Irish Council For Prisoners Overseas
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Albert Gubay foundation gives €500,000 to Irish Catholic charities
- Religion & Beliefs
- September 28, 2020, 18:48
The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation has donated €500,000 to help six Catholic charities in the Republic with their work through the Covid-19 pandem(...)

‘My family would not have survived without their help’
- Social Affairs
- January 4, 2019, 01:00
In June 2012 Irishman John said goodbye to his wife and two daughters and left for work. A few hours later he was sitting in a Kenyan police station b(...)

Embassies helped more than 2,000 Irish in distress last year
- Irish News
- December 31, 2018, 00:01
Nearly 2,200 Irish citizens in distress abroad, including 344 who were arrested and 318 who suffered medical emergencies, received consular assistance(...)

When things go wrong abroad, who do you call?
- Travel
- May 15, 2018, 12:00
This week the consular services of the Department of Foreign Affairs held a consultative forum with stakeholders. Led by head of the consular servic(...)

New laws needed to allow Irish prisoners abroad return home
- Crime & Law
- May 8, 2018, 01:03
New legislation will be required to overcome a legal issue which is preventing nearly 30 Irish people in prison abroad from serving their sentences he(...)

Direct provision needs to be replaced, bishop tells Kilburn Mass
- Irish News
- September 24, 2017, 18:53
Direct provision should be replaced with a “more respectful system’’ for migrants, the Catholic Bishop of Clonfert Dr John Kirby has said. “Pope Fran(...)

Free Skype counselling for lonely Irish offered in Australia and Canada
- Abroad
- July 21, 2017, 15:00
Moving abroad can be a great experience and bring exciting new opportunities, but it can also result in loneliness, homesickness, or feelings of isola(...)

Deported Irish citizens often have no real ties to the country
- Irish News
- January 23, 2016, 01:00
The man stood in the arrivals hall in Dublin Airport, feeling euphoric, but also lost, one of an increasing number of Irish people who are deported ba(...)

Providing a vital lifeline to Irish prisoners in overseas jails
- Irish News
- January 23, 2016, 01:00
On January 25th, 1985, an ad appeared on the classifieds page of this newspaper seeking a coordinator for am organisation called the Irish Commission (...)

Spain tops list of countries where Irish most likely to be arrested
- Crime & Law
- January 4, 2016, 01:00
Spain heads the list of countries where Irish citizens are most likely to run into trouble with police, according to figures from the past five years (...)