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19-05-2010

  • The Equality Authority, in collaboration with the IVEA, FESS and the Department of Education and Skills will host 'Mainstreaming Authority in the VEC Sector: New Tools for Embedding Equality into Education Plans, Programmes and Policy Making' on Friday 28th May. Click here for more information.

17-05-2010

  • Click here to access the current YouthArts News from the National Youth Council of Ireland.

14-05-2010

  • Galway County Traveller Interagency Group invites applications for the positions of Traveller Enterprise Development Worker and Traveller Employment Development Worker. visit www.activelink.ie to find out more.
  • The FÁS Work Placement Programme offers an alternative for people who have been unable to find paid work - click here to find out more.

10-05-2010

  • The Department of Applied Social Studies National University of Ireland Maynooth offers several programmes of professional education and training in youth and community work. Visit www.activelink.ie for more information.

04-05-2010

  • The Youth Arts Programme at The National Youth Council of Ireland wishes to recruit a Youth Arts Project Officer. Visit www.youtharts.ie to find out more.

04-05-2010

  • Mental health is something we all have and it is something we should take steps to protect in the same way we guard our physical health. Visit www.yourmentalhealth.ie to find out how to mind your mental health.

26-04-2010

  • Seán Haughey TD, Minister for Lifelong Learning today launched Northside Partnership's Traveller Education Week at Coolock Library on Dublin's northside... click here to read more.

23-04-2010

  • The HSE is advising parents to make sure that their children are vaccinated against measles following a rise in the number of cases of the disease in various parts of the country. In January 2010 there were 135 cases of measles in Ireland. Children and young people from the Traveller or Roma community are at particular risk - click here to read more.

16-04-2010

  • Visit a new website: MakingCents.ie The aim of this website is is to help people understand and learn about financial terms and procedures.

09-04-2010

  • Plans for an overhaul of VECs are to be put before the Cabinet within weeks, according to Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe. Visit www.learningireland.ie to find out more.

03-04-2010

  • There is a new bank of resources for adult literacy tutors and students in Dublin
    Dublin City Central Library -you can loan or view books there. For further information ring 01 8734333 or email centrallibrary@dublinclity.ie

26-03-2010

  • "The Turn of the Hand": A Memoir from the Irish Margins by Mary Warde can now be pre-ordered on www.amazon.ie. Alternatively contact Mary Warde for a copy of the book - email: marymoriarty@live.ie, phone: 0868230552 or send a cheque for €30 (incl P&P) to Mary Moriarty, 11 Lissadyra, Ballygaddy Rd., Tuam, Co. Galway.

16-03-2010

  • The love of music and how it impacts on people's lives has earned Carlow Education and Training Centre a prestigious Aontas Star Project Award. Click here to find out more.
  • The Further Education Support Service (FESS) has a new updated website www.fess.ie which now provides enhanced support to the Further Education Sector.
  • The Carlow Education and Training Centre has a new website: visit www.carlowetc.com

02-03-2010

  • Visit www.yourcountryyourcall.ie - Your Country, Your Call is a competition to ignite imaginations and inspire thinking. Click on the link to find out more.

20-02-2010

08-02-2010

  • SOSAD is a new charity aimed at increasing awareness of suicide in Ireland. If you would like to pay tribute to someone you have lost through suicide, contact info@sosadireland.ie. You can email a small photograph and some information on the special someone you have lost. SOSAD will then post this information on the website as a memorial.

23-01-2010

11-01-2010

  • The Sunday Independent (10th January 2010) published an article about Traveller women entitled: Young traveller women talk fashion, love, sex and reputations. Click here to read the article.

06-01-2010

  • Schools are to get free access to online versions of the popular Encyclopedia Britannica and World Book as part of an e-Learning initiative announced by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD. Click here for more information.


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