Ireland is currently on a National day of mourning. Even the pubs are closed.
Here in Nenagh the town stopped moving altogether during the 3 minute silence. Joe Barry played a lament on the pipes immediately afterwards and condolances were passed on behalf of the people of Nenagh to Nuala Gonzales, a native of Manhattan who is waiting for news of friends. She accpeted this gesture eloquently on behalf of Americans and for those who have been bereaved.
George Henderson