Scoil Ghaeilge Margaret Keane - The Margaret Keane Irish Language School
December 19, 2024
We’re delighted that our Irish Language School, named after the late Margaret Keane, has completed another successful term. Sixteen students have completed an 8 week course with teacher, Nollaig Doughan.
Due to demand, a continuation beginners+ course will be provided next year. Registration will open in mid-January 2025 for an 8 week course to commence on Thursday 20 February 2025.
We will also be holding an Irish Language Day on Saturday 8 March 2025, which will include a language taster class in the morning, bi-lingual walking history tour around Coventry city centre in the afternoon, and a social evening with a pop-up Gaeltacht and quiz. More details to follow in the New Year.
For any queries relating to Irish language in Coventry, please contact our Caroline Brogan: caroline.brogan@covirishsoc.org.uk
We would like to include a section on our website dedicated to An Ghaeilge. If you may be able to provide a few hours volunteering time in the New Year to help us write a welcome section, as Gaeilge, with links to helpful resources, then that would be ar fheabhas! Please contact our Caroline Brogan: caroline.brogan@covirishsoc.org.uk if you may be able to help.
We are hiring for - PA to the Manager This post is a 3 year fixed term role. Salary: £15,000 P.A, 15 hours per week. About us: Established in 1993, Coventry Irish Society (CIS) is a Charity providing a wide range of community health and support services to the Irish Community in Coventry. Coventry Irish Society has supported and celebrated the Irish community in Coventry and the Midlands since 1993 — from health and welfare services to festivals, heritage projects including our Oral History project ‘Irish Heart, Coventry Home’. We're a small dynamic charity with a big impact, and we're looking for an organised, personable PA to help our CEO keep everything running smoothly. The Role: As PA to the Manager, you'll be the right hand that keeps our finances, records, and databases in order — freeing up our Manager to focus on the bigger picture. This is a role for someone who enjoys precision and detail as much as people, at the centre of a busy and welcoming charity. To apply: Please email CEO Simon McCarthy simon.mccarthy@covirishsoc.org.uk with your CV and reasons for applying. Download and view full job role description below.
The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme provides financial payments and health supports to eligible people who spent time in a Mother and Baby or County Home in the Republic of Ireland. For straightforward information on the application process, eligibility criteria, and institutions covered by the Payment Scheme, please see the link to download an information leaflet below. For detailed information and other queries, please visit the GOV.ie website at the link below. Visit the Gov.ie website by clicking here.
The Department for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has announced the Stardust Recognition Payment Scheme. This is a scheme of ex-gratia recognition payments to survivors who were injured in the Stardust fire in 1981. All survivor beneficiaries of the original Stardust Victims Compensation Tribunal will be solely eligible for this recognition payment. Each person will be eligible to receive a fixed recognition payment of €20,000. Applications for the recognition payments can be made online or by post. A Stardust Recognition Payment Helpline is available during office hours at 01-859 2268 for those who wish to request an application form to be sent to their home address. Help completing the application is available via the helpline and email sdrqueries@justic.ie Applications will be accepted until 5pm on 17 August 2026 The Stardust Recognition Scheme can be accessed at the below link.
