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Co-operation Ireland has just announced its latest and most exciting overseas cycling challenge. Between 4-13 February 2011, participations who undertake this challenge of a lifetime will cycle 450 km over 5 days between two of South East Asia’s most fascinating countries, Vietnam and Cambodia. The journey will start in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and finish at Angkor Wat in Cambodia....
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Global Investment Bank Morgan Stanley joined up with Co-operation Ireland to give a group of young people from Belfast, Dublin and London an opportunity to participate in a unique programme of events, with potentially life changing results.
This week (5&6 July) the bank flew six young people from Belfast and Dublin to their head offices in London’s Canary Wharf where they were joined by seven...
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On Friday, 25 June 2010, the first ever screening of the short film ‘Wasted’ took place at the Odeon Cinema, Victoria Square, Belfast.
Written and directed by a group of young people from the Kilwilkie Estate, North Lurgan, the short drama revolves around local boy Shae, on cup-final day.
Filmed with the support of Cinemagic, the film focuses on life within the estate for Shae and other teenagers...
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This morning (21 June 2010) Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny made a welcome visit to Co-operation Ireland’s Belfast office.
The leader accompanied by five other party members, all of whom have an interest in Northern Ireland. They included TDs Seymour Crawford, Fergus O'Dowd, Joe McHugh and Brian Hayes and the Munster MEP Sean Kelly.
Me Kenny’s party stayed for approximately an hour, talking to staff...
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Co-operation Ireland recently launched its latest teaching and learning resource, produced during the arts based project ArtsLInk. The DVD, which was launched at Ashfield Girls School, Belfast, is the culmination of the experience gained over a four year period from Co-operation Ireland’s innovative arts projects Visions and ArtsLink. The fruits of this ArtsLink project was the making of 16 one-...
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Cork-Belfast Festival Link Formalised
Co-operation Ireland’s Cork Committee last week formalised the link between Cork’s Lifelong Learning Festival and West Belfast’s Féile an Phobail.
The linkage forms part of an initiative by Co-operation Ireland to increase synergy and learning by the festival organizers in both cities.
The idea for the linkage originated three years ago, when South City...
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This weekend 26 & 27 June 2010, sees the welcome return of Maracycle after an absence of 11 years. More than 1000 cyclists will take part in the return trip between Belfast and Dublin, a route which covers 216 miles in total. It is supported by the Belfast Telegraph...
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From the 12- 22 April 2010, an innovative programme will take place, which will give young people in Northern Ireland the opportunity to make their voice heard. Changing the Conversation has been devised by Co-operation Ireland and the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland to mark their 30th anniversary.
During the period, people under the age of 30 years are encouraged to hold conversations...
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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...
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Book online now! (bookings handled by ChampionChip).
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...
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