Inspiration point (IP)
As you will have seen on the front page, this week we very sadly lost Coral, who wrote as Seashore, one of ABC's dearest friends and staunchest supporters. Our Inspiration Point is 'Friendship' - be it happy, not so happy, funny (Coral had a great sense of humour) or affectionate. I look forward to seeing the results!
Inspiration point
Two Contests

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] In place of armies’ warring slaughter, each should choose one man to fight, theirs was nine feet tall, in...
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The contest of life

The demand for a place in Scoil Realt na Mara, the school I once went to, has grown exponentially. Since the completion of the new housing estate...
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The Click

There she sits. She sits and she waits for her time to come. Every Wednesday she waits for the people on high to descend upon her to tell her if they...
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Still Light

It was still light but a star pushed towards darkness, like a wild flower refusing to stay in the earth, above the city, above the river, cool in a...
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Any Hard Task

It was still an up-hill pull with determined will to fully fulfil the task undertaken and reach the top not stop or flop or trip or slip or sleep,...
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