Blogging – Michæl McFarland Campbell

Registering to vote is now much easier in Ireland

Historically, registering to vote in Ireland involved a trip to the local Garda station to get a paper form stamped. Fortunately, those days are gone, and it is much simpler now. You can register to vote, online, at any time. Simply go to www.checktheregister.ie and complete your details to be added to the electoral register. […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 4 months ago

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Multipotentialite?

Are you a multipotentialite? It certainly seems to me that I am. What is a multipotentialite? Well, it is someone with many interests and creative pursuits, rather than focusing only on a particular subject or hobby. I learned this new word while completing the The Open University‘s 5-hour short course on the value and benefits of […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 4 months ago

Blogging Health

Gardening is good for my mental health… and helps some charity too as I #PlantPink

I have never really been one for gardening. Even when I was growing up, I think the most successful planting I ever did was of some cress in school. And I think that only worked because everyone else’s did as well. So you can imagine my surprise that in the last month I have been […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 11 months ago

Blogging Professional Development

Keeping my knowledge and skills up to date

Every year, I work hard to keep my knowledge and skills up to date with CPD. At the end of March 2022, I had completed a year of CPD with CIPR — the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. This means that I maintain my Accredited PR Practitioner status, but more importantly it illustrates that I […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 12 months ago

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Getting back to tracking fitness…

We’re all surrounded by advertisements about this app, or some other device that can help make our lives better. Sometimes we get absorbed by the app or the device to the point that it seems that it is the most important thing in our lives. That is what started to happen with my Fitbit last […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year agoMarch 22, 2022

Blogging Christianity Music

When to the temple Mary went: the music from my youth

That first piece, When to the temple Mary went by Johannes Eccard was a favourite of mine when I sang in the parish choir of my home parish church of St Patrick, Kilconriola (Ballymena). This evening, I did not expect to be listening to it, let alone writing a blog piece about the music at […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year ago

Blogging Christianity

Do gay people celebrate Christmas?

Having not yet sourced a new emporium from which to acquire the food necessary to feed the three felines with whom I share the house with Andrew, I returned to our old town to buy the requisite bag of cat food from the veterinary surgeon there as we have for the last three-and-a-half years. As […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year ago

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Christmas wishes 2021

What a year it has been for all of us! The ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic has ensured that we have not strayed much further than Dublin or Port Laoise in the last twelve months. We did have a one-day excursion to Cork city in the summer and we are sure that we will be returning to visit that city more when […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year ago

Blogging In memoriam Scouting

We will remember them: the Dublin Scouts who died in the First and Second World War

Each year at Remembrancetide, I try to find some connection with those who served in the First and Second World Wars to make it mean something more to me. This year, I thought that it would be good to see if there were connections with Dublin where I currently am a Scouter with Scouting Ireland. […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year ago

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Two minutes of silence to remember

Every year since 1919, the nation has paused for two minutes in silence remembering the millions of men and women from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth who have served and sacrificed in defence of our democracy and way of life. Remembrance unites our communities across faiths, cultures, and generations, and the Royal British Legion want […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year ago