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Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, have to officially opened ‘Ireland’s Global Garden’. The Mount Congreve Estate in Kilmeaden, County Waterford, has been re-developed into a world class tourist attraction and is expected to welcome over 86,000 visitors this
Dublin City Council would like to announce that up to the end of 2022, it has upgraded 9,186 of its social houses under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme. This has resulted in an estimated 677,184 MWh of energy savings, worth an estimated €73.6 million saved in energy bills for our tenants. The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting […]
IDA Ireland announced that Millennium Management, a global alternative investment management firm, has opened a new office at Central Quay in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 with plans to expand their local headcount. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney joined the staff and senior leadership of Millennium to celebrate the official opening of […]
The city of Cork will be hitting a high note this May bank holiday weekend. The Cork International Choral Festival will make a welcome return to the streets and stages of the city and county for five days of singing from April 26th to April 30th 2023. And you’re invited to join in the music and song! […]
Council Journal would like to present the second episode of our Women in Business podcast series, featuring Lucianne Hare of Nourished in Nature Ireland. Lucianne Hare began her adventure retreat business during the lockdown in the North West of Ireland and hasn’t looked back since. An avid hiker, Lucianne’s business came as second nature to her and her everyday […]
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly; Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler; Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Hildegarde Naughton; and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Breda Smyth, have announced a new multi-media campaign called “Hello Again World” aimed at combatting loneliness and isolation among older
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD joined the Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Emma Murphy, South Dublin County Council Chief Executive Daniel McLoughlin at Adamstown to mark the completion of 2,000 new homes, including 800 affordable homes. Delivery of these 2,000 new homes, has been made possible with €15million of […]
A unique national skills platform — which will be the first of its kind in Ireland — is being developed by a partnership of public and private organisations to help close Ireland’s digital skills gap. The €400,000 collaborative research project is being driven by Learnovate, Ireland’s future of work and learning research hub in Trinity College […]
2023 is set to a herald a new era for Vandeleur Walled Gardens Experience in Kilrush after Clare County Council announced that a new interpretative museum will open at the popular West Clare visitor attraction later this year. Works have been ongoing since 2021 to extensively restore and renovate the old stable block at the […]
Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has won an award for a European prize recognising its commitment to open science principles. The centre launched its Open Science Charter and an Open Source and Open Science Programme Office last October. The Young European Research Universities Open Science Awards were announced on February 14 […]
Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee has announced that this year’s National Famine Commemoration will take place on Sunday 21st May 2023 in Milford, Co. Donegal. This is the third time the State Commemoration has taken place in Ulster. The public ceremony,
Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy will host the Lord Mayor’s Charity Ball on Saturday, 13th May 2023, at 7pm in The Round Room of the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Three very worthy charities will benefit from the proceeds of the Ball – Children in Hospital, AsIAm and The Capuchin Day Centre. The evening which is sponsored by The Round Room at the […]
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, and Enterprise Ireland have launched two new programmes with funding of over €63 million, focused on supporting Irish innovators and research. The programmes are administered by Enterprise Ireland, and co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which aims to
Cork City Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) and Cork City Council wishes to invite applications for the Community Support Fund (CSF) 2023 and the Cork City Council Community Associations Capital Grant and Small-Scale Programme Grant 2023. The Community Support Fund (CSF) is funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development. Please see the following
Zero Vehicles Emissions Ireland (ZEVI), an office within the Department of Transport, and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) announced the regional winners of the 2023 ZEVI Electric Vehicle Dealership of the Year Awards. The awards recognise and reward outstanding efforts in promoting and encouraging electric vehicle (EV) uptake in Ireland. This year, ZEVI
Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, announced the winners of the first SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge. Over a period of 18 months, 10 teams competed for funding to develop disruptive solutions to key Defence Organisation challenges for use across the
Línte na Farraige (Lines of the Sea) connects the public visually and tangibly to the risks from future sea levels, through a series of light installations across Irish coastal locations and heritage sites. The light installations are designed by Finnish artists, Pekka Niittyvirta and Timo Aho. Línte na Farraige is a recipient of the inaugural […]
GS Verde Group, the multidiscipline corporate advisory business, has acquired Integral Finance & Technology, to continue its ambitious, acquisitive growth strategy and broaden the business’ footprint in Ireland and the EU. Founded by John Slevin and Sinead Leech in 1997, Dublin-based IFT provides a full suite of finance and accounting solutions to its clients via […]
Longford County Council is delighted to confirm that it has been shortlisted in the Health and Safety Excellence Awards 2023 under the Public Sector category. The Health and Safety Excellence Award 2023 recognise and reward the most outstanding health and safety achievements in Ireland. The nomination follows last year’s wins of the Regional (Midlands) Award […]