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\"\"<\/a>Well we’re back! \u00a0The Bennetts have been spending a few days camping (or glamping really – as it’s in a nice warm campervan with blown-air heating and hot running water) in the wilds of Co. Tipperary.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We also found a wee tea shop in Kilkenny which, for the first and only time, made the Suki tea selection at Dock Cafe look small by comparison…<\/p>\n

It was something of a heartbreak, it must be said, to travel home from the mist-shrouded hills of the Glen of Aherlow to a world of water cannons, petrol bombs and messy, ragged emotions. \u00a0A hundred-and-one blog posts wrote themselves, deleted themselves, reconsidered and re-wrote themselves in my mind as we travelled along – but for now I’ll choose not to add any more words and opinions to a situation already over-bulging with voices.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What I will do is turn those words to prayers: I’m planning to join this gathering<\/a> at 8:30am at the City Hall on Saturday morning – a chance to pray for peace at the place which has been the focus of so much hurt and hatred over this past week. \u00a0Check out the link and hopefully see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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