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Cillian Murphy, Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre Galway

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• Acknowledgements 10The Trick Seems to be to Work on it – Cillian Murphy 12Unpacking Empathy – Charlotte Silke andBernadine Brady 16Brothers – Michael D. Higgins 20The Talker – Rory O’Neill 26Seeing Through the Eyes of Another – Pamela Joyce 29Sausage Poisoning – Blindboyboatclub 32Empathy – Michael Kerin 37Thoughts on Empathy’s Place in Music – Hozier 41Toss the Bobbin – Nicola Joyce 46Empathy in Music Therapy – Rebecca O’Connor 51Don’t Murray, Be Happy! – Cathal Murray 54My Essay on Empathy – Tolü Makay 58The Light in Somebody Else’s Storm – Lynda Peilow 61Too Sensitive – Louise O’Neill 65Empathy Checkpoint – Martina Venneman 69Showing Empathy to Youth – Gary Nugent 73A Traveller’s Perspective – Martin McDonagh 76Empathy through Food – Michelle Darmody 80Reflections on Empathy and Sport – Eamonn O’Shea 83Stepping in the Stirrups of Others – Rachael Blackmore 87Empathy isn’t Black and White – Joanne O’Riordan 89Nursing – in the Blink of an Eye – Marie Lohan 92Empathy from My Mother – Seán Campbell 95Served with Compassion – Niamh Condon 98Empathy in Journalism – Carl O’Brien 103Green over Blue – Kiernan Forsyth 1076On the Mend – John Gaffey 110The Person who Sees – Ailbhe Greaney 115Empathy, Images and the Internet – Mary McGill 123Empathy for the Devil … and the Nuns –Mark Brennan 126Educating for and with Empathy – Dr Niamh Flynnand Emer Davitt 131YHTAPME – Róisín Hanley 138English Class – Elaine Feeney 144I Sure Hope the School around the Corner isNot the Same – Pat Dolan 147Empathy in Education – Hugh Fitzmaurice 151It’s You I Like … The Way You Are Right Now –Dr Dana Winters and Dr Annie White 155A Sheep among Wolves – Aisling Duffy 159The Music Medicine Woman – Mary Coughlan 164Nocturne II – John Kelly 167Savita – Kitty Holland 168Lonely Hearths – Gillian Browne 176Empathy for My Mother – Dermot Whelan 177The Magic Cauldron – Susan McKeown 178Does it Count as Empathy – Brendan O’Connor 182Hot Wheels, Warm Heart – Tara Dawson 186Empathy as an Act of Defiance – The Edge 189Empathy, the Best Superpower – Rabbi Zalman Lent 191My Power Called Empathy – MatthewShaw-Torkzadeh 195Empathy as a Broader Understanding of Family –Valerie Biden Owens 197Empathy and the Displaced – Niamh Heery 202Empathy across Generations – Mary Sugrue 208Our Empathy Story – McDonough Family 2117All Lives Matter – Uchechukwu Helen Ogbu 216Historical Empathy? – Sarah-Anne Buckley 223Northern Dilemmas – Alan and Elaine Smith 226A Wing-Back and a Prayer – Colin Regan 228Closer to Home – Eoin, Róisín & Brendan Dolan 233Who Am I to Judge? – Peter McVerry 236Yesterday’s Enemies – Saoirse Egan 239The True Power of Sport to Really Connect – HugoMacNeill 245Best Way to Human – Imelda May 251Growing Up – Stephanie Roche 252Radiant Empathy in the Dark – Ella Anderson 257Empathy and Me – Ashling Dunphy 261Broken Radios – Fiona Prine 264Ingredients – Nevin Maguire 269He Fell through the Cracks – Rita Ann Higgins 273Citylink Tales – Catherine Denning 275Thinking in Plastic – Ciara-Beth Ní Ghríofa 277Courageous Conversations – Ben Hughes 281My Understanding of Empathy – Timmy Long 291Empathy to Me – James Leonard 292Empathy can Heal our Troubled World – ShaykhDr Umar Al-Qadri 294Empathy Sa Chistín – Hume Family 298Empathy – A True Champion of the West – HannickFamily 303Managers of Empathy – Paul McGrath 308Mary Elmes – Clodagh Finn 311Finding Empathy – Eamonn Fitzgerald 316Ciorcal Iomlán – Kathy Hyland 325Luck – Louis de Paor 3288No Idea what will Happen Next – Tiernan Henry 332Reflections on Learning Empathy – Mark Brennanand Pat Dolan 336Contributors’ Biographies 346