Ionbhá: The Empathy Book for Ireland

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There probably is some pre-judging there about boys and girls, but I just think that if you’re around it, and exposed to it, and that muscle is exercised, then I think there should be no difference. It has found that children who grow up to become confident, emotionally intelligent adults are more likely to raise happier kids themselves. Slowly, he says, he began to realise that empathy was a fundamental part of his job as an actor — and as a dad. The Posthumanist is a bi-annual English and German print magazine featuring art, design, technology and writing.

It's fine and has a couple of decent relatable stories, but really this could've done with being edited down to a 100 pager, as by a ⅓ of the way through the book, I felt like I was just constantly getting reinterpretations of the meaning of the word Empathy. For all of us, it may be worth reflecting on our own ‘empathy maps’, thinking about how we can extend our boundaries to bring more people into the high empathy zone. Chomh maith le cuidiú linn sa ghné shóisialta le daoine eile, éisteacht ionbhá freisin imríonn sé tionchar dearfach orainn féin agus cabhraíonn sé linn feabhas a chur ar réimse leathan gnéithe pearsanta, mothúchánacha agus iompraíochta, ós rud é go dtugann sé faisnéis dúinn faoin mbealach a dhéileálann daoine eile lena gcuid mothúchán, lena gcuid fadhbanna agus lena gcuid tionscadal agus seachmaill.I had the problem, or advantage, depending on how you looked at it, that I would study French at school, and then my mother would teach me French at home also. There are many corollaries of this in modern life, he says, such as the solipsistic world of social media, the absence of time for others, the echo chamber of the media and politics. Higgins, Hozier, Tolü Makay, The Edge, Rachael Blackmore, Blindboy Boatclub, Mary Coughlan, Clodagh Finn, Katy Hyland, Imelda May, Brendan O’Connor, Louise O’Neill, Valery Biden Owens and citizens from all walks of life. Working between the US and UK, he says he has seen first-hand how polarising political debate has become. He points out that Tommy is, when we first meet him, deeply traumatised after fighting in the first world war.

Higgins, Hozier, Tolü Makay, The Edge, Rachael Blackmore, Blindboy Boatclub, Mary Coughlan, Clodagh Finn, Katy Hyland, Imelda May, Brendan O’Connor, Louise O’Neill, ValerieBiden Owens and citizens from all walks of life. The good news is that empathy and compassion is a practice (we don’t have to be perfect) that can be learned at any stage in life and a common denominator for humanity, and it is there for us all. We’d like to get people talking about it, to get it into the vernacular, for it become a topic of conversation, and for people to become interested in it. Cillian Murphy, as our patron and friend, has been incredibly supportive in our work and this has culminated in Ionbhá. Ionbhá is a sweet-minded book of essays featuring teachers, youth workers and sportspeople, plus creative figures such as The Edge and Murphy himself.

Unless you’re connected with that other person and truly listening and truly engaged with them, the scene falls flat. Ar an mbealach seo, is gné fíor-riachtanach íéisteacht ionbhá caidreamh a dhéanamh i gceart agus go héifeachtúil lenár dtimpeallacht: agus muid ag déileáil leis na daoine timpeall orainn agus freisin le foghlaim ónár gcuid botún agus muid ag idirghníomhú leis an gcuid eile den tsochaí, athmhachnamh a dhéanamh ar ár dtuairim agus feabhsú mar dhaoine. It was very, very intense… I think everybody just needed to go home to their families and to themselves.

Tá sé seo amhlaidh toisc go gceadaíonn sé dúinn muid féin a chur in áit an duine eile, luach a chur ar bhealaí eile smaointeoireachta agus bealaí malartacha chun fadhbanna agus riachtanais a cheapadh agus, sa deireadh, bealaí nua chun an domhan a léirmhíniú. of all proceeds from the book will go directly to delivering the Activating Social Empathy education programme in Irish schools and youth work organisations.All of which leads to the inevitable question: just how empathetic is macho cold-blooded killer Tommy Shelby? The wide range of contributions to the publication Ionbhá act like a compass, guiding us on things that really matter in life.