Foróige NFTE Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2024
General News Youth Entrepreneurship
9 May 2024 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
‘Stick It’, a sports stick bag holder from Annamai Condon (16) and Clodagh Desmond (16), from Loreto Secondary School, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary were announced as the overall winner of the Foróige NFTE Youth Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2024 at a ceremony held at Richmond Barracks, Dublin this week. ‘Stick It’ won the title after […]
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General News Youth Projects & Services
17 April 2024 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
Minister James Browne launched Foróige’s newly opened flagship premises in Christchurch, Dublin 8 on April 16th. Foróige Dublin City South brings together five youth work projects for young people aged from 8 to 24 in the area. The youth service is home to a dynamic range of needs-based programmes for young people, namely Dublin City […]
Foroige Clubs General News Volunteers
8 April 2024 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
At a glittering event in Kilkenny’s Ormonde Hotel on April 5th, we celebrated John Sullivan for six incredible decades of unfaltering service as a Foróige volunteer who has been a stalwart support to the young people of Kilkenny. We also celebrated 60 years of Cuffesgrange Foróige Club. Over 200 guests joined us on the night […]
General News Volunteers
12 March 2024 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
We’re over the moon to announce that Foróige Amplified, one of our favourite events of the year, is back for 2024! Foróige Amplified is an outdoor music festival held in Knockmore GAA Grounds, Ballina, Co. Mayo – with live DJs spinning all the hits alongside professional lighting, deadly sound setup and amazing visual effects. This […]
General News
1 March 2024 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
Foróige and leading children’s advocacy organisations across Ireland joined together on 28th Feb to mark the launch of Building Children’s Future’s: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic. The newly published report explores how key decisions made in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic impacted children’s and young people’s lives. The research, conducted in part […]
20 December 2023 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
What a way to round out 2023! Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD, has officially opened the refurbished Foróige Computer Clubhouse in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The Foróige Computer Clubhouse harnesses the power of digital youth work and enables young people to experience every aspect of Foróige Go – pioneering innovative technologies and digital skills for what’s now and next. The […]
21 November 2023 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
Foróige’s Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship programme attended the second annual World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York City in mid November 2023. The global competition showcases the incredible talent and creativity of young entrepreneurs from around the globe. The event brought together 23 students from 11 different countries from around the world to compete in […]
5 November 2023 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
Foróige volunteers from all over Ireland came together in the Mount Wolseley Hotel in Co. Carlow from 2nd – 4th November 2023, for Foróige’s annual Volunteer Conference. This was the 51st annual Foróige Volunteers Conference, with over 130 delegates from 18 counties enjoying a wide variety of guest speakers, group discussions and social events aimed […]
26 October 2023 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
Foróige Sligo, in partnership with the North West Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force (NWRDATF) and Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB (MSLETB), commissioned research to understand the impact that vaping products have on children and young people in Ireland through listening to their direct experiences of vaping. Download a copy of the report here. ‘What’s […]
17 October 2023 / 14 February 2025 by Padraig
Foróige has over 30 new and exciting opportunities for youth workers to join our dynamic team. The positions are suitable to individuals who want to develop their professional careers in youth work in roles that are both flexible and rewarding. Youth Diversion Projects engage young people in a range of needs-led interventions, such as personal and […]
