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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...

3. Feb 2015.

BALLINCOLLIG MEN’S SHED. Please support our bag-pack in Tesco Ballincollig Next sat 7th feb.10 am to 5pm.

Best of luck guys! I am sure the people of Ballincollig will be very supportive on the day! ballincolligmensshed@gmail.com

28. Jan 2015.

Mens Shed Ballyleague (Lanesborough area) Appeal!!!!!

WE NEED YOUR HELP…..PLEASE…. the Mens Shed Ballyleague (Lanesborough area) is moving its boat building workshop into a new location in March and we need to install a new source of heat for the lads…do you know where there is an old pot belly stove (or any other type of...

30. Nov 2014.

Blessington Men’s Shed on Television

Here is an Article sent to me by Mr Kevin Byrne from the Blessington Men’s Shed. The Irish channel,Showcase were in the Blessington mens shed today 28/11/2014 and it went very well.They took some video of the men relaxing. playing pool, darts etc.Then they took some shots of our workshop...

17. Nov 2014.

Pride of Place Awards

Congratulations to the New Ross Men’s shed and the Allotments group for winning an award at the IPB Pride of Place Awards November 2014 in the West County Hotel Ennis. An all-island competition that acknowledges the work that communities are doing all over the island of Ireland. The award was...

14. Jul 2014.

Armagh Men’s Shed Support Macmillan

Below is a post from Stephen McCleary of Armagh Men’s Shed: MEN’S SHEDS SUPPORT MACMILLAN Armagh Men’s Shed are to raffle a large Wendy House as part of their fundraising drive in support of the Macmillan organisation this year. “The raffle will also include a garden love seat and a...

15. May 2014.

Monaghan men visit Dáil to highlight benefits of Men’s Sheds

Yet more exciting news from the Monaghan Shed. Following the recent piece on RTE 1 Radio, the group were invited to visit Leinster House on Tuesday 13 May. The following article appeared in The Irish Times. Fifteen members of the Men’s Shed Monaghan visited Leinster House yesterday and highlighted the...

14. Apr 2014.

Launching the Shedders Card!

The Irish Men’s Sheds Association this week launches its Shedders Card initiative; a project that will help the “Shedders” save a few bob in these challenging times and also support the association to grow its services to their members. Full details about the shedders card can be found here.

4. Mar 2014.

Twelve Tips for Men’s Sheds to Deal with Research Proposals

By Barry Golding & reviewed by Ted Fleming, John Evoy, Ted Donnelly and David Helmers. We all need to know whether what we are doing in men’s sheds is working (or not), and how we might use good evidence to improve what we do. For this reason men’s sheds (and...