Topic: Ireland
Fundraising in Ireland for Yolanda survivors.
December 12, 2013 ·
The chairperson of the Irish charity Preda-Ireland Philip Cribbin has been doing his share in fund raising for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan ,(Yolanda in the Philippines). Preda social workers are buying and re-packing relief supplies and making regular deliveries and distribution of relief goods directly to the hands of the evacuees. They were airlifted […]
Read More...Most Irish sex offenders are freed without therapy
December 9, 2013 ·
Monday, December 09, 2013 Fewer than half of all sex offenders released from prison this year underwent any form of rehabilitative therapy while in prison. By Noel Baker Statistics provided to the Irish Examiner by the Irish Prison Service also show that, of prisoners currently serving sentences for sex crimes and scheduled for release in […]
Read More...Nuns say they will not pay Magdalene compensation
July 18, 2013 ·
Four congregations will not contribute to fund, which could cost State up to ¤58 million The plaque dedicated to Magdalane Laundry survivors in St Stephens Green, Dublin. Photograph: PA Harry McGee The four religious congregations that ran the Magdalene laundries have told the Government they will not make any financial contribution to the multimillion-euro fund […]
Read More...Kildare backs campaign
May 2, 2011 · By Jane Mullins
Pictured above: Fr Shay Cullen of PREDA (left) accepting a signed Kildare team jersey from Eddie McCormack, Kildare Post columnist Glenn Ryan, and Anthony Rainbow at the gala ball. The jersey, sponsored by Tegral, was auctioned on the night, to raise funds. Campaigning priest Fr Shay Cullen has called for zero tolerance laws to ensure […]
Read More...Fr. Shay Cullen wins the 2004 Radharc Awards
October 1, 2010 ·
Published in The Irish Catholic A film about children’s rights campaigner, Fr Shay Cullen has been won the Radharc Award 2004.Entitled ‘Fr Shay Cullen: Taking a Stand’ and produced by Annette Kinne Andec Communications, the documentary was filmed on location in the Philippines, Germany, Britain and Ireland. The religious programme award was presented by Pat […]
Read More...Missionaries like Fr Shay are Ireland’s true heroes
February 27, 2007 · By Joe Duffy, Irish Mail
Last week, every household in the land received an expensively produced 16-page booklet about how the government is helping the world’s poorest people. It was summary of the Government White Paper on aid for developing countries. But in the booklet there is only one, grudging mention of the great work done over the years by […]
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