Jack & Jill CEO reassures people that online donations at Jack & Jill are secure and much needed, as the Irish children’s charity uncovers credit card scam involving €130,000 fake donations In the last month and a half we have received and refunded over €130,000 via credit card donations which have been scammed fromRead more
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Standard Life donated its art collection in addition to its staff running and cycling thousands of miles, singing, dancing, baking and doing comic sketches to raise over €100,000 for the Jack & Jill in the past 18 months! “Our staff chose Jack & Jill because it does such important and inspiring work” said Nigel Dunne,Read more
If you missed Jonathan last Saturday on Brendan O’Connor’s Live Show you can now see it on the RTE Player. Also featuring in the show: Patsy Kensit, Irish artist Guggi – one of our Big Egg Hunt Artists, Helen Seymour. (Jonathan’s bit is at around 54th minute) » www.rte.ie/player/be/show/10110840Read more
Sarah and Marty Gibson from Newcastle talk about what life is like with baby Martin, who is supported by Jack & Jill nursing hours. Big thank you to Denice McNamara and Mark Cagney from Ireland AM and of course to the Gibson family for sharing their story. One of 300 families supported by Jack &Read more
Liam Hall from Rooskey is latest casualty of HSE cuts, as HSE fails to replace his Jack & Jill home nursing care hours today on his 4th birthday, leaving his family in limbo – His Mum and Dad make direct appeal to Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly T.D. to intervene Today (Tuesday 4th SeptemberRead more
As a children’s charity with a county breakdown of families supported, fundraising via text donations is a very attractive area for us. So in May 2011 when the Revenue officially announced that charity related SMS text messages are no longer liable for VAT we were delighted. That was short lived. I’m sorry to say thatRead more
New York Radio Station Host Adrian Flannelly interiews Jack & Jill Founders Jonathan Irwin & Mary Ann O’Brien. during their recent trip to New York to launch the Jack & Jill Shamrock Fund AppealRead more
A Tipperary family will find out later today the 27th of September whether the HSE can take on respite care requirements for their son. 4 year old JJ Ryan has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, is profoundly deaf and has a number of other health concerns – his doctors say his everyday care is ‘extremely demanding’ of hisRead more
Listen to Miriam O’Callaghan’s interview with Senator Mary Ann O’Brien and Jonathan Irwin on sunday 11th of September Read more
Interview with Jonathan Irwin on Sunshine radio on the 13th of December 2010Read more
