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How can you support Ukraine?

How can you support Ukraine?

Every gesture of solidarity with the victims of the war in Ukraine counts. On our website we sourced and gathered information from various websites on how you can support people in Ukraine. The main aim is to provide direct links to these organisations that provides help to refugees in Poland and/or are based in Ukraine. […]

Engagement with migrant communities will be key to Ireland’s recovery from Covid-19 pandemic, according to Polish community leaders

Engagement with migrant communities will be key to Ireland’s recovery from Covid-19 pandemic, according to Polish community leaders

Migrant communities, including the Polish community, have been ineffectively engaged with during the pandemic, and the State needs to do more to engage migrant groups if the country is to fully recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to Forum Polonia, a network organisation for Polish community groups, that met recently to discuss the disproportionate […]

Poland and Ireland: a Focus on Integration seminar

Poland and Ireland: a Focus on Integration seminar

We would like to invite you to Poland and Ireland: A Focus on Integration, a seminar examining the links between Ireland and Poland and the challenges of integration. The event will take place in the Humanities Institute UCD, at 1.30pm on Monday, March 9th as part of the PolskaÉire 2015 Festival. For more information/RSVP niamh.nestor@ucd.ie, […]

Charge d'Affairs a.i. Piotr Rakowski awards Ms. Irena Suchecka with the Silver Cross of Merit

Charge d’Affairs a.i. Piotr Rakowski awards Ms. Irena Suchecka with the Silver Cross of Merit

On 6 Nov 2015 on behalf of the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski the Polish Embassy in Dublin awarded Ms. Irena Suchocka with Silver Cross of Merit for her commitment to help the Poles in Ireland. source: http://www.dublin.msz.gov.pl/en Thanks to Irena’s efforts Crosscare Poland is supporting Polish immigrants who find themselves in difficult circumstances. There was […]

KINOPOLIS Polish Film Festival in Dublin, IFI, 6-9th of November 2014

KINOPOLIS Polish Film Festival in Dublin, IFI, 6-9th of November 2014

KINOPOLIS, the longest-running and largest Polish Film Festival in Ireland, returns to the Irish Film Institute (IFI) for its 9th edition with some of the best and most recent Polish film productions. The Festival will run from 6-9th November 2014 and will present 4 feature films as well as 7 animations and 3 documentaries.

The Jury in Thank You Ireland Photo competition announced!

The Jury in Thank You Ireland Photo competition announced!

The judging process is carried out by a panel of independent judges. We are proud to announce that the judging panel for Thank You Ireland Photo Competition includes number of extraordinary people, with renowned Agata Stoinska as a chairperson.  Marek Biegalski is a commercial , portrait and nature / landscapes photographer. Born in Poland in early […]

25 years of democratic Poland from the Irish perspective - talk with discussion in Polish House.

25 years of democratic Poland from the Irish perspective – talk with discussion in Polish House.

25 years of democratic Poland – a talk with discussion. Special guest – Dr Jacqueline Hayden. Irish Polish Society invites to Polish House on Sunday, 8th June, 5pm. There will be a talk with discussion. They expect to hear about Dr Hayden’s unique remarkable experience in the Poland of 1980.The evening will be in an informal […]

New Communities can determine elections

New Communities can determine elections

6 European Parliament and 7 local election candidates will field questions around integration, diversity and migration at the ‘New Communities in the Elections’ event 28th April ‘14, at 6pm in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin.

UCD and Forum Polonia's report "Inclusive Politics for a Diverse Republic"

UCD and Forum Polonia’s report “Inclusive Politics for a Diverse Republic”

Political Parties ignoring immigrants because they think they are unlikely to vote in local elections  Report: Inclusive Politics for a Diverse Republic The perception among political parties that immigrants are unlikely to vote in the upcoming local government elections has undermined commitments to integration within political parties, according to a new report. In the last […]

GO to VOTE - Conference in Dublin

GO to VOTE – Conference in Dublin

The conference entitled GO to VOTE – Mobilising the Migrant Community to Vote will be held at the European Parliament Dublin, 43 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, on Saturday 15th March  from 10:00 am to 3.00pm.  The Objective of the seminar is to facilitate and develop strategies with Migrant community representatives in order to ensure that they […]