In January 2024 Dundalk Institute of Technology hosted the inaugural RiVeR Project Community of Practice event on campus. The event offered keynote addresses from Professor John Devaney, Centenary Professor of Social Work and Dean of the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh and Mary McDermott, CEO of Safe Ireland. The keynote addresses were followed by an interactive workshop to ascertain stakeholder education and training needs in the area of sexual and gender-based violence. The event also facilitated opportunities for over 100 delegates to network with colleagues in the field. The RiVeR Project team also took this opportunity to officially launch their new website and were delighted to be joined virtually by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee via a recorded video message which was shown on the day.
