We collaborated with Ann Marie Hourihane at the Irish Times and the resulting article is a stunning insight into the work of Garda Youth Diversion Projects throughout the country. You can read the article here. Learn more about Foróige's Garda Youth Diversion Projects.
The family of the late great Dermot Earley Snr believe a new initiative in his honour can help the next generation of young Irish leaders make their mark in the world.
The Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative, brought together by the National University of Ireland, Galway; Foróige, Ireland’s leading youth organisation; Alan Kerins Projects and the GAA, will commence in Croke Park on Saturday, October 26, the day his brother Paul takes charge of the second International Rules series match against the Australians.
• Leadership conference will be attended by 300 teenagers from around the world.
• Teens from almost every county in Ireland will take part at week-long conference in NUI Maynooth, Co Kildare.
• Young delegates have arrived from the USA, Palestine, South Korea, Northern Ireland, India, Nigeria and Kenya.
• Inspirational speakers include Olympic boxing silver medallist Kenneth Egan and the Irish head of internet giant PayPal Louise Phelan, among others. (You are invited to send a representative, details at bottom of press release.)
Irish boss of internet giant PayPal Louise Phelan has said that women who choose to leave the workplace need support from industry when they return to work. The Ireland-based Vice President of Global Operations for Europe, Middle East and Africa was speaking at the Foróige Albert Schweitzer Leadership for Life International Youth Conference, which is taking place in NUI Maynooth this week.
