Who Are We?
Established in 1990, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland is a network of groups and individuals working against poverty. It is the Irish national network of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN Europe), which has two decades of experience in lobbying for progressive social change and anti-poverty initiatives across Ireland and Europe. The Mission of EAPN Ireland is ‘To put the eradication of poverty at the top of the Irish and European policy agenda and empower groups working to end poverty to understand and influence policy-making.’
EAPN Ireland is made up of over 160 local, regional and national anti-poverty organisations and individuals. EAPN Ireland supports members to influence national and European policy through training, information, collective action and networking. In the last number of years EAPN Ireland has worked on European and National policy and projects such as the implementation of Ireland’s Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025, the Europe Pillar of Social Rights, which includes a target to reduce poverty or social exclusion, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
EAPN Ireland has supported participation in the annual national Social Inclusion Forum via dedicated workshops held across Ireland and regularly hold events across the country relating to issues around poverty and social inclusion, often linked to the EU. For example in 2022 EAPN Ireland held a series of workshops entitled 'Creating a social and inclusive Europe' and in 2023 to mark 50 years of Ireland in the EU held an interactive conference entitled ‘Ireland’s contribution to the EU’s role in tackling poverty’
EAPN Ireland has also worked with members at local level and with associates at national level through campaigns and alliances including the Add the 10th Alliance, Coalition 2030, the Better Europe Alliance and the Community Platform.
EAPN Ireland is funded by the Government of Ireland through the Department of Rural and Community Development.
What we do
Research and Policy Analysis
Lobbying and Advocacy
Awareness and Communication
Capacity Building
Staff
Paul Ginnell, Director
Paul Ginnell is the Director of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) Ireland and prior to that was the Network’s Policy Officer for over ten years. Paul is a member of EAPN Europe’s policy working group...
Continue readingMaureen Gondipon, Administration and Finance Officer
Maureen is the Administration and Finance Officer and she is responsible for all administrative aspects of our work; inputting, handling and maintaining financial data in our financial...
Continue readingTim Hanley, Policy and Communications Officer
Tim is EAPN Ireland’s Policy and Communications Officer. He is responsible for policy development, input and analysis and works with members to influence anti-poverty policy at national and EU levels. He also coordinates our communications work, including media engagement, digital and social media....
Continue readingBoard Members
EAPN Ireland is controlled by its members through Annual General Meetings, which decide policy and elect a Managing Board. The Board is responsible to the members for the day-to-day management of the organisation EAPN Ireland. European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland Ltd, is a company limited by guarantee not having a share capital, registered in Dublin, Ireland with registered company number 214663.
Board members for 2022 are:
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- Aiden Lloyd – The Rights Platform (Vice-Chairperson)
- Anne Loftus – Theatre for Change Galway
- Dave Byrne – Age Action Ireland
- Farai Calvin Jeyacheya – Zimbabwe Heritage Trust
- John Brennan – Irish Association of Social Workers (Chairperson)
- Kerrie Prendergast – Longford Women’s Link
- Kiren Khalid – Proposed by NASC Ireland
- Lesley O’Reilly – St. Kevin’s Family Resource Centre
- Loraine Mulligan – SIPTU
- Peter Kearns –Independent Living Movement Ireland
- Sive Bresnihan – Comhlámh (Treasurer)
LIST OF MEMBERS
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Age Action, Age & Opportunity, Anne Loftus, AONTAS (National Adult Learning Organisation), ATD Fourth World, Ballymote Family Resource Centre, Ballymun Job Centre, Ballyphehane/Togher CDP, Blakestown and Mountview Youth Initiative, Blue Drum: The Arts Specialist Support Agency, Brian Harvey, Capuchin Day Centre, Childhood Development Initiative Ltd., Children’s Rights Alliance, Clondalkin Travellers Dev. Group, Comhlamh, Community Law & Mediation Northside (CLM Northside), Concern Worldwide, Congress Centres Network, COPE Galway, Cork City Council (SIU), Cork City Partnership, Cork Simon Community, Cork Traveller Women’s Network, County Clare VEC, County Kildare Leader Partnership, County Kilkenny Leader Partnership, County Wicklow Public Participation Network (PPN), Darndale Belcamp Resource Centre CDP, Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI), Dolcain Project, Doras Bui – Parents Alone Resource Centre, Dublin Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign, Dublin City Community Co-operative, Dundalk Simon Community, Equality Strategies Ltd., European Movement, Family Carers Ireland, Family Resource Centre National Forum, Fiona Duignan, Focus Ireland, Forum Connemara Ltd., Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC), Galway City Partnership, Galway Rural Development, Galway Simon Community, Gorey Youth Needs Group Ltd, Hospital Family Resource Centre, I.R.D. Duhallow, Inner City Renewal Group, Independent Living Movement Ireland, Intercultural and Diversity Education Centre (IDEC, Ireland), Irish Association of Social Workers, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Council for Social Housing, Irish Local Development Network (ILDN), Irish National Organisations of the Unemployed, Irish Refugee Council, Irish Rural Link, Irish Senior Citizens Parliament, Irish Traveller Movement, Janice Ransom, Jesuit Centre for Faith & Justice, John Brennan, Kerry Diocesan Youth Service, Kevin P. O’Kelly, Knockanrawley Resource Centre CDP, Larkin Unemployed Centre, Leitrim Development Company, Limerick & Clare Education & Training Board, Limerick City CDP, Limerick County Community & Voluntary Forum, Little Bray Family Resource & Development Centre, Longford Community Resources CLG, Longford Women’s Link, Lourdes Youth & Community Services, Louth County Council(Community & Enterprise), Louth Leader Partnership, M.S. Society of Ireland South East Region, Marie Corcoran-Tindill, Markiewicz Community Centre, Maureen Bassett, Mayfield Integrated Community Development Project, Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company, Merchants Quay, Ireland, Mevagh Family Resource Centre, Michael Mackey, Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland, Monaghan Integrated Development, Nasc – Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre, National Council for (the status of) People with Disabilities CLG (NCPD), Nathan O’Connor, National Adult Literacy Agency NALA), National Economic & Social Council (NESC), National Traveller MABS, National Traveller Women’s Forum, National Youth Council of Ireland, NCCWN South Kerry, New Communities Partnership, NICHE Health Project (Cork), North East & West Kerry Development Company (NEWKD), Northside Family Resource Centre, The Northern Ireland Anti-Poverty Network Northside Partnership, National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), Offaly Traveller Movement, One Family, PAUL Partnership, Pavee Point, People’s College, Peter McVerry Trust, Presentation Sisters Justice Desk, Rape Crisis Network (Ireland), Respond Housing Association, Rialto Community Network, Robin Hanan, Roscommon MABS, Rosses CDP, Ruhama Women’s Project, S.I.P.T.U, School Street Family Resource Centre, Simon Communities of Ireland, Simon Devilly, Social & Health Education Project, Society of St Vincent De Paul, South Dublin City Partnership, South Kerry Development Partnership, South West Wexford Community Dev Group, Southill Family Resource Centre, Southside Partnership, St. Andrews Resource Centre (CDP), St. Brigid’s Family and Community Centre, St. Michael’s Family Resource Centre CDP, St. Paul’s Community Project, Sunflower Recycling Limited, Tallaght Travellers CDP, TASC, Templeshannon Community & Childcare Centre Ltd, Theatre for Change Galway, The Men’s Development Network, The Rights Platform, The Wheel, Thelma Blehein, Threshold, Tipperary Rape Crisis & Counselling Centre Ltd, Togher Family Centre Ltd, Treoir, Tribli Ltd – Exchange house, Trustus We Care Limited, Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, Waterford & Wexford Education and Training Board, West Limerick Resources (WLR), Western Local Social Inclusion Strategy, Wexford Local Development, Young Ballymun, Youth Work Ireland, Zimbabwe Heritage Trust.
