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Education Indicators for Ireland 2021 Report Published

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, announced the publication of Education Indicators for Ireland 2021 – which presents a comprehensive set of educational indicators for the education system in Ireland. The indicators in this report cover all levels of education starting
Council Partners Housing News Transport

New Lyreen Avenue & Lyreen Bridge Officially Open in Maynooth

By Ryan Harmon
The new Lyreen Avenue and Lyreen Bridge officially opened to traffic last week in Maynooth. Lyreen Avenue, which connects the Moyglare and Dunboyne Roads is approx. 800 metres in length and includes new cycle tracks, footpaths, crossing facilities as well as signalised junctions at the Dunboyne Road and Moyglare Road. Kildare County Council in collaboration with […]
Council Partners Housing News

New Croí Cónaithe Cities Scheme to Kick Start Unactivated Planning Permissions in Five Irish Cities

By Ryan Harmon
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in partnership with the Housing Agency has issued a Stakeholder Notice with additional details regarding a new Croí Cónaithe Cities Scheme that will help kick start unactivated planning permissions for build to sell apartments in the 5 cities – Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Galway. The scheme […]
Business Health News Technology

Amgen Announces Investment of $100m in Dun Laoghaire Plant

By Ryan Harmon
Amgen announced an investment of $100 million for the construction of a new vial filing line with ‘state of the art’ technology and new site infrastructure at its manufacturing plant in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. This investment is one of Amgen’s largest construction projects outside North America and will lead to the creation of 150 construction jobs. The Dun Laoghaire
Council Partners Environment News

Launch of South Dublin County Council’s Tree Management Policy

By Ryan Harmon
Mayor Cllr. Peter Kavanagh launched the South Dublin County Council’s Tree Management Policy  – ‘Living with Trees’ 2021-2026 in Corkagh Park. The Mayor planted an Oak tree– Quercus petraea – the Dair ghaelachor the traditional Irish Oak  – the sessile native oak. The Mayor said, “trees provide great benefits in so many ways – economic, social,
News Technology

Saving IoT and AI From Itself

By Ryan Harmon
The last thing you probably need to read is yet another article describing the value of IoT and AI. Let’s face it: 99% of the content out there now on this topic is not meant for you. It’s meant for Google SEO. All hail our content overlords! But it says something (scary) when a recent […]
Council Partners News Tourism

Limerick Towns and Villages Benefit From Almost €4m of Active Travel Investment

By Ryan Harmon
Sixteen towns and villages across Limerick have benefitted from almost €4m of investment in Active Travel measures in 2021. With funding from the National Transport Authority, Limerick City and County Council has delivered a range of improvements for pedestrians with many of the projects completed in recent weeks. Works include the construction of new footpaths […]
Culture Education News

Minister O’Gorman Seeks Submissions on Planned Reform of Youth Services Grant Scheme

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman TD, has announced an open call seeking submissions on the planned reform of the Youth Services Grant Scheme (YSGS). The YSGS was established in the 1980s to allocate funding to organisations providing universal services to children and young people. Currently, the YSGS funds 30 […]