Volunteer Ireland
(http://www.volunteer.ie) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 19, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens
Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.
Identity & Authority
Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
14
Impact Weight: 15 / 100
93% Reputation
Authority is well-established through detailed biographies of the Team and Board. For example, Zsé Varga’s profile cites specific ‘actions 1, 13 and 53 of the National Volunteering Strategy,’ providing a level of professional specificity rarely seen in this industry. The schema data is current, with a dateModified of May 15, 2026, which is only four days prior to the current system date, indicating active governance.
There is no disconnect between marketing tone and demonstrated capability. The site claims to support organisations and proves this by detailing the exact mechanisms of support: training, bespoke support, and the ‘Volunteer Charter.’ Bold claims about impact are strictly tied to the ‘2025 in numbers’ forensic data provided on the homepage.
Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
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},
"datePublished": "2021-09-20T09:32:04+00:00",
"dateModified": "2026-05-15T06:33:36+00:00",
"description": "Volunteer Development Organization and a Support body for Local Volunteer Centres in Ireland that connects different Communities through Volunteering.",
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"caption": "BT Help Verschoyle Court Senior Citizen Residency 16/7/2014 Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan"
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"caption": "Thousands of volunteers to take part in National Volunteering Week Thousands of volunteers were today getting ready to take part in hundreds of community events across the country this week, as National Volunteering Week gets underway.Launching the week Volunteer Ireland CEO Yvonne McKenna encouraged people to join in the initiative and support their communities. ÒPeople can log on to www.volunteer.ie to find out how to get involved locally. ItÕs not to late and you can still register a project, or fun idea to benefit your community.ÓÊ ***NO REPRO FEE*** Photography: Conor Healy Photography"
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"description": "Amy Woods, Emma Hopper, Terri O’Brien, Stuart Garland, Darren Cannon, Anna Gallagher, Zsé Varga, Jenny Lavin, Lucie Brocard, Ana Claverol Saez, Nina Arwitz, Amy McBride, Vicki O’Connell",
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]
}
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
13Review mentions (all pages)
12External proof links (all pages)
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 3 | 2 |
| /find-a-volunteer-role/ | 2 | 2 |
| /your-local-volunteer-centre/ | 2 | 2 |
| /about/ | 2 | 2 |
| /our-team/ | 2 | 2 |
| /our-board/ | 2 | 2 |
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Analysis Disclosure & Source Attribution
This page presents a snapshot of public data from Volunteer Ireland, captured on May 19, 2026, to show how machine logic reads Identity & Authority signals into an AI reputation evaluation.
Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” for the purpose of independent signal analysis, allowing readers to see the raw signals behind the reputation score.
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