COVER: Seán Óg Ó hAilpín speaks about his immigration experience and how the GAA saved him.

• Social enterprise.
• Interview with disability activist: Lana Kurasidze.
• Launch of new engagement toolkits.
• An overview of immigration lessons from Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo.
• Spotlight on Whitestown, Dublin.
• Climate Action conference report.
• A look at Achill’s asylum protests.
• Watching bees to understand community.
• Difficulties facing early years education sector.
• John Spillane interview.

COVER: All the news from Ploughing 2019.

• Rural research.
• Interview with community worker: Brigid Quilligan.
• Launch of government’s new five-year community and voluntary sector strategy.
• Differences between community and privately owned crèches.
• LEADER feature.
• Spotlight on Women for Change.
• Tips for securing funding.
• Smart community planning.
• Gandhi’s 150th birthday.
• Latest from Horace McDermott.

COVER: Winners at the 2019 Enterprise Awards.

• Communities & climate change.
• Community wellbeing.
• New Social Enterprise Policy.
• Wheel hits 20.
• Participatory budgeting.
• Dublin City Community Co-op.
• Social Inclusion Forum 2019
• In profile: Larry Masterson.
• Pub hubs.

• GOOD NEWS: Derek Walker; Post Office appeals; Brexit and NI peace funding.
• SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Revitalising Ireland.
• INSPIRING TEENS: From Carrick-On-Suir to Florida.
• SOCIAL FARMING: Meet a participant and the family they work for.
• REALITY: The Traveller experience in 2019 Ireland.
• OPINION: Pat Spillane on RTE’s Late Late Show.
• SMART TOWNS: The rural community of the future?
• SICAP: Case studies.

• LEAD STORY: Activists in Pullough, Co. Offaly.
• EDITORIAL: Country has 7 community shops – there should be 700.
• VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Mary Fitzgerald, Co. Clare.
• VOLUNTEER AWARDS: 12 Winners.
• COMMUNITY FOCUS: Straide, Co. Mayo.
• ‘I AM TRAVELLER’: Exhibition.
• TECH & MINORITES: What’s needed for communities is good for all.
• COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE: Terenure, Dublin.
• COMMUNITY EDUCATION: Limerick’s 25th.
• SUMMER’S COMING: Monaghan has ideas.
• DISABILITY GROUP STRONGER WITH REBRAND
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: In New Zealand.
• Sustainable Development Goals: Goal 11.
• UN DAYS / MEN’S SHEDS
• 1st: National Community Weekend.

• GOOD READS: By Cooke, Fingleton & Kelly.
• EDITORIAL: Equality for Women.
• #MeToo & Communities
• WOMEN’S AID: 16 Days Campaign.
• WEXFORD LEADERS: Women in society.
• SOCIAL FARMING: Kerry.
• PRIDE OF PLACE: 49 prizes.
• COMMUNITY SERVICES: Under review.
• THE GAMBIA: Democracy & development.
• MONEYLENDERS: Change is coming.

• WORLD COMMUNITY DEV’T CONFERENCE
• LIBRARIES: Now community hubs.
• IN FOCUS: Moyross Youth Academy.
• HORACE: Helpful promotional ideas.
• SICAP: True value needs to be appreciated.
• PLOUGHING 2018: Photos special.
• DUE CREDIT: How Credit Unions beat the banks.
• #SocEnt / Budget 2019 news
• DEVELOPMENT: The Maynooth Declaration.

• COMMUNITIES FUND: Deadline approaching.
• AWARDS: Councils & communities.
• IN TRIBUTE: Trutz Haase RIP.
• FIRST TIME: World Community Development Conference.
• LEARNING: Pre-schoolers to retirees, from Kerry to Fingal.
• €190m: SICAP Launch (2018-2022).
• MOJO: Reaching men in communities.
• TANZANIA: Community Development in ‘Lion Country’.
• REFERENDUM: Women’s Empowerment.
• CO-OPS TO INSPIRE US
• SOCIAL INCLUSION FORUM
• GREEN SCHOOLS

• COVER STORY: The Flying Nun.
• SOCIAL INCLUSION: 47 five-year contracts.
• AWARDS: Pride of Place, Charities, Social Entrepreneurs.
• COMMUNITY FOCUS: North county Dublin, aka Fingal.
• SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: Tipp Co-op wins award.
• HORACE: New Year Resolutions!
• OPINION: Mad to unlocalise the MABS.
• OPINION: Women at heart of local development.
• SELF-EMPLOYMENT: Rob’s gym goes from 0 to 70.
• STIGMATIZATION: Hiding your identity.
• UN DISABILITY CONVENTION: Let’s sign!
• TANZANIA: Taboos V. Community Development.
• HUMAN RIGHTS: Interview with Tehmina Kazi.
• NATIONAL STRATEGY: For Travellers and Roma.
• TECH TIPS: Ducks to water.
• VSO: Become an international volunteer (advert).

Published on Nov 21, 2017

• “I’m a big believer in community work” – Mary Coughlan.
• Editorial: You don’t need to be Mary (Coughlan) to have a voice.
• Best practice in communities: “Single use cups are so last year!” – a simple way to engage in environmental activism.
• Movie review: Ballymun – ‘The 4th Act’.
• Too many charities? Not quite!
• See what’s new about the new Department of Rural & Community Dev’t?
• Department gets to work with 12% more in budget.
• Not enough in budget 2018 for communities, says opposition.
• Interview with Minister Michael Ring: “I’ll be making every minister accountable”.
• Labre Park: 50 years of “luxury camping” – Cian Matthew Kearns reports from Ballyfermot.
• Transport for all: iRoute’s solution.
• Rural transport: ‘Local Links’ launched.
• Social Inclusion: The JobPath experience – by Ben Panter.
• Civil society: Pictured at the ploughing.
• District heating: Brexit fuels urgency.
• NALA’s Family Learning Conference.
• News briefs / Letter from FRCs.

Published on Jun 26, 2017

• The latest edition features reaction to the State’s long-overdue recognition of Traveller’s ethnicity, encouragement to engage in civil disobedience from South African activist Kumi Naidoo and reports of positivity by community groups nationwide, from Antrim to Killorglin, and indeed internationally.
• It also features Limerick student Emily Duffy’s sleeping bag for people who are homeless, which won an award recently.

Published on Jan 26, 2017

• LEAD STORY: 5 winning social enterprises in Dublin.
• NEWS: Teen Parenting / 16 Days of Action.
• JOBS & INCLUSION: Pobal’s annual conference.
• NEWS: Brexit Concerns / Zero Waste.
• NATIONAL FORUM: “We’re serious as a Department of Communities,” says Coveney.
• EQUALITY: Calls for gender quotas.
• RURAL & UNEMPLOYED: Supporting Men.
• GOVERNANCE & TECH: Sola / Enclude.
• SURFING & DEVELOPMENT: Sierra Leone.
• EDUCATION: Lynn Ruane / Donegal / Limerick.
• VIEWS & NEWS: Branding / SSNO Grants.
• ALSO: Horace / Pride of Place / Trump & Community Development.

Published on Nov 23, 2016

• COVER STORY: Entrepreneur awards.
• REPORTS: On SICAP / Co-ops.
• GARRYOWEN: Socially excluded.
• ACTIVE AGEING: Best practise in Mahon.
• COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC PLANS: Launch.
• NINE GROUNDS: Who to call when law broken.
• HOUSING: Galway Travellers confront Ministers.
• REVITALISE COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT: Here’s how!
• VALUED: ‘Community’ retains senior status.
• PLOUGHING: Community to the fore.
• HORACE’S DIARY: Dead cows don’t fart, Mary.
• NEWS BRIEFS / Letters

• NEWS BRIEFS / Voices of Social Change: 4-5.
• THE BIG ISSUE: 6-9. A community work view of North East Inner-City Dublin.
• TRANSPARENCY: 10-11. ESF rules apply.
• NATIONAL AWARDS: 12-13. Unemployed people who set up successful businesses.
• REVIEW: 14-15. ‘Bring Me Back Alive’ — underground hit play about suicide.
• PLANNING: 16. Experts consider best social inclusion measures.
• SURVEY: 17. 1000 undocumented people.
• LEADER: 18-19. A win for Community-Led Local Development — interview with Doirin Graham.
• CEC: 20. 21-year-olds can now apply.
• ECO-VILLAGES: 21. What works, what doesn’t?
• PEOPLE & PROJECTS: 22-23. Seeing is believing.
• WOMEN: 24. 10 things they couldn’t do in 1955.

Published on Apr 5, 2016

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
• EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORT: Evidence shows it works.
• EQUALITY: Monaghan in 1955 & today.
• CULTURE: Cinema opens for homeless people.
• TARGETS: POBAL & Trutz Haase respond to IAN DEMPSEY.
• COMING & GOING: We’ll never forget what’s her name!
• CO-OPS: You’ll never bake alone.
• Horace returns… And much more!

Social Finance in Ireland / Crowdfunding

• Social inclusion targets v reality.
• Ballyfermot’s work with early school leavers.
• Roscrea first with new community action plan.
• Galway, Offaly & Leitrim’s 6-yr plans.
• Roscrea first with new community action plan.
• New generation of driven volunteers.

In dread of winter / Heartening Irish response

• Clondalkin’s proven model for integration.
• Kidpreneurship hits West Cork.
• ‘Carrickmines 10’ Tragedy & Traveller-led housing.
• Public Participation Networks – how’re they doing?
• An Cosan: Lifelong education provider.
• 3rd level bursaries that are anything but a handout.
• Rescuing surplus food in Kerry.

Celebratory Bumper Edition

• Lead Story: Marriage equality campaign began in communities.
• What is Community Development?
• Changing Ireland cartoons 2001-2015.
• Interview: Minister of State Ann Phelan.
• Opinion: Disappearing voices.
• €28m to communities via SICAP.
• What makes you happy? / Death cafes explored.

WINNERS & LOSERS: Tendering for community work.

• CHILD POVERTY DOUBLES: So, what’s being done?
• DONEGAL: Success in stopping dangerous driving.
• LAOIS: Choir is a voice for inclusion.
• SLIGO: Unemployed but entrepreneurial.

Plus Sector news, community development news, programme news, Horace & more!

CIARA’S CALL: Time to offer all Dublin 17 kids breaks she got.

• HOW TO HARNESS PEOPLE POWER: Roscrea stands up.
• TRAVELLER HEALTH: Doors once slammed shut now open.
• CHARITY IS NOT THE SOLUTION: Maynooth conference.
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TODAY: The view on the ground.
• LEAVE NOBODY BEHIND: Says Irish Local Development Network.

Plus Sector news, community development news, programme news, Horace & more!

INTERVIEW: Alan Kelly believes in Community Development.

• KATIE TAYLOR INSPIRES: Kids staying in school longer.
• ANTI-POVERTY PROG. DELAY: Postcards from the edge.
• SPORTY DONEGAL & BLUEBELL, DUBLIN: Angling to save lives.
• SURFER trades world’s biggest waves for community gardening.
• NOVEL ways to get communities off their… bums!

Plus Sector news, community development news, programme news, Horace & more!

INTERVIEW: Hogan on his legacy.

• NEW ANTI-POVERTY PROG: Starts 2015.
• EXPERT VIEW: On community work going to tender.
• MULHUDDART’s ‘Shedders’.
• LITERACY participants cook up cash for Syria.
• MUNSTER GREAT ESCAPES (not rugby).

Plus Sector news, community development news, programme news, Horace & more!

CROKER STAR CALLS on all communities.

• ISLAND HEROES in Galway & Limerick.
• Govt ‘ok’ PROFIT-MAKING from community work.
• MANAGERS wearing ONESIES to work.
• ORDINARY PEOPLE turning into DJs.
• Young, angry unemployed SPEAK OUT.
• COMMENT: Govt can’t abolish Community Development.

Plus Sector news, community development news, Programme news, Horace & more!

‘YUUTES’ – Young, Unemployed & Unwilling To Emigrate

• Ballyfermot children speak out.
• LCDP exceeds all priority targets.
• How “I totally changed my life”.
• The future from the Department’s Perspective.
• High unemployment in small towns.

Plus Sector news, community development news, programme news, Horace & more!

• LEAD STORY – THE RISE OF SOCIAL HORSE PROJECTS: A national round-up.
• NEWS: Tipp activist; Men campaign; Asylum-seekers; Minister Hogan.
• SUICIDE PREVENTION: A response to self-harm; Supporting farmers; Men-At-Risk Programme; Donegal approach.
• RETROFITTING WHOLE COMMUNITIES: 7 Steps to Retrofit Heaven.
• SELF-EMPLOYMENT: 10,700 unemployed people set up their own jobs.
• OPINION: Zen and the Art of Local development.
• NORTH-SOUTH: Dubs meet fellow activists in Belfast.
• DUBLIN: Mounttown’s late-night soccer heroes.
• ALIGNMENT: Dept officials meet SIPTU.
• CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: Healy’s new group.