Allen Meagher | Changing Ireland

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Allen Meagher is the founding editor of 'Changing Ireland'. Linkedin: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/allen-meagher-33a1601a

Who are 2018’s Volunteers of the Year?

Posted by Allen Meagher | Mar 20, 2019 | Activism & Volunteering

Last year (2018), the 11th annual Volunteer Ireland awards honoured a dozen people for their voluntary contributions, but who took home what prizes?

What happened at the first ever meeting of the Pullough Men’s Shed?

Posted by Allen Meagher | Mar 13, 2019 | Initiatives

As Men’s Sheds become more and more popular around the island, Changing Ireland attends the very first meeting of the Pullough branch.

Got milk? How a community shop is bringing Pullough back to life

Posted by Allen Meagher | Mar 6, 2019 | Enterprise

For most of us, running out of milk is a mild inconvenience. For Martin Buckley – and the eight volunteers he recruited – it was a game changer for Pullough, Co Offaly.

What’s in a name? Centre for Independent Living rebrands as ILMI

Posted by Allen Meagher | Feb 28, 2019 | Equality & Rights

As the Centre for Independent Living unveils a new name, Allen Meagher looks at why the organisation won’t be changing much else.

Gambia’s Smiling Coast: A small country and its big hopes

Posted by Allen Meagher | Feb 8, 2019 | Community

Allen Meagher returns to the Gambia, the country where he worked with Irish volunteer organisation APSO in the 90s, to see how communities are developing after the democratic ouster of its former dictator.