Thanks to everyone who supported our Labels of Love clothes sale

Our designer clothes sale was a great success – thanks to everyone who supported us including  Boston College, Curves, Louise Kennedy, John Rocha – and all you recessionista fashionistas.

Tubridy Radio show talks to dads who parent alone

RTE Radio’s Tubridy Show heard from some fathers who parent alone about how they manage parenting – and the dating game – One Family client John McCann told his story. Listen here to join the debate….

Ryan Tubridy talks to lone parents about dating

On 27 January The Tubridy Show on RTE Radio One heard from some mothers who parent alone about the trials and tribulations of the dating game, One Family client Deborah told her story and got such a great reaction that they plan to do a show on dating for dads soon – to listen to the show […]

Social Networking

One Family is now on Facebook, Flickr and Twitter. Our website is becoming more interactive, you may now register and participate in online discussion here, commenting on anything we publish from now on. The site now has an RSS feed for those who have newsreaders. Please become a fan on Facebook and let your friends […]

Labels of Love

Designers John Rocha and Louise Kennedy lend their Support for One Family’s Labels of Love Designer Clothes Sale If you want to pick up a bargain from designers such as John Rocha and Louise Kennedy and support the chairty One Family at the same time – drop into the Labels of Love designer clothes sale at […]

Seminar on proposed changes to family law by LRC

One Family seminar puts the spotlight on proposed changes to the laws governing family relationships One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation providing specialist support services for people parenting alone and sharing parenting, held an important seminar on 18 January in response to the Law Reform Commission’s report on the legal aspects of family relationships, chaired by […]

Rights, Responsibilities and Children

A discussion of the Law Reform Commission report on legal aspects of family relationships A One Family Seminar The seminar was held on Monday 18 January 2010 in DIT, Aungier Street, Dublin 2, chaired by RTE Drivetime’s Mary Wilson. Speakers included Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur on children; Fergus Ryan, family law lecturer in DIT; family law solicitor […]

Askonefamily* poster campaign in Dublin Bus

We are delighted that our advertising campaign promoting askonefamily* helpline will continue with free placement of posters in Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann and Iarnrod Eireann starting this month and the distribution of leaflets and helpline stands in all Peter Mark salons around the country. Watch out for the poster which you can see here, designed […]

One-Parent Family Payment Reforms

Minister Hanafin’s kite-flying on lone parents must be grounded One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation providing specialist support services for people parenting alone and sharing parenting has hit back at proposals by Minister Hanafin to impose more social welfare cuts on lone parents. Candy Murphy, Policy & Research Manager of One Family said: ‘while we continue […]

One-parent families faced with poverty

One Family , the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland today expresses its concern that lone parents on welfare will face further cuts in their income as a result of Budget 2010. One-parent families are already experiencing four times the level of poverty found in the general population and the […]

One Family Policy Manager Candy Murphy to speak at Press Conference Thursday 26 November

Invitation ‘1 million reasons to oppose cuts to Child Benefit’ Representing all elements of family life in Ireland today and jointly opposed to any cuts or changes to Child Benefit in Budget 2010; OPEN, One Family, PACUB, the Children’s Rights Alliance and the National Women’s Council of Ireland invite you to a joint Press Conference […]

Club di Dublino Annual Dinner

Club di Dublino – an Italian business community association formed to promote friendship within the Italian community in Ireland and between the Italian and Irish people –  chose One Family to be the recipient of monies raised at their annual fundraising dinner which was held at Trinity College Dublin on Thursday 22 October last. The […]

Budget 2009 Press Release

ONE-PARENT FAMILIES FACE THE FUTURE WITH FEAR NOT HOPE One Family, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland, today calls on the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Hanafin T.D., to ensure that the most vulnerable families are not forced to pay further for the excesses of others. One […]

Latest Fundraiser Raises €7,890

Thursday October 8th 2009 saw the latest instalment of our very popular food master class ”Learn How to have a Champagne Party on a Buck’s Fizz Budget”. This event was sponsored by Avoca and run in conjunction with Food & Wine Magazine. It was held upstairs in the very popular Avoca restaurant of their Suffolk […]

Lend a Hand Bag Packing

Lend a hand? Maybe two? One Family, Ireland ’s leading support organisation for one-parent families is looking for your help! We are looking for lots and lots of people to help us with our bag packing in major Supermarket chains throughout Dublin. Get your friends involved for a few hours at the weekend, to help […]

Italian business community to support One Family

Club di Dublino Limited – an Italian business community association formed to promote better interaction and friendship within the Italian community in Ireland and between the Italian community and Irish people – are hosting their annual charity fundraising dinner at Trinity College Dublin on Thursday 22 October.  The guest speaker at the event is Senator […]

Calls to one-parent helpline increase by 20% in Ireland

Italian business community rallies to support… One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation supporting one-parent families, has experienced an influx of calls to its helpline as the recession deepens. In response, Club di Dublino – an Italian business community association formed to promote friendship within the Italian community in Ireland and between the Italian and Irish people […]

Supporting Family Contact for all Children

Today One Family welcomed the Law Reform Commission’s Consultation Paper on the Family Rights and Responsibilities of Fathers and Grandparents supporting their views that there should be a stronger focus within family law on parental responsibility in the best interests of the child and that the rights of unmarried fathers should be improved.

A Champagne Party on a Buck’s Fizz Budget

One Family’s Latest Fundraiser Learn How To Have a Champagne Party……. On a Buck’s Fizz Budget is back! Since staying in is the new going out…… learn how to recession-proof your entertaining at home and impress your friends. Join two of Ireland’s food personalities Ross Golden-Bannon Food & Wine Magazine and Leylie Hayes Avoca Exec […]