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Keeping Children Safe Online
The Children’s Rights Alliance calls for EU election candidates to ensure a high bar is set at European level to regulate social media giants and protect children and young people’s safety online. The call came at a hustings event chaired by Ian Power, CEO of SpunOut
Five warning signs that may flag burnout
Turn2Me, a National Mental Health charity, has published five signs of burnout on its website in the hope of raising awareness of mental health and encouraging people to prioritise self-care. “Burnout has become an increasingly prevalent issue,
What change do you want to make? A moment to pause for reflection . . .
One time a girl told her grandmother she was worried about the future, everything was so confusing and all the mixed messages on social media only made it worse. Her wily grandmother asked her this question: “are you a potato, an egg, or coffee beans?”
Congratulations to Aisling
Congratulations to Aisling Espey of Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, D6 winner of one of the top prizes in the Green-Schools National Marine Creative Writing Competition “Tides are changing”. Winners of the competition were chosen out of over 220 entries.
Bloomsday in Dublin 4 Event Guide
Joycean Celebrations are set to take place in Ballsbridge, Irishtown, Ringsend and Sandymount for Bloomsday this year. Dublin City Council’s South East Area Community Team have been working closely with groups and centres in Dublin 4 as well as the James Joyce Centre
Sandymount Strand a no-swim zone
Officials have declared Sandymount Strand a no-swim zone for the entire season over water fears. This is disappointing news indeed as many people like to take a dip during the summer months (especially with early predictions of a hot summer to come when the mercury is set to rise),
St Mary’s Game Changers
Big congratulations to pupils from St Mary’s School, Donnybrook, winners of the All-Ireland Game Changers 2024. Game Changers is a programme run by Trócaire to help educate young people about issues in the world today. The event, now in its sixth year,
Sandymount Fun Cycle
On Sunday May 19th, 150 cyclists of all ages and abilities joined in the Sandymount Fun Cycle from Lansdowne Tennis Club to Sandymount Green. The 3km Cycle was organised by Sandymount Cycle Bus as part of Bike Week. For the second year running we had glorious sunshine
Information notice: Codling Wind Park
Codling Wind Park is hosting a Public Information Sharing event on May 1st in Sandymount Community Centre. We are inviting people/groups from the community along to view our virtual reality experience and to learn more about the project and Community Benefit Fund.
Get ready for the 2024 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon!
A group of inspiring women came together in Dublin to officially launch the 2024 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon. The 10km event, now in its 42nd year, will take place on Sunday June 2nd at 12:30pm. Over 20,000 women are expected to participate this year and the event is open