Photo was taken just off Dublin Hill, Cork (Irl)

The McCarthy’s from the traveller community take a leisurely ride up this laneway. Horses are a huge and vital part of traveller life especially with young travellers. It gives them a great sense of purpose and focus. This photo is a lovely moment in time far removed from busy motorways and dual carriageways.

This week will see the new changes to www.2u.ie kicking in. Thanks for all your feedback. We hope you will like these final changes to the website. Friday (Feb 1st) is our target day but we may even have the changes a day or two sooner. One important change will be the colour. The black darkground will be changing to more softer colours. Thank you for taking the time to email your feedback. It is appreciated.
Thought For Today is below

Just to explain to our readers in other countries. In Ireland our main TV station (RTE) takes time out at 6pm for the Angelus. For one minute it shows people from all walks of life pausing for the briefest of moments in a quiet moment of prayer. In recent times there was concern it might be scrapped in case it would offend people from other religious faiths. Our thought for today is about the Angelus as a prayer.

‘The Angelus is safe in my hands. There is no public or secret agenda to scrap it. For people of faith it is a moment of grace and for everyone else it is a moment of peace.’ ~Roger Childs

RTE’s new editor of religious programming has revealed interesting insights into the Angelus as a prayer. It is the most watched programme on RTE even though it lasts only a minute. People of other faiths including Muslims are in favour of the Angelus. There would be very few who could argue that a little time out to reflect is wrong. The Angelus may only be a minute but what a precious minute. Can I use 6pm as a moment of prayer? Can I use it to look back on my day and give thanks for one good thing that happened? Can I use it to ask God for something or for guidance? You’d be surprised how productive one minute can be. Thank God the Angelus is around to give us that chance.