UN Youth Delegates 2016-2017
Ireland’s UN Youth Delegates for 2016-2017 are Samantha O'Brien O'Reilly from Kells, Co. Meath and Colm O’Rourke from Cabra in Dublin named by Minister Flanagan as Ireland’s second-ever UN Youth Delegates.
€5.5m increase in funding for youth services welcomed
Ireland has one of the youngest populations in Europe: investment needed to meet growing demand for services
The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) - which represents groups working with over 380,000 young people nationwide - has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, TD, of an additional €5.5m funding for youth work programmes.
‘Mean-spirited and discriminatory’: Youth Council reaction to Budget 2017
Budget announced today is at best a ‘non-event’ - a 'do little budget' for young people.
The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) - which represents youth groups working with over 380,000 young people nationwide - has expressed disappointment at what it has termed a ‘mean-spirited and discriminatory’ budget that unfairly singles out the young.
New publication launched today: 8 Steps to Inclusive Youth Work
NYCI welcomes increase in net inward migration overall But calls on Government to address barriers to return
and do more to ensure the availability of quality jobs and affordable housing to further increase rate of return
1 in 5 Irish young people ‘not in education, employment or training’ EU study shows
Youth Council calls for measures to reduce youth unemployment in pre-budget submission