Shedding light on the pay of charity chiefs Thanks to Damien Mulley and The Hot Gulp.
Ireland
The Irish Citizenship Test
I saw this on reddit a few days ago but this morning Rick O’Shea retweeted this 2fm tweet announcing the sale of a poster with the image above: The Citizenship Test Poster! On sale now & with all profits going to Médecins sans Frontières, the world’s… http://fb.me/1ySOHnDU5 You can buy […]
Photography , When-in-Ireland
Charity photography exhibit starts today
If you’re not subscribed to my photoblog, In Photos dot org, you might have missed the announcement about the exhibit. Mallow Camera Club (no, we don’t take photos of candy, cookies or biscuits, Mallow is a town a few miles from here!) will be exhibiting a number of photos in […]
Donncha , When-in-Ireland
Waterloo Renewal Fundraiser
Originally I thought we might head to Youghal tomorrow but someone called to the door a few days ago selling raffle tickets to support renewal of the local area. It’s organised by “Waterloo Renewal Group” who have great plans for the local river area and walk. There will be a […]
When-in-Ireland
Tagged for charity by Justin
Justin tagged me for the latest blog meme. Link to Irish charities to improve their pagerank. Looking through the list I see a lot of non-Irish charities and foundations, but I guess they all do good work. The list of charities so far is: MS Society Ireland Irish Red Cross […]
In the news , When-in-Ireland , WordPress
A free daffodil for your blog today
Today is Daffodil Day here in Ireland and in honour of the day I’m offering a daffodil header image to any blogger who’d like it. There are no restrictions on how you use this image, do what you like, but I would love if you would blog about Daffodil Day. […]
Music , When-in-Ireland
Craic agus ceol ar an gCeadaoin
My brother Donal who I mentioned a few days ago is going to Lesotho in mid-April to help build a school and raise funds for the ISPCC here in Ireland. As part of his fund raising effort there will be a charity trad gig on Wednesday night, that’s tomorrow night! […]
When-in-Ireland
Fundraising table quiz for Lesotho tonight
My brother and his girlfriend are heading to Lesotho in aid of the ISPCC charity. They’re going over in April but still need to raise funds for the trip so there will be a table quiz tonight at the Fob and Gill in Mayfield starting at 9pm. I won’t be […]
When-in-Ireland
Do not delay – how to spot a fake charity flyer
Update! (2009-10-28) 3 years later and the Do Not Delay website has been updated. Thanks to this comment for pointing it out. Their About the Project page gives a detailed account of what they do in Lithuania: Six years ago, the Lithuanian rate of deaths caused by breast cancer was […]
When-in-Ireland
Lesotho table quiz tonight
My brother Donal and his girlfriend Celine are heading to Lesotho next April as part of a charity effort with the ISPCC to renovate a school and build a playground for kids there. They’re holding a table quiz tonight in the Spailpin Fanach to help raise funds. Donal’s also looking […]