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19. Jan 2021.

Guidance From FBD Insurance for Sheds

FBD Insurance has been in touch with the following information for Sheds: There are no plans for prices increases on the Men’s Sheds policies for the coming year. FBD is conscious that Sheds have been unable to operate to the same extend during the Covid 19 Pandemic. FBD would encourage...

5. Jan 2021.

Mental Wellbeing Course Specifically Designed For Shedders To Start Next Week

In these worrying and stressful times, the Irish Men’s Shed Association is delighted to offer a six-week Mental Wellbeing course designed specifically for Shedders that will cover techniques to increase your happiness and overall wellbeing in life. The course has been designed by and will be facilitated by Chartered Psychologist Pól Bond and starts on Wednesday 13 January from 7pm...

9. Dec 2020.

Football Legend Pat Jennings Joins Us For A Very Special Shedcast

On Tuesday 15 December legendary footballer Pat Jennings joined the IMSA’s Frank Dillon for a very special Shedcast. Pat grew up in Newry, Co. Down, and was signed by Watford in 1963 at the age of 17, moving to Tottenham a year later for the princely sum of £27,000. ‘Big...

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...

30. Nov 2020.

Mindfulness Classes To Continue Due To Popular Demand

With the sheds closed and movements restricted, shedders looking for inner peace in these uncertain times are turning to alternative methods. Every Tuesday in November and December, the IMSA’s Health and Wellbeing Manager Mary Lovegrove ran online Mindfulness classes for shedders. The classes have been a runaway success – so much so...

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...

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...

10. Nov 2020.

Members of North Belfast Men’s Shed Project Create Their Own PPE

John Johnston of the North Belfast Men’s Shed Project tells us how the Shedders turned the Covid restrictions crisis into an opportunity and learned new skills in their determination to produce their own PPE equipment. “However crucial the Government’s lock-down arrangements have been in managing the Covid- 19 pandemic, they...

3. Nov 2020.

A Tale of Two Bowls

Browsing Twitter recently our eye was caught by a photo of two beautiful wooden bowls made by Kilcock Men’s Shed. We asked Liam Farrell, secretary of the shed, to tell us how they came about. This is what he told us. ‘There is something about the texture and colour of...