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# volunteering

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Football is a universal language: A Champions League final experience like no other
30 May 2020
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Volunteers wanted for Covid-19 test centres and other voluntary organisations
20 Mar 2020
78.3k
59
Here are some practical ways you can help homeless people this Christmas and New Year
22 Dec 2019
20.3k
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Poll: Should it be compulsory for Irish teens to spend a year helping others?
11 Jul 2019
42.6k
90
'The kid who's helping others, is not the kid who's terrorising their neighbour'
10 Jul 2019
13.0k
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Mascots, bakers, and ironing mammies: here's what the 13,000 papal visit volunteers will be up to
18 Aug 2018
19.8k
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'Irish people are very generous, partly because of the effect the Famine had on us'
19 May 2018
9.6k
9
'Irish people have a hunger to make a difference in the world'
8 Apr 2017
8.2k
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Students: Be productive and make the most of your breaks from college
28 Sep 2016
10.9k
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Advocaat agrees to work for free at Van Bronckhorst's Feyenoord
16 Feb 2016
8.0k
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This 76-year-old began volunteering with the elderly when he retired
22 Dec 2015
15.1k
6
This man overcame cancer as a teenager and now helps others who are diagnosed
31 Oct 2015
13.1k
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Just how much of an impact do volunteers have on the communities they help?
2 Jun 2015
9.3k
32
Everyone has a skill to share, even if they don't shout about it... why not volunteer?
Nina Arwitz
11 May 2015
345
8
Got a very particular set of skills? The Rapid Response Corps is looking for new recruits
23 Mar 2015
25.6k
24
Opinion: Is it any wonder protests turn nasty when they make fools out of those who believe?
Oliver Moran
20 Nov 2014
90
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Finding out about volunteering overseas just got a hell of a lot easier thanks to a new hashtag
11 Oct 2014
5.6k
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Opinion: Ireland has a long tradition of volunteering, we should continue to build on it
Seán Sherlock
9 Oct 2014
129
15
Column: The five steps to emotional well-being
Orla Barry
5 Oct 2014
1.1k
21
Homeless volunteer: 'You get to meet people who've come through the worst, it's a great experience.'
5 Oct 2014
8.5k
3
Getting on the bus: Recovered addicts returning to help those still suffering
4 Oct 2014
19.8k
24
Retired, isolated and lonely: Volunteering with homeless can be 'life-giving'
30 Sep 2014
3.4k
5
This 16-year-old saved her mum's life thanks to her cadet training
28 Sep 2014
22.0k
10
This charity wants to make a child's stay in hospital more bearable
27 Sep 2014
10.2k
6
'He was talking about never seeing his unborn child when we rescued him': Volunteering with the RNLI
21 Sep 2014
16.5k
5
Could you help someone who is experiencing depression?
14 Sep 2014
15.7k
43
'There's a little boy or girl in your community who's going to bed cold or going to school hungry'
31 Aug 2014
9.7k
35
Could you give a puppy a loving home for a year before it becomes a guide dog?
24 Aug 2014
22.1k
13
Opinion: Volunteering isn't hard, you can just sit and have tea with someone
Mark Farrell
17 Aug 2014
87
18
Could you be the first point of contact for a child who wants to talk?
10 Aug 2014
17.1k
14
Opinion: Young people are not 'apathetic' - we prioritise the collective good
Gary Gannon
24 Jul 2014
1.3k
34
Opinion: The GAA and Samaritans both have an ethos of giving rather than taking
James
15 Jul 2014
194
32
How important is alcohol to Irish agriculture?
24 Jun 2014
8.3k
8
PJ Gallagher: 'You live more in five minutes on a bike than most people do in a lifetime'
PJ Gallagher
12 May 2014
778
41
Column: How my trip to a children's mental asylum in Belarus made me proud to be Irish
Cliodhna Russell
18 Mar 2014
12.1k
40
How is Ireland feeling? Europe-wide survey looks at loneliness, health, and chores
2 Feb 2014
20.3k
29
Ireland is the most generous country in Europe, says World Giving Index
3 Dec 2013
12.7k
59
Costello launches initiative to encourage retired public servants to volunteer
12 Oct 2013
5.4k
39
Have you got what it takes to volunteer abroad?
10 Oct 2013
10.2k
33
Overseas volunteers worth €10 million and almost 500 jobs to Irish economy — report
29 Aug 2013
3.8k
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