Ciaran CannonIt was a dark November evening last year and my wife Niamh and I were sharing a cup of tea with Ali…It was perhaps an awkward but well-intentioned attempt on our part to say that we kind of understood what they had just been through. They…Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022
Ciaran CannonThis is what makes us IrishIn February of 2018 I was nine months into my new role as Ireland’s Minister for the Diaspora and International Development and about to…Aug 25, 2022Aug 25, 2022
Ciaran CannonVaccines WorkThe World Health Organisation tells us that 207,500 people died from measles last year, the same measles that most of us would consider a…Jan 12, 2021Jan 12, 2021
Ciaran CannonThis is an opportune time to speak about how far we have come as a country since 2011, from a time…Let’s reflect for a moment on that tumultuous time in our nation’s history. In 2011 our unemployment rate was just under 15%, we had a…Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018
Ciaran CannonToday is the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth.Last November on Robben Island I laid a commemorative wreath at the foot of a Celtic Cross following a visit to the prison where Nelson…Jul 18, 2018Jul 18, 2018
Ciaran CannonToday is her birthday.But I will never have that chance because our daughter was stillborn on the 23rd of March, 2002. With just seven weeks left in my wife’s…Mar 24, 20181Mar 24, 20181