Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána, has launched a campaign to raise awareness of bike theft within the cycling community and encourages cyclists to purchase a good bike lock when buying a bike. With increasing numbers of cyclists on roads in the County during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially along the Coastal […]
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth Roderic O’Gorman T.D., today announced that the application process for funding under the LGBTI+ Community Services fund will open shortly. €700,000 is to be made available to applicant groups, operating at national, regional and local level, to support community services and promote visibility and
Dublin City Council is seeking to commission large scale street artworks by street artists to paint in appropriate locations across the city. This innovative project is intended to improve and animate the general appearance of five different sites across the city, while also supporting street artists to make highly visible work in the city-centre. It […]
Roderic O’Gorman TD, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has praised the people of Waterford for their support and solidarity for the LGBTI+ community in the wake of recent anti-LGBTI+ incidents in the city. Minister O’Gorman was speaking as he visited the city to meet with the local Pride Committee and the Mayor […]
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has announced that €1.4 million is to be provided to front-line youth services and clubs nationally to support their reopening as COVID-19 restrictions are being eased. The re-engagement and support of volunteers who are the backbone of youth services nationally is a key focus […]
Picture above: Cork City Council, Lord Mayor, Cllr Colm Kelleher. Image courtesy of Cork City Council via Twitter. The new Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher was elected on Friday last week at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Cork City Council. The Ballincollig-based Fianna Fáil councillor was elected 21 votes to 7 Due […]
Pictured above: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan TD and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD. Image courtesy of @Dept_ECC An Irish-led international consortium will this month begin extensive aerial surveys of almost 500,000km2 of Ireland’s maritime area. The ObSERVE 2 Aerial survey will help build a […]
A dance school based in County Cork has created an utterly unique performance which showcases both the beauty of Ireland and their own incredible talents. Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance, based in Cork City, choreographed and performed the dance to mark Cruinniú na nÓg, a day which celebrates creativity, over the weekend. Featuring 56 incredibly […]
How would you describe your company’s problem-solving culture? Managers often get asked that question; as often as not, it’s received with a blank stare. Most managers haven’t thought about just how problem-solving in their organisation happens. Those who have thought about it are reluctant to say something like: “When a big problem arises, we ignore […]
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has today announced the approval of 139 project grants across all 31 Local Authorities for a wide range of archaeological heritage projects under the Department’s Community Monuments Fund. First established in 2020, the fund was increased from just over €1 million last year to […]
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD has announced recipients of the €25 million in funding to assist commercial venues, producers and promoters to plan live performances across the country over the summer months, with a total of 237 organisations benefitting from the scheme. This live performance support scheme […]
Image courtesy of @Feljin_J via Twitter Allocations for the new ‘Additional Outdoor Infrastructure Fund’ have been announced by Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. The fund, which will help ensure a Safe Outdoor Summer, will support 234 projects across 30 local authorities to the tune of over €13 million. Local authorities were invited to apply […]
Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Donegal County Council is pleased to announce the submission by Joseph McCallion as the winning design concept in the architectural competition to re-imagine Market Square, Letterkenny. Launched in July 2020, the competition invited concept design proposals to redesign Market Square as a great public space that people
Image courtesy of Flickr One of the most iconic and distressing TV images of recent years came into our living rooms when David Attenborough in his Blue Planet series showed us the destruction being caused by the amount of plastic waste which had found its way to the oceans. This image, in many ways, provided […]
A major investment of €73 million to develop four new world-class Irish tourist attractions has been announced by the Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin and Fáilte Ireland today. Fáilte Ireland is investing €44.3million of the total investment in what Minster Martin is describing as “the most significant investment in visitor attractions ever undertaken by Fáilte
The latest in a series of touchless water fountains across Limerick has been installed at the People’s Park. Located close to the pedestrian entrance near Barrington Street, the new bottle filling station provides clean and safe drinking water without the risk of touching high-use buttons that could increase the spread of infection. Users can simply place […]
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is pleased to announce dlr First Frames Scheme will continue for 2021/22 – supporting emerging filmmakers looking to develop ambitious and creative short films based in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. The County Council works closely with the National Film School at IADT on this programme. An online information session for interested
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
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan (Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) visited the Shackleton Museum in Athy on Tuesday, 8th June to view progress on ambitious plans for a major redevelopment project being undertaken by Kildare County Council in conjunction with the Athy Heritage Company at the historic Town Hall building. The museum celebrates the […]
At Dún Laoghaire Harbour, Simon Coate – Harbour Master, launched the Harbour Water Safety Patrol Boat. This boat will provide a safety and advisory reporting service on the waters within the harbour for kayakers and stand up paddle boarders and other water-based activities. The Harbour Water Safety Boat will take to the waters between 2:00pm […]