On this Saturday, May 14th, Donegal County Council and Donegal Intercultural Platform will jointly present an Africa Day celebration at the Regional Cultural Centre and An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny. All events are FREE of Charge and all are invited to attend and enjoy. Exhibitions and Talks The celebration opens at 11.00am with a series of […]
Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Malcom Noonan, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, will co-host a workshop in The Chocolate Factory aimed at revitalising the night-time economy. Representatives from organisations relating to the sector will participate in the event. They will seek to identify how
Four Cork city art, design and craft organisations have teamed up to use an EU project to celebrate and support local creativity as part of a new pop-up festival, STAMP, taking place this May 13th-15th across 11 City Centre locations. Courtesy of their combined membership, Benchspace, Sample-Studios, Cork Craft & Design and Shandon Art Studios have collectively
Mayor of Waterford City and County, Councillor Joe Kelly, launched the Quaker Trail and CQ films on Thursday April 28th in Waterford Gallery of Art, O’Connell Street, Waterford. Waterford City and County Council, along with local historians and researchers, has developed two historical projects based on the heritage of Waterford Cultural Quarter. The Quaker Trail is […]
Minister of State Jack Chambers, visited the TechFéile event at Ionad Óige na hÉireann in County Meath. TechFéile is the largest Irish language technology event for young people aged 12–18 who attend Irish-medium schools and youth clubs, and who participate in the annual TechSpace programme with Kinia. Speaking, Minister of State Chambers said, “I am […]
The Heritage Council has awarded over €218,000 in funding for sixteen heritage projects in County Donegal to community groups throughout the county under its Community Heritage Grants Scheme. The aim of this annual grants scheme is to support projects that improve access and inclusion to heritage sites and that apply good heritage practice to the management of places, […]
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has officially opened a number of projects in Offaly which have received rural funding under the Our Rural Future scheme. All of the projects opened, as part of the Minister’s visit, received investment under the Government’s ambitious rural development policy, Our Rural Future. The Minister’s visit […]
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, has announced details of the successful outcomes of the Music Industry Stimulus Package (MISP) support scheme. With a fund of €1.7m, the stimulus was introduced in September 2020 to assist those working in the music industry severely impacted by the pandemic. It […]
Global Irish Festival Series to Attract Diaspora Home to Mayo, Donegal, Limerick and Kerry This Year
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD and Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy TD, have announced that the Global Irish Festival Series will take place along the Wild Atlantic Way in Mayo, Donegal, Limerick and Kerry this year. A joint initiative between Fáilte Ireland […]
Mayo Day 2022 returns with the largest Mayo Day flagship event to date! ‘Home to where the Heart is’ sees Castlebar transformed into a hive of Mayo Day celebration with something for all the family. Free family fun at Lough Lannagh includes taster canoeing, kayaking and monster Stand Up Paddle Boarding sessions with Mayo Adventure Experience between 11am and 5pm.
Following the success of its 2021 programme, Cork County Council’s Cork Co Co Pops series returns with over 80 live performances, supported by the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme (LLPPS) by of The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. With a line-up including shows as varied as comic theatrical retellings of Cu Chulainn by Scealta […]
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, has welcomed the submission of the new €1.1bn PEACE PLUS programme to the European Commission, ahead of its launch later this year. On foot of approval by Government, by the Northern Ireland Executive and by the North South Ministerial Council in late 2021, the draft programme has […]
‘Paudcast’ star Padraig O’Callaghan has been named as Limerick Person of the Year for 2021. The digital media star was announced as the winner at a ceremony in the Clayton Hotel Limerick, marking the first time in three years the event has been able to return to its usual format, where the monthly winners gathered […]
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, in association with the Managing Director of SuperValu, Ian Allen, has launched the 2022 SuperValu TidyTowns competition. In place since 1958, the competition continues to grow from strength to strength. It is administered by the Department of Rural and Community Development and sponsored by SuperValu.
The Cork World Book Festival is back in person this April 19th – 24th for its 18th edition. An initiative of Cork City Libraries, in association with Triskel Arts Centre and supported by funding from The Arts Council, this year’s programme is a celebration of new and familiar voices from home and abroad and of […]
April 1st marked the official launch of the National #SpringClean22! For the past 23 years the campaign has volunteered over 12 million hours of their time to remove 42,000 tonnes of litter across the country. National Spring Clean is operated by the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce in partnership with Local Authorities, including Kildare County […]
Cork County Council has awarded the commission for a new Irish language play for children, to writer and theatre maker Grace Kiely. This new work will be performed in library settings and other locations in County Cork in 2022. Following a 14-year period of making theatre while based in Galway, Grace Kiely has recently returned […]
The Irish Government has launched a new and pioneering pilot scheme to support artists and creative arts workers. The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will examine, over a 3 year period, the impact of a basic income on artists and creative arts workers. Payments of €325 per week will be made to 2,000 […]
‘History on your Doorstep: Volume 4’, the latest in a series of publications by the Historians in Residence, was launched by Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland at an event in Dublin City Hall. The publication includes chapters from each of the Historians-in-Residence, Cathy Scuffil, James Curry, Mary Muldowney and Cormac Moore, who work across […]
Digital Business Ireland, the country’s leading representative body for online and digital businesses has announced the launch of its annual female mentoring initiative. The initiative is being supported by former Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, who will be providing four one-to-one mentoring sessions with the selected applicant.