Cope Foundation has announced a new name to reflect the organisation’s vision and goal of supporting people with an intellectual disability and / or autism to live a life of their choosing. The Cork-based charity, which is now in its 67th year, is to be called Horizons with the new name, brand and logo coming into effect…
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today (Friday) published the first Corporate Plan for Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV) Agency. The establishment of Cuan earlier this year was a key action under Minister McEntee’s Zero Tolerance strategy for combating domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Cuan is tasked with implementing the…
Founded in 1899, Sunday’s Well Boating & Tennis Club is currently celebrating its 125th anniversary. The Club recently hosted their annual ‘Mary Collins Tennis Tournament’, which generated €5,535 for Edel House, Good Shepherd Cork’s shelter for women and children who are homeless. For the second year in a row, Edel House benefited from proceeds raised at…
Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery has acquired two more paintings by one of Ireland’s best-known painters, Seán Keating. The Keating paintings are amongst four artworks recently acquired at auction by Crawford Art Gallery for the National Collection. Sean Keating’s Elijah with the Ravens, Version II (1930) and his self-portrait, c.1961, along with Winter Evening, Calary (1964) by abstract and landscape artist Camille Souter…
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, has welcomed the Irish Aid annual report 2023 which details how Ireland responded to many of the world’s most pressing crises, including conflicts in the occupied Palestinian territory, Ukraine and Sudan, as well as underfunded emergencies in Syria, Yemen, and the Horn of Africa. The…
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, today announced the publication of the new Childminding Regulations, which will come into effect on 30 September. This is the first time that childminders will be able to register with Tusla under new regulations that reflect the home and family setting in which childminders work…
Irish social finance organisation, ClannCredo, has provided over €215 million in finance to community and voluntary groups, sports clubs, climate action initiatives, social enterprises as well as social housing in Ireland since 1996. As the largest social finance provider in Ireland, Clann Credo has a current loan book of over €50.3 million, providing much needed capital to community and voluntary groups around the country. Working like a social…
Minister of State Thomas Byrne joined members of the Choctaw nation in Oklahoma today to unveil a new sculpture honouring Irish-Choctaw links. The eight-foot tall Eternal Heart sculpture, created by Choctaw nation tribal member Samuel Stitt, was unveiled at the Choctaw Capitol Grounds. The sculpture was a joint commission, funded by the Government of Ireland…
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has extended the closing date for the Community Centre Investment Fund to 3pm on Thursday 5th September. Under the Community Centres Investment Fund 2024, community organisations will be supported with grants of between €10,000 – €100,000 to develop and enhance their existing community facilities. The original closing date was 3pm (today)…
The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin TD has announced €1.5 million in funding for civic society organisations under the Government’s Shared Island Civic Society Fund. Organisations are invited to apply for funding from Monday 24 June 2024. The Shared Island Civic Society Fund promotes practical North South cooperation and…