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Beaumont Foundation - An Irish Charity, the fundraising arm of Beaumont Hospital.
The Irish Theological Association - A comprehensive theological resource compiled by the Association.
Emerald Society of Wisconsin - Irish American organisation of law enforcement officers, part of a national network of such groups
Orangenet - A hub of Orange Order information, including a directory of Orange site worldwide. Includes background and historical material, links to other Loyal Institutions, music, an application form and a members' message board.
Newcomers Club Directory for Ireland - A directory of Newcomers Clubs in Ireland, which help integrate new residents into the local community through social events, interest groups and children's activities
Catholic Youth Council (CYC) - A major provider of services to youth in the Dublin area, CYC promotes personal, physical, social and spiritual development. Details are given of services, events and holiday centres.
YMCA Ireland, The National Council of YMCA's of Ireland - Reference site of this umbrella body, with a list of all YMCA's on the island of Ireland and other information. There are private areas for staff.
Dublin Cycling Campaign - Promotes the idea of cycling for health, the environment and flow of ideas to promote cycling thoughout Ireland.
Carmichael Centre for Voluntary Groups - Ireland's largest centre for voluntary organisations explains its background and the services it provides and provides some details on the groups it hosts, as well as news, contact details and its strategic plan.
The Order of Malta - Ambulance Corps (Ireland) - Emblems of this sovereign Catholic religious order and their Irish relief corps and links to individual corps units' websites or their e-mail addresses.
Emigrant Advice - This information, advice and referral service for intending and returning emigrants provides a profile, staff, contact and location details, material on some cities abroad, event notes and links.
ESRI - The Economic and Social Research Institute - Background, work, staff and current economic situation.
The Irish-Jewish Museum, Dublin - Unofficial site for this volunteer-run cultural centre, with location, history, opening hours, reference material, pictures and a review.
Amen (Ireland) - A voluntary group (December 1997), providing a confidential helpline and support service, and information, for male victims of domestic abuse. Includes information articles and letters.
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) - The Centre offers information and guidance on matters concerning rape and sexual assault and a comprehensive therapy programme for victims. The service is based in Dublin but takes calls from all over Ireland.
Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) - The shared association for Irish credit unions, local co-operative ventures which take savings and provide smaller loans, with a database of unions, query form, FAQ and details of activities.
Friends of St. Patrick's Cathedral - Pages from within the Cathedral site which describe the work of the Friends and provide details on joining (offline only).
Hibernihon - Ireland's gateway to Japan - a portal site for Irish people interested in Japanese culture, language and etiquette. It offers a guide to the best web sites of Japanese interest and where to find Japanese culture in Ireland.
National Youth Federation - A co-ordinating agency for local independent youth services throughout Ireland, which also operates the Irish Youthwork Centre. Offers notes on training resources, programmes, current issue of magazine and other information.
Burma Action Ireland - Irish organisation campaigning for democracy and human rights in Burma.
Friends of Christ Church Cathedral Dublin - Range of pages about the Friends organisation, their history, structures and activities; includes information on joining (for printing only).
Threshold - An organisation working in the area of housing and homelessness and offering information to tenants and landlords, while also campaigning for better provision.
Consumers' Association of Ireland - An independent, non-profit organisation working on behalf of Irish consumers for over thirty years; campaigns, tests products and publishes "Consumer Choice" magazine.
The Samaritans - An organisation providing support to the suicidal and despairing; offers contact details, news, notes on helping the Samaritans, material on suicide and related matters and a FAQ.
Volunteer Resource Centre (Dublin) - Providing practical support, information and other resources for individuals wanting to volunteer and organisations working with volunteers in the Republic of Ireland. Includes forms for organisations seeking volunteers and for potential volunteers.
Airfield Trust (Airfield House and Gardens) - The Trust cares for the estate left by the Overrend family, providing a venue for a wide range of cultural, recreational and educational activities.
Camphill Communities of Ireland - Information on the organisation and its role in society.
Age & Opportunity - A focal point for active ageing information.
Dublin Bay Watch - A group campaigning on the issue of proposed partial infill of Dublin Bay.
London Irish Centre - Information on cultural group providing support, training and cultural awareness for the Irish in the UK.
Irish Scandinavian Club - Details about the club.
Victim Support Ireland - Offers support and advocacy to victims of crime, and represents their interests at local and national levels. Information on their research, activities, and contact details.
The Route 66 Challenge - The official site of challenge in aid of Temple Street Children's University Hospital.
Immigrant Council of Ireland - Provides information on immigrants' rights in the areas of immigration law, employment, accommodation, social welfare, health care, education, and equality legislation.
One Connect - Organisation of Irish national ex-servicemen and women.
The Simon Community of Ireland - Helping homeless young people access services relating to homelessness and drug use.
Irish Austrian Society - Dublin society promoting ties between the peoples of Ireland and Austria: includes calendar of activities and contact information.
Irish Club Netherlands - Focal point for Irish people living or going to live in The Netherlands.
Activelink - Online network linking non-profit organisations
The Ireland Japan Association - Voluntary organisation dedicated to promoting links between Ireland and Japan
National Youth Council of Ireland - Representative body for voluntary youth organisations in Ireland.
Vegetarianism in Ireland - A guide to vegetarianism in Ireland with restaurants, health food shops, recipes, books and links.
Irish Partners in Policy Making - Provides a medium whereby adults with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities have the information and support to build their capacity to fully participate in the process of change.
Irish Horse Welfare Trust - Voluntary organisation set up for the protection of Equines in Ireland, which includes rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of horses and ponies.
Dutch Society in Ireland - The official website of the Dutch Society in Ireland.
Sign Up For Simon - Cork Simon Community - Sign Up for Simon is Cork Simon Communities donation website.
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(Galileo Galilei) Organisations If you can't convince them, confuse them. -- Harry S. Truman By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. -- Socrates Flowers are words which even a baby can understand. -- Arthur C. Coxe The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. -- Oscar Wilde If you are going through hell, keep going. - Sir Winston Churchill Organisations Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Don Stanford "A new baby is like the beginning of all things--wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities." (Eda J. Le Shan) "The man who never made a mistake never made anything." (Derek Longdon, Tongariro Power Development, Turangi, New Zealand) Organisations "I praise loudly. I blame softly." (Catherine the Great) The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. -- Iris Murdoch Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands, but English women only hope to find in their butlers. -- W. Somerset Maugham "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." (Groucho Marx) "I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead." (Oscar Wilde) Organisations Question: Ted Kennedy: "Where was George?" Answer: Dry, sober, and at home with his wife Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down. - Jimmy Durante "The intellect is always fooled by the heart." (François VI Duke (duc) de La Rochefoucauld, 1616-80) Organisations Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it. -- Tom Robbins Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture. -- Aldous Huxley Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible. -- Mao Tse-tung Our elections are free - it's in the results where eventually we pay. -- Bill Stern Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein Organisations If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? - Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing Men have become the tools of their tools. - Henry David Thoreau ( Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. -- Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare. Act II, Scene II, lines 220-221 Organisations Youth is wasted on the young. -- George Bernard Shaw Behind every great fortune there is a crime. - Honore de Balzac That government is best which governs least. -- Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender. -- Mary Buckley A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -- George Benard Shaw Organisations "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." (Roald Dahl) The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts. -- Paul Ehrlich I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. - Sir Winston Churchill Organisations Epperson's law: When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at. I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags dev The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. -- Andrew Brown "Every now and then say, 'What the fu(c)k.' 'What the fu(c)k' gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future." (Curtis Armstrong, Risky Business, 1983) "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works." (Michael Douglas, as Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987) Organisations What if it was cats who invented technology... would they have tv shows starring rubber sqeak toys? -- Douglas Coupland When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. -- Guitry Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday. -- Woody Allen Organisations I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. -- Albert Einstein The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein He who awaits much can expect little. -- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt. -- Herbert Hoover We do not remember days; we remember moments. -- Anonymous Organisations Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. -- Dr. Karl Menninger We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen. -- Rainer Maria Rilke, Book of Hours The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity. -- Ambrose Bierce Organisations "No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." (Calvin Coolidge) Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe. -- Jackie Mason The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein "So little done, so much to do." (Cecil Rhodes) Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. -- Marion Barry, Mayor, Washington, D.C. Organisations Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. -- Mark Twain I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. -- Dorothy Parker Organisations Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure. -- Anonymous "We have to be able to criticise what we love, to say what we have to say 'cause if your not trying to make something better, than as far as I can tell, you are just in the way." (Ani Difranco) "Nobody minds having what is too good for them." (Jane Austen) In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. -- Paul Dirac I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. -- Groucho Marx Organisations A poem is never finished, only abandoned. -- Paul Valery Husband: a man who buys his football tickets four months in advance and waits until December 24 to do his Christmas shopping. Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. -- Euripides Organisations The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows. - Aristotle Onassis Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance. -- King George V A weed is no more than a flower in disguise. -- James Lowell Many a wife thinks her husband is the world's greatest lover. But she can never catch him at it. "Ah! Don't say you agree with me. When people agree with me I always feel that I must be wrong." (Oscar Wilde) Organisations The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. -- Andrew Brown Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind. -- Plutarch What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Organisations Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife. -- P. J. O'Rourke "The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me." (George Bernar "The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances." (Viktor E. 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