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Saturday 2 December 2023 Dublin: 4°C

# Assistance

Last week
19th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
Gardaí from across country arrive to back up colleagues in Dublin city centre
Senior garda officers sent out urgent calls for help from the region to assist their colleagues in Dublin.
Last year
2022
National Indoor Athletics Training Centre to be used for emergency refugee accommodation
The facility will be available for a period of up to six weeks.
All time
Ryan Giggs set to be involved in Wales’ World Cup qualifiers
Caretaker boss Robert Page has declared that it is ‘business as usual’.
Marine boss thanks Liverpool for pre-match Spurs analysis
The eighth-tier club host Tottenham in the competition’s biggest ever mismatch.
Want to help? Volunteer service and website for offers of assistance launched today
A new webpage for businesses seeking to provide supplies or services in support of the national response to Covid-19 is open.
Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Gaelic Grounds set to be used Covid-19 test centres
Kilkenny’s Nowlan Park and Croke Park are also being utilised as test centres.
Arsenal manager learning English from 'Peaky Blinders'
Unai Emery is having to adapt to life in the Premier League following stints in Spain and France.
Italian muscle man comes to Lionel Messi's rescue
Doctor Giuliano Poser is credited with helping the star control violent urges to be sick before games.
'I didn't want to be any bother': Older people urged to ask for help this Christmas
A charity for older people wants to remind them they deserve to live with dignity.
Appeal for 32-year-old woman missing from Dundalk
Alexandra Posiewka has been missing since Sunday.
Have you seen this teenage girl and man? Police believe they may have travelled to Dublin
It’s understood the pair boarded a train bound for Dublin on Monday evening.
Gardaí release photos of clothes found on woman's body in appeal for information
The body was recovered from the sea at Clontarf last month.
Irishman dies after assault in Mexico
It’s understood the man was in a coma since the attack.
Ireland WILL be sending the LÉ Eithne to help with the Mediterranean refugee crisis
Around 1,750 people have died this year trying to cross the sea from North Africa to Europe.
17-year-old Eden Moore found safe and well
The teen had been missing since 01 May.
Gardaí searching for missing Dean Roche (31)
Can you help?
Have you seen this 16-year-old girl? She has been missing since yesterday
Harmanjot Kaur is missing from the Palmerstown area.
Missing man (39) located safe and well
Gardaí say no further action is required.
Missing 14-year-old found safe and well following Garda appeal
Gardaí say no further action is required.
Ireland sends €2 million to South Sudan as 4 million people face starvation
A second ceasefire in the country has collapsed and both rebels and government forces are blocking the paths of UN peacekeepers.
Autism assistance dogs transform children's lives...but they are expensive to keep
Guide Dog owners have an allowance from Revenue, and now there are calls for that to be extended to Autism assistance dogs also.
Missing 14-year-old Chloe Ebbs returns home
The teenager had not been seen since 21 March.
Gardaí appeal for help in finding Erica Phillips
Erica is described as being 5ft 6” in height, slim build, shoulder length black hair and brown eyes.
Gardaí appeal for help in finding missing teenager Mark Casey
The 19-year-old was last seen in Robert Street in Limerick City in the early hours of Friday morning.
Gardaí appeal for missing person Kevin Rice
He was last seen on the 30 November.
William Valentine (52) reported missing in Co Offaly
Valentine was last seen at the Cappincur roundabout on Thursday 10 October.
Appeal for information about attempted murder and sexual assault of a young girl
The attack took place in 1994 in Newry.
Photo of new suspect in Madeleine McCann case to be released
Metropolitan Police said they will release the ‘relevant material at the relevant time’.
Police call off search for Polish man who was swept into the sea
The man went missing in September during turbulent weather conditions. Members of the public came out in force to assist with the search.
Coastguard and RNLI help teen who became "very unwell" during angling trip
The teenager was brought ashore, where she was met by the lifeboat doctor and the ambulance service.
Missing Kildare teen found 'safe and well'
Roisin O’Toole was last seen at around 9pm on Sunday night.
Teen (16) missing from Clonee, Dublin
Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance in finding Raehel Andoh, who has been missing from Clonee since 27 February.
Irishman killed in Mozambique
Cork man William Deasy died following a serious assault.
Gardaí appeal for help locating missing Daniel O'Riordan
Gardaí and family are very concerned for Daniel’s welfare. He was last seen on 10 February of this year.
PICS: Students' unions hand out food bags as grant crisis continues
The union at Galway-Mayo IT is handing out bags of food to hard-up students as SUSI continues catching up on grant payments.
NPRF announces €850m investment in funds for small businesses
The funds will be used to invest in both healthy businesses seeking to grow and those that are under-performing.
Minister gives extra €3 million to fund to assist students
The money is to be used by third level students facing financial hardship, and comes as some students are still waiting for grants.
Charity sees 16 per cent increase in donations to needy in 2012
The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society – which was formed in 1790 – distributed €120,000 to over 200 individuals and families last year.
SVP expects 100,000 requests for assistance before Christmas
St Vincent De Paul said it is worried yesterday’s budget will put added pressure on the charity during the festive season.
In pictures: photographer to help tsunami recovery through print project
US photographer and director Aaron Hobson is selling a series of dramatic images of the tsunami-damaged northern Japanese coastline to raise funds for the recovery.