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# Charity

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# Dublin
Dublin Fire Brigade called after donated clothes set alight outside charity shop
Last year, a number of charities advised people to drop off donations at their shops only during working hours.
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Jun 2nd 2019, 2:54 PM
# Great Cause
Dundalk players and staff pledge to donate a day's wages to Temple Street
The SSE Airtricity League Premier Division champions announced the charitable initiative today.
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May 27th 2019, 2:54 PM
# ready and waiting
Ireland's first charity-funded community air ambulance still awaiting approval to operate
The charity is awaiting a formal announcement from the Minister for Health.
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Apr 24th 2019, 1:59 PM
# RIP
'A truly remarkable person': Tributes paid to Trócaire worker of 37 years Sally O'Neill
Through the years, O’Neill worked primarily on Trócaire projects in Latin America.
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Apr 8th 2019, 5:19 PM
# Merchants Quay
'I owe this place my life': Inside Dublin's only charity offering free hot Sunday dinners to the homeless
TheJournal.ie spent a morning last week at Merchant’s Quay Ireland’s Sunday service.
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Mar 31st 2019, 12:05 AM
# Children's Charity
Barnardos confirms redundancies amid financial concerns as it makes 'shift in strategic direction'
The children’s charity has said it was still coping with gaps in state in funding first introduced a decade ago.
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Mar 19th 2019, 11:33 AM
# Addiction
'Action is needed now': New charity set up to fund gambling addiction services
The trust receives funding from the gambling industry and will be run by a board which includes two former junior ministers.
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Mar 18th 2019, 12:02 PM
# Lost and Found
'Large sum of money' found in man's shirt donated to Oxfam - is it yours?
The organisers of Oxfam’s Fashion Relief event are looking for the owner to come forward.
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Mar 9th 2019, 4:29 PM
Voices
Opinion: We need to be able to track where our charity donation goes. Here's how
Blockchain technology is a gamechanger for transparency in the charity sector – meaning fraud, corruption and misspending are eliminated, writes Danny Curran.
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Feb 28th 2019, 7:00 AM
# a dog is for life
Tati and her puppies were abandoned at the side of the road - Dogs Trust took them in
The charity is under huge pressure after almost 400 requests from the public to surrender the dogs in the month after Christmas.
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Feb 19th 2019, 5:51 PM
# Aid
Venezuela's government to stage concert to rival Richard Branson's charity one
The concert will be held on the Simon Bolivar bridge which links San Antonio, Venezuela with Cucuta, in Colombia, where aid sent by the US is being held up and stored.
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Feb 19th 2019, 8:49 AM
# Limerick
Gardaí arrest two men suspected of involvement in bogus charity collections
The men were arrested yesterday.
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Feb 8th 2019, 12:56 PM
# cork penny dinners
Cork Penny Dinners are opening overnight for the first time since the 1800s
The charity now feeds about 2,000 people per week.
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Feb 1st 2019, 4:02 PM
# Charity
Here are some easy ways to help charity if you want to start 2019 on a good foot
You can still be charitable once December is over.
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Jan 1st 2019, 7:30 PM
# Greek Wildfires
'He showed people how to be a human being': His Blood Bikes East colleagues pay tribute to Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp
O’Callaghan-Westropp died after being caught up in the Greek wildfires this summer.
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Dec 29th 2018, 6:00 PM
# Crosscare
This Dublin charity will put your unwanted Christmas presents to good use
People with unwanted gifts are being asked to donate them so they can be distributed to homeless people.
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Dec 26th 2018, 10:54 AM
# helping hand
The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society: Dublin's oldest charity and its plan to make it to 2040
The former headquarters is a landmark in Dublin City Centre.
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Dec 25th 2018, 10:00 PM
# food for thought
‘It’s a bit like Ready Steady Cook’: How FoodCloud and charities are fighting food poverty in the west of Ireland
As charities see demand increase this Christmas, the team behind FoodCloud is making things a little easier.
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Dec 25th 2018, 12:45 PM
# homeless in dublin
'There's anger on the streets': The volunteers handing out food and fitting dentures at the GPO
O’Connell Street is a hive of activity each Friday evening as groups provide services for those in need.
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Dec 25th 2018, 11:00 AM
# hugh's house
VIDEO: The charity providing free accommodation to parents of sick children
Ade Stack saw parents who were not from Dublin sleeping in waiting rooms and in their cars while her son was in hospital – she wanted to do something to help.
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Dec 22nd 2018, 8:30 PM
# collectors
'It can be damaging': People warned to avoid bogus charity collectors over Christmas
ICHH said that people posing as their volunteers had been reported collecting.
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Dec 22nd 2018, 7:03 AM
# Ataxia Ireland
Charity ordered to pay former CEO €50k for unfair dismissal
However, Ataxia Ireland is currently in the process of being wound up.
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Dec 11th 2018, 4:00 PM
# Annual Report
'We shouldn't accept homelessness as normal': 13,304 helped by Simon Communities last year
Figures for the first six months of 2018 suggest record numbers of people using its services.
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Dec 11th 2018, 9:15 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
Michael D Higgins used his Christmas message to address the homeless crisis.
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Dec 9th 2018, 10:30 AM
# a lending hand
Members of the Travelling Community in Coolock have been buying trolleys of food to help the homeless this Christmas
We spoke to Keira from A Lending Hand about the ‘trolley fill challenge’.
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Dec 5th 2018, 5:37 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Would you be more likely to donate to a charity if contactless payments were an option?
Temple Street Children’s Hospital is introducing contactless payment versions of traditional bucket collection.
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Dec 5th 2018, 8:08 AM
# Courts
Former charity director who admitted to stealing over €1 million rushed to hospital
Greg Walsh is awaiting sentencing for his crimes.
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Dec 3rd 2018, 5:53 PM
# deck the halls
Christmas FM is officially back on Irish airwaves this week: here's how you can listen in
The station is back on the air from 28 November until St Stephen’s Day.
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Nov 25th 2018, 6:00 PM
# Memory Man
Jimmy Magee's personal library of almost 1000 books to be auctioned off for charity
The Memory Man’s collection includes books and magazines from as far back as the 1960s.
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Nov 25th 2018, 10:00 AM
# King Kenny
Kenny Dalglish receives knighthood for 'services to football, charity and the city of Liverpool'
The 67-year-old is one of English football’s greatest ever players and managers.
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Nov 16th 2018, 3:04 PM
# Cold Weather Strategy
333 extra beds to be made available as Dublin Region Homeless Executive launches winter strategy
The measure was announced in partnership with a range of charities.
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Nov 14th 2018, 5:43 PM
# novas
370% increase in demand for homeless organisation's services since 2010
Novas supported 4,572 people in 2017, an increase of 29% from the previous year.
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Oct 19th 2018, 9:11 AM
# Homelessness
'A detrimental impact on children': 19 babies born into a homeless charity's services last year
Depaul Ireland launched its 2017 annual report today.
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Oct 15th 2018, 12:40 PM
# Merchants Quay
'I started taking drugs when I was 12 ... it was just seen as a cool thing to do'
TheJournal.ie spent a morning this week at Merchant’s Quay Ireland, which provides assistance to homeless people and drug users in Dublin.
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Sep 29th 2018, 12:05 AM
# Simon Communities
'I was literally rock bottom. I was seven years out on the streets ... there's no way I'm going back'
Dublin Simon Community launched its annual impact report earlier today.
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Sep 25th 2018, 5:14 PM
# For a great cause
Some late call-ups as final squad lists for Liam Miller tribute match released
John O’Shea, Wes Brown, Ian Harte, Johan Mjallby and Stephen Kelly have been drafted in for tomorrow’s game at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
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Sep 24th 2018, 2:56 PM
# Charity
Ireland's first charity-funded community air ambulance lands in Kerry
The service will cost €2 million to run annually.
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Sep 21st 2018, 4:05 PM
# ALONE
'Standing up for their generation': These older people are getting tattoos to fight ageism
Alone, the charity that supports older people at home, is aiming to raise €10,000 during the event.
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Sep 8th 2018, 5:30 PM
# firstlight
Dealing with the loss of an infant: 'The fact is your world will stop. You become a different person'
The FirstLight charity is holding a walk in memory of children who have passed away on 8 September.
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Sep 1st 2018, 8:15 AM
# Charity
Irish charity founder in Kenya works 6 days a week and pays himself €300 a month
“I can do more here,” James Hennessy says of his life in the Great Rift Valley.
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Aug 26th 2018, 9:00 PM
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