US students come together to transform Dublin youth centre
Notre Dame students gave a facelift to a youth centre on Dublin’s Cork Street.
View ArticleColumn: Atheist gatherings take the positive aspects of church like the sense...
The Sunday Assembly, which takes place this Sunday is a gathering of a godless congregation of over 100 people, with ages ranging from 7 to 70.
View ArticleColumn: Why Exchange Dublin desperately needs your support
The eviction of Exchange is not just a problem for the people who participate in it, it is a problem for anyone who believes that the people who live in a city should have a say over how it is used,...
View ArticleColumn: Is anybody interested in the silent destruction of our communities?
Community projects decimated by funding reductions in recent budgets now face the prospect of commercial companies taking over their role, writes Rory Hearne.
View ArticleFancy yourself as a street artist? The Temple Bar Company want to hear from you
Four lanes in Dublin’s Temple Bar are set for an artistic makeover.
View ArticlePoster encourages community to ‘clobber’ burglars with hurls and golf clubs
A local councillor said he does not condone the violence encouraged by the notice posted in a Dublin housing estate but said there has been a lot of petty crime in the area – particularly targeting the...
View ArticleColumn: Dependence on out-of-town shopping complexes destroys community life
The ‘solution’ of building more housing and expecting people to commute to out-of-town shopping complexes is detrimental to local community life.
View ArticleTV show Community cancelled… 6 reasons why you’re a fool for not watching it
Five seasons and no movie :(
View ArticleRichard Cahill: ‘Volunteer and community groups held this country together...
This Ireland South candidate in the European elections is hoping to reinforce at EU level the importance of volunteer work.
View ArticlePSNI clarifies whether it’s clamping down on flags in Belfast
The police moved to clarify their position on the flying of flags after reports that it would clamp down on flags in Ballynafeigh.
View ArticleAdvocacy service for deaf people closes after funding cut, leaves ’5,000 at...
The Irish Deaf Society said its members now face “further social exclusion”.
View ArticleIrish Deaf Society produces video showing why advocacy service shouldn’t be...
Funding cuts announced this week resulted in the immediate closure of the The Irish Deaf Society’s National Advocacy Service for Deaf people.
View ArticleOpinion: Once the bricks and mortar are in place, let’s encourage communities...
‘Building sustainable communities’ may not sound very exciting, but the truth is that strong communities create the foundation for generations to come.
View ArticleOpinion: The GAA and Samaritans both have an ethos of giving rather than taking
A Samaritans volunteer and GAA member writes about the people-centred spirit at the heart of both organisations.
View ArticleThe Irish music app trying to go from one million to 10 million users
Shortly after celebrating its first birthday, Soundwave has redesigned its app and placing a greater focus on social discovery through groups and private messaging.
View ArticleThis could be Ireland’s library of the future – but why the controversy?
The Lexicon is costing €36.6m to build.
View ArticleDeaths of two brothers ‘the worst tragedy to ever hit’ Sligo community
It is believed that 20-year-old Shane Skeffington stabbed his younger brother and then took his own life.
View ArticleHundreds march to garda station in Roscrea over drugs fears
The residents were attending a meeting about the issue of drug use in the town.
View ArticleNo lonely funeral for Sean – plans underway to bury him next to his mum
Sean Parker died in England and a call was put out for people to attend his funeral. But the people of Glisnk went one better.
View Article“Our Sean” could take final journey next week to be buried next to his mum
Sean died alone in England in July.
View ArticleEleven people killed by lightning in freak accident
Fifteen others were injured at the remote mountainous area.
View ArticleIt’s been Ireland’s City of Culture, now Limerick is bidding to be Europe’s
They are not the only Irish city interested though…
View ArticleEirgrid promises to be more ‘community-focused’
The semi-state body wants to develop stronger relationships with stakeholders.
View ArticleFrance sees more than 50 anti-Muslim incidents after Charlie Hebdo shootings
Meanwhile, Germany’s anti-Islamic was set to march today.
View ArticleCork city could grow by 79,000 with border review set to go ahead
Minister Alan Kelly has announced that at statutory committee has been set up to look into this.
View Article“‘There’s no heroin here, it’s only a Dublin thing’ – it’s complete lies”
An Irish play tackles drug use head on.
View ArticleSome politicians are trying to destroy relations between the Gardai and the...
I was one of the councillors prevented from leaving a meeting in Fingal by protesters; the politicians involved in organising it have exposed their anti-Garda agenda.
View ArticleAfter “months of anguish for his bereft family”, Thomas Kennedy will be laid...
The 81-year-old went missing last summer but his remains were not identified until last week.
View Article‘Squatting makes sense’: Take a look inside the Grangegorman complex
Squatters have defended their occupation of the site, saying it provides a home for many young people and services for the community.
View ArticleSquatters have another week in the derelict Grangegorman complex
The group occupying the site say they have come to a loose agreement with receivers to let them stay another week while they try to come up with a solution.
View ArticleThe Grangegorman squatters have no intention of moving…
A High Court order has been passed for the arrest of those who remain, but they intend to appeal.
View ArticlePoll: Should gardaí charge for policing at community events?
Sports matches and concerts are one thing, but the have been criticisms of payments requested from community groups.
View Article‘Any small community’s nightmare’: Shock over deaths in Laois car crash
Angela Kelly, Orla Curry and Martin Brophy were killed in the crash early yesterday morning.
View ArticleHow many sex offenders are under special supervision in your region?
Offenders are monitored by the probation officers but are also required to tell local gardaí they are living in the area.
View ArticleWoman in her 90s brutally assaulted during burglary at her Bray home
Locals are collecting donations for the elderly woman.
View Article‘I used to feel like crying but to get a window you can see out properly,...
Age Action is looking for volunteers to help with its Care and Repair programme.
View Article‘Some people wanted to stay in the Ballymun flats and would go back now if...
Joseph Plunkett Tower is the last of the seven Ballymun flats standing and today work began on its demolition.
View ArticleThis is how eating out at Christmas can help the homeless
StreetSmart is working with restaurants to allow diners to add €2 onto the cost of their meal.
View ArticleAn entire town learned sign language to give their deaf neighbour a...
And it feeeeeeeeels like all the feels.
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