Eric Cahill is 16 years old and has been a member of Mulhuddart Foroige Fishing Club in Dublin 15 since he was 10. During that time he has always shown a unique ability to listen and learn angling skills from his Dublin Angling Initiative tutors. He has attended numerous fishing courses in game, coarse and sea fishing run by the Dublin Angling Initiative. Eric recently caught a 12lb specimen trout from Lough Ramor, Virginia, Co. Cavan. This is the biggest fish ever caught by a youngster out fishing with the DAI.
We are very excited to launch the new Foróige website!
As Ireland’s leading youth organisation - on the scene for more than 60 years – we are no strangers to innovation and we know how important the online realm has become to our young people, volunteers and supporters. Information on our clubs, projects, services and programmes can now be found under one umbrella website.
I was a member of Foróige’s Youth Participation Advisory Committee for the last year, one of three lucky people elected at a Regional Seminar. 'YPAC' is a committee of young people from around Ireland, as well as Foróige staff, volunteers and Foróige Senior Management, who meet about four times during the year. We plan, advise and evaluate youth participation across Foróige.
The UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway have carried out research on the Big Brothers Big Sisters programme on behalf of Foróige. The results are in!
