A view from a train.
That’s week one of the second semester done and I’m sitting on a train - my first free travel one too - much more civilised than the train I was on exactly two weeks ago - Palermo - Napoli, nine and a half hours of beautiful scenery seen through the grimiest windows. This is a much shorter trip to Dublin where I will spend the next couple of days. While the trip is mostly to visit family, I look forward to doing a couple of hours busking at The Dublin Food Co-op where I played almost every Saturday when I last lived there. While I miss my dog, the week in college has been a breeze without the pull of checking that she’s not too miserable every couple of hours. It’s been a week of funerals in Limerick too with Cranberries singer, Delores O’Riordan being buried on Tuesday and, at just over twice her 46 years, my host for my time in College, Joe Neiland, two days later. JB, RIP. The outline for the rest of the semester looks really exciting - Donal Lunny for i