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August 8, 2017

Invest €32m in guidance counselling and Youth Mental Health Services

Youth Council calls for measures to reduce waiting lists for mental health services as part of a number of costed measures detailed in its Pre-Budget Submission […]
August 3, 2017

CSO Live Register:

Youth Council reaction to latest figures Over 32,000 under 25s signing on   Up 2,512 since April 2017 (29,725): third monthly increase in row Seasonal trends […]
July 21, 2017

Dept Social Protection Pre-Budget Forum:

Youth Council highlights ‘a million good reasons’ to invest in growing youth population in Budget 2018 11,257 young people under 26 still long-term unemployed Need to […]
July 19, 2017

Local groups invited to apply for up to €5,000 through national arts and youth scheme

Deadline for applications: Friday 28th July 2017 The Artist and Youth Work Residency Scheme will see local projects nationwide receive grants of up to €5,000 Both […]
July 6, 2017

CSO Live Register: Almost 32,000 under 25s signing on

increase in line with seasonal trends but over 11,000 young people long-term unemployed still far too high Youth council calls for investment to halve this figure […]
July 1, 2017

Youth Council highlights ‘a million good reasons’ to invest in growing youth population

Number of those aged 10-24 to grow to over 1,000,000 by 2025 With our growing youth population set to surpass one million by 2025, investment in […]
June 28, 2017

Networking Seminar for Youth workers/volunteers and youth arts practitioners in the Dublin Region

Time: 10.30-2pm (including networking light lunch)Date: Tuesday, 4th July 2017Location: National Gallery of Ireland, Kildare St, Dublin 2.Cost: Free (includes light lunch and complimentary entry to […]
June 19, 2017

Young people invited to apply for chance to represent Ireland at UN

Applications close June 27th The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) – which represents organisations working with over 380,000 young people nationwide – is calling on […]
June 1, 2017

Number of young people on live register creeps up again to over 30,000

Slight increase in line with seasonal trends but > 11,000 young people long-term unemployed still far too high The National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) has […]