Mayo County Council welcomes today’s Fáilte Ireland announcement of a €500,000 grant for Belmullet as an emerging destination town. The funding, which is part of a €15.5m nationwide rollout under the State tourism body’s ‘Destination Towns’ initiative, will see the bulk of the monies being used to enhance the North Mayo town as a tourist destination.
Day: 10 December 2019
A special plaque has been unveiled at a new ‘living wall’ outside Limerick City and County Council on Merchant’s Quay as Limerick gets ready to become a European Green Leaf City for 2020. Launched today by Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Cllr Michael Sheahan, the plaque will take centre stage on the […]
Cork City Council has installed over 45 Christmas trees throughout the city centre and its suburbs to kick start the city’s seasonal celebrations. The preparations for Cork’s Christmas celebration get underway on the 1stof November with 6 Cork City Council staff members and a crew of 17 electricians undertaking the task of lighting the streets […]
Fingal County Council hosted the launch of the 19th edition of the Dublin Economic Monitor where it was revealed that the capital is close to full employment, with the areas of finance, insurance and real estate activities hitting all-time highs, supported by Brexit relocations. Members of the business community, along with Mayor of Fingal Cllr Eoghan […]
Applications from groups and organisations seeking financial assistance from Fingal County Council’s Events Section for Festivals and Events taking place in 2020 will close on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, at 3pm. Applications will be accepted for existing and/or new events or festivals which animate public spaces in creative and innovative ways and which are
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said we cannot afford to be complacent about the strong performance of our economy. He was speaking today (Friday) after a Special Cabinet in Trim, Co Meath, where the Government discussed measures for job creation, rural development and new technology which will be delivered in 2020. This includes: Helping people to […]
Donegal County Council will spend over €12,000,000 on roads maintenance in 2020. As well as repairs, cleaning, lining, and signage, winter gritting and the immediate response to flooding will also be covered. There are 6,446 kilometres of roads in Donegal, the vast majority of that made up of local roads, which account for 5,354 kms, […]
The National Broadband Plan was tentatively welcomed in Cork County Hall following an intense debate among councillors. Fine Gael councillor John Paul O’Shea brought a motion to the council welcoming the adoption of the Government plan to roll out high-speed broadband to all parts of the country. Fianna Fáil councillor Seamus McGrath labelled the motion […]
Commenting on these reports Minister Murphy said: “Rebuilding Ireland continues to put in place supports to help people out of homelessness. Today we see that those sleeping rough is at its lowest level since 2015 and the lowest since Rebuilding Ireland began. In October, there was a decrease of 23 families and 47 children in […]