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Participating in Creative Activity in Adult Years Promotes Health and Well- Being

By Ryan Harmon
New research confirms that participating in creative activity in adult years promotes health and well- being and reduces loneliness, depression and stress. The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, T.D., welcomed the results of a newly-published report by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin.
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Meath County Council Arts Office Announce 2022 Artist’s Residency Bursary

By Ryan Harmon
Continuing their partnership for a fourth year, Centre Culturel Irlandais and Meath County Council Arts Office will work together to support an individual artist from Meath to spend a month in Paris. Open to practising professional artists of all disciplines living in County Meath, the bursary will provide: a month-long residency at the prestigious Parisian centre, […]
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Kildare County Council Awarded Two Green Flag Awards

By Ryan Harmon
The 2021 Green Flag Awards were announced by An Taisce Environmental Education, acknowledging Ireland’s best public parks and gardens. Kildare County Council have been awarded two Green Flag sites, for Liffey Linear Park in Newbridge and Zero Waste Community Garden in Rathcoffey. The Green Flag awards are the international accreditation for public park excellence in […]
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Unprecedented Access to Data About Ireland

By Ryan Harmon
Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) has launched an updated GeoHive, the state’s Geospatial Data Infrastructure with the support of the Office of the government Chief Information Officer.  An online treasury of interactive maps, geospatial data and apps, GeoHive provides unprecedented access to data about Ireland that can be accessed by everyone. GeoHive allows public service
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Donegal Bog Cotton – Sustainably Sourced Inspiration from West Donegal

By Ryan Harmon
Dublin natives and lifelong friends Marian McNally and Patricia Haran have developed their hobby into a successful business called Donegal Bog Cotton based in Falcarragh in north west Donegal.  Having spent many holidays in Donegal with their families, Marian recalls the great memories that they have of family barbecues, long walks and swimming in the […]
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Minister Humphreys and Minister O’Gorman Welcome Ireland’s First Rural Youth Assembly

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman TD, have welcomed the holding of Ireland’s first ever Rural Youth Assembly, which took place online today. The Assembly gathered young people living in rural areas, aged between 12-18 years old, to discuss the
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42 Projects to Be Funded Under the 2021 LGBTI+ Community Services Funding Call

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., has announced the 42 LGBTI+ projects set to receive funding under the 2021 LGBTI+ Community Services Funding Call. €1.5 million will be allocated to 42 LGBTI+ community service based projects. Grants of up to €85,000 will be allocated to successful organisations to assist the […]
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Ministers Humphreys and O’Brien launch ‘Local Economic and Community Plans Guidelines 2021’

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, have launched new guidelines on the development of Local Economic and Community Plans. Local Economic and Community Plans (LECPs) detail how Local Authorities will support economic and community development in their areas over
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Minister Ryan Announces €60m for Community Climate Action Projects Across Ireland

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, has announced €60 million in funding from the Climate Action Fund for community climate action projects, and a new long-term structure to support public engagement on climate action. The Minister made the announcement from COP26 in Glasgow at an online event, which gathered people […]
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1/4 Million People Have Visited Limerick Greenway Since Opening

By Ryan Harmon
Almost a quarter of a million people have visited the Limerick Greenway since it opened to the public on the 1st July. The Greenway is Limerick City and County Council’s largest outdoor tourism amenity. Connecting the towns and villages of Rathkeale, Newcastle West, Ardagh, Templeglantine and Abbeyfeale, this €10 million investment has provided a strategic […]
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Writers Factory Call for Aspiring Local Screenwriters

By Ryan Harmon
Innovate Limerick through Film in Limerick and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board are delighted to announce the return of their Writers Factory Screenwriting Programme for budding local screenwriters in the Mid-West. First designed in the early 2000s, the Writers Factory programme has grown to be the gold-standard of screenwriting courses and has launched […]
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President Higgins Visits Ros na Rún Studios to Mark TG4’s 25th Anniversary

By Ryan Harmon
President Michael D. Higgins and President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier together with their wives Sabina Higgins and Elke Büdenbender visited the Ros na Rún studios in An Spidéal, Connemara as part of the German President’s three-day state visit to Ireland to acknowledge TG4’s 25th anniversary President Higgins founded TnaG when he was […]