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Friends of the Elderly
25 Bolton Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 873 1855, helpline available: 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Fax: (01) 873 1617
Email: info@friendsoftheelderly.ie Web: www.friendsoftheelderly.ie
Aims to combat loneliness among older people by providing friendship,
social contact and opportunities for involvement in community activities
and helping them become more fully integrated in their own communities.
Services include social contact, home and hospital visiting, transport,
holidays, outings and parties.
Friends of the Irish Environment
Allihies, Co. Cork Tel: (027) 73131/73208, 7.00am – 10.00pm
Fax: (027) 73131 Email: admin@friendsoftheirishenvironment.net
Website: www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net
Aims: to create and maintain a network of conservationists and
environmentalists; to monitor and develop Irish planning and European law; to
encourage full public participation; to provide assistance with environmental
cases and issues. The website provides free email information services: Irish
Papers Today includes topical environmental news with a database containing
more than 11,000 Irish news stories; The Forest Network Newsletter covers
Irish forestry issues in depth from a non-governmental perspective.
Front Line – The International Foundation for the Protection of
Human Rights Defenders
81 Main Street, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 212 3750, 9.00am – 5.30pm Fax: (01) 212 1001
Email: info@frontlinedefenders.org Web: www.frontlinedefenders.org
Aims to support human rights defenders in their activities and tries to
ensure that they come to no physical or mental harm because of their
human rights work. Front Line’s main focus is on human rights defenders at
risk because of their non-violent work on behalf of fellow civilians.
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