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Grassroots can renew Irish politics, meeting told
By JACK HORGAN-JONES GRASSROOTS POLITICAL action has the capacity to drive the renewal of Irish democracy, according to Fiach Mac Conghail, chairman of the “We The Citizens” public discussion group. The non-politically aligned initiative is aimed at encouraging people to engage with the political system…
Author: Irish Times
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How investors can banish social ills by putting money in state-backed bonds
Social impact bonds let you help ex-prisoners or former patients – and maybe see a good return DOES INVESTING in a scheme to keep repeat offenders out of prison sound like a good punt? What about one that would provide a Wii Fit to help…
Author: Irish Times
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Barnardos raises €8.5m funding
By GORDON DEEGAN ONE OF IRELAND’S best known children’s charities, Barnardos, has bucked the trend in the recession by increasing the amount it raised in 2009 through fundraising to €8.5 million. Figures by Barnardos Republic of Ireland Ltd show that the chief factor behind the…
Author: The Irish Times
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UN to look at State's human rights record
By JAMIE SMYTH, Social Affairs Correspondent THE UNITED Nations has said it will investigate the Government’s failure to establish clear immigration rules and the impact of steep cuts to the public funding of State bodies protecting human rights. At a two-day hearing due to start…
Author: The Irish Times
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Jackson urges people to vote but says power may lie outside political system
By ALISON HEALY. IF PEOPLE do not vote in the general election, then they lose the right to criticise, US civil rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson has told an audience in Dublin. He said people should vote for politicians they could trust, but when asked…
Author: Irish Times
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Civil society movement plans more meetings
by KITTY HOLLAND THE CLAIMING Our Future civil society movement, which held its inaugural meeting at the RDS, Dublin in October, is to begin a series of regional meetings in the new year. The first meeting is likely to be in Galway during February, according…
Author: The Irish Times
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Concrete support for young people needed, says entrepreneur
by LORNA SIGGINS IRELAND COULD become home to the next Google, Facebook or Nokia if it stopped paying “lip service” to a younger generation by offering concrete support, the founder of a national social media agency has said. SpunOut.ie director Ruairí McKiernan said his company…
Author: The Irish Times
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Preschool raises morality levels, says study
RONAN McGREEVY CHILDREN WHO have the benefit of preschool are less likely to lie, cheat or steal as adults, a conference was told yesterday. US educator Dr Larry Schweinhart, who pioneered a long-term longitudinal study into the benefits of early childhood education, said it was…
Author: The Irish Times
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Activism 'academy' to focus on young people's role in politics
By Lorna Siggins. YOUNG IRISH people are turning away from political parties for more complex reasons than a general “despair and disillusionment”, according to the founder of a Galway-based national youth website. Advocacy and activism are seen as far more appealing than the “long, slow,…
Author: The Irish Times
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Recent Children & Youth events help raise awareness for children's rights
The Children & Youth teams in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland jointly hosted a Youth Civic Action Workshop together with grantees SpunOut.ie and the UNESCO Chairs at NUIG and University of Ulster. They also hosted a joint event to present their new Strategy…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
