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Charity

Last month
May 2026
In Pictures
Thousands take part in Darkness into Light walks across the country
9 May
8.2k
15
Nick Sheridan
Charity cycle to honour late broadcaster Nick Sheridan begins in Wexford
1 May
11.4k
6
This year
2026
Irish Guide Dogs
Irish Guide Dogs seeks volunteers and puppy raisers as it celebrates 50 years
25 Apr
17.9k
5
Poor box
Courts' Poor Box handed out over €1.5m to Irish charities last year
6 Apr
6.8k
13
Irish Cancer Society
Daffodil Day: This year, 44,000 people will hear the words 'you’ve got cancer'
Nikki Gallagher
20 Mar
3.1k
29
Last year
2025
Cost of Living
Capuchin Day Centre says demand for Christmas supermarket vouchers 'significantly higher' this year
12 Dec 2025
11.3k
42
don't get played
NI trauma charity reveals how it was nearly scammed by a fake donation of a baby grand piano
28 Nov 2025
8.5k
9
good news
Dublin doctor responds to nearly 50 medical emergencies in his spare time
3 Oct 2025
29.9k
18
The Daily Poll
Have you ever made up a shoebox for a charity appeal?
21 Sep 2025
17.0k
24
good news
Runner returns to Howth after six weeks spent visiting every RNLI station on the island
15 Sep 2025
8.3k
5
housing for all
'Radical shift' needed in government’s delayed housing plan amid record homelessness, Focus says
9 Sep 2025
3.0k
High Court
Gerry Adams to donate €100k libel payout to charity and defends claim he 'put manners on the BBC'
5 Jun 2025
29.3k
Pieta House
Thousands take part in Darkness Into Light fundraiser walks around the country
Updated 10 May 2025
16.9k
Job Losses
Irish charity GOAL announces hundreds of layoffs after 'significant and sudden' funding cuts
Updated 29 Mar 2025
22.4k
GOAL VOICES
Opinion: After 14 years of conflict, Syria's women stand ready to rebuild
Doaa Ghadab & Zeina Ali Bajo
Updated 25 Mar 2025
3.7k
All time
regulator report
'Significant failings in governance and financial management' at Peter McVerry Trust
The charity is required to undergo an intensive oversight and monitoring programme.
Updated 10 Dec 2024
20.3k
suggestion
Tiger Woods wants USA Ryder Cup team to receive $5million dollars each for charity
3 Dec 2024
1.9k
2
Fashion for Relief
Naomi Campbell disqualified as charity trustee after probe finds she spent funds on five-star hotel
26 Sep 2024
38.3k
31
Pieta House
Suicide survivor becomes fastest and oldest person to swim River Shannon in aid of charity
22 Sep 2024
23.4k
22
Sponsored
'It’s cold at home. There’s nothing to eat': Barnardos needs your help this Giving Day
17 Sep 2024
10.9k
Pieta House
Tens of thousands take part in Darkness Into Light
Updated 11 May 2024
22.5k
25
The Lighthouse
Removal of Mount Street camp is 'like putting a plaster on a wound'
The Lighthouse in Dublin is providing food and other services for hundreds of asylum seekers every day.
Órla Ryan
4 May 2024
13.8k
RELATED
Around 100 asylum seekers without beds in Dublin city told there is 'no further accommodation'
2 May 2024
Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled
1 May 2024
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
1 May 2024
Egg Drive
Two young sisters from Dublin organise Easter egg drive for children in Temple Street Hospital
28 Mar 2024
19.5k
15
Motor neurone disease
Remembering Charlie Bird: A champion of awareness for Motor Neurone Disease
Lillian McGovern
Updated 14 Mar 2024
7.9k
0
Good Samaritan
Garda cleared of wrongdoing in giving bicycle to elderly man during pandemic
Updated 5 Mar 2024
37.0k
Charity
Over 90,000 calls were made to St Vincent de Paul last year from people seeking help with food
15 Jan 2024
9.7k
40
Unwanted Christmas Gifts
Barnardos appeal for unwanted Christmas gifts to help fund the charity's work
29 Dec 2023
7.6k
4
ALONE
'It can be a very difficult time for many': Appeal to look out for older people this Christmas
21 Dec 2023
4.9k
12
Housing
Peter McVerry Trust to receive €4 million this week in first tranche of emergency Govt funding
30 Nov 2023
7.5k
20
Ballymun
Boygenius release single in honour of Sinéad O'Connor, proceeds going to Dublin charity
17 Nov 2023
16.9k
27
Housing
Housing charity regulator appoints financial inspectors to Peter McVerry Trust
26 Sep 2023
34.1k
St Vincent de Paul
Over 250 parents contacted SVP every day last week about back-to-school costs
31 Aug 2023
8.2k
30
Hail
Over 580 people with mental health difficulties supported with housing last year
28 Aug 2023
8.7k
5
housing charity
Peter McVerry Trust informs Department of Housing of 'potential financial issues' at charity
16 Aug 2023
43.5k
Charity
84% support for tougher action against charities in event of wrongdoing
9 May 2023
7.1k
15
Pieta House
Tens of thousands take part in Darkness Into Light events across the country
6 May 2023
17.2k
13
Yemen
At least 85 people killed after crowd surge at Yemen charity distribution
Updated 20 Apr 2023
10.4k
4
The Morning Lead
'We've seen more working people and others who wouldn't be homeless in normal circumstances'
6 Apr 2023
16.6k
21
Western Care
Mayo charity could 'decide' whether to invite inspectors due to legal loophole, Dáil hears
22 Mar 2023
16.3k
donkey sanctuary
Donkey from animal cruelty video has been rescued by charity as Gardaí investigate
21 Jan 2023
40.1k
30
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