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Sport Ireland Announces €5.9 million Boost for Sport and Physical Activity Measures

By Ryan Harmon
Sport Ireland has today announced an investment package of €5.9million in Dormant Accounts Funding for a wide range of sport and physical activity measures countrywide at an event in Corduff Community Resource Centre. The investment aims to engage communities across the country, focusing on people with disabilities, people who are educationally disadvantaged and from
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gteic — a Gaeltacht game changer

By Jack Mullen
Feature image courtesy of gteic@AnSpidéal Looking for a remote working space? Mícheál Ó hÉanaigh, CEO of Údarás na Gaeltachta, tell says it’s time to look in the Gaeltacht regions. If you picture Ireland’s biggest digital hub network, you probably associate it with busy urban locations, crammed spaces and congestion. So it might come as a […]
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Minister announces roll out of Summer of Play initiative with €6m in funding for outdoor play

By Jack Mullen
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., today announced the Summer of Play initiative to support and encourage children and their families to get outside and play as restrictions ease in the coming months. The initiative will see grants, supports and information resources rolled out over the summer months, creating
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Government announces €25 million in funding for Trinity College’s Old Library

By Jack Mullen
The Government has announced funding of €25 million for the restoration of one of Ireland’s foremost national heritage sites, the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin  [May 20 2021]. The Old Library is home to the magnificent Long Room and precious manuscripts, including the 9th century Book of Kells. An Taoiseach Micheál Martin said: I am delighted to
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Bee Health on World Bee Day

By Jack Mullen
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett visited the DAFM Bee Health laboratory today at the Backweston Campus in Co Kildare as part of the celebrations of World Bee Day today 20 May 2021. The Department provides a bee health service, free of charge, facilitating the […]
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New Ability Swing installed by DLR County Council

By Jack Mullen
Pictured above (L-R) Therese Langan (Director Community & Cultural Development) Ruairi O’Dulaing (Senior Parks Superintendent) Shane McArdle (DLR Sports Partnership Coordinator)Abby Segrave Brian O’Donnell (Sports Inclusion Disability Officer) Cllr Una Power (Cathaoirleach) Wheelchair user Ability Swing installed in Cabinteely Park for children with a physical
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Púca of Ennistymon: Clare County Council

By Jack Mullen
Image: Clare County Council Media release: 10th May, 2021 Community engagement on Púca of Ennistymon Clare County Council has paused plans to erect an interpretive art piece in Ennistymon to enable a broader public engagement process to take place. Following local objections to the Artist Sculpture concept, Clare County Council will review the submissions received […]
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Minister McConalogue Announces Approx. €275,000 Funding For Agri-Food Tourism Projects

By Jack Mullen
Image: Unsplash Following a call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives under the 2021 Rural Innovation and Development Fund in January, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D, has announced the projects that will receive funding from his Department. Minister McConalogue said, “2020 and 2021 have been difficult
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Donegal’s Decarbonising Journey

By Jack Mullen
Image: Unsplash Is your community interested in: · Becoming a resilient, vibrant and sustainable community? · Reducing its carbon emissions and energy use? · Working well together? If so, Donegal County Council invites you to register your interest in joining Donegal’s Decarbonising Journey. Under the Climate Action Plan 2019 each Local Authority is required to identify a
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Cruinniú na nÓg 2021 Fingal Programme launched

By Jack Mullen
Pictured above (L-R) Mayor of Fingal Cllr. David Healy and Emer O’Gorman, Director of Economic Enterprise Tourism and Cultural Development Fingal County Council Press Release 04-05-21 Fingal County Council is delighted to announce an exciting and varied programme for Cruinniú na nÓg which takes place on June 12, 2021.  Fingal County Council is delighted to […]