Calls for legal reform to help people find jobs after prison
90% of employers are willing to hire former prisoners, but they say more guidance is needed
Read MorePosted by Allen Meagher | May 8, 2024 | Equality & Rights
90% of employers are willing to hire former prisoners, but they say more guidance is needed
Read MorePosted by Allen Meagher | Mar 21, 2024 | Refugees/Ukraine
John McCafferty says that Árainn Mhór island in Co. Donegal would welcome another 100 or more people fleeing war and strife. He objects as an Irish person, proud of our history, to arson as a form of protest and does not understand why anyone would engage in such acts.
Read MorePosted by Kathy Masterson | Mar 20, 2024 | Empowerment
Angela Shafer, community education coordinator from Northside Partnership in Dublin, wants to alert community workers to work being done in their area through SICAP that may be of help to people in other counties. Specifically, an initiative promoting financial inclusion among people with intellectual disabilities.
Read MorePosted by Kathy Masterson | Nov 27, 2023 | Empowerment
Members distributed free period packs to schools across Dublin City, the annual Dublin City Comhairle na nÓg Youth Conference heard.
Read MorePosted by Allen Meagher | Nov 17, 2023 | Funding Programmes
Pobal is celebrating 30 years in operation this year. It has expanded rapidly and now has over 700 staff in 12 office locations around the country. In 2022, it distributed €901m on behalf of government departments to thousands of community groups.
It’s CEO, Anna Shakespeare, is clear, however, that the agency’s 30th anniversary celebrations are not about Pobal as such, but about the communities they serve.
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