Organisation: Girl Guides

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<p>The wreckage of the plane that crash-landed in Wicklow in 1946 carrying 21 French girl guides. If it had gone 50 yards further it would have crashed into heavy boulders, which would almost certainly have resulted in many deaths.</p>

columnists

Clodagh Finn: French girl guides’ miracle crash-landing on a Wicklow mountain

Seventy-seven years ago this weekend, a group of French girl guides were on their way by plane from Paris to a holiday camp in Ireland after an invitation from their Irish counterparts. The old military plane crashed into a mountain in Wicklow, and a book recounts how they all survived

comment-analysis

Overnighters and trips away should be a key part of every childhood

general

Guiding the proto-feminists of the modern Irish Girl Guides

farming

Marie delighted rural people chose to vote for a Dubliner

farming

Denise Hall: The sweet taste of ethical chocolate in Clonakilty

Girl Guides — a cheap and healthy pastime

Guides not out of step

The Irish Girl Guides celebrate their centenary this year, and have moved with the times, despite other distractions. Claire Droney reports

Fri, 06 May, 2011

Men At Work in children's song row

A music publisher that has accused Australian rock band Men at Work of stealing the melody to their hit 'Down Under' from a children’s song has won the first stage of its lawsuit seeking royalties for the Aussie anthem.

Thu, 30 Jul, 2009

Rape case ruling: Girl Guides call for action

AS an organisation that has more than 10,000 female members — 80% of whom are under the age of 12 — the Irish Girl Guides must add their voice to those who are outraged that, as a result of the Supreme Court ruling last week, there is at present no law in the land that protects our members from sexual predators.

Fri, 06 Jan, 2006

Irish troops to New Orleans plan dismissed as 'ludicrous'

Proposals to send up to 30 Irish troops to help the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in the United States were dismissed as ludicrous today by a leading humanitarian worker.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2005