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Mary Kenny

Canterbury, Deal, Dublin
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Veteran journo, stage-struck writer still aspiring to be playwright, hat-wearer, Francophone and femme de lettres.
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Lets be honest about motherhood – yes, it’s hard

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By Mary Kenny
| The Irish Catholic Verified
Maybe, in the face of all the negativity about the cost of – and reluctance about – starting a family, shouldn’t we honestly confront the facts of parenthood, and especially motherhood? There are many reasons why younger people say they are not having children – and as a recent Iona paper on rising childlessness pointed out, a quarter of Generation Z (aged 14 to 29) will never become parents.
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Ireland’s oldies are in good shape…

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By Mary Kenny
| The Irish Catholic Verified
Ireland has one of the fastest-ageing populations in Europe, and most oldsters seem to be coping reasonably well – according to TCD’s Longitudinal Study on Ageing. (‘Tilda’). There are 789 Irish centenarians (including the diaspora) of whom 637 are women, and 152 men. In every study, women averagely live longer than men – more evidence that the sexes are naturally different. Activity I can identify with most of Tilda’s findings, whose research was directed by Prof. Rose Anne Kenny (no kin, alas).
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Should we condemn too much ‘bling’ at First Communion?

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By Mary Kenny
| The Irish Catholic Verified
Some years ago, I was attending a Sunday Mass in Co. Galway, when I came to realise that it was also the occasion for First Holy Communions. Well, that’s a lovely ceremony to behold, and adds extra grace to a summer morning. Didn’t Napoleon say that everyone remembers their First Communion for the rest of their lives? But seeing the children, and especially the young girls, from a closer range, it did strike me that their appearance seemed a little overdone.
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