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# volunteer

All time
'To hear a child say they feel listened to is powerful': What it's like being a Childline volunteer
20 Aug 2022
7.3k
1
'Homeless people are scared and worried': Soup runs fear HSE inspection will force them to close
20 Jul 2021
23.4k
43
Australian PM says volunteer firefighters from public sector will get paid leave
24 Dec 2019
12.0k
13
'A massive disappointment': Tech giant withdraws from Dublin community event following gunfire in area
5 Apr 2019
62.1k
53
Woman who took domestic abuse survivors into her home receives volunteering award
8 Dec 2018
15.1k
6
Domestic violence, financial demands and pressure: Barrister on giving free legal advice
26 Dec 2017
10.3k
13
'I didn't want to know how chaotic it was going to be... If I had, maybe I wouldn't have gone'
3 Aug 2017
28.6k
7
Volunteers wanted to help spot crabs on Irish coasts
9 Jul 2017
19.2k
19
Appeal for volunteers to help make hospitals happier places for sick children
16 Apr 2017
22.2k
25
'Irish people have a hunger to make a difference in the world'
8 Apr 2017
8.2k
7
'When I wasn't taking a beating from my old man, I was taking a beating from my brother'
3 Apr 2017
22.6k
8
'She was a lovely person': Tributes to Mayo woman who died after becoming ill on flight
18 Nov 2016
55.9k
21
Irish people are the third most generous in Europe
10 Nov 2015
15.8k
35
Everyone has a skill to share, even if they don't shout about it... why not volunteer?
Nina Arwitz
11 May 2015
345
8
Woman helping homeless people at GPO has hot tea thrown in her face
9 May 2015
41.0k
Papal volunteer dies in storm as Pope Francis visits Philippines
17 Jan 2015
11.4k
27
Opinion: Ireland has a long tradition of volunteering, we should continue to build on it
Seán Sherlock
9 Oct 2014
129
15
On the Frontline: Meet the people who help the homeless
30 Sep 2014
4.0k
6
Fair play: Taxi drivers are throwing a huge party for 850 kids with special needs
9 Sep 2014
8.5k
19
British Ebola victim discharged from hospital following experimental treatment
3 Sep 2014
6.6k
19
Could you be the first point of contact for a child who wants to talk?
10 Aug 2014
17.1k
14
Opinion: The GAA and Samaritans both have an ethos of giving rather than taking
James
15 Jul 2014
194
32
'I take one less slice of bread for lunch' - how Irish children deal with recession
31 May 2014
25.6k
72
Richard Cahill: 'Volunteer and community groups held this country together during austerity'
11 May 2014
7.3k
14
Column: I volunteer with Samaritans every Christmas. Here's why...
Anonymous Samaritan
23 Dec 2013
407
8
US students come together to transform Dublin youth centre
11 Nov 2013
10.7k
37
Overseas volunteers worth €10 million and almost 500 jobs to Irish economy — report
29 Aug 2013
3.8k
3
Minister encourages retired public servants ‘twiddling their thumbs’ to volunteer abroad
11 Aug 2013
21.4k
128
Here's how you can go to Electric Picnic for free
6 Jun 2013
3.7k
1
Volunteer killed by lion at California zoo
7 Mar 2013
15.1k
48
Careers clinic: A spell of volunteering can transform your job skills
15 Feb 2013
8.1k
7
Swimmers brave the sea to raise money for Ballycotton Lifeboat
26 Dec 2012
5.6k
4
Lives of Irish soldiers unveiled in newly published records
7 Dec 2012
6.6k
17
Blood Bikers zoom in to help patients in the West
28 Nov 2012
8.0k
41
Man's lucky escape as rescue services spot river fall
12 Sep 2012
9.9k
10
Column: How helping others makes you happier AND healthier
Anna Lee
17 May 2012
80
2
Column: Here’s why we need Hireland – and why it will work
Gerard O'Neill
28 Jan 2012
67
29