Galway City Council is delighted that, as part of their first official visit to Ireland, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit Galway City today, Thursday 5th March. In what is a landmark year for the city, with the European Capital of Culture designation, the Duke and Duchess will get a taste of the […]

art of Film Meet Up’ – a series from Film in Limerick to develop regional Film and TV sector. BAFTA Award winning film director and former member of the Beta Band John Maclean is to come to the mid west to speak to local filmmakers. Acclaimed film director John Maclean will be delivering a workshop on directing […]

Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. John Sheehan, has welcomed the news that the city centre has successfully retained the prestigious Purple Flag award for 2020. The international accreditation, awarded by the Association of Cities and Towns Management, celebrates areas of excellence in night-time economy and requires renewal every two years. In November, independent assessors came

Other Voices Ballina 2020 was launched yesterday in beautiful St Michael’s Church. The 225-year-old church saw representatives from Other Voices and event partners Mayo County Council and Moy Valley Resources, along with local councillors, TDs and senators, all gathered in celebration of the return of the highly acclaimed show to historic Ballina town. St

An Post unveiled a set of two colourful new stamps marking the national designation of Galway and Rijeka as European Capitals of Culture 2020, in a joint stamp issue with Croatia Post, in Galway today. The new ‘N’ or national rate stamps by Irish designer Steve Simpson will available at all Galway post offices during […]

Mayo County Council are delighted to announce that the internationally renowned Other Voices music festival, which took Ballina by storm in September 2018, will return to Ballina at the end of February 2020.  The Partnership between South Wind Blows, Moy Valley resources and Mayo County Council enables Other Voices to again showcase excellent music, provide […]

Cork City Council is celebrating Cork’s strong links with China and her sister city Shanghai by supporting Cork City Chinese New Year Festival 2020 with two free events heralding the New Year of the Rat.  The events will be hosted by the Chinese Esoteric Buddhist School, the Unitarian Church and Nano Nagle Place. This year, […]

Mayo Day, a celebration of our county’s vibrant culture and community spirit, returns for its 6th consecutive year on May 2nd 2020.  Over the last number of years, the Mayo Day campaign has been an enormous success, garnering worldwide attention with events taking place locally, nationally and internationally that pay tribute to the ingenuity, pride […]

Culture Minister Josepha Madigan is delighted to announce that Irish Harping has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.    At a meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which took place in Bogatá, Columbia, Ireland’s

The mother of Cranberries front woman Dolores O’Riordan has presented another Limerick singer/ songwriter with the first ever music bursary established in memory of her late daughter. Eileen O’Riordan was the guest of honour as Limerick City and County Council presented a number of bursaries to artists including one to Emma Langford, who is the […]

Cork City Council has installed over 45 Christmas trees throughout the city centre and its suburbs to kick start the city’s seasonal celebrations. The preparations for Cork’s Christmas celebration get underway on the 1stof November with 6 Cork City Council staff members and a crew of 17 electricians undertaking the task of lighting the streets […]

Applications from groups and organisations seeking financial assistance from Fingal County Council’s Events Section for Festivals and Events taking place in 2020 will close on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, at 3pm. Applications will be accepted for existing and/or new events or festivals which animate public spaces in creative and innovative ways and which are