Currently, just 12 of Tipperary County Council's 40 councillors are female, reflecting the gender imbalance in political representation around the country. An event held in Thurles on May 15 by the...

If you would like to volunteer with or set up a No Name Club in your area you are invited to attend an informational webinar about Ireland's network of alcohol-free youth clubs on Thursday, July 16 (7.30pm).

Inclusivity was at the heart of every decision made in developing the Outdoor Hub in Gowran, Co Kilkenny, according to Denis Hynes, who chaired the group that developed the facility.“We said...

“Everyone is susceptible to misinformation,” says Catherine Lane, national co-ordinator of the pilot Community Connection Project which was created in 2024 in response to visible disharmony in several parts of the country. Here she explains how the project has made a difference in communities.

'Miasma' - a play about an ambitious doctor has been performed in the most obscure of places - from a room in Leinster House to a drug rehabilitation centre and various community settings. It attracted science funding to reach a wide audience and has gone down a storm with community groups - and now they can even stage the play themselves if they wish to. As playwright Colin Murphy said, "It’s a really interesting test of a play and a theatre company, to play in those different circumstances. It brings out a robustness in the story telling and acting, that is really exciting. They go from playing in front of 200 people one night to the next day getting changed in a scrappy room in an IPAS Centre. The cast are up for that,” he said.

Once the preserve of larger and more traditionally liberal centres, Pride is now celebrated right throughout Ireland, something that is evident this summer. Here we look community-organised events in two towns and one city outside Dublin for this year’s Pride celebrations.