Homeless campaigner Alice Leahy has been named Humanitarian of the Year at an Irish Red Cross awards ceremony. The Board of Trustees would like to warmly congratulate Alice on this thoroughly deserved accolade. Alice and her team at the Alice Leahy Trust have worked tirelessly for decades from the basement of the Iveagh Hostel, providing […]
The Board of Trustees are delighted to publish the Iveagh Trust’s Annual Report for 2017. In another very busy year, 2017 saw 70 new homes delivered, 142 homes under construction and 118 new tenancies provided at the Iveagh Trust along with 71,540 bed nights and 190,000+ meals provided at the Iveagh Hostel. The completion of the […]
The Trust is delighted to take part in this year’s Open House Dublin event as we open the door to Nellie’s Flat, No. 3B Patrick Street, this Saturday, October 13th. As this little piece of the Trust is part of a living residential building, we can only facilitate access on rare occasions. This is […]
Join us for our next Golf, Guinness & Oyster Gathering (GGOG) on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 as we visit Chicago for the first time. Staged at the fabulous Knollwood Club, Lake Forest, Illinois – this is set to be one of the biggest gatherings of the world series to date. Proceeds from the event […]
Gene Clayton, our current Chief Executive is due to retire in May of next year, having taken up the position in 2005. The Board of Trustees are now seeking to recruit a new CEO to lead our next chapter – set to be only the Trust’s sixth since we welcomed our first tenants over 120 […]
A huge thank you to the ESB Energy for Generations Fund for yet another generous donation to the Iveagh Hostel. Previous donations have helped the Trust to install new kitchens for Hostel residents and convert older bathrooms into accessible wetrooms. This latest donation will help the Trust to continue with the Hostel window programme, a […]
Work on a new balcony garden for our Hostel residents is coming along nicely. A huge thank you to the Community Foundation for Ireland in helping to purchase a range of garden furniture, pots and plants and to one of our green-fingered Hostel residents for making it such a colourful and welcoming space. We hope […]
The Trust was delighted to welcome Sir Alex Markham, Chairman of the Lister Institute, to see first hand the work of the Iveagh Hostel and the major contribution it makes to alleviating homelessness in Dublin. Like the Trust, the Lister Institute, or the British Institute of Preventive Medicine as it was first called, benefitted from […]
There was a great turn out on our Kevin Street Estate for our first ever Street Feast – Ireland’s annual day for street parties and community get-togethers. A huge thank you to all the residents and staff that came along and made the event so successful. We’re looking forward to next year already! Special thanks […]
The Trust would like to extend a huge thank you to the staff of Diageo Ireland who raised €5000 to support the Iveagh Hostel at their Christmas table quiz. Presenting the cheque to Hostel Manager Kevin Byrne, Breffni O’Reilly, Programme Director at St. James’s Gate, took a tour of the Hostel to see first hand […]
