Do you know that you may be eligible for social housing? The Irish Wheelchair Association ‘Think Ahead, Think Housing’ campaign is supporting people with disabilities to find out how to apply to your local authority so that you can be included in social housing planning and delivery for the future. If you will need a home, it’s important that you
Image courtesy of TCD. Pictured (L-R) Eric and Barbara Jones Eric Kinsella, Executive Chairman of the Jones Engineering group, and his wife Barbara have made a major donation to Trinity College Dublin which will provide seed funding for the development of the new Trinity East campus in the heart of the Grand Canal Innovation District. […]
The Lord Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu would like to announce that, following a limited competition, a commission for a portrait of Kathleen Clarke, the first female Lord Mayor of the City, has been awarded to artist Gareth Reid. The portrait will hang in the prestigious Council chamber of Dublin City Hall, alongside that of […]
Irish manufacturing and exporting companies have an important role to play in reducing emissions and building a more sustainable future and Enterprise Ireland has a range of green supports to help them. Recently launched by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, and the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and […]
Bus Éireann, Ireland’s national bus company, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority (NTA) announces a new shuttle bus service making travel easier for COVID-19 vaccination appointments, currently at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa and moving to Limerick Racecourse from 7 June 2021. The special service begins today, Monday 24 May and will run every
Pictured above: Google Headquarters in Ireland. One of the main building at Google’s headquarters for European operations in Dublin Ireland. Minister Paschal Donohoe said the country has “significant reservations” about how the proposal would affect smaller governments. US President Joe Biden’s push to get major economies to agree on a 15 percent
Fingal County Council has today, Tuesday 25 May 2021, opened a second round of public consultation on the Royal Canal Urban Greenway, a proposed pedestrian and cycle route along the Royal Canal towpath. The route will operate from Castleknock through Blanchardstown, Coolmine, Clonsilla and Hansfield to the Fingal County boundary with Kildare. To provide
Picture above: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Simon Coveney with CEO of EI-H2, Tom Lynch (left) and EI-H2 founder, Pearse Flynn (right). Image source: Brian Lougheed Plans have been announced for Ireland’s first green hydrogen facility, which, if granted planning permission, will be one of the biggest green energy facilities of its kind in […]
Galway will be the first city to have a completely hybrid Bus Éireann fleet by 2022 Bus related greenhouse gas emissions will reduce by at least 30% Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD, yesterday marked the entry into service of the first of Bus Éireann’s electric hybrid vehicles to its […]
As a business owner, you know how much adaptability is related to success. While the world continues to evolve, so must your company because, inevitably, so will your customers’ needs. Inflexibility is the kiss of death in any industry, but it is especially true in construction. More and more is being expected from new construction […]
Exciting times for Ireland South East’s Sedicii who are looking to expand their team and have secured a new contract with Spain’s largest domestic lender CaixaBank. Sedicii is one of just three start-ups handpicked from over 500 European companies by CaixaBank to work with it to make its customer onboarding process fully digital. The Waterford-based company […]
Open Access research that will benefit researchers, students and citizens Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has today (Monday, 24 May 2021) welcomed Ireland taking a huge step forward in providing open access to research. The IReL initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research,
With the silage cutting season underway, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Road Safety Authority (RSA) are appealing to drivers of farming machinery and other road users to share the road safely. With national travel restrictions now lifted and traffic volumes increasing, the roads are getting much busier. There are more people out walking, […]
The following article was written by Cathriona Hallahan who is the Managing Director at Microsoft Ireland. The views expressed are not necessarily those of Council Journal but rather that of Microsoft Ireland. The subsequent paragraphs ar reflective of the viewpoints of Cathriona Hallahan and are written in her perspective. Reducing cost, creating efficiencies and driving
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (21st May, 2021) announced the return of the SuperValu TidyTowns Competition. The iconic competition was cancelled in 2020 – for the first time in over 60 years – due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. But special arrangements have now been put in place to […]
Dlr Press Release 20/05/21 As many of us move or consider moving to Electric or Hybrid Vehicles, dlr’s Public Lighting Section have increased the amount of self-charging parking bays across our county. Moving forward we are also very conscious that disabled drivers are also starting to consider electric vehicles as a viable option. An Cathaoirleach, […]
In this weeks podcast we were delighted to be joined by the Chief Operating Officer of Zeus, Adrian Lannon and CHEP’s Irish County General Manager, Derek O’Byrne. Both Zeus and CHEP Ireland are proud members of the Lean and Green Programme. Faced with advancing climate change, new regulations and possible financial penalties, companies around the […]
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
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 […]
Dublin, Thursday, 20th May 2021 – Dublin Cycle Buddy, the new cycling community app developed to help Dublin City Council use cyclists’ shared data to identify cycling routes in the city for development and upgrade, has officially launched. The app launched by Dublin City Council’s Smart City Programme is part of the Smart Dublin Initiative. […]