Save the date: 16 May, 2026 You are invited to join us for the next âDialogue of Friendshipâ event. We are again partnering with the Church of Ireland Interfaith Working Group for this gathering and the theme will be âFaithfully Caring for Creationâ. Our keynote speaker will be the Revd David Coleman, Environmental Chaplain for […]
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The 2025 ‘Dialogue of Friendship’ event took place recently, with the theme ‘Listening Well to Build Communities’. These annual events have grown as a collaboration between the Sanctuary in Faith stream and the Church of Ireland Interfaith Working Group. Many thanks to Lynn Glanville, Diocesan Communications Officer for the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough,
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Places of Sanctuary Ireland wishes to recruit a part-time Sanctuary Ambassador Coordinator for a new position to work to recruit, equip and empower Sanctuary Ambassadors to share their stories, cultures & skills in schools, universities, libraries, local councils and other community settings. Sanctuary Ambassadors are people with lived experience of immigration and international protection in
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Places of Sanctuary Ireland is seeking a part-time Sanctuary in Education Coordinator to work on a new project, âSanctuary in Education â Stronger Togetherâ, with Places of Sanctuary Irelandâs (PoSI) education streams. The role will grow and consolidate the unique PoSI culture of integration in both the âSchools of Sanctuaryâ and the âUniversities of Sanctuaryâ
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Already the county with the first ever award of a Library of Sanctuary, Co. Laois now has its first Champion School of Sanctuary-Â Dunamase College in Portlaoise. 🎉🙌🥳🎈 Â A Schools of Sanctuary Ireland monitoring team visited the school on Wednesday December 13th, a team comprising Andy Pollak (Places of Sanctuary Ireland board member), Homayoon
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November 24th…. an award ceremony those present will never forget. It was the day after we saw the awful scenes on the streets of our capital city in November……school students in Naas CBS were getting on a bus to come to Maynooth University to celebrate their Champion School of Sanctuary award, friends of Schools of
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The great county of Cork has its first Champion School of Sanctuary! Millstreet Community School became the third school in Cork to receive the award but it is the first such awarded school outside of the city. On Friday November 24th, a large monitoring team representing Schools of Sanctuary Ireland visited Millstreet Community School. Each
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ColĂĄiste ChiarĂĄin, a KWETB school in Leixlip, became County Kildare’s second Champion School of Sanctuary on Thursday Nov 23rd, following the visit of a SoSI monitoring team. The Sanctuary lead in the school, Ms. MairĂ©ad McDonnell had, with the support of colleagues, arranged for us to meet principal Mark Neville, DP Louise Doran and
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There is a bright-burning symbol of inclusion in North County Dublin and its name is Donabate Community College! The school was awarded with its Champion School of Sanctuary status on November 22nd 2023, on the occasion of a visit by a monitoring team from Schools of Sanctuary Ireland. Inspired and led by teacher Josephine Nyamuranga,
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Bridging Divides through Sanctuary Ambassador Training On 26th August 2023, Dublin’s Chester Beatty Library hummed with purpose. People from different corners of life gathered as part of Places of Sanctuary Ireland. These were the Sanctuary Ambassadors, 30 of them from 13 counties of Ireland, a diverse group united by a single goalâto foster unity among
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