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The far-right doesn’t represent working people – trade unions do

Posted by Kathy Masterson | May 2, 2023 | Community

“The far-right does not represent working people – trade unions do”, is the message contained in a powerful anti-racist short video that was released by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) on May Day.

Congress General Secretary Owen Reidy said: “The video is part of an overall plan by unions to counter the far-right and to promote the fact that the trade union movement was built on the simple idea of uniting working people standing stronger together at home and abroad, committed to fighting poverty, discrimination, racism, and fascism.”

Special projects help people break addiction and change their lives

Posted by Allen Meagher | Apr 27, 2023 | Empowerment

Barry Corkery is one of this year’s selectors on the Cork senior football management team. He is less well known in Cork for his day job as a senior addiction counsellor managing two treatment centres in Tralee, Co. Kerry.

Corkery is obviously good with teams and he once told the Irish Examiner that while the HSE got “loads of attention” when things go wrong, the work of his own addiction support teams would blow you away.

22 young Irish people get the chance to take on the world

Posted by Kathy Masterson | Apr 26, 2023 | Community

A Cork-based charity has selected 22 young Irish people to take part in a global cultural immersion programme.

EIL Intercultural Learning, a non-profit organisation focused on intercultural learning and exchange, has chosen 11 third level students and 11 under 18s for its prestigious EIL Explore programme for 2023.

New report highlights services for people with neurological conditions

Posted by Kathy Masterson | Apr 20, 2023 | Empowerment

A new report putting a spotlight on the community services available nationwide for people with neurological conditions was launched yesterday by Minister for Disability Anne Rabbitte.

The Neuro-Mapping Project Report describes the range of community services across the country that people with neurological conditions can access from voluntary organisations, and identifies a number of joint service initiatives between voluntary organisations and the HSE.

An Cosán has given 20,000 people a pathway to education

Posted by Kathy Masterson | Nov 11, 2022 | Empowerment

“The idea is that in supporting a mother to empower herself and her family, you lift a family out of poverty forever.” – Maria Flanagan, An Cosán

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