Month: November 2021

Ireland’s largest student enterprise programme has been launched in what is now its 20th year. An initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices to encourage entrepreneurship in secondary schools, the Student Enterprise Programme has seen over 300,000 secondary school students take part nationally since it first began with almost 15,000 taking part in Mayo.

News Tourism

Fáilte Ireland Targets Leisure and UltraLuxe Markets as Workshops Commence

Over the next four days more than 1500 one-to-one sales appointments have been scheduled between 155 Irish leisure and UltraLuxe tourism suppliers, Irish-based tour operators and destination management companies (DMCs), to help drive demand for Ireland among international visitors in both the leisure and the UltraLuxe markets. These meetings, which will take place

Culture Education Health News

Participating in Creative Activity in Adult Years Promotes Health and Well- Being

New research confirms that participating in creative activity in adult years promotes health and well- being and reduces loneliness, depression and stress. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, T.D., welcomed the results of a newly-published report by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin.

Council Partners Health News

Cork City Designated a WHO Healthy City for Third Time

Cork has been successfully designated as a World Health Organisation (WHO) Healthy City for the third time. Originally designated in January 2012, Cork has now been accepted into Phase VII of the European Healthy Cities Network and join Belfast as the only other Irish city currently in the network. WHO Healthy Cities is a global movement […]

Education News

National Survey on Work-Related Experiences of Staff in Higher Education Institutions Launched

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has launched a national survey on the work-related experiences of staff in the higher education sector. The survey, funded by the department, will be conducted by researchers at the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre and it will be sent to each of the more […]

Council Partners Culture News

Cork County Council Supporting the Arts

Cork County Council’s 2022 funding opportunities in the Arts have been announced, including details of the Arts Grants Scheme through which applications for financial support can be made for a wide range of arts events and activities. Commenting on the announcement, Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan, said “every year, Cork County […]

News Sport Technology

Clubforce Teams Up with STATSports to Make Sport Accessible for All

The Irish business providing over 2000 clubs with sports club automation has teamed up with STATSports to make sport accessible for all. The partnership between Clubforce and STATSports will be another step in creating a sports technology ecosystem for the future, one which makes sport inclusive by making advanced performance analysis accessible to all. STATSports provides

Environment News

Minister McConalogue Welcomes Environmentally Friendly Cold Ironing Project in Killybegs

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., visited Killybegs to view the “Cold Ironing Project” in Killybegs Harbour. Cold ironing, a shipping term that first came into use when all ships had coal-fired engines, describes the situation where a ship, tied up at port, no longer needed to continue to feed […]

Council Partners News

Mayor Kavanagh Honours Transgender Day of Remembrance

Cllr. Peter Kavanagh, Mayor of South Dublin County Council, paid tribute to the county’s Transgender community and spoke about how they were disproportionately affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Mayor Kavanagh raised the Trans flag at County Hall in Tallaght to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, when the victims of transphobic violence are commemorated. Mayor […]

Business Health News

Galway Medtech Startup Crowned Ireland’s Most Exciting Innovators

Galway based medtech startup company XTremedy Medical has been named one of the most exciting new innovators to watch in Ireland. Xtremedy Medical took home the ‘One to Watch’ Award at Enterprise Ireland’s Big Ideas 2021 showcase, fending off eleven other competitors in cutting edge fields. The Big Ideas showcase saw investor-ready start-up companies to […]

Council Partners Culture News

Meath County Council Arts Office Announce 2022 Artist’s Residency Bursary

Continuing their partnership for a fourth year, Centre Culturel Irlandais and Meath County Council Arts Office will work together to support an individual artist from Meath to spend a month in Paris. Open to practising professional artists of all disciplines living in County Meath, the bursary will provide: a month-long residency at the prestigious Parisian centre, […]

News Tourism

Killarney Successful in Winning High-Profile Event

Killarney has been successful in its bid to host the high-profile German DER Touristik Academy event in the INEC, between 3-6 April, 2022. The Academy is an educational and incentive event run by one of the largest tour operators in Mainland Europe and will be attended by 200 travel agents and influential travel journalists next […]

Education Health News

New System of Antigen Testing of Asymptomatic Close Contacts in Primary Schools

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD have confirmed arrangements for a new system of antigen testing of asymptomatic close contacts in primary schools put in place by the HSE. The Department of Education and the HSE, working in collaboration with the Department of Health, have developed a programme […]

Council Partners Culture News

Cork City Council Named Local Authority of The Year

Cork City Council is delighted to have been named Local Authority of the Year in the annual Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2021 for its “creativity and determination” in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Cork City Council received another three awards for individual projects that it delivered in the city last year. […]

Business Health News

ITW Medical announce €1.9m investment in Next Generation Medical Device Products at ITW Filtertek in Limerick