseas journey in a 12-month period. Insurers may impose a limit on the number of trips you can take in a year and a maximum duration limit for any single trip. Always check at the time of purchase.
Cancellation cover This covers your flights and accommodation in the event that you are unable to travel for ‘unforeseen emergencies’ like
illness, injury or death to you, your travelling companion or a relative. It doesn’t generally cover cancellations due to business obligations, deciding not to travel, or your airline going out of business.
Emergency medical expenses This is one of the most important covers to consider when purchasing travel insurance. If you become ill or are involved in an accident costs can rapidly begin to build up. Ambulance costs, hospital treatment and the expense of returning home if medically necessary are among the things that emergency medical insurance can cover. Your travel insurance provider will supply you with contact details for their medical emergency assistance service. They will also request that you contact this service as soon as possible so that they can liaise with your hospital or assist with organising repatriation if necessary. Many of us have private health insurance or avail of the European Health Insurance Card, which provides some emergency medical expenses while abroad. However, ambulance costs and medical repatriation may not be covered by either.
Baggage and effects Another important consideration is your baggage. Insurers provide cover for loss, damage and theft of your baggage and personal effects. In the event of a claim, you’ll be required to report the loss to the local police and produce a police report on your return l
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2013 gaeltacht scholarship HUNDREDS OF IMPACT members applied for a grant towards their child’s trip to the Gaeltacht this summer and a draw was held by IMPACT’s membership services committee. These are the lucky members who have each received a scholarship award of €150. Bernie Alford (Offaly), Maria Allen (Sligo), Maria Barry (Meath), Richard Bennery (Dublin South HSE), Alfie Brown (Local Government Auditors), Catherine Byrne Murphy (Kilkenny), Eilis Carr (Dublin Hospitals), Niamh Casey (VEC), Anne Clear (Donegal), Kevin Cleary (Kildare Health), Liam Colgan (Aviation Safety), Geraldine Condon (Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown), Bridget Connolly (SNA South Dublin), Niall Cotter (Tipperary South), Geraldine Davis (Offaly), Pauline Dempsey (Fingal), Assumpta Desmond (Cork), Siobhan Duffy Brown (Donegal), Jacqualine Eydt (Wexford), Edward Falvey (Kerry), Caroline Farrell (SNA South Dublin), Garry Flanagan (Agriculture No.1), Marie Forde (VEC), Deirdre Frankis (Institutes of Technology), Frances Friel (Donegal), Carmel Gallagher (Donegal), Carmel Galligan (Monaghan), Eoin Ganly (Coillte), Maggie Gannon (Roscommon), Margaret Hearne (Teagasc General), Ann Hovenden (Carlow), Desmond Hughes (Driver Testers), Dolores Hughes (Cavan), Suzanne James (Louth), Geraldine Joyce (Mayo), Malcom Kavanagh (Louth), Jackie Keegan (Sligo), Eileen Keenan (Longford), Barbara Kelly (Louth), PJ Kelly (Agriculture No.1), Margaret Kirwan (Waterford County), Paula Larkin (SNA Munster), Anne Marie Lee (Donegal), Mairead Lennon (Carlow), Jane Lynch (Dublin Hospitals), Yvonne Magill (Institutes of Technology), Stephen Maher ( Agriculture No.1), Petra Matthey (Cabin Crew), Emer McAuliffe (Dublin Hospitals), Michelle McConnon (SENO), Helena McEnery (Municipal Employees), Martina McEvoy (Louth), Marie McLaughlin (Donegal), Bernadette McPadden (Sligo), Roderick Molloy (Health & Safety Authority), Margaret Monaghan (Offaly), Brian Mooney (National Education Welfare Board), Joanne Morrissey (Mayo), Declan Murphy (Failte Ireland), Suzanne Murphy (VEC), Barbara Murray (South Dublin), Ceoil Ni Chuinn (Roscommon), Martina Niland (Galway), Yvonne Nolan (Clare), Patricia OʼBrien (Agriculture No.1), Maeve OʼCallaghan (Dublin North HSE), Joanne OʼDwyer (Kilkenny), Corinne OʼHare (Dublin South HSE), Kathleen OʼSullivan (Wexford), Lorraine Oliver (Teagasc General), Geraldine Power (Kildare), Amanda Quigley (Meath), Marian Quinn (Clare), Rosemary Quinn (Louth), Emer Roy (VEC), Daniel Ruane (Mayo), Elizabeth Sheahan (Offaly), Philip Slattery (Driver Testers), John Soden (Agriculture No.1), Valerie Teefy (Limerick), Mary Thornton (Cavan), Sandra Tinney (Donegal), PJ Trait (Coillte), Teresa Treacy (Cavan), Catherine Walsh (Mayo), Caitriona Whelan (NEPS), Michelle Woods (Institutes of Technology) and Tara Woods (Louth).
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6. What did you think of the balance between union news and other articles?
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2. What did you think of the layout, style and pictures in the summer-autumn 2013 issue of Work & Life? Excellent
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3. What were your favourite three articles?
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