TV hasn't been very good lately. So today with little anticipation that I would find anything, I scrolled thru the listings. I stopped at a movie called "Veronica Guerin."
The movie was nothing if not amazing...she was amazing. Veronica was a real person - an Irish journalist who unearthed crimes of the Irish Mob, John Gilligan and others in Dublin, Ireland in the 90's. She was so gutsy and brave after being shot, enduring a beating and many death threats. She was a wife and mother and only 38 when they killed her on a highway near Dublin. If you can find it, watch it. You won't be sorry.
She was a martyr who affected change in the weeks after her assassination. The Irish government enacted/strengthened laws against organized crime and brought them to their knees and confiscated their assets. Crime dropped 15%.
There is so much more to this story - some from the movie and other information on the online. After the movie, I felt insignificant and without a cause. I need to make a difference somehow and somewhere. Time to reconfigure a part of my life.
It turned out to be an extraordinary Saturday afternoon.
Take care,
Bonnie
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