The Six Nations 2019. Hold the press, someone has invented some spooky mind ray thing and they are somehow extracting thoughts, I blame the Google Street View van. It must have some clever gizmo on it that is harvesting thought waves. This must be the only plausible explanation, otherwise how else could the advertising agency…
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Story about Scattering of Ashes wins Irish short story competition
Story about Scattering Ashes Ashes by Claire Zwaartmann has won first prize in RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition (RTE is the Republic of Ireland’s public broadcaster). The story is about a deceased mans children scattering his ashes in the bay. It centres around the son needing to collect the ashes, the choice of location…
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Scattering Ashes Service across the UK and overseas
Scattering Ashes Service Scattering Ashes Service across the UK and overseas. Are you looking for your loved one’s ashes to be scattering at a particular destination within the UK or overseas but are unable to do this yourself? We can help. Many of us will have a place in mind that we want our ashes…
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Republic of Ireland: Dublin
Scattering Ashes at Sea or the River Liffey – Dublin Ireland Location Dun Laoghaire, Dublin Area of operation Lower end of the river Liffey, coast surrounding Dublin and the Irish Sea Type of boat Passenger Boat Duration of trip Trips are approx 90 mins Capacity of boat Max 10 passengers. Refreshments Feel free to bring…
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Cremation in the Republic of Ireland
Ireland and the UK have many similar customs. Cremation is not one of them. In fact very few people in the RoI get cremated and whilst it is on the increase it is still around 15% (compared to ~75% of us in the UK). Why? Probably a combination of belief, customs and tradition. I found…
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Republic of Ireland: Dunmore East, County Waterford
Scattering Ashes at Sea – Waterford Ireland Location Dunmore East, County Waterford Area of operation Dunmore East, WaterfordHarbour, Tramore Bay, Rivers Suir and Barrow. Type of boat Charter Duration of trip As required Capacity of boat 12 Refreshments Tea/ Coffee Cost On Application Ceremony Scattering ashes directly onto the water can lead to them being blown about…
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Peter O’Toole ashes to scattered in Connemara
The great Peter O’Toole movie star and hell raiser passed away last month. Mr O’Toole, whose greatest role is arguably the one in which he played T E Lawrence in Lawrence of Arbia, is to have his his ashes returned to his place of birth – Connemara on the west coast on Ireland. Whilst raised…
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Can you send cremation ashes in the post?
You cannot send the whole amount of cremated human remains / cremation ashes in the post. You can however send up to 50g of ashes. The Post Office prohibits the full amount being sent either: nationally via Royal Mail and Parcelforce and internationally through Parcelforce Worldwide UK, which includes mail services: First Class, Second Class and Special Delivery…
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Scattering Ashes at Sea – don’t risk your life to commemorate anothers…
A sad story with a moral: A lady in the Irish Republic went to scatter the ashes of her departed sister on sea at the cliffs near at Ballyconneely on the Connemara coast. Apparently she lost her footing fell into the sea, was swept away and drowned. There is something in there about not risking…
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