What we’ve been up to

We're all about making a difference, especially when it comes to stuff that matters to us. At Comhairle, we're big on youth advocacy. That means we're all about speaking up for things we care about, like inclusivity and mental health. We've done cool projects like making zines and podcasts to spread the word and raise awareness about these topics. Take a peek at our blog to see what we've been busy with lately.

Our Youth Mental health Zine

We are delighted to present our Youth Mental Health Zine. Our zine is a culmination of workshops, research and MANY many discussions and consultations on how we can best support and raise awareness around managing stress, anxiety and looking after our mental health. We focused on managing exam stress and linked with local supportive organizations […]

Cork City CNN Podcast! Ep. 2

In the second instalment of our podcast, we were joined by the director of Cork Migrant Centre, Dr Naomi Mashetti, and youth leaders and mentors, Fionnuala O’ Connell and Sophia Egan, who spoke to our members about the work they do empowering migrants in Cork City, the challenges facing young people living in Direct Provision […]

Cork Migrant Centre And CMC Youth Initiative Against Racism

While continuing our topic of segregation, we decided to contact the Cork Migrant Centre (CMC), a local charity in Cork City who work with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, in order to find out more information about their work and new project, “CMC Youth Initiative Against Racism” and how we can incorporate their work into […]

Cork City CNN Podcast! Ep. 1

During this difficult time, Cork City CNN has decided to start a podcast to continue sharing our work and the work of those we work with. As Cork City Comhairle na nÓg research our chosen topic of segregation we will invite a number of guest speakers to give us perspective and information. We were delighted […]

Dowtcha Puppet Workshop.

We worked with Dowtcha over the course of 8 weeks. We explored the topic of segregation through puppetry, art and drama.Dowtcha encouraged and taught us to think outside the box. In many activities, we explored our creativity and how to look at problems with different perspectives in a fun way.Being a Comhairle member, most of […]

Munster Network Meetings.

Jack Kavanagh, Pharmacist & Motivational SpeakerThe zoom meeting with Jack Kavanagh was very inspiring and insightful. Jack’s life journey has not been an easy one, after his accident he had to deal with many difficulties and changes in his life. This meeting gave me the opportunity to learn his life story as well as learning […]