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June 5, 2024

Celtic Kindness in Castle Ward

by Paddy Creedon in Latest News

On Saturday, 25th May I had the absolute pleasure to perform with Celtic Grace at National Trust’s beautiful Castle Ward in Strangford, Co. Down. Together, we performed an interactive musical experience called Celtic Kindness, which follows the life of Irish harpist Turlogh O’Carolan. The team at Castle Ward provided a very warm welcome in such […]

March 22, 2024

Voices of Recovery – Belfast Launch

by Paddy Creedon in Voices of Recovery

By Guest Blogger – Fiona Ryan On Saturday 16th March, 2024 the Voices of Recovery launched its Charter in the Harty Rooms at Queens University, Belfast. It was a wonderful evening which highlighted the need for a combined community of those who experienced harm from parental alcohol misuse and those in recovery themselves. Feedback and […]

February 10, 2024

I Hear You Sing Again

by Paddy Creedon in Down Memory Lane

Celebrating Mother’s Day Everyday Scrolling across social media recently, I came across these beautiful words by Woody Guthrie and Janis Ian, bringing back many warm memories of nights out, family gatherings, community concerts and services in St Mary’s Church in Tarbert. I Hear You Sing Again If I could only hear my mother sing again If I […]

January 29, 2024

Our Place in the History of Things

by Paddy Creedon in Down Memory Lane

There is a saying; you can’t really know where you’re going unless you know where you’ve been. With that in mind, I have always felt a great need to find my family’s place in the history of things. We can trace our Creedon lineage back to my great-great grandfather Patrick Creedon, who was a farmer […]

January 1, 2024

Let’s ‘call it as it is’ a bit more in 2024

by Paddy Creedon in Latest News

Recently, I read an article about the enormous burden alcohol is having on the Irish emergency departments. This got me thinking about Minister McEntee’s new proposals for the Sale of Alcohol Bill and the knock on effect it will inevitably have on our community. I am personally saddened to find some disturbing evidence about our […]

December 12, 2023

VoR Wicklow Launch

by Paddy Creedon in Voices of Recovery

Last month Val Ward and I helped to launch the Voices of Recovery in Wicklow at the East Coast Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force conference. For me, the outstanding feature of this event was bringing the medical view (Prof Frank Murray), the research view (Anne Doyle) and the community view (Paula Leonard) into such […]

December 7, 2023

Unrecorded Places in Between

by Paddy Creedon in Down Memory Lane

The Story The scene is set in Rathfarnham, Dublin in January 1926 as Mrs Pearse, no ordinary Mrs Pearse, opens a letter she just received from someone she knew who lived in Ballymacassey, Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. My Grandad passed away when I was 8 years old and, from memory, we went to his funeral in […]

November 7, 2023

We All Know Someone

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction, Voices of Recovery

This November I hope to celebrate my 46th ‘Alcohol Free’ birthday with a coffee, or two, with some close family and friends. I am not alone in my recovery journey, we all know someone that needs our help and support. The Voices of Recovery Charter, a new initiative from Alcohol Action Ireland, is led by people […]

November 6, 2023

A study of The Irish Healthcare System

by Paddy Creedon in Latest News

Recently, I facilitated a study trip to Dublin for 30 executives from 12 Belgian hospitals. It was organised by the Vlerick Business School where I studied back in 2000 and graduated in 2002. Many happy memories of my time in Brussels and Leuven as a mature student. It was a great opportunity to compare and contrast […]

September 28, 2023

Voices of Recovery Initiative

by Paddy Creedon in Addiction, Voices of Recovery

This 30th September marks International Recovery Day, and the launch of Alcohol Action Ireland’s Voices of Recovery. I am always amazed at the volunteers I meet along the way with their drive to achieve better for their peers, so am proud to be associated with this exciting new initiative. Our vision is to mobilise the […]

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Celtic Kindness in Castle Ward

Voices of Recovery – Belfast Launch

I Hear You Sing Again

Our Place in the History of Things

Let’s ‘call it as it is’ a bit more in 2024

VoR Wicklow Launch

Unrecorded Places in Between

We All Know Someone

A study of The Irish Healthcare System

Voices of Recovery Initiative

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