Following the powerful, inspired article (St James’s a bad location for a children’s hospital) in the Irish Independent last week, signed by Dr Eamonn Faller who works in St James’s Hospital, we have received a torrent of messages expressing their opposition to the St James’s site and we’d like to thank everyone and salute the courage forRead more
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Jack & Jill has done its best over the last 3 years to highlight the madness of locating the National Children’s Hospital in the St. James’s; it is good to see others adding their professional, personal, sincere voice to the debate! “The location of the new children’s hospital is something that I care deeply about. Today, I’mRead more
Our sincere thanks to Ciaran Farrell and Hannah’s Food Company who is supporting the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation by donating a percentage of sales from their high quality range of meat products to help us care for our babies! Making a difference for Jack & Jill Hannah’s Food Co. was established by Ciarán Farrell a third generation butcherRead more
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation will receive a contribution of €70,000 from KBC Bank Ireland as part of the bank’s partnership with the Irish children’s charity which was launched last year This much–needed donation is made up of €35,000 which was raised by KBC employees during 2015, with the remainder being matched by theRead more
Stephen Gray from Kildare leads the way The annual Kilkenny College TY Tractor Run took place on Thursday 28th April, 2016 in very unseasonal weather conditions: the rain, sleet and biting cold temperatures did not deter the young drivers who had been planning the event for some time. This hugely popular event, now in it’sRead more
Many thanks to everyone who attended Jack & Jill’s Chateau de Fieuzal Wine dinner in the King’s Inns on Thursday 28th April helping us raise €32,000 for our families We were delighted to have Lochlann & Brenda Quinn (Chateau de Fieuzal owners), Stephen Carrier (Fieuzal wine maker), Sean & Agnes Alyward in attendance with usRead more
An Important Note To All Our Supporters! It has come to our attention that in the Clara and Blanchardstown area there has been a lady using sponsorship cards and calling door to door claiming to be collecting for a 5K Jack & Jill Run and donating goodie bags for children. Jack and Jill are advisingRead more
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation fully supports Jonathan Irwin’s bid to get elected to the Seanad, as an independent candidate under the banner of Jack & Jill HOMECARE Jonathan’s healthcare manifesto focuses specifically on the money following the patient into the home, and supporting the carers in the process, something that our Jack &Read more
Top 9 student designs for DIT Fashion Show under theme of ‘My Metropolis’ show influences from bull fighting, to artificial intelligence, futuristic fantasy, femme fatale, mother nature, mother city, the interconnectivity of city life and real street style These top 9 designs were unveiled on 23rd March on Level 9 Rooftop at the Q Park,Read more
We are delighted to be one of three beneficiaries of the Tour de Picnic bicycle ride and run on 2nd September to Stradbally for the Electric Picnic Festival 2016. Run 15K or ride 80K and raise €380 in sponsorship, and then you get a weekend ticket and lots of pampering and festival surprises. With the ElectricRead more