Amnesty / Gaza

(Turn off the sound before pressing play) Last friday at the main entrance to St Stephen's Green, there was an Amnesty gathering for Gaza. Remembering the dead, I think was the main idea behind it. It was a most peaceful get-together. The atmosphere was serene. Solidarity could be felt. There's a word in Irish for it "co-bhá". The cynical could ask what the point was. There was a Palestinian woman with us and I think she drew great strength from the ocassion. We can't let events like this in our world go unnoticed. Nothing changed by our coming together and placing of lit candles in a spiral but the group of people who were there together took time out to think of other people elsewhere in the world who are enduring a very different life at present. The event was in contrast to the neon whizzy lights being sold outside the Gaiety theatre 200m down the road!