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Updated 16.51
Monica Duff from Drumcondra holds her new daughter Emily Rose. (Pic: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
THE FIRST BABY born in 2014 must have been very impatient to arrive – because she made her entrance into the world at exactly five seconds past midnight.
Emily is the daughter of Brian and Monica Duff from Griffith Avenue, and was born at the National Maternity Hospital at Holles St in Dublin.
She weighed 3.69kg and has two older siblings, Matthew and Michelle.
The second baby born in the hospital in 2014 arrived at one minute past midnight, and was a boy born to the Keating family at the same hospital.
Monica Duff from Drumcondra holds her new daughter Emily Rose alongside her husband Brian and children Michelle (3) and Matthew (6). (Pic: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
At the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospita, the second baby born in Ireland in 2014 was named as Eloise Browne, who arrived at 20 seconds past midnight. Her mother is Eugenia Lomax-Browne and father is Owen Browne, who are from Firhouse. She was 6lbs, 8oz.
At Galway University Hospital, a baby girl weighing 3.64kg was born to Aissatou Bah at 18 minutes past midnight.
At Portiuncula Hospital, a baby girl was born at 12.15am, weighing 3.33kg, to mum Rosaleen.
At the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin, a baby boy was born to Aiying Chen (29) at 24 minutes past midnight. He is Chen’s third child.
At Cavan General Hospital, the first 2014 baby was born at 12.55am, a baby girl weighing 6lbs 13oz. It was a busy night at this hospital, with four further births before 11am this morning.
At Cork University Maternity Hospital, the first baby born in 2014 appeared just before 2am, while since then five girls and three boys have all been born to their families.
Dylan Cotter was born at 1.58am to parents Lorna and David, from Castlemartyr.
At Kerry General Hospital, the first baby was born at 7.10am.
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Funny how it’s a Deloitte report. A company and industry that has a history of putting young graduates under enormous pressure for little pay and long hours.
That’s what consulting is… And the pay is anything but low. It’s one of the best starting salaries for graduates. The base is average but most double that or more with overtime.
Someone I know recently left public service management for consulting because they hit the public pay ceiling and it didn’t meet their lifestyle aspirations. We all warned them over and over what they were getting into and that the pay wasn’t for nothing… A few months later burned out. The nice house and garden they wanted to raise their kids but no time to do it.
I worked for one of these firms. Not in consulting but I know for a fact overtime was not paid but was taken as time off in lieu. Trying to actually take that time off was a serious effort. Also overtime had to be approved by management and rarely was. You’d still have to stay til 9pm to finish a report though.
Reminded of mindfulness in the latest Simpsons last week: “Welcome to computer coding class, which, uh, replaces our last fad– mindfulness. Did anyone ever figure out what that was?”
Ah, Mindfulness. Prozac for the soul, I’d say? Still, nothing wrong with that if it works for you. My only concern is that Mindfulness, which is essentially using Buddhist meditation techniques in ordinary everyday situations is now becoming something of a commercial industry?
Reminds me of when Tony Quinn offered courses in ‘Educo Mind Power’ or something like that, in the Bahamas at reasonably extortionate rates!
I was being mindful there a few minutes ago, I was really focused on my feet and how connected I was to the earth and wider world. I came to the realisation that, even though it’s a cold Wednesday in January, I’m actually ok, I feel ok, I can control my own destiny and feelings, it made me feel so much more content in myself, I was only interrupted when it was my turn to sign, but I’ll definitely being doing more later on.
Joanne O’Malley works for Mindfulness at Work who offer training courses for businesses.
Enough said, someone peddling happy clappy
It’s like a new religion now
A lot of people are suffering silently at work, afraid to admit soaring levels of ‘overwhelm’ and ‘anxiety’. Many businesses want to help their employees function more optimally but do not know where to start. Mindfulness is a practical solution which teaches people to train their attention so that they are more skilled (calm, resilient, positive) at managing themselves and the demanding context creating a workplace where people and businesses thrive.
What businesses said no when you asked if they would like to help their employees function more optimally, as a matter of interest?
No pay rise this year plebs…instead you get an adult colouring book and a visit from a z list celeb speaker telling us how we can all look at the stars even though we’re in the gutter etc.
Using mindfulness to help your business is evil, pure and simple.
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