A Learning Day is planned to take place in Dublin (venue to be determined) on 1st November 2025.

This will give an important opportunity for those interested to explore the role of Ministry and Oversight and to support its effectiveness in all our Meetings.

We are also looking at another session on how we help our Meetings to thrive, following on from discussions at IYM 2025 in Lisburn and the Special Interest Group on this topic.

Details will be circulated in the coming months, but at this stage please put the date in your diary. We hope to have as many Friends attend as possible.

Will Haire, Clerk, Ireland Yearly Meeting.

Monkstown Meeting is hosting a discussion evening on this topic, which will be facilitated by Brian Nolan

We hope that Friends from other Meetings will join us.

Address : Pakenham Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. A94 H9D6.

Public Transport: Buses, 4, 7, 7A, S8, L25 and DART (Salthill Station)

Parking : Limited parking at the Meeting House; lots of on street parking.

Contact: monkstownpm@gmail.com

This year’s IYM Epistle is now available on the IYM Epistles page of the website.

Please speak with the Clerk or other appropriate Friends in your Meeting to ensure that it is read during or after Meeting for Worship, to give all a sense of IYM 2025.

The text of this year’s Public Lecture by James Nelson, ‘Quakers, learning and education – Using the future to rethink the present’, is now available on the Public Lectures page.

A link to the recording of this public lecture will be provided once it is available.

Jonathan P. Wigham and another Friend will reflect on their experience of IYM 2025 at a Churchtown Coffee Morning on Wednesday 7th May during 10.30-12.00.

You can find more information, including the Zoom link for joining online in this flyer.

Cork Meeting will be holding a Silent Vigil for Peace in Cork Meeting House, Summerhill South, T12 XW8R, from 1-2pm on May 11.

We request that no political symbols or political statements be displayed. We hope this will be the first in a series of such events.

Please feel free to spread the word among family and friends in the Cork area who may be interested in stopping by for any length of time during the vigil. Here is a leaflet about the vigil that can be distributed to those who may be interested.

The Quaker United Nations office in Geneva is currently seeking two new programme assistants in their programmes on Human Rights & Refugees and the Human Impacts of Climate Change, from September 2025 to August 2026.

These are exciting opportunities for young professionals interested in international affairs to learn about and participate in Quaker work at the international level.

The deadline for applications is May 11, 2025. Here is a link to the complete job descriptions and eligibility requirements.

In 1937, the well known American Quaker Rufus M Jones wrote  “…I have become a good deal disillusioned over ‘big’ conferences and large gatherings. I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles, in which vital and transformative events take place.”

It is in the spirit of these words that you are invited to set time aside on the third Saturday of each month, when the Limerick Meeting House will be open for an hour from 2.00-3.00pm for those who wish  to join others silently “sitting for peace”.

The next of these monthly silent vigils for peace will take place on Saturday 19^th April from 2.00 – 3.00pm.

Please feel free to spread the word among  your friends, family and other networks.

This is not a protest, rather it is an opportunity to hold a hope for peace with others.

Friends Peace Teams Europe and Middle East have asked us to share this appeal letter with you. The letter provides information about the work of FPT, a link to the 2025 FPT Epistle and a link providing further information about their activities and how to donate.