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Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Meet Miss Galway 2025 – a young woman who wants to make a big difference
Nineteen-year-old Roisin was recently crowned Miss Galway 2025 and will compete for the title of Miss Ireland on June 14. The Loughrea native told the Irish Independent she is very proud to represent her county nationally. 'I'm so excited, I cannot wait [for the final]. We have different rounds coming up and I just can't wait to be able to spread my voice and hopefully make a difference. 'My family were over the moon, our family in Galway goes back eight generations, we're very into history in our family. So to be able to represent Galway, especially as a woman, it's a big thing.' Roisin is sponsored by ATU – where she studies business, marketing and sales with French - and Concern Worldwide is her chosen charity. She explained: 'Education has always been really important to me so my sponsor being ATU is such a privilege to have. 'Concern Worldwide work with the poorest countries around the world, and they provide humanitarian aid, they help provide food, shelter, helping children and people in need. 'I chose Concern mainly because of the way the world is in at the minute. I believe that being born in Ireland is obviously such a privilege as opposed to be born in vulnerable countries. She added: 'I just felt it was the right thing to do, how else can I help people at my age?' Roisin explained she wants to use her platform to raise funds and awareness on what Concern Worldwide does, while she works to reach her dream job. 'I wanted to become miss Galway because I always wanted to help people and to work with charities, but I just found that I didn't have the machinery behind, I didn't have the name or the reputation to be able to do anything about it. 'So I kind of felt like 'no-one' as opposed to now that I have a title, I'll be able to do more about it. She added about her future: 'I want to work with a humanitarian organization definitely, I want to travel the world and volunteer, that's my dream. 'I just want to give people the same dreams and ambitions, the same opportunities and the same hope, I want to give them the opportunities that I was given so easily, and that might feel impossible to them at the minute.' She added how all this would have not been possible without her family and, in particular, her mom Siobhan. 'My mom did a lot of work around the world, she was in the red cross. So hearing her stories and how she helped people inspired me. She would be my idol.'
Irish Examiner
3 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
John Treacy takes on role as chair of Port of Waterford
Former Olympian John Treacy has begun his role as chair of the Port of Waterford, replacing Des Whelan who held the chair for eight successful years. Mr Treacy joins having completed his role as voluntary chair of Concern Worldwide alongside his role as CEO at Sport Ireland, where he led the development of Sport Ireland, delivering a variety of projects. This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? Sign in Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner. Annual €120€60 Best value Monthly €10€4 / month Unlimited access. Subscriber content. Daily ePaper. Additional benefits.
The Independent
17-04-2025
- General
- The Independent
King hails love as important virtue across religions in Easter message
The King has hailed love as an important virtue across religions and one that the world 'still needs' in a personal Easter message. It comes as he and the Queen are due to attend a Royal Maundy service in Durham Cathedral on Thursday. The ceremony is a major fixture on the royal calendar and normally the monarch, who is the head of the Church of England, presents specially minted coins to people recognised for their community service. The service commemorates Jesus's Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples as an act of humility the day before Good Friday. Charles, who announced his cancer diagnosis the previous February, did not attend the service in Worcester Cathedral last year. In his 2025 Easter message, the King said Jesus's actions were a 'token of His love that knew no bounds or boundaries and is central to Christian belief'. 'The love He showed when He walked the Earth reflected the Jewish ethic of caring for the stranger and those in need, a deep human instinct echoed in Islam and other religious traditions, and in the hearts of all who seek the good of others,' he went on. 'The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved the world, the whole world, that He sent His son to live among us to show us how to love one another, and to lay down His own life for others in a love that proved stronger than death. 'There are three virtues that the world still needs, faith, hope and love. 'And the greatest of these is love'.' Charles also said humanity is 'capable of both great cruelty and great kindness'. 'This paradox of human life runs through the Easter story and in the scenes that daily come before our eyes, at one moment, terrible images of human suffering and, in another, heroic acts in war-torn countries where humanitarians of every kind risk their own lives to protect the lives of others,' he continued. 'A few weeks ago, I met many such people at a reception in Buckingham Palace and felt a profound sense of admiration for their resilience, courage and compassion.' In February, the King and Queen were joined by the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at a reception to celebrate exceptional individuals and organisations which contribute towards humanitarian efforts across the globe. There, among others, he met 95-year-old Nellie Hill, of Newcastle, Co Down, who set up a charity shop in 1992 in response to an emergency appeal by Concern Worldwide for the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and has since raised £1.83 million for the charity. On Thursday, Charles will present 76 women and 76 men, signifying his age, with two purses, one red and one white, filled with Maundy money. This year, the red purse will contain a £5 coin commemorating the Queen Mother and a 50p coin featuring stories of the Second World War. The King and Queen will also see a special exhibition of Durham Cathedral's Magna Cartas, which are on display for the first time in eight years.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
King hails love as important virtue across religions in Easter message
The King has hailed love as an important virtue across religions and one that the world 'still needs' in a personal Easter message. It comes as he and the Queen are due to attend a Royal Maundy service in Durham Cathedral on Thursday. The ceremony is a major fixture on the royal calendar and normally the monarch, who is the head of the Church of England, presents specially minted coins to people recognised for their community service. The service commemorates Jesus's Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples as an act of humility the day before Good Friday. Charles, who announced his cancer diagnosis the previous February, did not attend the service in Worcester Cathedral last year. In his 2025 Easter message, the King said Jesus's actions were a 'token of His love that knew no bounds or boundaries and is central to Christian belief'. 'The love He showed when He walked the Earth reflected the Jewish ethic of caring for the stranger and those in need, a deep human instinct echoed in Islam and other religious traditions, and in the hearts of all who seek the good of others,' he went on. 'The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved the world, the whole world, that He sent His son to live among us to show us how to love one another, and to lay down His own life for others in a love that proved stronger than death. 'There are three virtues that the world still needs, faith, hope and love. 'And the greatest of these is love'.' Charles also said humanity is 'capable of both great cruelty and great kindness'. 'This paradox of human life runs through the Easter story and in the scenes that daily come before our eyes, at one moment, terrible images of human suffering and, in another, heroic acts in war-torn countries where humanitarians of every kind risk their own lives to protect the lives of others,' he continued. 'A few weeks ago, I met many such people at a reception in Buckingham Palace and felt a profound sense of admiration for their resilience, courage and compassion.' In February, the King and Queen were joined by the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at a reception to celebrate exceptional individuals and organisations which contribute towards humanitarian efforts across the globe. There, among others, he met 95-year-old Nellie Hill, of Newcastle, Co Down, who set up a charity shop in 1992 in response to an emergency appeal by Concern Worldwide for the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and has since raised £1.83 million for the charity. On Thursday, Charles will present 76 women and 76 men, signifying his age, with two purses, one red and one white, filled with Maundy money. This year, the red purse will contain a £5 coin commemorating the Queen Mother and a 50p coin featuring stories of the Second World War. The King and Queen will also see a special exhibition of Durham Cathedral's Magna Cartas, which are on display for the first time in eight years.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
King hails love as important virtue across religions in Easter message
The King has hailed love as an important virtue across religions and one that the world 'still needs' in a personal Easter message. It comes as he and the Queen are due to attend a Royal Maundy service in Durham Cathedral on Thursday. The ceremony is a major fixture on the royal calendar and normally the monarch, who is the head of the Church of England, presents specially minted coins to people recognised for their community service. The service commemorates Jesus's Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples as an act of humility the day before Good Friday. Charles, who announced his cancer diagnosis the previous February, did not attend the service in Worcester Cathedral last year. In his 2025 Easter message, the King said Jesus's actions were a 'token of His love that knew no bounds or boundaries and is central to Christian belief'. 'The love He showed when He walked the Earth reflected the Jewish ethic of caring for the stranger and those in need, a deep human instinct echoed in Islam and other religious traditions, and in the hearts of all who seek the good of others,' he went on. 'The abiding message of Easter is that God so loved the world, the whole world, that He sent His son to live among us to show us how to love one another, and to lay down His own life for others in a love that proved stronger than death. 'There are three virtues that the world still needs, faith, hope and love. 'And the greatest of these is love'.' Charles also said humanity is 'capable of both great cruelty and great kindness'. 'This paradox of human life runs through the Easter story and in the scenes that daily come before our eyes, at one moment, terrible images of human suffering and, in another, heroic acts in war-torn countries where humanitarians of every kind risk their own lives to protect the lives of others,' he continued. 'A few weeks ago, I met many such people at a reception in Buckingham Palace and felt a profound sense of admiration for their resilience, courage and compassion.' In February, the King and Queen were joined by the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at a reception to celebrate exceptional individuals and organisations which contribute towards humanitarian efforts across the globe. There, among others, he met 95-year-old Nellie Hill, of Newcastle, Co Down, who set up a charity shop in 1992 in response to an emergency appeal by Concern Worldwide for the humanitarian crisis in Somalia and has since raised £1.83 million for the charity. On Thursday, Charles will present 76 women and 76 men, signifying his age, with two purses, one red and one white, filled with Maundy money. This year, the red purse will contain a £5 coin commemorating the Queen Mother and a 50p coin featuring stories of the Second World War. The King and Queen will also see a special exhibition of Durham Cathedral's Magna Cartas, which are on display for the first time in eight years.
