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From city life in Ukraine to "a rock" off the coast of Donegal - Árainn Mhór's Ukrainian population have settled well into island life and their new community

Social enterprises need guidance. One of the aims of the Social Enterprise IMPACT Awards competition was to capture key learnings from those that do it best and here is some advice from the winners:

Research finds that Dublin-based men's health social enterprise represents "incredible value for money".

Ukrainian men are allowed to leave their country, despite the war, when they meet certain criteria.

Street Feast will be held over two days for the first time this year on May 25 and 26. 1,250 neighbourhoods are to take part in the annual al fresco event

The national Social Enterprise IMPACT Awards ceremony, held on February 20, in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, took place amidst a rise globally in greenwashing and pinkwashing, where the public need reassurance and social enterprises need to show they are hitting their targets.

Restrictions on certain breeds of dogs will be one of the issues discussed by the newly-established Dog Control Stakeholder Group, which will hold its first meeting this month.

Rob Nicholson works as a principal officer in the Department of Rural and Community Development (DRCD) with responsibility for the development and implementation of Ireland's National Social Enterprise Policy and - speaking at a recent awards ceremony - he gave "a heads-up" on what to expect in the second iteration of that policy.