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22. Jan 2021.

Professor Luke O’Neill on living with Covid, new variants and vaccinations

Thanks so much to Luke O’Neill, Professor of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin for joining us on Thursday 21 January for a Shedcast. We asked shedders for questions for Luke and they really did deliver! Luke covered topics such as tips and advice on continuing to live with...

3. Dec 2020.

Flogas Announces Exclusive Competition for Shedders

Flogas, the Irish Men’s Sheds Association’s energy partner, has invited entries for an exciting competition open to all Men’s Sheds members and/or their Sheds. This is an opportunity to win a €2,500 voucher (or sterling equivalent) for your shed from a hardware store of your choice. The competition is called...

27. Nov 2020.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin Recognises Value of Men’s Sheds

The IMSA was delighted to receive this letter from Taoiseach Mícheál Martin TD, recognising the value of men’s sheds to Irish society. To be recognised by the highest office in the land is a huge honour for the IMSA, but more importantly, a tribute to the public-spirited efforts of our...

26. Nov 2020.

Historian Donal Fallon Commemorates the Centenary of Bloody Sunday 1920

On the centenary of Bloody Sunday 1920 we were delighted to welcome historian Donal Fallon on Wednesday 25 November to talk about the events of that day. Donal gave us a great insight into the chaos and mayhem that occurred and busted some of the myths that have sprung up...

19. Nov 2020.

Men’s Sheds Celebrate International Men’s Day 2020

‘Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.’ WB Yeats Looking back at International Men’s Day last year, November 2019 it seems such an innocent time. We took it for granted that we could visit our sheds for some tea and chat, work away on our projects and make plans for the future –...

12. Nov 2020.

Legendary Singer Songwriter John Spillane Entertains The Shedders

Legendary singer, songwriter, poet, dreamer John Spillane kindly agreed to entertain the Shedders on Wednesday 11 November. For almost an hour, we were enthralled as he played us a selection of his incredible songs from the beautiful ‘Passage West’, the evocative and widely-covered ‘Magic Nights in the Lobby Bar’ to one of his...

23. Oct 2020.

Farewell from CEO Barry Sheridan

It’s with a mixture of pride and sadness that I’m writing to let you know that I will be leaving the Irish Men’s Sheds Association as CEO at the end of October. After almost six years at the helm I believe that the time has now come for a fresh...

6. Oct 2020.

Flogas backs Irish sheds

Flogas announces three-year All-Ireland energy partnership with Irish Men’s Sheds Association Flogas brand ambassador, former Olympic athlete and wellness speaker David Gillick visited the Drogheda and Rostrevor Men’s Sheds to help launch a three-year, all-island energy partnership between Flogas and the Irish Men’s Sheds Association (IMSA). As the new energy...

1. Jul 2020.

Dundalk Men’s Shed reopens in line with Covid-19 guidelines

Today, Dundalk Men’s Shed returned on a safer, socially distanced basis after lockdown. Members are pictured with copies of the IMSA’s Covid-19 guidelines, which have been sent to all sheds and can be found here: https://menssheds.ie/covid-guidelines/ ‘The safety of our members is our main priority’, said shed chairman Peter O’Neill....