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http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/services/citizens/

HEAD OFFICE
Ground Floor
George's Quay House
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Dublin 2
Ireland

Telephone: +353 1 605 90 00
Fax: +353 1 605 90 99
Email: info@ciboard.ie

Citizens Information
The Citizens Information Board supports the delivery of information through three channels: online, telephone and face-to-face.

The Citizens Information website provides information on public services for the general public and information providers.

The national Citizens Information Phone Service answers queries by telephone or through a variety of other channels, including email or SMS.

Citizens Information Services provide a face-to-face service to the public through a network of Citizens Information Centres. Citizens Information is provided by 42 Citizens Information Services from 268 locations. Citizens Information Services provide free, impartial and confidential information.

The Citizens Information Board also produces a range of booklets and publications for various groups, including publications for older people and people with disabilities. These are available in a variety of formats. Check our online publications section.

IRISH JOKE COLLECTION - IT WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS

Reilly went to trial for armed robbery. The jury foreman came out and announced, "Not guilty." "That's grand!" shouted Reilly. "Does that mean I can keep the money?"


Finnegan: My wife has a terrible habit of staying up 'til two o'clock in the morning. I can't break her of it. Keenan: What on earth is she doin' at that time? Finnegan: Waitin' for me to come home.


Slaney phoned the maternity ward at the hospital. "Quick!" He said. "Send an ambulance, my wife is goin' to have a baby!" "Tell me, is this her first baby?" the intern asked. "No, this is her husband, Kevin, speakin'."


How do you save a Limerickman from drowning?
You don't know? Good.


A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, "I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I'll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back."

The room is quiet, and no one takes up the Texan's offer. One man even leaves.

Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. "Is your bet still good?" asks the Irishman.

The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses, drinking them all back-to-back.

The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement. The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?"

The Irishman replies, "Oh... I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first."


"Tell me, Patrick, how did you manage to get so very drunk last night?" asked the parish priest.

"Well you see, Father, it was like this. I got into very bad company after winning a bottle of whiskey at a raffle."

"But you were with Mick Mulligan, Sean O'Toole, and Peter Ryan and they don't drink."

"Dat's what I mean, Father..."

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DONEGAL RAPE CRISIS CENTRE - IRELAND

Donegal Rape Crisis Centre
St Eunan Ct Letterkenny Co. Donegal
(074)9128211

CORK CITY FOTBALL CLUB - CLUB HISTORY AND INFORMATION

Cork City Football Club
Curragh rd Turners X Co. Cork
(021)4321958
http://www.corkcityfc.ie/main.php

DUBLIN RAPE CRISIS CENTRE – INFORMATION AND CONTACT

Address: The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
70, Lower Leeson Street,
Dublin 2, Ireland

Office Hours Mon - Fri - 8.00am to 7.00pm
Sat - 9.00am - 4.00pm
Phone No. 01 661 4911
Freephone 1 800 778 888
Fax No. 01 661 0873
Email rcc@indigo.ie
Website www.drcc.ie
Webmaster (for all site related inquiries) webmaster

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre operates a 24 Hour Telephone Helpline, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

We will reply to your email within 24 Hours during the business week. Please direct all counselling-related queries to our freephone line.

About the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre was established in 1979 to provide support to women and men who have experienced rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or childhood sexual abuse.

Over the past 25 years we have developed and expanded our services to include a 24-hour telephone helpline staffed by trained counsellors which operates 365 days of the year. Although the Centre is based in Dublin, our counsellors take calls from all over the country.

The Centre takes calls from women and men of all ages who have experienced or want to talk about the effects of any kind of sexual violence.

In the last 25 years the number of people contacting the crisis line for help has increased from 76 in 1979 to 14,412 in 2004. In the year 2004, of those seeking help 88% were female and 12% were male. The total umber of calls to the Centre in 2004 was 37,049.

To mark its 25th Anniversary, a book outlining the history of the Centre was published and launched at the Centre's 25th Anniversary Conference. "Without Fear: 25 Years of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre" was written by award winning journalist Susan McKay. “Without Fear” is the first full account of Dublin's Rape Crisis Centre. At times horrific, it details the shameful scandals of key high-profile rape cases in the seventies, eighties and nineties, offering definitive insights on the battle for better services, longer sentences and legal amendments. "Without Fear" is available from all leading Irish bookshops.

Currently the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre employs a staff of 30 in its various Departments. These include Reception, Administration, Accounts, Fundraising, Education, Counselling and Volunteer Services.

A staff of 11 fully qualified counsellors provide a one-to-one counselling and therapy service Monday to Friday from 8am until 7pm and on Saturdays from 9am until 4pm. Our counsellors mainly see clients in our Centre in Leeson Street but we also offer an outreach service in Coolock on Thursdays and Fridays. The aim of the Centre is to continue to expand our outreach service so that counselling and therapy is accessible to as many people as possible. Our counsellors also offer a variety of groups to clients of the Centre.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre employs five staff telephone counsellors who offer support, information and hope to the hundreds of women and men who contact us monthly. Our telephone counsellors are aware that they are often the first point of contact with our service and their aim is to deal with all calls in confidence and as sensitively a s possible. All appointments are made through the telephone counselling department.

In addition, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has a team of more than 70 trained volunteers who provide telephone counselling outside of office hours. Our volunteers will also accompany and offer support to women and men who attend the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in the Rotunda hospital.

We also offer an outreach programme where specially trained volunteers will visit schools, community centres, etc. to provide information and also to promote awareness of all aspects of sexual violence.

Here in the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre we are committed to healing the hurt of rape and sexual abuse. Our aim is to offer a safe and confidential space where women and men of all ages can be listened to and supported without shame or self-blame.

If you are reading this web page and are affected by any of the issues, we encourage you to take the next step and call us in confidence.

We are here to help you heal from the hurt of rape and sexual abuse.

WESTERN CARE ASSOCIATION – MAYO – LEARNING DISABILITY

Western Care Association
St Peter's Training Centre 25 Lakelawns Ballinrobe Co. Mayo
(094)9541472

Western Care Association exists to empower people with a wide range of learning and associated disabilities in Co. Mayo to live full and satisfied lives as equal citizens.

The Organisation has a Service Level Agreement with the Health Service Executive on whose behalf it provides supports and services to people with intellectual disabilities in Co. Mayo.

The Association is a voluntary (non-statutory) Organisation, and this voluntary status ensures that;-

Parents and Friends of its service users make up the membership of the Board of Directors of the Association.

That voluntary workers are recruited and engaged in supporting service users and staff to enhance service quality and to support community integrations.

That volunteers are engaged in fundraising and community awareness activities which also enhance service quality and social opportunities.

Western Care is a Company limited by guarantee and a Registered Charity with a Head Office at John Moore Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Ireland. Telephone: 094-9025133.

OPERATIVE PLASTERERS TRADE UNION OF IRELAND – JOBS AND INDUSTRY

Operative Plasterers Trade Union
72 Shantalla rd D 9 Co. Dublin
(01)8625188

Welcome to the Plasterers Union
OPATSI the only union in the 26 counties who exclusively negotiate for plasterers in the Construction Industry – Office of Public Works – Local Authorities – Dept of Defence – Health Boards and the Film Industry.

What We Want to Achieve and have Achieved
To secure wages and conditions during their working life which will encourage plasterers and apprentices to stay in the industry with a secure pension and an opportunity to voluntarily retire at the age of 60 yrs.

We are negotiating on an ongoing basis with the Construction Industry Federation on wages and conditions and have achieved retirement at 60 yrs for workers who are members of the Construction Industry Pension Scheme.

Reasons to Join
While the Labour Court machinery is open to all workers to utilise it can be intimidating for some workers to use their services. Being a member of OPATSI ensures first class professional representation in the Court.

As a member of OPATSI we will contact you on a 3 month basis keeping you updated with any changes which may occur in the sector you are employed in.
We feel it is vitally important to keep in contact with our members on an ongoing basis.

UFO SOCIETY OF IRELAND – EXRA-TERRESTRIALS – ALIENS

UFO Society Of Ireland
Kiltycreighton Boyle Co. Roscommon
(071)9662844

MORE INFO(FROM SITE)
"Freeze frame" picture of UFO taken from video of UFO
seen on 14th December, 1997 at 6:00pm. over Lough Key in
Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland.

The UFO SOCIETY OF IRELAND was formed for the purpose of bringing together like-minded people with an interest in the subject of UFOs, whether it be sightings, encounters, or just merely curiosity. Many people now think .. "How can we be the only intelligent life form in the whole Universe?" We know that ..THEY ARE OUT THERE! and WE ARE NOT ALONE!

We now have members throughout Ireland as well as in Spain, Netherlands, Costa Rica and the United States of America. We are kept together by means of a monthly Newsletter.

Why Join the Society?
All members receive a monthly Newsletter, which publishes unusual articles of UFO interest that you won’t find anywhere else!! Such as ….Newsletter No. 69 (December 2004) which gave instructions on how to contact Star Ship Capricorn by means of the internet [here]… or…Newsletter No. 79 (December 2005) which printed a previously unpublished report by Admiral Byrd, of the bizarre encounter he had with the Intergalactic Forces whilst flying over the North Pole on 19th February 1947 [here]… or… Newsletter No.85 (July 2006) which reproduced pictures of craft depicted on the walls of a 3,000 year-old temple in Egypt which show an uncanny resemblance to modern-day aircraft [here]….or.. Newsletter No.100!!! (November 2007) which reproduced pictures of gold trinkets found in an area covering Central America and the coastal area of South America – they are over 1,000 years old and look like replicas of modern day aircraft – do they represent flying objects seen in the skies long ago?? [here] All very interesting stuff!!
The Newsletter also publishes details of predictions as to when and where UFOs are most likely to be seen.
We also publish reports of sightings, mainly in Ireland, of which there are very many, and also some of the more interesting ones from other countries.

For details on how to join please click on Membership Form...»

Crop Circles
We have begun collecting info on crop circles in Ireland and would appreciate any communication on the subject.

Skywatches
We organise Skywatches from time to time. If anyone is interested in organising a skywatch in their own area, please let us know.

For information on how to join please contact:
Betty Meyler, President UFO SOCIETY IRELAND,
Kiltycreighton, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland
Tel: +353(0)7196 62844 or +353(0)86 8341218

BUNCLODY GAA – WEXFORD – INFORMATION AND FIXTURES

H.W.H. Bunclody GAA Club
Church rd Bunclody Co. Wexford
(053)9376099

Bunclody is a picturesque town in the Southeast of Ireland with accommodation, businesses and services to suit most needs. It is in North County Wexford on the Co. Carlow border. It nestles in the shelter of Mount Leinster and on the banks of the meandering River Slaney.

The town has a growing population of about 2,300 and is well serviced by a hotel, b&b's, a golf course, shops, mini-markets, newsagents, public houses (Bars), fine restaurants, pub food, a laundry, a launderette, hardware stores, service stations, mechanics and any other services you would expect in a small town.

It has two churches, one Roman Catholic and the other Church of Ireland. There is also a little Jewish chapel at Rainsford Lodge. The town has primary and second level schools. There are numerous sporting organisations and societies.

There are some lovely scenic drives along the Slaney valley and to popular viewpoints on Mount Leinster. The town also has a heated swimming pool which opens during the school summer holidays. The Millrace Hotel also has a swimming pool.

Another less vigorous activity practised by some of the locals at the weekends, is to purchase a newspaper and then retire to one of over a dozen Pubs to study form (horse racing). Then after a few pints of Guinness and a well marked newspaper, pop into the local bookies for a small bet. Then back to the pub to await the televised race.

Anyway if you do visit, you will always find something to do, whether it be vigorous hill walking or a leisurely river walk, or perhaps a tour of the pubs. Or even eat an ice-cream cone on one of the seats along the Mall (a stream that flows through the centre of main street). See map.

Bunclody also has an annual festival called the
Eileen Aroon festival, which creates great activity in the town, with pub quizzes and pub talent competitions, free music on the Square and lots of other activities and events to suit everybody. This festival is held about the second week in July and more information will be posted on this site as we get nearer the event.

CORK CENTRE FOR UNEMPLOYED – JOB HELP

Contact: Mr. Willie Fitzpatrick Title: Centre manager
Address: Tel: 021 4275876
13 North Main Street fax: 021 4279661
Cork City email: cctu@eircom.net

Support Type: Other Supports/Services for Young People

Brief Description:
We provide a service for the unemployed. Free typing of CV, social welfare information, a Job Club and we run a variety of free classes.

Aims & Objectives:
- We provide a service for the unemployed.

Main Programme:
- Free typing of CV. - Social welfare information. - Job club - We run a variety of free classes.