This is an interview with Annie Corry (née Culloo) from Tulla, county Clare. The interview was recorded by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Anne McNamara on 3 December 2011. Annie was born in 1923 and was aged 88 at the time of the interview. In the interview Annie talks about h
Ireland--Social life and customs | Ireland--Rural conditions | Saint Stephen's Day
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This is an interview with Moira Garry from Clonmeden, county Clare. The interview took place in 2011 with Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Mary Morgan Lyons in Cooraclare and is made up of seven audio files. Moira is 78 years old at the time of the interview. In the first recordi
Ireland--Social life and customs | Ireland--Rural conditions | Women--Ireland--Social conditions
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‘Citywide’ is a 13 minute film made for the Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign organisation. It describes Citywide’s work and the story behind the drugs crisis in Dublin and Ireland as it evolved from the 1980s to 2011. This film describes the development of the heroin problem in Dub
Drugs Dublin 1960s - 1990s | Opiate abuse Dublin | Pushers Out Dublin
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The thirty-two-page long document details County Kilkenny’s plan to become age friendly. The strategy includes plans for respect, social inclusion and social participation, transport, home, communication and information, community support and health service, outdoor spaces, physi
Curated collection--Grant documentation | Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization) | Ireland's Age Friendly Cities and Counties Programme
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The twenty-one-page long final report details the progress made with funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies for the period of September 2010 to December 2011. Headings include: Introduction and background, outcome, work plans and activities, organisational development, lessons
Curated collection--Grant documentation | Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization) | Marriage Equality (Organisation)
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The forty-eight-page long report presents a comparison of the rights and responsibilities gained from civil partnership compared to the rights and responsibilities gained through civil marriage in Ireland.
Curated collection--Grant documentation | Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization) | Marriage Equality (Organisation)
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Report from the evaluation of the Preparing For Life programme by the UCD Geary Institute at University College Dublin. This report presents the findings from the Children’s Profile at School Entry for the academic years from 2008-2011. Preparing for Life (PFL) is a prevention
Child development | Learning readiness | Early childhood
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Report from the evaluation of the Preparing For Life programme by the UCD Geary Institute at University College Dublin. This report presents the findings from the experimental study when the children were aged 6 months. Preparing For Life (PFL) is a community-led initiative op
Child development | Learning readiness | Mentoring
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Report from the evaluation of the Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI) by researchers from the University of Lincoln. This report provides a summary of a formal evaluation and reflects a year in the relatively early life of MCI. MCI was the result of several years of community org
Domestic violence | Children | Adolescence
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The third, summary report from the evaluation of Foroige's Big Brothers Big Sisters programme by the Child & Family Research Centre in NUI, Galway. Foróige is a national youth organisation and, with the Health Service Executive, identified a need for a model of one-to-one work
Mentoring | Well-being | Adolescence
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Report from the evaluation of the Brook Sexual Health Clinic in Northern Ireland by the Institute of Child Care Research at Queen's University, Belfast. Brook Sexual Health Programme (https://www.brook.org.uk/) is a clinic-based service that provides young people under 25 with
Sex education | Well-being | Young adults
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Report from the evaluation of Business in the Community’s Time to Read Pupil Mentoring Programme by the Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s University, Belfast. Time to Read is a mentoring programme that links business volunteers with local primary schools to provide pai
Education | Literacy | Reading ability
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