Thinking of our dear friend Shane Griffin and his family today ❤ 🕯 Light a candle at 7pm tonight in his memory 📸 Post a picture of it on social media using #KeepItLitForShane

We are delighted to share this fabulous new booklet: Using technology to create positive connections with your child in care. Tusla - Child and Family Agency HSE Ireland Click on the link below to view/download the booklet. clarecare.ie/using-technolo…

Our assessment tools significantly ignore context, situating responsibility for mental distress in individuals, families and groups. “Trauma in a person, decontextualized over time looks like personality. Trauma in a family, decontextualized over-time, looks like family traits.”

We work hard to bring you lots of people who you won’t hear elsewhere and workable solutions to the problems this country faces. We don’t want to go behind a paywall. But it can’t keep going on a shoestring. Help us out. Click here:patreon.com/tortoiseshack

I'm really hoping to hear from one or two more people working in areas such as addiction services, advocacy, family support. Please share with those who may be interested🌻

Our next PiLaR programme for family members, parents and carers starts on Wednesday, April 21st 2021, running from 7-9pm. To book a free place, please contact [email protected] National Clinical Programme Eating Disorders Michelle Clifford Harriet Parsons bodywhys.ie/supporting-som…

An unforgettable Dáil speech: Michael D Higgins speaking against cutting the minimum wage in 2010. Happy birthday to a legend.

Our stories are not just stories. They are real experiences that construct the fabric of our very being; every thought, every action and every future experience. Many of us don’t ever have the option of escaping what has happened to us. lys-13.medium.com/the-commodific…

The words written by a student that was part of UCC's ACE outreach programme that was delivered in Cork Prison; “I am the proof that recovery does exist and that behaviour can change, and most importantly, I am human.” more at: lnkd.in/dUmq-5r

Why are so many children in Scotland being taken from their mothers at birth or early in their lives? All Hail To The Pod speaks to mothers whose children have been removed and researchers investigating the situation. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6L…

'It's like we're forgotten.' The Ombudsman for Children's Office investigated the living conditions for children on a local authority halting site. Read our new report, No End in Site, here: oco.ie/library/no-end…

I'm really looking forward to speaking at this event tomorrow. EPIC, Empowering People in Care will be discussing the critical need for independent advocacy for children in care. We will also be bringing the perspectives of some parents of children in care with whom we work. You can register here👇

John McNally 1952 🥈 Fred Tiedt 1956 🥈 Wayne McCullough 1992 🥈 Michael Carruth 1992 🥇 Kenneth Egan 2008 🥈 John Joe Nevin 2012 🥈 Katie Taylor 2012 🥇 The 8th Irish boxer to make it to an Olympic final is Kellie Harrington 2020/1 & going for 🥇

Not a lot of people know that the jewel in Cork’s foodie crown is managed by a global firm that runs direct provision centres in Ireland and has been embroiled in numerous controversies relating to their prison food in the US. My report: tripeanddrisheen.substack.com/p/aramark-and-…

.harry venning doing a most excellent job of capturing key messages from #swconf21 @kburns28 Rachel McC Majella Hickey Aoife Bairéad Ger Brophy #socialjustice #socialwork Kerry Cuskelly

Registration for @networkcope 2023 international conference now open, hosted by Bedford ROW Family PROJECT and taking place in Limerick ⬇️

Please don’t forget the #Bessboro & County home children buried here. My mother didn’t find out until 2019 that her precious baby boy was buried here somewhere on this 5½ acre site without her knowledge. Photo of her looking for evidence of where her baby might be buried