Fr. Shay Cullen SSC with members of the O’Flaherty Memorial Society, the Preda Ireland group, Councillor Brendan Cronin, District Municipal Mayor of Killarney, and Fr. Pat Raleigh, Regional Director of the Columban Fathers after receiving the award. Photo:Sally MacMonagle.

Columban Missionary, Fr. Shay Cullen, presented with the Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award

Columban missionary, Fr. Shay Cullen was in Killarney on Saturday, 5 November to receive the 2016 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award. He is the second Columban to receive this prestigious award – Fr. Michael Sinnott having received it in...

November 14, 2016 at 7:50 am miseancaraire read more

FR SHAY CULLEN WITH SOME OF THE PREDA SCHOOL CHILDREN

Columban Fr. Shay Cullen Announced As This Year’s Recipient Of The Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award

Yesterday it was announced that the 2016 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award will be awarded to Fr. Shay Cullen, a Dublin born Columban Missionary in the Philippines. The award will be presented to Fr. Shay by Cllr Brendan Cronin,...

August 26, 2016 at 10:23 am miseancaraire read more

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05/05/2016
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins gave a keynote speech at the 2016 Irish Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals at Croke Park yesterday, hosted by Dóchas, the Irish Association of Non-Governmental Development Organisations.
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins meets the winner of the Global Citizen of the Year Award, Colette Nkunda of Misean Cara with the Dóchas Award Trophy.
International and domestic NGOs, government representatives, environmental groups, activists, civil society and private sector organisations all convened for the 2016 Irish Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This follows a major global agreement by world leaders who signed up to these goals in 2015 through negotiations which were co-chaired by Ireland. The Summit looked at how the Irish government and civil society can play its role in achieving these goals – to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change in Ireland and around the world by the year 2030. The Summit had particular relevance to the ongoing migrant crisis and tackling the root causes– poverty, inequality, conflict and climate change.
Photo: Peter Houlihan
For more information see: www.dochas.ie
NAOMI LINEHAN, DÓCHAS COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: naomi@dochas.ie / 0861077079 / 01 4053801.

Colette Nkunda Awarded The Dóchas Global Citizen of the Year

Misean Cara’s Colette Nkunda was recognised as the Dóchas Global Citizen of the Year at yesterday’s 2016 Irish Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals in Croke Park, Dublin. Born and raised in Rwanda, the panic, anguish, fear and loss...

May 6, 2016 at 4:28 pm miseancaraire read more