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# community spirit

'Our focus is on being there': The coffee shop helping locals process the Creeslough tragedy

Café owner Siobhan Carr said it has been a huge community effort since Friday.

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Oct 9th 2022, 6:00 PM

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'Long gone is just picking up litter. It's much bigger than that': TidyTowns helps bolster community spirit during Covid-19

Tidy Towns committees around the country have been still been working all year, despite the cancellation of the competition for 2020.

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Dec 20th 2020, 7:30 AM

# community spirit

Klopp fears City could give Liverpool 'a proper knock' on Sunday

The Liverpool boss is demanding defensive improvement from his side for the Community Shield clash.

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Jul 29th 2019, 11:40 AM

# community spirit

'Shocked and humbled': Community raises enough cash to replace defibrillator destroyed by vandals

The life-saving piece of equipment was wrecked by three youths earlier this week.

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Dec 31st 2016, 9:23 AM

# community spirit

Generations come together to celebrate 50 years of Ballymun

It’s all thanks to Axis Ballymun, which has put on a programme of arts events to mark its 15th birthday.

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Jul 16th 2016, 7:30 PM

# End of an era

'Some people wanted to stay in the Ballymun flats and would go back now if they could'

Joseph Plunkett Tower is the last of the seven Ballymun flats standing and today work began on its demolition.

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Sep 22nd 2015, 10:50 PM

# Feel Good Factor

No one showed up to this little boy's birthday party, but his local community had his back

His mother invited 16 of his classmates, but no one turned up.

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Feb 23rd 2015, 8:02 PM

# community spirit

This wasteland of debris and syringes was transformed into a blooming garden

The power of teamwork.

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Oct 18th 2014, 6:50 PM

# Analysis

This was not a vote of anger, it was a vote of community

The Taoiseach says it was anger that led to his party’s poor performance over the weekend, but the problem is more fundamental than that.

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May 26th 2014, 6:30 AM

Voices

Column: Is anybody interested in the silent destruction of our communities?

Community projects decimated by funding reductions in recent budgets now face the prospect of commercial companies taking over their role, writes Rory Hearne.

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Mar 12th 2014, 7:30 PM

Voices

Column: What does it mean to be an Irish American today?

It’s not a political bond or a business bond that binds Ireland and the US – it’s a bond between people, writes Sean Dunne.

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Mar 10th 2014, 8:05 PM

# community spirit

€10,000 reward offered for information on gang attacking pensioners in Donegal

The community have come together to try and put an end to the attacks on the elderly.

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Feb 14th 2014, 11:06 AM

# people's charter

"Community involvement" key for Ireland's energy plan

Environmentalist and TV presenter Duncan Stewart was speaking as ‘People’s Charter’ drawn up to tackle fuel poverty.

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Nov 11th 2013, 6:31 PM

# dalkey book festival

John Simpson and Jim Sheridan among speakers at Dalkey Book Festival

The weekend’s literature-packed event is aimed at boosting community spirit in the recession, organiser and economist David McWilliams told TheJournal.ie.

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Jun 13th 2011, 3:32 PM