The sixth national Public Participation Networks (PPNs) conference was held in Limerick recently on the 10th anniversary of their establishment.
Vincent Lyons, Galway County PPN, said, “There’s no doubt about it, we’ve come an awful long way in the ten years. I think as a result of the PPNs, groups are better informed and they can use funding opportunities better because there’s more widespread delivery of information.”
Sarah Clancy, a well-known community worker based in Co. Clare, was among the Irish contingent sailing to Gaza with aid who were abducted in international waters last night by Israeli armed forces. She was sailing on board the Spectre along with Senator Chris Andrews and others, when attacked.
Sarah has given staunch service to communities across Ireland over many years.
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Limerick might be out of the hurling this year, but they recently made it onto the World Health Organisation (WHO) list of healthy cities, joining Waterford and Galway alongside long-standing success stories Cork, Derry and Belfast.
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At first, they didn’t know why they were there.
When I arrived at Tiglin’s Aftercare Programme in Greystones to deliver a module on Sustainable Community Development, I was met with blank stares and blunt honesty.
Some participants, like Gerry, told me outright: “I don’t see how this is useful to me”. Others said they planned to return to trades and couldn’t see how learning about community development would fit into their lives. For a few, the idea of anything resembling formal education brought a visible wave of unease.
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So, what happens when couples from different cultures and faith traditions decide to get married?
Esras Films is looking at exactly that for the second series of its show A Ring and a Prayer due to be filmed this year and broadcast in 2026. Currently, it is appealing for couples, at least one of whom is not Irish, to come forward. They must be planning their wedding ceremony for this year.
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