Opportunity: Cyber Skills Training for Veterans
Skills Connect has been funded by the Department of Education to provide Cyber Skills Training for Unemployed People and those impacted by Covid 19. Military personnel have a proven track record in the Cyber Security Sector and the CyberQuest Programme provides an opportunity to learn and enhance these skills. The training is […]
WELLBEING DURING COVID-19
The HSE have developed an evidence-based programme on minding your wellbeing during COVID 19. The programme can be accessed by following the link below, or by searching “HSE minding your wellbeing” on YouTube. https://www2.hse.ie/healthy-you/minding-your-wellbeing-programme.html The programme is based on a series of five sessions which are presented as videos on YouTube. […]
ONE Veterans Raising Funds for Charity
2020 has been a challenging year for many but one positive to take from the global pandemic is the unwavering sense of community and selflessness demonstrated by veterans across the country. ONE’s Michael Mc Neela Branch members participated in a 50 km cycle from Dundalk to Carlingford before Christmas. 27 cyclists from local clubs […]
Merry Christmas to all Members of ONE, to all Service Personnel, Families and our Dedicated Supporters
2020 has been a hugely challenging year but one where ONE continued to support veterans across the country through the provision of homeless services and other critical supports. 2020 saw the launch of our new website one-veterans.org, a veterans resource hub, approval for our new hostel and Veteran Support Centre in Cobh, a Medical […]
A Clip from the Archives: UNIFIL – Volatile and Tense
The Defence Forces and its veterans have a long standing relationship with Lebanon. Its foundation lay with the deployment of observers to the United Nations Observer Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) in 1958. It continued with the deployment of the 43 Infantry Battalion to the United Nations […]
How to Stay Calm During a Global Pandemic
Data indicates that the current global pandemic is resulting in increased anxiety and reduced wellbeing for many of us. We all move up and down the mental health curve in our everyday lives, but research suggests Covid may be pushing more of us down the curve. So, here are 15 ideas for how to continue […]
ONE’s Christmas Magazine 2020
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STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY – ONE’s COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ORGANISATION
ONE, as the provider of Support, Comradeship, Advocacy and Remembrance (SCAR) for all Irish Veterans, recognises the need to build a more inclusive and diverse organisation. We recognise the unique nature of military service and we want veterans and wider-society to be proud of that service. Greater understanding of the specific needs of all […]
DEVELOPMENTS – ONE HOSTELS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
There is a natural inclanation for organisations to stagnate or regress during and immediately after an emergency such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. ONE cannot allow this to happen. We will have challenges both personally and for our organisation, but supporting our veterans requires us to not only sustain ONE but to propel it […]
Defence Forces Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Niemba Ambush
This afternoon, Saturday 7th November 2020, the 60th Commemoration of the Niemba Ambush took place in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6 with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Memorial Garden outside the Garrison Church. Wreaths were laid separately in a reduced ceremony conducted in line with Covid-19 guidelines. Wreaths were laid by: Company Quarter Master […]