The 'R' is for rights, resources, responsibilities.

And then this week we have the second Ability Awards, sponsored by O2, at Dublin Castle.

The Aisling Foundation's purpose is to empower business in the employment of people with disabilities so at the awards we'll have the CEOs and MDs of the biggest companies in Ireland being presented with awards by celebrities.

The event is being televised so we are going to put on a really good show . . . none of the yellow-pack mediocrity that usually gets fobbed off on the disabled. I'm legally blind so I know what I'm talking about.

Next Sunday though, when all the madness is over I'll hopefully have one of the normal Sundays that I like so much. Regardless of hangovers, we'd usually start the day with a five- or six-mile run . . . maybe through Phoenix Park or along Sandymount Strand near where I live. There'll be Fergal, my husband, and myself plus a few friends.

Afterwards, we head to one or other of our houses for a big feed . . . we'd rather be at home than out because we don't have to change out of our sweaty tracksuits after the run. We take it in turns to cook although my friend Mary Deevy is such a good cook that the rest of us are really just her commis chefs.

The food and the papers are consumed with equal relish. I'm lazy so I tend just to look at the pictures . . . if I want to read the text I'll have to get it right up close to my face. We have plenty of robust conversation about the issues of the day.

Lunch will go on for a few hours and in the afternoon Fergal and I will either visit one or other of our families or just hang out at home . . .

we moved house last year and now that we have a decent amount of space I love spending time there.

Sunday evening is for winding down and getting ready for the week ahead. If I'm travelling I'll be organising clothes and packing. The two of us would often go out for dinner somewhere local like Dunne & Crescenzi in Sandymount, or to the cinema. I have to sit in the front row and then I manage all right, except for subtitles . . . those are a bit of a disaster so we tend to avoid foreign films. Another thing I like to do on Sundays is listen to music . . . I don't seem to have time during the rest of the week . . . or watch a movie at home. I lie on the Buddha bag with my face about six inches away from the TV screen and I'm happy.

I like my job so much that I have none of that Sunday evening dread that you have if you hate what you do for a living. It's a privilege.