Doolough Famine Walk 2025 April 22, 2025 - Join us on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, for our annual Afri Doolough Famine Walk, a poignant journey of remembrance, solidarity, and commitment to action. This year’s theme, Sowing Seeds of Change in Remembrance and Solidarity, calls on us to honour the lives needlessly lost during An Gorta Mór—the Great Hunger—by confronting...Continue reading Doolough Famine Walk 2025
Annual Féile na Beatha Festival Takes Place at SETU April 9, 2025 - SETU hosted the annual Féile na Beatha (Festival of Life) in collaboration with Afri (Action from Ireland) on Thursday, 27 March. The event brought together social care students, Afri, and members of the University and local community to commemorate the lives lost during the Great Famine and reflect on how history can guide us in fostering...Continue reading Annual Féile na Beatha Festival Takes Place at SETU
Food for Thought 2025 April 4, 2025 - Join us for our annual Food for Thought event this Monday, April 7th from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at St Mary’s Hall, ATU Mayo! This year, we’re exploring the vital theme of Peace, Justice, and the Environment. We’ve teamed up with the enthusiastic Third-Year Outdoor Education and History and Geography students from Atlantic Technological...Continue reading Food for Thought 2025
Féile na Beatha 2025 March 11, 2025 - Join Afri and South East Technological University on Thursday, March 27, from 11 am to 2 pm for this remarkable annual festival! This year’s theme, Creating Cultures of Care, prompts us to consider the vital role of care, exploring the profound significance of the past and ways we can forge futures rooted in empathy, solidarity, and...Continue reading Féile na Beatha 2025
Save the Date – Famine Walk 2025 March 4, 2025 - We hope you will join us again this year for our annual Doolough Famine Walk, which will be held on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo. More details to follow soon.
A conversation with Caoimhe Butterly February 20, 2025 - Live from Lesvos, Greece. Friday, February 21st, 2025, 11am-12pm Irish time: Frontlines of Solidarity – Migration, Human Rights, and Solidarity.  Hosted by IDEA (Irish Development Education Association) in association with Afri, Comlámh, Doras, the Irish Refugee Council, and Uplift. Free registration but donations welcome to Caoimhe’s choice of refugee solidarity cause. Free registration at www.tiny.cc/frontlines25  ABOUT...Continue reading A conversation with Caoimhe Butterly