Anne Griffin
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Scouting Ireland should be ‘very proud’ of child protection record
- Social Affairs
- June 3, 2020, 08:05
Scouting Ireland has had “some of the best child protection policies and practices of any organisation anywhere in the world” for decades, a senior fi(...)

Elliott feared there could be ‘thousands’ of scout abuse victims
- Social Affairs
- May 15, 2020, 17:09
It was the day after Scouting Ireland had elected an entirely new board as part of an overhaul of the youth organisation’s governance. The 10 new boar(...)

Scouting Ireland to publish final report into historic child abuse
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2020, 23:00
Scouting Ireland is to publish a final report on Thursday into historic child sex abuse that took place in legacy scouting organisations, completed by(...)

Reforms of Scouting Ireland’s governance ‘satisfactory’ - report
- Social Affairs
- May 8, 2020, 19:47
Governance reforms in Scouting Ireland introduced on foot of a highly critical report have been “implemented satisfactorily”, according to a review co(...)

John Boyne sets up short-story competition for kids cooped up at home
- Books
- March 18, 2020, 15:44
The author John Boyne has set up a short-story competition for children to enter now Ireland’s schools have been closed by the threat of coronavirus. (...)

The beauty of a good bookshop – bookworms have their say
- Books
- October 23, 2019, 05:22
Rick O’Shea I know I tell this story often these days, but my love of books started and grew with trips I made most weekends in to Eason’s on O’Conne(...)

Papal visit organiser to become Scouting Ireland chief executive
- Social Affairs
- October 11, 2019, 20:00
A woman involved in the management of last year’s papal visit to Ireland is to become the chief executive of Scouting Ireland. Anne Griffin is to ta(...)

The debut books and authors to look out for in 2019
- Books
- January 17, 2019, 05:00
Sarah Davis-Goff: Last Ones Left Alive (Tinder Press, publication March 7th) A girl called Orpen journeys from east to west across a post-apocalyptic (...)

Ten thousand volunteers swing into action for pope’s visit to Ireland
- Irish News
- August 22, 2018, 01:02
The beating heart of the World Meeting of Families is behind the high wall around a former seminary in the shadow of Croke Park in Dublin. The Holy C(...)

While organising the largest outdoor event in Europe this year has been difficult from almost every angle and has required multiple arms of the State,(...)