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QUESTIONS about the new programme – ANSWERS on our NEW BLOG
'Changing Ireland' has set up a NEW BLOG OF 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS for you to ADD COMMENTS. The Department of Community, Rural and...
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1200 “positive outcomes” marched against CDP cuts!
BY ALLEN MEAGHER, EDITORIf you were there you know the score and well done for standing up for your community, your project and your...
Community Finance
8 WAYS COMMUNITY GROUPS CAN SAVE MONEY
Every tabloid magazine in the known universe has published articles this year about “getting through” the downturn/depression. Here are our ideas for non-profit organisations.More...
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Rural Link sees Bord Snip proposals as “sinister”
Irish Rural Link (IRL) has published a 27-page critique of Bord Snip’s “sinister” proposals.The 300-member organisation says one of the report’s main weaknesses is...
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Ireland’s Community spirit never died, report finds – 2 out of 3 regularly engage in volunteering /community activities
Community spirit is alive and well in Ireland, according to a report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) that makes minced meat of the...
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Examiner leads with fears by Civil Society groups to protest too loudly
The Irish Examiner's lead front page story, in their edition dated Tuesday July 7th, has highlight the fear felt in Civil Society in Ireland...
Activism & Volunteering
Cutbacks to CE places reversed
Volunteers, workers and SIPTU mounted a successful campaign to have cuts to Community Employment Schemes reversed. At a time of rising unemployment, the Schemes...
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Community questions on RTE’s Prime Time
David Connolly, Siptu's Community Branch President, debated the decline in support for communities from Government with Minister of State John Curran, on June 11th...
