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Month: July 2021
The endangered Natterjack toads received a timely boost this week with the release of almost 500 captive reared toadlets at Castlegregory, Co. Kerry. The toadlets are the latest to be reared as part of a joint National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Fota Wildlife Park project. Nearly 6,000 toadlets have been successfully released into […]
Flowers at the scene of a collision between the lorry and the car. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin Vulnerable Road Users account for almost half of serious injuries – RSA survey shows dangerous behaviours increasing– An Garda Síochána issue 88,327 Fixed Charge Notices for speeding in first half of 2021– Shift in dangerous time zones on Irish roads
The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delighted to announce that Kilkenny Castle received full accreditation under the Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) at a virtual awards ceremony. In the citation read at the ceremony, the team at Kilkenny Castle was praised for “meet[ing] and exceed[ing] the standards required for Full Accreditation […]
Poetry Ireland has announced details of Poetry Town, a new all-island initiative, which will see more than a hundred free poetry-related activities take place in 20 officially unveiled towns across the island of Ireland between 10 and 18 September 2021. As part of the initiative, Poetry Ireland, together with its local authority
The Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris have launched Creating our Future, to gather ideas from people all over the country on research that could shape a better future for all. Speaking at the launch event, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said, “this is an important opportunity […]
Skibbereen duo Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy have won a historic Olympic gold rowing medal for Ireland in Tokyo. The favourites overpowered their closest German challengers, and the rest of the lightweight men’s double sculls field, in racing to Olympic immortality in six minutes and six seconds. It marks Ireland’s second medal of the Games, […]
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., announced funding of €560,000 through Culture Ireland for the global promotion of Irish arts in 2021 and early 2022. The funding is to support 56 projects presenting Irish dance, film, literature, music, theatre and the visual arts worldwide. Announcing the awards Minister […]
Climate change’s negative impacts are already being felt on farms, but the problem also works in reverse as agriculture is a major part of the climate problem currently generating over 20% of total greenhouse gas emissions. The need to develop climate smart agri-practices is greater than ever. STARGATE research project develops a breakthrough, multiscale and holistic […]
Innovate Limerick has secured €230,000 funding to develop its network of connected ENGINE Hubs across Limerick. ENGINE Hubs is one of 117 nationwide projects to be awarded funding as part of the national hubs network development plan – a key action of Our Rural Future, spearheaded by the Department of Rural and Community Development. This […]
UCD has launched its quantum research centre to untangle our greatest challenges. Centre director Dr Andrew Mitchell says quantum computing can tackle the issues that are too complex for classical computers. University College Dublin (UCD) launched the new quantum research centre to help solve the unsolvable. The Centre for Quantum Engineering, Science & Technology, or
More than 2,200 new homes and apartments will be built across three sites in Dublin – if they can win the approval of planner. It has been reported that three major developers will be submitting their plans for the projects this week. Investment group Avestus Capital Partners is hoping An Bord Pleanála will fast-track its […]
Global healthcare company Abbott have announced further investment of €37.8m in its cardiovascular Research and Development Centre based at its Vascular devices site in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Abbott is the world leader in drug-eluting stents. R&D and manufacturing of Abbott’s new vascular technologies to treat complex heart disease take place at its Clonmel site.
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, has received Cabinet approval for the construction of a new Waste Water Treatment Plant in Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Construction on the project, which has an estimated overall cost of €139.3 million, is due to begin in Q1 2022 and be completed by September 2025. […]
In the lead up to the August Bank Holiday weekend Minister of State in the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD, has issued an appeal for water safety to anybody engaging in coastal or water-based activity to be attentive to their personal safety and adhere to basic safety measures. Members of the public are advised […]
The draft Cork City Development Plan, which has been published, provides an overarching framework to help shape the transformation of the City over the next six years by supporting the creation of 20,000 homes and 31,000 jobs. ‘Our City, Our Future’ provides a transformative blueprint for Cork as the city embarks upon an exciting phase […]
The Office of Public Works (OPW) and the National Monuments Service (in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) have launched a new campaign entitled Protect Our Past, highlighting the need for visitors to Ireland’s heritage sites and monuments to be mindful of their actions over the summer. The campaign, launched by Minister for […]
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The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has opened Ireland’s single largest Solar Farm. Developed in a joint venture by Lilly and Enerpower, the 16-acre facility will help power a significant proportion of the Lilly plant at its Dunderrow site (near Kinsale) with sustainable energy. The ground-mounted Solar Farm will produce up to 5.6MW of power allowing Lilly to […]