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Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, the first organisation to focus solely on supporting social entrepreneurs in Ireland, is seeking applications for its 2024 Impact Programme.

Community Activist, advocate for gender equity and diversity, and Labour Party Candidate for Galway City East in the coming Local Elections, Helen Ogbu, extends a cordial invitation to the upcoming symposium titled ‘SHEroes – Promoting Women & Diversity in Politics’. This event is being organized following a successful grant application to Galway City Council, in collaboration with the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage and will take place on April 17 at 10:30am to 2:pm, in the Menlo Park Hotel.

Labour City Councillor Niall Mc Nelis has sounded the alarm on the childcare crisis gripping Ireland. Recent reports found less than 35% of areas across the country currently have creche places available, and in some places parents are facing up to three years of waiting.

Speaking to the Athlone Advertiser this week, local Sinn Féin Deputy, Sorca Clarke, has said that the latest spiral in constituency (Longford-Westmeath) homelessness underlines the need for a general election now.

Creating awareness remains a core value of the Athlone based Esker House Women's Refuge and Domestic Abuse Support Service.

Irish Hospice Foundation’s Time to Reflect Survey has found that the Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on people’s experience of death, dying and grieving.

Former Mayor of Galway Noel Larkin has called for a General Election amid what he has said is the 'absolute madness' of proposed legislation regarding emigration and housing.

Local Fianna Fáil Deputy Robert Troy has welcomed changes in the retirement age for Permanent Defence Force personnel.

Figures from Census 2022 show that there are 1.2 million vacant bedrooms in Irish homes.

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