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
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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 […]