# volunteering - Saturday 18 August, 2018
It’s the first time a Pontiff will visit Ireland in over four decades, and thousands are needed to keep the show running.
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# volunteering - Saturday 19 May, 2018
Éamonn Meehan, Trócaire’s Executive Director, on why thinking globally is more important than ever in 2018.
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# volunteering - Saturday 8 April, 2017
28 ‘global citizens’ are being honoured in Dublin today.
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# volunteering - Wednesday 28 September, 2016
It’s not all about binging on box-sets: this is the time to feather your CV for future employers.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 16 February, 2016
The former Netherlands boss has been out of work since leaving Sunderland in October.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 22 December, 2015
We spoke with a volunteer and user of Alone’s services.
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# volunteering - Saturday 31 October, 2015
“The volunteers were so great that I always had it in my head that I wanted to help out, I wanted to put something back.”
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# volunteering - Tuesday 2 June, 2015
A new study has looked at this in detail.
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# volunteering - Monday 11 May, 2015
A growing number of employers consider volunteer work equally as valuable as paid work experience.
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# volunteering - Monday 23 March, 2015
Got up to six months to spare? Willing to be sent to the middle of an “armed conflict situation”? Wait … come back.
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# volunteering - Thursday 20 November, 2014
Like many, events of last week and last weekend have shaken my certainty in Irish democracy. The wicked go unpunished and the good go unrewarded.
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# volunteering - Saturday 11 October, 2014
The Irish Aid volunteering fair is on in Dublin Castle today.
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# volunteering - Thursday 9 October, 2014
Solidarity with our fellow global citizens is critical to embracing the global development challenges of the 21st century.
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# volunteering - Sunday 5 October, 2014
Positive mental health is a journey – sometimes enlightening, sometimes challenging, but most definitely worthwhile.
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There are many homeless charities across the country who need volunteers to help them in their work.
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# volunteering - Saturday 4 October, 2014
TheJournal.ie visit the ‘No Bucks Café’ on their nighttime service.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
Volunteering is a two-way street for wet hostel worker Brian Molloy.
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# volunteering - Sunday 28 September, 2014
Eimear Morrin is a cadet with the Order of Malta.
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# volunteering - Saturday 27 September, 2014
Volunteers with Children in Hospital Ireland help hospitals with play schemes, allowing the children a chance to play.
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# volunteering - Sunday 21 September, 2014
Brendan Copeland has been with the RNLI for 24 years, he spoke to TheJournal.ie about his experiences.
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# volunteering - Sunday 14 September, 2014
Aware is a support service for people dealing with depression, it’s looking for volunteers.
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# volunteering - Sunday 31 August, 2014
Barnardos says that ‘without the generosity of volunteers we would not be able to reach the children who need our support’.
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# volunteering - Sunday 24 August, 2014
Retired people and families with children generally provide good foster homes for puppies.
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# volunteering - Sunday 17 August, 2014
You would think my friend and I have nothing at all in common, and yet our friendship means so much.
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# volunteering - Sunday 10 August, 2014
The ISPCC is looking for volunteers for its Childline service.
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# volunteering - Thursday 24 July, 2014
We have a political culture in this country that is morally bankrupt and young people are uncomfortable in propping up a system that is unsuited to the purpose intended.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
A Samaritans volunteer and GAA member writes about the people-centred spirit at the heart of both organisations.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 24 June, 2014
Representatives from the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland will be visiting Leinster House today to discuss the issue.
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# volunteering - Monday 12 May, 2014
Telling jokes to buy bikes and riding bikes to save lives – Comedian PJ Gallagher on finding a passion for volunteering.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 18 March, 2014
A trip volunteering at a children’s asylum in Belarus showed me the harsh reality for many children affected by the Chernobyl disaster but it also let me see the hope that Irish people have brought to their lives, writes Cliódhna Russell.
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# volunteering - Sunday 2 February, 2014
We don’t have much faith in our health care system… but we feel healthy.
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# volunteering - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
Ireland has scored a hat-trick after being ranked the most generous in Europe three years in row.
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# volunteering - Saturday 12 October, 2013
An online register is being set up to match the skills of volunteers to the needs of the countries and communities.
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# volunteering - Thursday 10 October, 2013
You could surprise yourself – and make a real difference.
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# volunteering - Thursday 29 August, 2013
Two reports released today detail the scale of work by Irish volunteers overseas and suggest public support is still strong for such activities.
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# volunteering - Sunday 11 August, 2013
Minister of State Joe Costello told TheJournal.ie that his department plans to launch a new civilian volunteer corps later this year.
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# volunteering - Sunday 28 July, 2013
In an interview with TheJournal.ie, volunteer co-ordinator Mairead Mallon says that they are looking at how to involve more men in the volunteering process.
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# volunteering - Sunday 19 May, 2013
National Volunteering Week ends today. Here Donnacha Maguire, who is in Ethiopia, tells us about some of the work being done by Irish volunteers in the country.
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# volunteering - Saturday 2 March, 2013
# volunteering - Monday 25 February, 2013
A new study says it’s not just good for the soul.
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