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11-05-2012

• A new standalone agency will take over responsibility for child protection from the Health Service Executive early next year, Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said. Click here to find out about the new Children and Family Support Agency.

02-05-2012

• Iarnród Éireann are offering FREE train travel, on an agreed return journey, for up to 100 groups of up to 50 people at a time. Visit www.irishrail.ie/journeys for more details.

26-04-2012

• Kerry Travellers Health & Community Development Project in Tralee have recently created a new website for their project - visit kerrytravellersproject.wordpress.com to view.

18-04-2012

• Click here to view the recent Breaking Through Newsletter - Issue 1, 2012

11-04-2012

• The Department of Education and Skills will tender for a schools infrastructure audit of building infrastructure and staffing in schools around the country. Visit www.rte.ie to find out more.

07-04-2012

• NALA is inviting proposals to develop a website to help parents help their children learn. Visit www.nala.ie for more information.

30-03-2012

• Watch Unsettled: From Tinker To Traveller on RTÉ One on Monday 2nd April at 9.35pm. Visit www.rte.ie for more information.

25-03-2012

• The deadline for application for VTOS courses is Friday 27 April 2012 - visit vtos.ie for details on courses available.

19-03-2012

• From Monday 26th March Secrets and Words - a new drama series about adult literacy will run on BBC1. Visit www.bbc.co.uk to find out more.

05-03-2012

• Minister Quinn recently launched the new €10 million Springboard Programme to provide free part-time higher education places. Visit www.education.ie for more information.

29-02-2012

• “In many European countries Roma and Travellers are still denied basic human rights and suffer blatant racism”, said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, releasing the report “Human rights of Roma and Travellers in Europe”. Click here to read the full report.
  

25-02-2012

• Click here to view Youth Arts News February 2012 published by The National Youth Council of Ireland.

19-02-2012

• Click to view Focalpoint: Essential Information from The Wheel - February 2012.

17-02-2012

• Watch the Late Late Show interview of James Quinn McDonagh, 17th Feb, 2012 (fast forward to 1:02). The book and DVD "Knuckle" is the true story of James Quinn McDonagh – clan head and champion bare-knuckle fighter and is available at www.amazon.co.uk.
  

12-02-2012

• The sixth annual AONTAS Adult Learners' Festival is taking place from the 20th - 24th February. Visit www.adultlearnersfestival.com to find out more.

08-02-2012

• The Lord Mayor of Dublin would like to invite you to a Conference entitled “Preventing and Responding Anti-Social Behaviour” which will be held in the Croke Park Conference Centre on Wednesday 29th February, 2012. Visit our Conferences page for more details.

30-01-2012

• Click here to view Clare Traveller Focus magazine, Winter Edition 2012. This magazine aims to keep you up to date with various projects and particular success stories being achieved by agencies and individuals across Co Clare.

21-01-2012

• Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland needs local Advocates, Male and Female, to support young people and their families in their own Community! They are now recruiting in: Dublin, Louth, Meath, Cavan/Monaghan and Kildare. Visit www.yapireland.ie for more information.

16-01-2012

• Age Action has teamed up with Google to develop a new website which aims to help Ireland’s younger generations to teach their parents and older loved ones how to get the most from the internet. Try it: www.GetYourFolksOnLine.ie

08-01-2012

• Scope - The Four Roads: this 1973 Pat O'Connor film follows the daily life of 70-year-old Winnie Mongan as her family wend their way around the highways and byways of Ireland on their annual pilgrimage to the Ballinasloe Horse Fair. This programme is available on RTE Player.
  

04-01-2012

• National Type II Diabetes Screening Day Thursday 19th January - visit www.rte.ie for more information.

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