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The Speedpak Group has two commercial businesses - Speedpak which offers contract packing and e-fulfilment services, and Shamrock Rosettes which produces rosettes to order for clients across Ireland and the EU.

After serving for over 20 years as a voluntary board member and chairperson of Speedpak Group in Coolock, Dublin, Jim Lillis stepped down in August. We met him in Speedpak's HQ, where staff were busy packing boxes and making rosettes, to interview him for our Changing Ireland Together Podcast. This is also the place where Changing Ireland is packed for distribution. Originally from Co. Clare, Jim's days of hurling, squash and hillwalking have stood to him as he’s fit and sprightly at 80.

By Katie Barr

Near FM has officially launched a professional podcasting service for groups in the community sector. It has been providing the service since 2016 and...

Shauna McClenaghan is joint CEO of Inishowen Development Partnership, a local development company in Co Donegal. She chats here with editor Allen Meagher as part of our Changing Ireland Together podcast pilot series.

The Sligo LEADER Partnership held a community showcase as part of Local Development Week in early October with hundreds of attendees gathering at the Clayton Hotel, Sligo, to celebrate this milestone event. 

Minister of State for Community Development, Integration and Charities,  Joe O’Brien this week officially launched a new video which aims to support local decision makers, to ensure that disadvantaged communities have real opportunities to be heard in local planning and decision-making processes. 

Staff in Leitrim Volunteer Centre wrote to Changing Ireland to emphasise the importance of volunteering for integrating diverse newcomers into the community.