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Health News

Biggest Investment in Ireland’s Health and Social Care Services in History of the State

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan, and Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Anne Rabbitte, have announced an investment of over

Council Partners News Sport

Dublin City Council Announces Irish-Ukrainian Boxing Festival

Dublin City Council is delighted to support Box Fest 2022, an Irish-Ukrainian boxing festival promoting cultural integration and demonstrating how the sport of boxing can be used to promote social inclusion. The festival is a collaboration between Dublin City Council, Dublin City Sports and Wellbeing Partnership, Galway Sports Partnership, Ukraine Crisis Centre of

Business News

Choose New Jersey Opens Office in Ireland

Choose New Jersey, a leading nonprofit economic development organisation, announced the official opening of an office in Ireland, making New Jersey the first U.S. state with an economic development office in the country. The Ireland office will be Choose New Jersey’s second office in Europe, following the opening of an office in Berlin in 2018. […]

Council Partners Education News

Mid-East Regional Enterprise Offices and Trinity College Dublin to Launch Post Graduate Programme

Businesses, leaders, creative teams, and those who want to be job shapers not seekers are invited to the launch of an ambitious new collaborative opportunity between the Mid-East Regional Local Enterprise Offices and Trinity College Dublin. Local Enterprise Offices of Kildare, Meath and Wicklow have come together to extend an open invitation to the launch […]

News Podcasts Sport

Leadership Podcast with Stuart Lancaster

In an exclusive podcast, Council Journal editor Jack Mullen is joined by former England and current Leinster senior coach, Stuart Lancaster, to talk about the concept of leadership. Moreover, Stuart speaks about the role that teaching and mentoring has had on his life so far. In addition, Stuart spoke candidly about what he believes makes a good leader

Business News

Cavan-OECD Roadmap on Strengthening Rural Resilience Against Global Challenges

The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference has concluded with the delivery of the Cavan-OECD Roadmap on Strengthening Rural Resilience against Global Challenges. The 2-day Conference was hosted by the Government of Ireland and convened around 500 delegates from 30 OECD countries, including Government ministers, senior policy makers and stakeholders in the rural sector.

Council Partners News

dlr Festival of Inclusion 2022

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (dlr) is delighted to host the dlr Festival of Inclusion 2022 this Autumn. The aim of the annual dlr Festival of Inclusion is to highlight and celebrate social inclusion initiatives and to support and encourage all to actively participate and engage in the community. dlr Festival of Inclusion is a community […]

Business News

Automatic Plastics Limited Celebrates 50 Years in Wicklow

Comar has announced multi-million euro expansion plans for its Ireland-based affiliate – Automatic Plastics Limited (APL) located in Wicklow. The initiative is expected to result in the creation of approximately 80 new jobs over the next 3 years and is great news for a community already celebrating APL’s 50th anniversary as a local employer and […]

Council Partners News

Limerick Women’s Caucus Aims to Increase Participation in Local Politics By Women

The Limerick Women’s Caucus has been launched in Limerick, which aims to increase the numbers of women who participate in politics. The Limerick Women’s Caucus comprises the nine women councillors on Limerick City and County Council, coming together in a non-partisan way to address the issues encountered by women in the sector and to help […]

Culture Environment News

Climate Actions Now – Using Music to Raise Awareness for Climate Justice at Electric Picnic

Beneath the twinkling lights, striped big tops and rainbow coloured bunting at Ireland’s premier festival, all was as it should be; hearts were aglow with the usual festival magic, fateful meetings and laughter flowed merrily as festival goers hoped for the sun to keep its perch above a blue-grey sky. Although Electric Picnic has taken […]

Culture News

New Irish Language Children’s TV Channel Given Green Light

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has given statutory clearance to a new Irish language children’s TV channel for TG4. The €3.3m provision for the channel was included as part of the Budget 2023 allocation for TG4 which received a record increase of €7.3m in funding, the largest ever […]

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Official Opening of Aylesbury Park and Dodder Valley Park in South Dublin

The Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Councillor Emma Murphy officially opened the renovated playground at Aylesbury Park. Speaking at the event, Mayor Cllr Emma Murphy said, “the extension to this well used playspace is very welcome, it was provided as part of the 300K Have Your Say programme, which is voted for by the […]

Business Environment News

MSD and ESB Launch Ireland’s Largest Solar Project

MSD Ireland has announced the official opening of its new solar project at Ballydine, Co Tipperary. The development is Ireland’s largest self-generation solar project. MSD Ballydine, working with ESB’s Smart Energy Services, has built the 7.3MW ground mounted solar PV array to support the site in significantly reducing its carbon footprint, in line with MSD’s […]

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Children and ‘Young at Heart’ Invited to Visit Repaired Babaró Sculpture in Galway

Galway City Council is inviting children and the ‘Young at Heart’ to visit the recently repaired Babaró Public Sculpture in the Children’s Millennium Park, Galway. The sculpture was created in 2006 to celebrate the Babaró Children’s Arts Festival’s 10th anniversary – symbolising playfulness and colour, and inviting children to engage and stand in the silhouette […]

Education Financial News

Bank of Ireland to Sponsor Quercus Talented Students’ Programme at UCC

University College Cork is delighted to announce that its flagship scholarship, the Quercus Talented Students’ Programme, is to be sponsored by Bank of Ireland up to the end of 2026. Announcing the sponsorship, President of UCC and Director of the Quercus Programme, Prof. John O’Halloran said, “we are delighted to welcome Bank of Ireland as the […]

Education News

Cost-of-Living Package for Students Announced With Investment in Third Level Education for 2023

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris and Minister of State for Skills Niall Collins have outlined a significant cost-of-living-package for third level students as part of Budget 2023. The package will include a: Once-off €1,000 reduction in the student contribution fee for higher education students eligible for the free

Council Partners Culture History News

50th Anniversary of ‘Réalt na Mara’ Statue in Dollymount

Dublin City Council in partnership with Dublin Port and the Dockers Society hosted a commemoration event on Saturday, 24th September to mark the 50th anniversary of the Réalt na Mara memorial statue at North Bull Wall in Dollymount. This commemoration event was attended by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy, local Councillors and representatives […]

Business Health News

Takeda Celebrates 25 Years of Business in Ireland