Margaret Lonergan, Author at JADD

20 Feb

JADD / Tesco Christmas Food Appeal

JADD was delighted to be chosen by Tesco as the selected charity for local families in need for their Christmas Food Appeal. This event helps greatly with providing much needed fundraising. It took place November 29th and 30th 2019 and JADD would like to thank : – Tesco for selecting JADD – The public for their generosity in providing grocery items for local families in need – The JADD volunteers and staff for manning the trolley station ...

15 Nov

JADD Hope and Remembrance 2019

JADD’S Annual Hope & Remembrance Service Service will take place on Thursday 21st November 2019, from 11:30 to 13:00 in JADD. You are all welcome to join us in remembering and honouring our loved ones past and present. JADD Annual Hope & Remembrance 21 November 2019 ...

18 May

JADD Art Exhibition 2019

ART CLASSES IN JADD – BETTY KELLY ART TEACHER Working in JADD each Tuesday for 2.5 hours for sixteen sessions has been for me such a positive experience. I got a glimpse into the world of drug dependency and the trail of devastation it can leave in lives. I felt their pain and struggle to get their lives back on track and they are doing that with the work done in...

26 Mar

Pre-School 2019 Enrolling

Pre-school 2019 Enrolling Half day Sessions Affordable Prices Age Appropriate Learning Activities Nutritional snacks provided If interested contact Susan on 01-4597756 ...

24 Jan

Cannabis: More people seeking treatment as strength doubles

Modern variants ‘like taking an acid trip’, with spike in addiction and psychosis The strength of Irish cannabis has more than doubled in the last decade leading to increasing numbers of young people seeking treatment for addiction and psychosis. The strength of cannabis resin coming from Morocco has been increasing at a particularly fast rate in recent years compared with cannabis herb, according to a European-wide study published in the scientific journal Addiction. Resin offers significantly more “value for money” for users as...

05 Dec

Tommy Gilson, Merit Award, Tallaght Person of the Year 2018 Roll of Honour

MORE than 150 nominees were recognised at last Friday’s Tallaght Person of the Year, and in case you missed The Echo’s live coverage on Twitter and Instagram, here’s a complete list of winners and nominees! Organised by Tallaght Community Council, the awards are a snapshot of the vibrant, progressive and resilient Tallaght community – which has, since the first families moved here in the late sixties, grown into a community developed and driven by its people. There’s full coverage and pictures...

31 Oct

Tommy & Chrissie Gilson Retirement

Tommy was the coordinator of JADD, while his wife Chrissie was a support worker for the charity. Tom McManus, the chair of the Board of Directors of JADD, said that the retirement of Tommy and Chrissie was “an emotional day”. Mr McManus described Tommy as “tenacious, persuasive, enthusiastic, optimistic and passionate”, and added that he has “left behind a tremendous legacy and is leaving JADD in good stead”, while he described Chrissie as “the mother of JADD” and a “caring and genuine...

11 Oct

“Walk in my Shoes” Radio Interview

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28 May

JADD EVENTS 2018

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10 Apr

‘We need to help people who use drugs make healthier choices, not treat them as criminals’

IN NOVEMBER 2015, a Joint Oireachtas Committee published a report strongly recommending adopting a ‘harm reducing and rehabilitative approach to the possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use’. In July 2017, the new Irish National Drugs Strategy, under action 3.1.35, provided for a Working Group to be set up to “Consider the approaches taken in other jurisdictions to the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use with a view to making recommendations on policy options to the...

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