Congratulations to Hollie Byrne who is the winner of our Ford Focus Car Raffle. Hollie, we look forward to handing over the keys to a 2021 Ford Focus in the New Year! The winning ticket was drawn by Patrick Murphy from Ford Ireland. Our General Manager, Tim O’Mahony made the call to Chris Byrne, Hollie’s […]

The challenges I have set myself are to try and hit over €40,000 fundraising single-handedly, while being a Mom to six kids and a full-time carer of four who are all on the spectrum. I’ve raised over €38,000 to date in the last year. I will climb Kilimanjaro in February 2021 and my aim is […]

Reception at our Headquarters will close @ 5pm on Friday 18th December, re-opening on Monday 4th January @ 9am. If you have any concerns during the festive period please do not hesitate to contact us. Client Services: Mel Conway on call 085 800 9227 Puppy Raising Dublin: Graham Maher 086 836 8560 Frances Cooney 085 804 […]

Most dogs will cope with a degree of stress in their lives. Sometimes however a dog will have an experience that goes beyond that, such as a firework exploding too close to it. This can result in dogs acquiring a condition akin to PTSD in humans. Thereafter, they are unable to cope with even a […]

Agility in a time of change, 7pm Thursday 8 October To mark World Sight Day on Thursday 8 October we invite you to join us at 7pm for a virtual talk with Dr. Sinead Kane. Sinead is the epitome of someone who has overcome challenges and achieved success at an astounding level: a double PhD […]

Our wonderful corporate partners support our work in a range of ways just like our friends at Dell EMC who have partnered with us for several years getting involved in activities from corporate volunteering to puppy sponsorship. In Summer 2019, Dell EMC kindly offered work experience to our Education into Employment course clients, a programme […]

Jill McIlroy tells us about the Waterford/Clonmel Branch In 2005 I joined Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind as a Volunteer in the Waterford area as fundraising is something I really enjoy. Meanwhile in Clonmel, Pam Johnson was puppy raising for the charity and then took a brood bitch Nell who had 19 pups. She […]

We spoke to the Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown Branch in Co. Dublin who told us about the history of the Branch and how active they are in their community. The Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown Branch in Co. Dublin was formed some forty years ago when the late George McVittie persuaded the editor of the Irish Times to place a […]