Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced the upgrade of 43 walking and hiking trails across rural Ireland.
The ‘Digitising Galway’s Graveyard Heritage’ project has been named the overall winner of the ‘Community Engagement’ category of Esri Ireland’s annual ‘Customer Success Awards’ held in Dublin’s Anantara The Marker Hotel. The project from Galway County Council sought to digitise over 40,000 graveyard memorial records across County Galway and made them publicly available online.
Kildare County Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Mulhall as an EU Just Transition Fund Tourism Activator. Mulhall will play a pivotal part in supporting and guiding private and community-based Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in developing high-quality project proposals and grant applications through Fáilte Ireland’s EU Just Transition
Public bodies have avoided an estimated €2.5 billion in energy spend since 2009, the Annual Report on Public Sector Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency Performance for the year 2022 shows. The 345 public bodies and 3,015 schools that reported collectively improved their energy efficiency since the 2009 baseline by 32.5%, which is an increase of 1% from the previous year.
Gilbert O’Sullivan was made a Freeman of Waterford City and County at a ceremony in City Hall on Wednesday, March 27th. Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Joe Conway bestowed the honour on the Waterford-born singer/songwriter whose career has spanned over five decades. Born on December 1st, 1946, on Cork Road in the city, […]
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced a series of in-person Farmer Clinics to assist farmers in making their applications online for the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, and the Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne, today announced a record investment of almost €30 million in core funding support to sporting organisations, through Sport Ireland, for 2024.
Cork City was recently ranked very highly on FDI’s European Cities and Regions of the Future 2024 awards. Beating off stiff competition in the highly competitive small city category, which includes well-established business cities like Geneva, Cambridge, Basel and Luxembourg. In addition to placing first for FDI strategy, Cork was placed: Topping the rankings for
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has allocated €5 million of funding to carry out essential repairs on specific roads and footpaths across the County in 2024.
Leonard Cleary approved as the Chief Executive of Galway City Council
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD has launched a new All Island Community Safety Network.
A new report, conducted by Wind Energy Ireland, found that wind farms played a pivotal role in Ireland’s energy landscape in 2023. The report reveals that wind farms not only supplied 35% of the country’s electricity but also set a new record for the amount of power they produced. According to Wind Energy Ireland’s annual […]
The Mayor of the City and County of Limerick, Councillor Gerald Mitchell, helped to distribute over 300 Christmas hampers to Limerick families. The families applied through the “Mayor’s Fund” initiative and have collected their hampers which are stocked with some quality local produce. Mayor Mitchell stated, “In the spirit of community and compassion, I am delighted
2023 marked a turning point for artificial intelligence with the rapid rise of new generative Al technologies such as ChatGPT and incredible advances in image and video generation technology. It’s already beginning to change different areas of our everyday lives, but how will it impact retail? Cian Kelliher, Management Consulting Partner at KPMG Ireland explains. […]
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, released a report on the public consultation on the design of the new Irish passport book and card. Over 15,000 people worldwide took part in the public consultation, giving their view on what native flora and fauna should be featured in the new passport. Speaking, […]
Donegal County Council has published its Gender Pay Gap Report, highlighting the percentage difference between what men and women are paid on average in the organisation, irrespective of roles or levels. The 2023 report shows a Gender Pay Gap of -3.63%. This figure does not mean that males are paid less than females for doing […]
The petfood division of ABP Food Group, C&D Foods, has announced an investment of €48 million for flagship facility at Edgeworthstown in Longford. The investment, which includes the creation of one hundred new roles in engineering, operations, supply chain and quality assurance will increase the site’s production capacity by 25%. This is in addition to […]
On Thursday December 21st the skies of Dungarvan will light up for Féile Grianstad, as the town centre will be the backdrop for an amazing solstice celebration. The free festivities kick off at 5pm with a series of ‘ceolchoirmeacha agus craic’, featuring Dungarvan’s own Loungeroom Lizards, Danny and Tommy Dunford, Andy Dunne, Brendan Clancy, Benny McCarthy, […]
The Connecting Ireland Programme of new and enhanced bus routes, designed and implemented by the National Transport Authority (NTA), has reached a significant milestone. This year over 60 new and enhanced Connecting Ireland bus services have been launched, strengthening existing services and connecting more towns and townlands across the state. The programme has been
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan has announced that Ireland has signed up to a European Wind Charter which seeks to develop and improve the conditions necessary for the delivery of wind energy targets. The charter, which considers both onshore and offshore wind, focuses on a range of areas, including, National […]
