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December 18, 2015 By IRL

Download Valuable Volunteers: The Importance of ‘Meals on Wheels’ to Rural Ageing

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December 18, 2015 By IRL

Valuable Volunteers: The Importance of ‘Meals on Wheels’ to Rural Ageing

Author: Gabrielle Kane, B.A.
(MA in Rural Sustainability, School of Geography and Archaeology National University of Ireland, Galway)

MA in Rural Sustainability – Dissertation – Gabrielle Kane – 2015

Filed Under: IRL Research

December 18, 2015 By IRL

Small Town Development and Rejuvenation A Study of Moate

Small Town Development and Rejuvenation – A Study of Moate. (NUIG)

NUIG – MA in Rural Sustainability – Service Learning Final Report 2015

Filed Under: IRL Research

December 18, 2015 By IRL

Exploring the Impact of a Farm Safety Intervention Programme in Ireland Examining Farmer’s Behaviour towards Farm Safety – A Study of the Farm Safety Mentor Programme

Exploring the Impact of a Farm Safety Intervention Programme in Ireland
Examining Farmer’s Behaviour towards Farm Safety –
A Study of the Farm Safety Mentor Programme

Author:Cathal Brennan (NUI Galway)

Download dissertation here

Filed Under: IRL Research

December 6, 2015 By IRL

Carnegie Rural Trust Manifesto

The Carnegie Rural Trust’s “Manifesto For Rural Communities” is available for download from their web site. Click here to visit the site and download the manifesto.

Filed Under: Publications

November 27, 2015 By IRL

Leaders must shout STOP

  • 147,000 per year as president of a volunteer non governmental organisation!
    A salary of €295,000, a pension contribution of €150,000, a €60,000 bonus and €30,000 director’s fee total
  • €535,000 for a general secretary signed off by the leader of that non governmental membership organisation!

There is a great danger that the IFA fiasco will have further collateral impact on voluntary, community and charity organisations in terms of public perception.

While Michael Fitzmaurice TD was naive in his statement that “down through the years” in the IFA senior positions in the organisation were effectively unpaid” (http://www.thejournal.ie/ifa-general-secretary-salary-2456214-Nov2015/) it has come as a surprise to realise that the president of the IFA gets 5 times the average farmer’s income to lobby for the poor in the farming sector. While the president of the biggest farming organisation is supported to continue the running of his (and it’s always a ‘his’) farm and provided with expenses very few farmers realised that the president also gets paid.
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