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6. Mar 2015.

Men’s Sheds encourage friendship and productivity

The bond between men and their sheds is well-known but they usually work alone when they disappear into sheds. Now a growing movement is encouraging men with time on their hands to join the community of “Men’s Sheds” to work on a range of projects while enjoying the friendship of...

4. Mar 2015.

Funding Oppertunities

Dear Shedders Below are a couple of funding opportunities which Sheds may be able to apply for: IPB, an Irish owned insurance company, as part of their Corporate Social Engagement Policy, have allocated €1,000,000 to support the invaluable work sports and community groups are undertaking in their local communities. The...

19. Feb 2015.

Kinsale Men’s Shed Sheep’s Head Walk

Kinsale Men’s Shed – Sheep’s Head Walk On Saturday 21st March 2015Departure: The bus will leave Kinsale bus stop @ 8:30a.m Arriving: Kilcrohane Village @ 10:30a.m Walk: 10:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Departure: Kilcrohane to Kinsale @ 2:30pm Booking Details There are limited places on the bus so book early to avoid disappointment...

19. Feb 2015.

Fundraising 2015

The Irish Men’s Sheds Association are running a fundraising event/flag day this April and we would love to have as many sheds involved as possible, if you think your shed would like to raise funds to help future projects that you may introduce to your members please contact John Murphy...

6. Feb 2015.

Maggie & Rowland Newingham admiring their new Dovecote made by Carrigaline Men’s Shed watched by Aidan Winters and Barry Cogan

Well done Carrigaline Men’s Shed it looks really good! Anyone wishing to contact Carrigaline Men’s Shed please contact Barry Cogan – 087 8137990

6. Feb 2015.

Allihies Men’s Shed Appeal !!!

Happy to report that progress is good at the Beara Community School. Allihies Men’s Shed members are getting stuck in to getting the disused playground area back to a usable condition. This is purely a voluntary project and we are extremely grateful if anyone out there can help us out...

29. Jan 2015.

CE Vacancy.

THE FOLLOWING IS A MESSAGE I RECIEVED ABOUT A CE VACANCY. I hope it will be of interst to someone. Hi, I am Assistant CE Supervisor in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath. We currently have a vacancy which may be of interest to some of your members – we are looking...

14. Jan 2015.

FUNNY FEBRUARY

Thought some of you Guys might get a laugh out of this website!! Here is message from Funny February, its non profit organisation.” Good morning funny people, feel free to post to our page. Only requirement is that it’s funny and brings à smile. Funny stories, videos, pictures, quotes etc...

5. Jan 2015.

The first Shed in Sweden: Shed in Malmö – can we help?

It has taken about 2 years, but the gents in Malmö, Sweden, have finally found a location right to start a Shed. It’s a semi-basement of about 110 square meters that has long been used by a sail maker. He has moved on; we want to move in. With grand...