Ryan Harmon, Author at Council.ie

153 new homes in County Clare, with a total approved budget of €40 million, were officially opened by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD. The developments in Ennis, Miltown Malbay and Tulla provide 153 new homes through a combination of direct build and turnkey development schemes and were funded by the […]

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Best Of Council Journal News – October Highlights

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Education News

National Survey on Student Experiences of Bullying in Higher Education Institutions

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has launched a national survey on student experiences of bullying in the higher education sector. The survey, commissioned by the department, will be conducted by researchers at the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, and it will be sent to higher education students in Ireland by […]

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Limerick City Selected for Night-Time Economy Supports

Limerick City and County Council has welcomed the selection of Limerick city as one of nine locations across the country to pilot a new scheme to support the night-time economy. Limerick City will receive additional supports to help improve our offering during the evening and night-time hours, to help stimulate the night-time economy. Dublin City, […]

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Oxford Global Resources Announces 75 High Level Jobs for Cork

Oxford Global Resources, the global staffing and consulting company, has announced the creation of 75 new high-level roles in Cork. The new positions will be created at Oxford’s European headquarters in Cork city in response to increased customer demand across Europe. With year-on-year growth, Oxford is on track to reach a company milestone of US$700 million in […]

Bandon Library Launches ‘My Open Library’ Out of Hours Service

Bandon Library has launched a new addition to its service, ‘My Open Library’, that will enable borrowers to access the library outside of the usual hours of operation. It offers extended opening hours to library members on a self-service basis outside of normal opening hours, seven days per week, from 8:00am to 10:00pm, 365 days per […]

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Details of New €180 Million LEADER Programme Announced

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has announced the details of the €180 million LEADER Programme for 2023-2027. The major investment will support thousands of locally-led rural development and enterprise projects over the next 5 years. This allocation is in addition to the €70 million already provided for LEADER for 2021 and 2022, […]

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ServBlock Partners With Microsoft to Bring NFTs to Pharma

ServBlock, an Irish start-up on a mission to build a blockchain future for biotech, is collaborating with Microsoft to develop a novel business case for the use of NFTs in pharmaceutical compliance. Founded last year, ServBlock uses blockchain-based auditing and compliance to help pharma manufacturers guarantee quality across their supply chain. The collaboration

Fingal Coastal Way Reaches News Milestone As Emerging Preferred Route is Published

The emerging preferred route for flagship amenity the Fingal Coastal Way has been published and Fingal County Council is encouraging the public to review and comment on the route in the coming weeks. With both in-person and online events planned where the public can meet the project team and ask questions, Fingal County Council is […]

Festive Offering Growing As Old Favourites to Join New Events for Christmas in Limerick

Excitement is building as the elves are putting the finishing touches to this year’s Christmas in Limerick festive offering. Limerick city centre has always had a magical atmosphere at Christmas time and this year it will be bigger and better than ever. From old favourites to exciting new events there will be something for everyone […]

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Local Enterprise Offices’ Sport to Start-Up Programme Launched

A new intake for the Sport to Start-Up programme was launched by Minister Damien English T.D. at the Sport Ireland Institute in Blanchardstown. The programme, which is run by the Local Enterprise Offices supported by Enterprise Ireland and Sport Ireland, enables full time sports people engage in entrepreneurship and explore setting up their own businesses. […]

Environment News

New Solid Fuel Regulations Pave the Way for Improved Air Quality

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has signed the new Solid Fuel Regulations for Ireland, which will come into effect on 31 October 2022. The primary focus of these regulations is on improving air quality and improving people’s health chances and outcomes, by restricting the retail, online and commercial sale […]

Dublin City Council Launches Play Strategy 2022-2027

Dublin City Council has launched a new Play Strategy that will focus on continued active research with children and young people to ensure they are involved in the design and planning of play spaces and places throughout the city. This approach will further assist in realising the vision for Dublin as a Child Friendly and […]

Business News Technology

Why Cybersecurity is Critical to Business Resiliency

As we move through this digital decade, businesses are coming to rely on technology in ways never thought possible just over two years ago, as cybersecurity issues become key when it comes to business resiliency. Today, as we navigate uncertain times and the shift to hybrid working, this reliance is more important than ever – […]

Meath Age Friendly Host First In-Person Older Person Event in Three Years

Meath Age Friendly held an Older Persons event in the Ardboyne Hotel, Navan which saw over 120 older persons in attendance with many individuals as well as those representing Active Retirement and Men Shed groups. Host and MC for the event was Áine Bird, Meath Age Friendly programme manager, who was delighted with the turn […]

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Let’s Start Saving Food Podcast With Too Good To Go

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jamie Crummie, Co-Founder and Director at Too Good To Go. Jamie launched Too Good To Go in 2016 and had the pleasure to watch it grow from a bunch of passionate entrepreneurs wanting to make a difference to a team of 750+ talented waste warriors […]

Education News

Apprentice of the Year at Inaugural Apprenticeship Awards Announced

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced the Apprentice of the Year. Over 180 apprentices have been nominated from around the country for the inaugural national Apprentice of the Year awards. 12 awards were announced with Brian Riordan, an electrical apprentice from Dublin, named the overall award winner. […]

South Dublin County Council Seeking Dynamic Partner for New Development at Rathfarnham Castle

South Dublin County Council announced they are seeking expressions of interest from businesses within the hospitality, food, retail and lifestyle sectors to work with the Council to create an exemplar development at Rathfarnham Castle and Park, which will play an important role as a key tourism and local destination amenity. The project offers a unique […]

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EY Cautions Irish Business Following 69% Spike In FTSE Profit Warnings