On the same day that Paul Earley led the Irish International Rules team to victory over Australia, 60 young GAA members arrived in Croke Park to participate in a pilot programme dedicated to the honour of his late brother, Dermot.
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.)
