The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation have launched what will be the biggest Pigs on Parade and public arts initiative to take place in Dublin in January 2015! This follows on from Jack & Jill’s successful Big Egg Hunt in 2013 which saw 100 giant life-size pieces of Egg Art going on display across DublinRead more
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Jack & Jill Foundation launches a very special candle for €19.99, with a sparkling ring cocooned in each candle and two real diamond rings to be found in this very special batch of candles on sale now! This sparkling new idea was brought to the Jack & Jill fundraising team by 17 year old AmyRead more
“A fascinating and heart-breaking story” according to Miriam O’Callaghan Jonathan Irwin is best known as the man who, following the tragic death of his son at 22 months old, set up the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation so that other parents would not have to go through the hardship his family did to nurse theirRead more
Champion Christmas tree grower, Christy Kavanagh from Wicklow is making a donation to the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation for every Christmas tree sold by Kavanagh Christmas Tree at three sales locations in Leopardstown Racecourse, Kilruddery in Bray Co. Wicklow and via Kilcroney Furniture also in Bray in the countdown to Christmas. Christy has committedRead more
A new anonymous document blasting the National Children’s Hospital plan in St. James’s site! Speaking to Newstalk radio earlier today, Jack & Jill CEO Jonathan Irwin said the letter showed there were ”horrifying things that are under the carpet”. Click to read the letter: Letter to Jonathan Irwin from a senior consultant at St James’s Hospital Read more
Latest news from Jack & Jill! Read in September’s edition of our newsletter about the excitement around the ‘Gala Up The Hill for Jack & Jill’ campaign; the 2014 Toby for Charity month; ‘The Story Of Jonathan Irwin’ – book to be released this October; the upcoming Johnstown Garden Show in aid of Jack &Read more
Sincere and heartfelt thanks to Carol and Fergie Heffernan who dropped by the Jack & Jill’s office with little Billy to give us a cheque for a whopping €21,500! This unbelievable amount was raised by Carol through “The Remember Emma Heffernan 10K Run” last June. The event was a huge success as a result ofRead more
Kildare Rose Katie O’Neil, Wicklow Rose Gillian Burke and Kilkenny Rose Vera McGrath all got on their bikes to officially launch the Jack & Jill Foundation’s Kilkenny Cycle for wheelie great fun, for a really great cause taking place on Saturday 13th September People can register now on www.jackandjill.ie/cycle and monies raised will fund homeRead more
Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation were delighted to be the beneficiary charity for the The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Ball which took place at The K Club, Straffan on Friday, 27th of June – on the eve of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse – and raised an amazing €120,000Read more
Dear Parents and Supporters and Friends I wish to echo the concerns of John O’Leary and Rita Dempsey in the Irish Independent today with regard to the location of the new children’s hospital at St. James and to thank them for speaking up. [read article: www.independent.ie/fury-at-decision-to-push-on-with-new-childrens-hospital ] Standing by quietly while the new children’s hospital isRead more
