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02 Annual Report 2023
FROM THE
The Iveagh Trust experienced some extreme highs and lows during 2023. The fire in Kevin Street was shocking, and it was terrible to
see so many lives impacted by it. But it also showed another side of the Iveagh Trust – how the community came together on the night
CHAIRMAN
of the fire, offering everything from cups of
tea to accommodation for those displaced. It demonstrated how the Estate Management team and Head Office team worked together to ensure that everyone had somewhere to sleep that night and for the weeks and months ahead. It highlighted how our staff and contractors united to work as one for the benefit of the community. Looking back now, despite all the shock and sadness, there was much to be proud of.
Without the newly opened Rita Community Room in Kevin Street, the response wouldn’t have been so seamless. Thank you to the Keefe Family for making this facility possible.
We also celebrated the opening of the Rooftop Garden in the Iveagh Hostel, a facility which provides not only respite for the residents but also a space for socialising and educational opportunities. The Community Garden in Kevin Street goes from strength to strength, as do the wonderful fun days across the estates.
We welcomed many new residents across our communities, particularly Miller’s Glen, which became part of the Iveagh Trust community in Swords.
I am honoured to be the Chairman of a historic institution whose work remains as relevant as ever. I work with an incredible set of Trustees, who generously give their time and expertise, and to whom I am enormously indebted.
Everyone in the Iveagh Trust knows that care is at the centre of everything we do. And care we do, because no two days are ever the same.
RORY GUINNESS, CHAIRMAN
Fred Stephens’ departing words to me after 47 years of working at the Iveagh Trust were: “I was so lucky to find a job where no two days were the same.”