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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...

8. Oct 2020.

Men’s Sheds and World Mental Health Day

The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, Saturday October 10th, is Mental Health for All: Greater Investment, Greater Access. Everyone, everywhere. This year, we at Mental Health Ireland are inviting members of Men’s Shed around the country to stop for a moment and reflect on how far they’ve...

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....

29. Jun 2020.

COVID-19 Video

8. Oct 2019.

Carndonagh Men’s Shed relaunch

The landscape may be rough and rugged, but the people of Donegal are among the most warm and welcoming in Ireland. Unsurprisingly, the roster of men’s sheds in Donegal is a long and illustrious one, with almost 25 men’s sheds on the county’s books. Some sheds thrive from the outset,...

13. Jun 2019.

Men’s Health Week: 10th – 16th June 2019

This week is Men’s Health Week and we are celebrating Men’s Health and encouraging all men to MAKE the TIME and TAKE the TIME to get an annual check up, make small, positive changes and check in with others. Men’s Health Week is supported by the Health Service Executive, Healthy...

30. Apr 2018.

Eoin Moynihan Wins World’s First Men’s Sheds Poetry Contest

National Poetry Day on April 26th witnessed a world first, as Granard Men’s Shed member Eoin Moynihan scooped first prize at the world’s very first Men’s Sheds Poetry Contest. The contest, organised by the Irish Men’s Sheds Association in conjunction with Poetry Ireland, attracted entries from dozens of men’s sheds...

11. Mar 2018.

Men’s Sheds Poetry Contest

Ahead of National Poetry Day on April 26th, the Irish Men’s Sheds Association has linked up with Poetry Ireland to offer a world first – a men’s sheds poetry contest. The Men’s Sheds Poetry Contest 2018 will offer shed members throughout the country the chance to wax lyrical on every...