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Four Gaisce Awardees from Prosper Meath Receive Their Bronze Awards

Gaisce – The President’s Award was proud to host four fantastic young people and their families along with their two [...]

Two Gaisce Awardees from CBS James’s Street Receive Their Bronze Awards

On March 7th , 2024, Gaisce – The President’s Award was delighted to have the opportunity to present awards to [...]

Latisha McCrudden’s Gaisce Bronze and Silver Experience | Gaisce Stories

Check out Latisha's Gaisce Stories video: Today, March 1st, 2024, Ireland celebrates Irish Traveller Ethnicity Day which marks the anniversary [...]

Gaisce – The President’s Award Is Proud To Support Citywise Education To Eradicate Educational Inequality In Ireland

Adam Donovan of Citywise Education is Gaisce-The President's Awards representative on the Shared Island Youth Forum. Adam shares his experiences [...]

PAL Spotlight – Helen Farrell | Gaisce Stories

PAL Spotlight - Helen Farrell Gaisce Stories' PAL Spotlight is an opportunity to promote the work and voice of our [...]

PAL Spotlight – Frieda Bent | Gaisce Stories

PAL Spotlight is an opportunity to promote the work and voice of our President’s Award Leaders!

Gaisce Awardees visit Houses of the Oireachtas for International Women’s Day event | Gaisce Stories

Gaisce Awardees visit Houses of Oireachtas for International Women’s Day

Sarah Malone’s Bronze Gaisce Award Journey | Gaisce Stories

Sarah Malone’s Bronze Gaisce Award Journey

Pobalscoil Neasáin in Portugal – Gold Adventure Journey | Gaisce Stories

Pobalscoil Neasáin in Portugal – Gold Adventure Journey

The Big School Sleepover – Tullamore College Adventure Journey | Gaisce Stories

Equal Access for All: Keeping the Adventure Journey Costs Down In April last year, Tullamore College students undertook their Gaisce [...]

“I was given the opportunity to step outside my comfort zone“ – Gaisce Gold Award Holder Lucy McGill

Gaisce Gold Award Holder Lucy McGill from Dublin receiving her Gold Award from President Michael D. Higgins at a ceremony […]

Travel to Strasbourg with your Gaisce participants in January 2019

Gaisce, in partnership with the European Union Parliament Information Office, is offering Gaisce participants in DEIS schools a fantastic opportunity […]

Brian O’ Mahony Gold Video

Last year Brian O’ Mahony visited Uganda for seven weeks. Packing his gear Brian travelled alone, meeting fellow kayakers along […]

Annie Carr Gold Interview

Annie Carr is a student at Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT), is the current President of the college’s Gaisce society […]

PAL Interview – Dave Sheridan

Dave Sheridan is a youth worker based in the Ballymun Regional Youth Resource (RECO) and has been a PAL with […]

Amy Barrett hits right notes with Gaisce

Amy Barrett, through getting involved with Gaisce, recently released her first single title ‘Emilio’. Amy chose recording as part of […]

Kate Kelly Gold Interview

Kate Kelly is a Gaisce Ambassador who last summer represented Gaisce at the international Gold Event, she says, “I got […]

Gaisce Gold Awardees sets up Voluntary Project

Evelyn Dore is from Tralee and is a Gaisce Gold Awardee who recently set up her own volunteer project called […]

Saoirse Hughes Silver Interview

Saoirse Hughes is doing her Gaisce Silver Award and has almost completed her journey. As part of her Silver Award […]

Eimear Quinn Gold Interview

Eimear Quinn is currently working towards her Gaisce Gold Award and is a third year nursing student studying at DCU. […]

PAL Interview – Barry Caulfield

This Easter President Award Leader Barry Caulfield will walk the Camino with eight students as part of their Gold Award […]

PAL Interview – Deirdre Coyle

Deirdre Coyle has been a PAL with Gaisce for over 15 years and firmly believes the programme plays a huge […]

Read Aoife’s Gold Adventure Story

When Aoife started out on her Gold Gaisce journey she never imagined finding herself on a boat with 40 strangers […]

Gaisce is delighted to welcome Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Leisure Services an official Gaisce Challenge Partner.

  Gaisce is delighted to welcome DLR Leisure as an official Gaisce Challenge Partner.   DLR Leisure was established in […]

My Gold Gaisce Adventure Journey – By Clodagh Nic Ghiolla Rua

I really enjoyed my Gold Gaisce Journey. I did the hike with my brother (as he had hiked the route […]

My Gaisce Journey – Kate Kelly

My name is Kate Kelly and I’m from a small rural village in South Kilkenny. I started my Gaisce journey […]

Participant Stories: Glen Kelly

Glen is from Athy, Co. Kildare. Having been involved with Gaisce since he was 15, attaining both Bronze and Silver […]

Participant Stories: Jamie Moore

Jamie is from Dungarvan, Co Waterford and has completed both his Bronze and Silver Gaisce Awards. Jamie was first introduced […]

Participant Stories: Cusile O’Donovan

Cuisle, from Galway City, obtained her Bronze Award during Transition Year in Colaiste Iognaid. In 2008, she graduated as a […]

Participant Stories: Christina Quinn

A native of Galway City, Christina had already achieved her Bronze Gaisce Award when she decided to complete her Gold […]

Participant Stories: Mary Angela Quigley

Cork-based Mary Angela is currently training to become a health care assistant in a nursing home. Mary Angela has achieved […]

Participant Stories: Kerri-Anne Cully

Currently based in Somerset, South West England, Kerri-Anne Cully is originally from Co Cavan and recently qualified as an occupational […]

Participant Stories: Christopher Smith

Christopher is from Belfast but moved to Dublin four years ago to work with Citywise, an educational charity that he […]

Participant Stories: Andrew Wheeler

Andrew travelled to Ireland from Australia in 2008 and once settled, sought out new challenges. Andrew had already completed his […]

Participant Stories: Avril Buttle

Avril completed her Bronze & Silver awards while at Colaiste Bride in Enniscorthy, along the way she learned how to […]

Participant Stories: Michelle Murphy

A student in NUI Maynooth, Michelle began her Bronze award in 2010, she received her Silver award in 2011 and had […]

Participant Stories: Tommy Monahan

“I gained so much more from it than I put in, and would recommend the award to anyone” Tommy completed his […]

Participant Stories: Julie Patterson

Julie first encountered Gaisce in Transition Year, and achieved her Bronze award in 2007. Almost a year later saw her […]

Participant Stories: Stephen Loftus

A student of St. Muirdeach’s College Ballina, began his Bronze award at the age of 15, and completed his Silver award […]

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