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Students get master-class in journalism from best in the business
Kate Adie, the former BBC War Correspondent, who is regarded by most in the media as the finest war correspondent in the business, was the keynote speaker at the Co-operation Ireland Student Journalism Conference, which was held in Belfast on Friday 26 February. Her talk in which she recounted her many experiences of reporting from numerous war zones was both inspirational and amusing. When... read more
MARACYCLE is back
Keep the weekend of 26-27 June 2010 free if you want to be part of the biggest and best North South cycling event – the Co-operation Ireland Maracycle. The challenge is a 2-day 200-mile cycling extravanga, between the two capital cities of Belfast and Dublin. This year it will begin and end in Belfast and next year Dublin will be the starting location. Maracycle is returning to mark Co-... read more
2009 Pride of Place Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 7th Co-operation Ireland Pride of Place Competition were announced last night at the annual award ceremony in the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle County Down. The Minister for Social Development, Margaret Ritchie, MLA announced the winners at the gala ceremony, which was hosted by Down District Council. Peter Sheridan Chief Executive of Co-operation Ireland said: “The unique... read more
All–Island Leisure and Sport Report Launched
Today Co-operation Ireland’s All Island Local Authority Forum launched ‘Playing fair: the role of sport and leisure in our lives’ – a collection of articles relating to current and potential sporting events, recreation and arts and cultural issues facing Local Authorities on the island of Ireland. The aim of the publication is to highlight examples of good practice across... read more
And the winner is... Methodist College, Belfast!
At the Ulster Hall Belfast this evening (15 November) Methodist College, Belfast were crowned the winners of the Co-operation Ireland All-Island School Choir Competition. Broadcast live on RTÉ ONE, the choir’s recital of ‘A boy and a girl’ by Eric Whitacre and ‘Factum est silentium’ by Howard Goodall saw them win over the other three school choir finalists –The... read more
New Community Arts Project Announced
Co-operation Ireland is pleased to announce a new arts based project for community groups based in Counties Louth, Armagh and Down. Songs and Stories will allow groups to explore the themes of identity, difference, culture and heritage using photography, music and storytelling. The “Songs and Stories” project is supported by the European Union’s PEACE III Programme as awarded by Louth Peace and... read more
Washington Ireland Programme
Co-operation Ireland recently hosted a group of young professionals from America on a ten day study visit to Ireland, north and south. The group was interested in finding out more about conflict resolution and peace-building and in particular getting an insight into the Northern Ireland Peace Process, and how life has changed since the Good Friday Agreement. The participants stayed in Belfast,... read more