On the kind, vigilant volunteers who keep people safe by the River Shannon... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Riverkeeper, by Kerry Neville above.
Most days in Limerick, my temporary and beloved home, I was inside gray skies, a grid of buildings, and strangers under hoods and umbrellas who could be friends but were not yet. We rushed by in our haste to get warm and dry, to get food and drink, to get drunk and flirt with someone.
Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.