Month: September 2021

The National Transport Authority has published its Sustainable Transport Measures Grants (STMG) annual report detailing a significant increase in spending for 2020, showing the NTA investment in cycling infrastructure. The various projects in the programme include COVID and Stimulus Funding, comprising €72.7m in the Greater Dublin Area, and €35m for regional cities. The

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Women’s Enterprise Day Open for Cork City’s Female Entrepreneurs

Female entrepreneurs and budding businesswomen from across Cork City are being encouraged to look to the future and register for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day (NWED) after the line-up for the event was announced. The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) initiative, now in its 15th year, will be hosted by founder and broadcaster Aine Kerr. Traditionally […]

Education News

Over €1m Allocated to Children’s Services in 2021

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’ Gorman, TD announced a new funding measure to support training in organisations working with children’s services, young people and their families, bringing the funding awarded in 2021 under the What Works initiative to over €1m this year. The grantee organisations address a range of

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Edwards Opens Flagship Service Technology Centre in Dublin

Edwards, the leading supplier of vacuum and abatement services and solutions to the global semiconductor industry, opened its new flagship Service Technology Centre (STC) in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The new site and associated field service operations have so far employed a diverse workforce of around 100 people, 90% of whom are technicians or engineers, and this […]

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Dublin City Council Announces New City-Centre Sculpture Trail

Dublin City Council is delighted to announce a new outdoor city-centre sculpture trail featuring 12 life-size works from one of Ireland’s top artists, Patrick O’Reilly. The trail, which has been installed in six locations, opens on Culture Night this Friday and continues for two weeks. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliland, says she’s looking forward […]

Culture News

Limerick Jazz Festival Celebrates Return of Live Music with International Line-Up

Limerick will play host to a wealth of both local and international musicians for the tenth annual Limerick Jazz Festival, which runs for the week of September 20th-26th, 2021. Bands from Switzerland, Chile and Scotland will play live during the festival along with local musical stars and will feature a mix of online and live […]

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SEAI Launch Home Energy Upgrades Campaign

As we prepare for the colder winter months, SEAI has launched a new campaign to encourage homeowners to invest in home energy upgrades. Doing this will give you a warmer, cosier home, with lower energy bills and significantly reduce your impact on the environment. SEAI provides a range of Government-funded home energy upgrade grants that […]

Education News

Ireland Ranks High on Third-Level Education in OECD ‘Education at a Glance’ Report

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science, Simon Harris, and Minister of State, Niall Collins have welcomed the OECD report, ‘Education at a Glance’ (EAG), which showed that the number of young people in Ireland attending third-level education is significantly above the OECD average. The study found that: Ireland ranked 4th out

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Stripe to Add Hundreds of New Engineering Jobs in Ireland

Tánaiste & Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD and IDA Ireland have welcomed the announcement by Stripe that it is to add hundreds of new engineering jobs in Ireland over the next three years, supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar TD said, “I’m […]

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Donegal Culture Night Invites us to Come Together Again

Donegal County Council Culture Division is proud to present its 13th annual programme of events for Culture Night, the all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity, and the arts. Taking place on Friday, 17th September, this exceptional night of cultural festivities takes place once per year as part of a national celebration of arts, heritage, and culture.

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Minister for Health Publishes Report of Women’s Voices on Women’s Health in Ireland

Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has published a report of a ‘radical listening’ exercise to hear women’s voices on women’s health in Ireland through research commissioned by the Women’s Health Taskforce this year. Led by independent researchers, over 270 women participated in these discussions from all over Ireland, sharing their experiences of, and wishes […]

Culture History News

Interpretation Plan for Waterford Medieval City Walls Commissioned

The Medieval City Walls and Towers form a prominent landmark that influence the character of Waterford, while also providing a tangible link to the story of Ireland’s first city. However, at present there is very little interpretation of the Walls and Towers, their significance and the stories associated with them. The Interpretation Plan has been […]

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Cargobike Scheme Aims to Get Businesses on their Bike

Dublin City Council and bike sharing operator Bleeper have launched a scheme which will enable businesses in Dublin city to trial an electric cargobike for a six-month period. The project will give businesses access to e-cargobikes at a discounted rate, enabling them to replace trips which would otherwise have been taken by car or by […]

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Zazzle to Create 50 New Jobs with Strategic Expansion in Cork