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Kilkenny politicians weave stars to support victims of domestic violence

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Kilkenny politicians weave stars to support victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence

Kilkenny politicians, Minister of State, Malcolm Noonan and Deputy Kathleen Funchion wove a star with Amber Women’s Refuge One Million Stars Ireland project at a special Star Weaving ‘Jam’ for members of the Oireachtas at Leinster House. The ...

19 May 2022 at 21:23

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Kilkenny GAA stars launch children’s book to help local charities

The kind-hearted actions of a Kilkenny man and his family will benefit both local charities and schoolchildren across the city and county. Brendan Bolger is originally from The Rower but now lives in Singapore with his family. Together they ...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:47

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Amber Women’s Refuge in Kilkenny to hold free online seminar on workplace domestic abuse

A recent survey conducted by Amber Women’s Refuge, the local domestic abuse refuge for Kilkenny and Carlow, found that a third of workers in Kilkenny and Carlow have experienced domestic abuse in their personal lives. Of the respondents ...

04 Mar 2022 at 17:36

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More family domestic violence refuges 'urgently' needed in Kilkenny and South East

Almost everyone in Kilkenny is within a 30 minute drive from domestic violence emergency accommodation, a new report has found. With 97.5% of the local population falling into this category Kilkenny has the highest access level outside ...

23 Feb 2022 at 19:00

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Kilkenny organisation Amber Women's Refuge provide outreach services in Bagenalstown

A community-based outreach worker from Amber Women's Refuge will be available in Bagenalstown on Tuesdays and Thursdays to offer free support and information at Bagenalstown Family Resource Centre on the Royal Oak Road. You can drop ...

02 Jun 2022 at 12:46

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Opinion: ‘We can’t excuse violence when we see it - we must not be silent’

Recent tragic events have brought us all to a tipping point of anger and intolerance of violence against women in our society. Unfortunately, we in Amber deal with the effects of violence against women every day. Of the women ...

02 Feb 2022 at 10:09

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Amber Women’s Refuge marks 20 years supporting women and children in Kilkenny

Amber Women’s Refuge marked its 20 year Anniversary yesterday at a reception attended by Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee T.D. According to Amber’s records, 1,040 women and 1,460 children, from Kilkenny and surrounding ...

09 Sept 2022 at 18:04

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Vigil for Aisling Murphy and victims of gender-based violence to be held in Kilkenny

This Thursday, on the first anniversary of her murder, Amber Women's Refuge will host a short vigil to honour the memory of Aisling Murphy and the other women who have died by violence in the last year in Ireland. All ...

10 Jan 2023 at 09:00

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International Poster Exhibition in Kilkenny to mark 16 Days of Action Against Gender-based Violence

International Poster Exhibition in Kilkenny to mark 16 Days of Action Against Gender-based Violence Lisa Morris (Manager Amber Women's Refuge), Inspector Alma Molloy and Jean Murphy (Amber) PICTURE Vicky Comerford ...

25 Nov 2022 at 13:58

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Kilkenny remembers Ashling Murphy and victims of gender-based violence

Kilkenny honoured the memory of Ashling Murphy and the 15 other women murdered in public and private places, including their homes, in the last 12 months, at a vigil hosted by Amber Women’s Refuge. Speaking at ...

13 Jan 2023 at 21:00

Kilkenny charity launches Christmas star display with Ukrainian community

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Kilkenny charity launches Christmas star display with Ukranian community

54 women and men from Ukraine and Kilkenny have woven 1,860 stars for Amber’s One Million Stars project. The stars were tied to the ‘Amber Stars for Yulefest’ star installation at a special event last week in ...

02 Dec 2022 at 13:00

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Amber Womens Refuge in Kilkenny awarded social enterprise grant

Amber Womens Refuge in Kilkenny is to benefit from a grant of more than €9,000 under the Awareness Raising Initiative for Social Enterprise Scheme (ARISE). Minister for Rural and Community Development, ...

03 Dec 2021 at 13:11

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