IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Fergus Finlay
Children in mother and baby homes were “buried in the dead of night with no priest, no cleric, no ritual, no mother beside them”, writes Fergus Finlay
There’s no ad on radio quite like the Barry’s Tea Christmas ad. I’m not a tea drinker, but I always insist on having a packet of Barry’s in the house, especially at this time of year.
You must know the ad. It’s been running for more than 20 years. I wait for it every year, because the instant I hear it, I’m six again.
The ad is about a father thrown back to his own childhood by the sound of a train set in a busy toy store. It reminds him of the moment he woke up on Christmas morning, and heard a sound he hadn’t dared hope for — his first train set, delivered by Santa Claus in the middle of a cold Christmas Eve night.
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