A total of 59,000 people are expected to take part in this year’s race.

Fergus Farrell suffered a devastating spinal injury in 2018 when an accident whilst lifting a heavy metal bench left him paralysed.

Des Purcell, local organising committee chairman, said the recent decision by Pieta to move the Waterford service based on the Waterside to a new location was 'upsetting'.

On Friday, Justice Brian Cregan granted him an anonymity order after an in camera, or in private, hearing into why the case should be held otherwise than in public.

The charity is urging future dog owners to consider if they are truly 'dog ready'

Kathy Weir said she now feels mentally ready to take on the challenge.

A prize draw offering Harry Potter books signed by some of the films’ stars is raising money in memory of the actor, who died 10 years ago.

Chief executive of CRITICAL charity, David Tighe, said: “Behind every one of these calls is a person having one of the worst days of their lives and a volunteer responder willing to step forward.

Legend on the Bench was set up by ex-professional footballer Micky Hazard and his sister Michelle following the death of her son.

Sea conditions are expected to be choppy on the east coast, with calmer conditions forecast along the west of the country.

Swimmers raced into Belfast Lough at Helen’s Bay for the annual Christmas Eve dip in the sea.

Caitriona Twomey of Penny Dinners soup kitchen in Cork city said that it is the 'reality of 2025 and it will be the reality of 2026' that people are going hungry in Ireland.

35,649 children and adults were supported by Barnardos in 2024, a 37 per cent increase on the previous year and the highest level ever recorded.

A GROUP of students from SETU Carlow hosted a Carlow’s Got Talent show this month in aid of charity.

The organisation, One In Four, said they saw an increase in men seeking help in 2024.

Organisations are disappointed that there are no measures in place for the homeless in Budget 2026

Focus Ireland chief executive Pat Dennigan said people need ‘bold action, not broken promises’.

Sporting greats were centre stage as the children’s cancer charity Michael’s Fan Club was unveiled in honour of Michael Horgan.

Their fundraising supports two causes close to their family.

The Capuchin Franciscan friar founded Dublin’s Capuchin Day Centre in 1969 to help the homeless.

The Little Blue Heroes Foundation was set up to support families of children with serious illness.

Children were being asked to support vulnerable young people around the world by hosting a tea party in their final weeks of school.

Crowds of supporters, many holding banners, have lined the streets of the city to cheer on the runners and wave to their loved ones.

Rima Horton made the comments by Tower Bridge in London at an event highlighting the importance of early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Goal cited abrupt funding cuts in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Britain and the US as the reason behind the potential job losses

Lauren Metcalfe, 17, and her younger sister Ellamay, eight, are in the process of appealing for Easter eggs or donations for them.

Homeless charity Depaul said just around one in 20 of its service users have access to a psychiatric nurse

They have already raised more than €100,000 for the Irish Heart Foundation.

Among those who braved the elements on the Christmas Eve swim in Helen’s Bay were a couple who first met at the event last year

The huge toy-drop was the result of a Kinsale & District Lions Club appeal in partnership with CUH Charity.

David Moloney, the former chief executive of Bóthar, plans to apply to the High Court to vary an injunction that has frozen his assets

The Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin has moved to reassure people seeking help after it quickly ran out of Christmas food parcel tickets and weekly food bags

Galway man Shane Feeney will take on a gruelling 213km ultra-marathon from Dublin to Galway on December 14th for a motor neurone disease charity

A tribunal was wrong in determining that a charity shop building should be subject to commercial property rates, a High Court judge has ruled

Ms Pictor worked as financial controller and administration coordinator at the charity after she joined it in October 2008 until she was made redundant on February 11th 2022.

Festival-goers will be encouraged to donate their empty bottles and cans for charity at Electric Picnic

The workers at Cork University Hospital gathered hundreds of used bottles and cans.

Nicola Clare said support from the charity ‘pulled me back from the edge’.

John Burke pretended to be a university student gathering donations for Trócaire.

Patricia Kelly (61) is the widow of the charity's former chief executive, the late Paul Kelly.

The annual swim has raised more than €350,000 for local causes since 1984

Patricia Kelly (61) is the widow of the charity's former chief executive, the late Paul Kelly

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