Donncha O’Callaghan is hoping he can boost the work of Unicef Ireland by donating all the monies raised by a Testimonial Gala Ball in his honour in November to the organisation he has long served as an ambassador.

Professional rugby player Donncha O’Callaghan has played for Munster, Ireland and the Lions and has recently renewed his contract with Worcester Warriors. He will bow out of the pro-game

Ireland’s suicide rate has stabilised and has begun to fall since the recession, according to the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) 2016 report.

This Christmas you might want to support a charity, but if you're finding it difficult to afford a donation there is another way you can make a difference.

Overseas charities were the biggest recipients of the €2.18m paid by offenders to the court poor box, according to figures compiled by the Courts Service.

More than one in four children have been left on or below the poverty line since the economy crashed, according to an international study on the impact of the recession.

Health has topped a list of concerns of Irish young people, in a UNICEF poll measuring their priorities for children across the world.

The shooting down by missile last week over the Ukraine of a commercial passenger flight from Amsterdam international airport to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, with some of the passengers en route to Australia, is serious for the safety of international flights as the airline believed it was safe to fly on the usual route over the Ukraine and the plane was 1,000 feet above the danger zone.

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Ireland is the tenth best country to be a child in a list of 29 industrialised nations.

Unicef Ireland has reached a settlement with Melanie Verwoerd, the organisation’s former executive director and the partner of the late Gerry Ryan.

Rory McIlroy is set to return to Haiti next week.

UNICEF Ireland have announced the appointment of Munster and Ireland rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan to their board.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore's car has been egged during a protest in Dublin.

UNICEF Ireland is appealing to Irish people for support in order to continue their emergency work in Syria.

UNICEF Ireland has raised €75,000 for the Sahel Food Crisis following Mia Farrow's visit to Dublin.

FORMER Fianna Fáil junior minister, Peter Power, who lost his Dáil seat in the general election, has been named as the new head of Unicef in Ireland to replace Melanie Verwoerd, partner of the late broadcaster Gerry Ryan.

TEENAGERS are growing up in a culture where drink and drugs are the norm, where one in five has lost their virginity before the age of 16 and where viewing pornography on the internet is commonplace.

GRASS, hash, headshop drugs, ecstasy or pills, and, on a smaller scale, cocaine, are, in order of popularity, the drugs of choice among Irish teens, more of whom profess to drug taking than cigarette smoking, according to a new survey.

AN Irish Examiner survey of the pay packages earned by the heads of leading charities shows most are on salaries ranging from €100,000 to €150,000.

WITH a reputation for generosity that puts us ahead of many of our international counterparts, the Irish public is not shy when it comes to supporting good causes.

CHILDREN’S charity UNICEF has said it did not sack Melanie Verwoerd over her relationship with Gerry Ryan but admitted there had been a row over how the relationship had dominated the media.

The board of UNICEF Ireland has issued a statement this evening clarifying the reason why the former partner of the late Gerry Ryan, Melanie Verwoerd was dismissed last week.

UNICEF goodwill ambassadors Liam Neeson and Vanessa Redgrave have pulled out of planned Unicef Ireland events after confirming they are “profoundly disturbed” by the dismissal of the group’s former executive director, Melanie Verwoerd.

MELANIE VERWOERD has been sacked as executive director of Unicef Ireland by email — despite recent praise from the board for her fundraising efforts.

Aer Lingus passengers are being urged to dig deep for Africa.

African, Irish and other European models will hold a fashion show to help raise awareness of female genital mutilation among migrant communities in Ireland tonight.

THE partner of the late broadcaster Gerry Ryan has spoken of the void in her life on the first anniversary of his death.

FOUR out of every five teenagers feel the recession has had a direct impact on their home life, with job losses and financial worries the sources of particular concern.

FRIENDS of Gerry Ryan have revealed their own concerns about the broadcaster’s health in the months before his death.

IN death, as in life, Gerry Ryan has continued to with his unique talent for capture media headlines.

A UN study on the welfare of children in the world’s rich countries has given Ireland a damning report card on child poverty and the healthy eating habits of kids.

I find it hard not to think of the little babies I held in my arms in Haiti, writes Donncha O’Callaghan

Two of Ireland's top GAA stars were today appointed Ambassadors for the international children's organisation UNICEF Ireland.

JAMES BOND veteran actor Roger Moore, a global goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, is in Ireland to mark the first birthday of a fundraising initiative he helped launch between the children’s charity and retail fuel supplier Topaz.

GERRY RYAN’S life changed beyond recognition in the past two years.

The mobile operators O2, Vodafone, Meteor and 3, through the Irish Cellular Industry Association (ICIA), today launched a fundraising initiative to support relief efforts in Haiti.

The earthquake that struck Haiti a week ago has left many thousands of children vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, UNICEF Ireland warned today.

IRISH charities are recording unprecedented donations to help respond to the Haiti earthquake disaster that has left possibly up to 100,000 people dead.

DONATIONS for earthquake-stricken Haiti flooded into Irish charities yesterday as rescue workers on the ground struggled to help survivors and deliver much-needed aid to the country.

RELIEF agencies are struggling to get life-saving aid to the survivors in Haiti because the roads are blocked, the port is destroyed and the airport is not equipped to handle the influx.

Newly-appointed UNICEF Ireland ambassador Donncha O'Callaghan has just completed his first field visit in South Africa.

UNICEF Ireland said today it was "horrified" by recommendations made in yesterday’s An Bord Snip report to target essential services for children, both in Ireland and internationally.

Irish-born Hollywood star Liam Neeson accepted an honorary degree from his former university at a ceremony in New York today.