Posts Tagged ‘ Youth ’

Stand Up! – Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying

April 7, 2011
By Stephen
Stand Up! – Don’t Stand for Homophobic Bullying

This is an excellent video from  Belong To on Homophobia and bullying. Do watch it. Irish anti homophobic bullying advertisement, created as part of BeLonG To Youth Services annual Stand Up! LGBT Awareness Weeks. The campaign promotes friendship amongst young people as a way to combat homophobic bullying. For more information on the campaign please see: http://www.belongto.org/campaign.aspx Written & Directed by Anna Rodgers & Aoife Kelleher Produced by Zlata Filipovic There are talks that an LGBT Awareness week will...

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Some scary figures

July 4, 2009
By Stephen
Some scary figures

Things aren’t looking well for the Irish Economy at the moment and a few numbers seem to look fairly ominous for the economy and therefore the rest of us. FinanceDublin.com supplies one of the figures which is actually a Debt Clock tracking the Irish Governments Debt which currently stands at over 64 billion euro. That is a shocking figure which we and our children will have to pay off. The second figure comes from a press release by Deirdre...

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TeenCamp Ireland

December 11, 2008
By Stephen

There is a name and a website and a registartion form! What are you still doing here? Get over there and sign up! But well done to @endac and @designneverdies and who ever else is helping out!

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Youth Tech Event – The Yewt Meetup

December 9, 2008
By Stephen

@Endac and others are organising a Youth Tech event and want ideas and stuff! take a pop over to contrar.ie and give some! Also spread the word! Update: Alan is also helping to organise it so tell him your ideas too!

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Hanafin’s bluff won’t disguise educational psychological services mess – Enright

January 5, 2007
By Stephen

51% of primary schools still not covered by NEPSWhen will target for educational psychologists – set in 1999 – be met? Olwyn Enright TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Education and Science has today (Thursday) said that Minister Mary Hanafin cannot bluff her way out of the current mess surrounding access to educational psychological services for children and young people. ‘Speaking on RTE Morning Ireland today, Minister Mary Hanafin stated that Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats are constantly expanding...

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Jingle Bell Bopp! @ Filmbase, 21st December, 8pm

December 11, 2006
By Stephen
Jingle Bell Bopp! @ Filmbase, 21st December, 8pm

Under 18s Lesbian Gay Bi & Trans D.I.S.C.O. BeLonG To Youth Project brings you Dublin’s only under 18’s LGBT club night – returning for its fifth and bestest Bopp! Doors €5. Open at 8pm at Filmbase, Curved Street, Temple Bar. Expect fabulous frolics, pretty performers, elfish excitement, and a Rockin Robin inspired disco. Everyone is welcome, so spread the word and bring your straight friends and your neighbour’s reindeer. BeLonG To Youth Project works with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &...

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PSA’s and stuff on youtube

December 4, 2006
By Stephen

Public Service Announcement by Erase The Hate National Organization. PLEASE NOTE: Some of the images contained in this PSA may be too graphic for some people. Viewer Discretion is Advised. ILGA Adoption Ad Amercanized version of a popular Nowegian Ad about LGBT Youth Absolute Cut Ad

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Continued: What will you ask the politicians that knock on your door?

December 1, 2006
By Stephen

Continued: What will you ask the politicians that knock on your door? Here are more responses Frank O’Regan, Cork: 1. Why are the government actively trying to create unemployment in the Fermoy region with risk equalisation, It is anti competitive 2. What are your plans for the radical overhall of the Health Servie to get it working properly, there are too many administration jobs and not enough doctors and nurses 3. The rights of the victim needs to be...

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Teens in bid to reduce number of Belfast suicides

December 1, 2006
By Stephen

Two Belfast teenagers are at the centre of a new bid to cut the city’s suicide rates from 150 a year, it emerged today. Caitlín Ní Cathail and Paul McCann have become the youngest team ever to be trained in internationally renowned techniques to recognise the symptoms before it’s too late. The pair attended a conference in Newfoundland, Canada, to partake in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). The initiative, developed over 23 years, involves a first-aid process to...

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Continued: What will you ask the politicians that knock on your door?

December 1, 2006
By Stephen

Continued: What will you ask the politicians that knock on your door? Bryan Lynch, Cork: Will your party work to repeal the racist Irish Nationality Law which came into effect on January 1st 2005? Will your party reverse the general trend of supporting sickeningly populist policies on immigration? Will your party provide more funding for third level education? Will your party consider developing a service to provide free health care similar to that of the British NHS? Will your...

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