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Fingal Libraries Celebrates Creative Writing with Write Time Festival This September

By Ryan Harmon
This September, Fingal Libraries will celebrate creative writing with the annual Write Time Festival, now in its eighth year. Free workshops and author talks to spark the imagination and inspire creativity will take place in Fingal Libraries throughout the month. The programme for this year’s Write Time Festival was launched at Balbriggan Library by the […]
Education News

Annual Cost of Education Paper Published

By Ryan Harmon
Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has published the annual Cost of Education options paper. Last year, the Department following the publication of our policy on the future of third level education in Ireland, gave a commitment to develop an annual options assessment to outline measures to reduce […]
Council Partners Culture News

dlr Festival of Inclusion 2023

By Ryan Harmon
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (dlr) County Council is delighted to host the dlr Festival of Inclusion every autumn. The aim of the annual dlr Festival of Inclusion is to highlight and celebrate social inclusion initiatives and to support and encourage all to actively participate and engage in the community. ‘Belonging | Muintearas’ is the overall festival theme this year […]
Council Partners News Transport

New Radar Counters Begin Looking at Traffic and Pedestrian Activity Across Limerick

By Ryan Harmon
A series of mobility radar counters are to be installed at locations across Limerick, both where Active Travel schemes are proposed to be constructed and where they are completed, to compare mobility levels before and after the delivery of projects. The initiative is being implemented to ensure the Active Travel team at Limerick City and County Council […]
News Technology

World’s Largest Spoken Language Conference INTERSPEECH 2023 to Get Underway in Dublin

By Ryan Harmon
Almost 2,000 international scientists, researchers and professionals will descend on Dublin this weekend for INTERSPEECH 2023, the premier international conference on the science and technology of spoken language processing. Taking place from August 20th to 24th in Dublin’s Convention Centre, the conference is being organised by ISCA (International Speech Communication
Business Education News

Public Service Apprenticeship Plan Launched

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD and Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Pascal Donohoe TD have launched the Public Service Apprenticeship Plan 2022-2025. The Plan outlines how to grow the number of annual apprenticeship registrations across the public service, including