Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
The mission is to connect people, and “get people to realise that they have a lot more in common than they have differences”, says CEO Sam Bishop.
“More people, definitely. We need more people,” says Barry Bryan, who thought up and started Symbi.
The latest special at Sashimir Sushi involves a deep-fried rice hotdog bun, chunks of fresh raw salmon, and plenty of sauce.
Thirteen years later, she hasn’t forgotten the taste of her first banana pudding, says Shahzadi Raza of Feed the Blob.
They’re sliced fruit – kiwi, strawberry, grapes or mango – immersed in whipped cream, pressed between two slices of chiffon cake.
Market operator Manifesto has walked away from the project, said its co-founder Martin Barry.
The Sourdough Rotation group was initiated by Niamh Lacy, as a community that goes beyond baking tips.
Restaurants around the city centre serve the South Asian snacks pani puri, dahi puri, sev puri and other variations on the theme.
“Samosa is 90 percent similar to restaurants in Somalia,” says owner Hamza Tahir. The aim, he says, is to make a place where people can mix.
Last year, her knitting group had a code on WhatsApp, says Ailish Scanlon: a hand emoji if you’d be at the next meeting, and an apple if you needed apples.
“It could be as small as a herb garden on a lamppost, on the base of a tree, or on the corner of housing estates, so space wouldn’t be at a premium.”