29th – 30th August 2009 - The Annual Glencree Summer School took place this weekend with the topic: “What the South needs to hear; What the North needs to say”. Politicians, prisoners groups, victims groups, women’s groups and many more came to Glencree to discuss some of the most pressing issues in Northern Ireland. Click here to read more about the Summer School.

8th – 11th August 2009 - Between the 8th and the 11th of August 2009 former volunteers and staff of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation were invited back for a reunion. It was a wonderful weekend of reminiscing and catching up for all who were there. Click here to read more about the weekend.

21 May 2009 - The Bray Cualann Historical Society held a lecture on the history of the Glencree site in the Bray Chamber of Commerce.  The event was open to the public and historian Pat Power was the main speaker.

8-10 May 2009 - The Glencree Women's Programme held a weekend of learning and reflection for a diverse group of participants, run by Eamon Rafter (Glencree Learning Co-ordinator), Phil Killeen (Women's Programme Co-ordinator) and Sorcha Tormey (Facilitator and Director of Co-exist).  This was a valuable experience for the 30 participants, as well as for the organisers, and the learning is currently being harvested.  Click here to read more about the learning experience. 

3-10 May 2009 - a Parliamentary delegation from Afghanistan, including 10 Members of Parliament, visited Ireland to learn about the peace process.  They spent several days at Glencree, and visited with Members of the Dail in Dublin, the President Mary McAleese, and in Belfast they met with members of the Legislative Assembly inlcuding the First and Deputy First Ministers. This learning experience is a key part of Glencree's on-going programme work in Afghanistan, where we work with civil society groups, universities, and government, in co-operation with Trocaire and Norwegian Church Aid.  The trip was funded by the Afghanistan Parliamentary Assistance Programme (APAP), the State University of New York (SUNY), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

29 April 2009 – Over 100 people attended the “Authentic Leadership Café” which Glencree co-hosted with Authentic Leadership in Action (ALIA), Change Exploratory, the Burren Leardership Forum, Irish Coaching Development Networks and the Cultivate Living and Learning Centre in Dublin.

29 April 2009 – A group of 20 people from Diageo’s Dublin Brewery Team spent the day at Glencree providing a much-needed coat of paint to several of the conference rooms.  They did a fantastic job and left the place looking fresh and new - thank you Diageo!

23 April 2009 - Glencree hosted a workshop on Post War Societies with a group of transition year students from Colāiste Dhūlaigh. Some of the students had been involved in a visit to Ho Chi Minh City organised by Worldwise with funding from Irish Aid. They had also fundraised over $3,000 which was contributed to a school on the visit. At the workshop in Glencree Nguyen Ngoc Hung, a Masters student of Development Studies in University College Dublin (UCD) spoke to the group about the post war challenges faced by the Vietnamese people. Eamon Rafter introduced the work of Glencree and the role of reconciliation in post war societies with reference to Northern Ireland. The day was a good follow up to the Vietnam trip and allowed the students develop a broader understanding of the consequences of war and violent conflict.

21-23 April 2009 – A group of 60 young people from the Soltun Folkegskole in Norway came to Glencree to learn about peacebuilding, conflict resolution and reconciliation.

18 April 2009 – A Glencree community event: Colin and Margaret Murphy, long-term supporters and activists at Glencree, celebrated their daughter’s wedding at Glencree with friends and family from across the globe.

6 April 2009 – The Glencree Volunteers venture off the mountain to make their annual visit to the Guinness Storehouse, courtesy of Diageo Ireland.  Fun was had by all!

24 March 2009 – Officers from the German Military School in Munich visited Glencree to learn about peacebuilding work in Ireland.  The group laid a wreath at the German Military Cemetery in an official ceremony.

20-22 March 2009 – YouthBank comes to Glencree for the “Looking at YouthBank differently” event.  The purpose of the weekend was to up skill grantmakers so they can raise the bar for themselves within their local YouthBanks, to test out new YouthBank exercises specifically designed for the YouthBank toolkit, explore issues of inclusion and to strengthen the YouthBank network.  For more information on YouthBank, click here.

16 March 2009 – Trinity College’s Irish School of Ecumenics, Belfast campus, held a session at Glencree on Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.

12-13 March 2009 – Glencree held a course on “Creative Approaches for Addressing Conflict”.

9-11 March 2009 – Ballymena Learning Together came to Glencree for a 3-day Peace Education course run by Co-exist.  This event is part of a project that brings together five schools in Ballymena for cross-community sharing and learning.

9 March 2009 – Glencree joined with the South African Embassy to celebrate International Women’s Day 2009 in Mansion House in Dublin. Pictured here, H.E. Priscilla Jana, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, welcomes the guests.

5 March 2009 – The new administration building at Glencree was officially opened with a ceremony by Foreign Minister Micheál Martin and Chair of the International Fund for Ireland, Mr. Denis Rooney.  Over 100 guests and friends came along to show their support.  Click here for the press release.

21-25 February 2009 – Voluntary Services International brought a group of community activists to Glencree to learn about peacebuilding and to hear the lessons learned from Ireland. 

19-21 February 2009 – Glencree held a course on “Alternative Dispute Resolution” facilitated by Geoffrey Corey.

16-18 February 2009 – Glencree held a course on “Creative Approaches for Addressing Conflict”.

2 February 2009  -  Wilhelm Verwoerd presented learnings from the Sustainable Peace Network at an international conference, Truth in Divided Societies, at St Ethelberga's Church in London.

January  -  February 2009  -  A team of Glencree facilitators are delivering Peace Education training to university lecturers from several colleges in Kabul.  This is part of an on-going initiative in partnership with Trocaire, an Irish development agency. Later this year, Peace Education courses will be delivered at these colleges for the first time.

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