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# volunteers - Sunday 19 May, 2013
New Castletownbere lifeboat station will speed up rescues
The station and pontoon will see six minutes shaved off the time taken to leave for rescues.
# volunteers - Monday 1 April, 2013
Extract: From the roof of the College of Surgeons, the Volunteers watched the city burn
During the Easter Rising 1916, a small force of men and women fought against British soldiers from their posts in St Stephen’s Green and City Hall. In his new book, Paul O’Brien recounts their tragic and noble struggle to protect the newly proclaimed Irish Republic.
# volunteers - Monday 25 February, 2013
Over 100 people rescued from Wicklow mountains in 5 days
Rescue services call for warning signs to alert motorists to ice and snow-laden roads over Sally Gap.
# volunteers - Friday 4 January, 2013
Over 465,000 voluntary hours clocked in record 2012 for Volunteer Ireland
More and more people are volunteering since the onset of the recession but the national volunteer development agency cites other reasons for the increase.
# volunteers - Monday 24 December, 2012
Dun Laoghaire RNLI remembers volunteers lost at sea
The ceremony is to remember the 15 volunteers who died at sea on Christmas Eve 1895 and all those who lost their lives around Irish coasts.
# volunteers - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
Woman and her dog rescued from freezing water at Wexford harbour
The woman went into the water to save her dog Holly but couldn’t climb back out because of the temperature.
# volunteers - Friday 14 December, 2012
Samaritans celebrates 10 years of prisoner listener scheme
Over the past year, Samaritans recorded 1,100 formal contacts within the six prisons in its Listener Scheme, an 83 per cent increase on 2011.
# volunteers - Saturday 29 September, 2012
Credit Union bill criticised as “anti-democratic”
The Irish League of Credit Unions has expressed concern about proposed laws that would ban volunteers from joining boards.
# volunteers - Sunday 2 September, 2012
A serious business: the work of Ireland’s mountain rescue volunteers
TheJournal.ie reporter Sinéad O’Carroll joined Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team for an evening. Here’s what happened.
# volunteers - Wednesday 15 August, 2012
More than half of ISPCC staff take unpaid leave
The charity said it is €500,000 behind target despite salary cuts across the board this year.
# volunteers - Sunday 15 July, 2012
Charity for older people celebrates 35 years of service
Alone will celebrate the anniversary at Glasnevin Cemetery, honouring volunteers who have been with the charity in excess of three decades.
Cork Penny Dinners appeals for food donations
The charity feeds 1000 hungry people in need a week – and is looking for donations of food to help it continue its work.
# volunteers - Saturday 23 June, 2012
More than 500 volunteers to be honoured for their work with No Name Club
Sean Gallagher and John Lonergan will speak at a ceremony for the clubs, which have around 10,000 members around the country.
# volunteers - Thursday 17 May, 2012
Column: How helping others makes you happier AND healthier
Volunteering has increased dramatically in the recession. Anna Lee describes how anybody can be a volunteer – and it might even do you good.
# volunteers - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
Volunteering “makes you happier”
National Volunteering Week takes place from 14 – 20 May, and it is hoped that more than 10,000 people will take part.
# volunteers - Sunday 29 April, 2012
Samaritans take to the streets of Dublin’s north inner city
Volunteers will be available in public areas in the inner city to encourage people to talk about their problems.
# volunteers - Monday 19 March, 2012
Olympic Flame to burn bright in Ireland
The torch will visit Dublin on day 19 of its 70-day relay journey, on Wednesday 6 June this year. 8,000 volunteers will help it travel 8,000 miles across the UK and Ireland.
# volunteers - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
RNLI lifeboats rescued 905 people in 2011
Lifeboats were launched almost 1,000 times during the year and volunteers spent nearly 10,000 hours at sea.
# volunteers - Saturday 21 January, 2012
No relief for families after sixth day of search for missing fishermen
Search operations have now been called off for the night, with no results despite an influx of local volunteers joining the effort in Glandore Bay.
# volunteers - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
Seanad could operate on a voluntary basis – FG Senator
Senator Catherine Noone said that Senators could work on a volunteer basis to preserve the Seanad as a “key feature of our democratic system”.
# volunteers - Sunday 30 October, 2011
Designers create charity websites in 24-hour marathon in Dublin
Twenty-one volunteers have worked through the night to produce three quality charity websites. See the results here…
# volunteers - Monday 19 September, 2011
Column: We can make a new Ireland, but everyone has to help
Change is in our power – and a truly better Ireland will only come if we all get stuck in, writes Yvonne McKenna.
# volunteers - Thursday 23 June, 2011
Volunteers debacle puts World Cup opening ceremony plans in jeopardy
Only half of the 1500 people needed have volunteered for the event.
# volunteers - Wednesday 11 May, 2011
University will pay students to stay sober
Cambridge University seeking volunteers to ‘baby-sit’ students who drink too much on nights out
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