蜜芽传媒 Radio Ulster - Thought for the Day from Radio Ulster

Helen McClements, Monday 30th 2025

Reading, regardless of genre, opens our worlds.

When I landed a job in a family run stationary shop, I felt like I'd won the lottery.

It鈥檚 become another way of cutting myself off from those closest to me.

There鈥檚 a tendency to look at our school summer holidays through rose-tinted spectacles.

He looked at me and said: 鈥楢 map?鈥� 鈥榃hy do you need a map?鈥�

Listening more carefully to young men is an urgent priority.

My feet are more aesthetically pleasing than normal.

All of us are part of a society that has been shaped by violence.

It鈥檚 not just rugby which teaches the value of working together.

Humiliated, I returned to the shore on my knees.