We recognise hope when we feel it and when we need it but it’s hard to define and describe. Hope is all about imagining and reaching for a better future for ourselves. Hope is both an emotion and a way of thinking. We experience it in our brain but it comes from somewhere or someone […]
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, announced her approval for the commencement of the design phase of the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History redevelopment project. This is a flagship project in the Minister’s programme of investments under the National Development Plan, which will see many of our […]
Ireland’s largest food festival, West Waterford Festival of Food, will return to its traditional Spring date next year, taking place from 14-16 April 2023. The confirmed date comes as the festival reveals record attendance figures of 67,000 for the 2022 West Waterford Festival of Food, which was held in June. The programme featured an eclectic mix of […]
The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, has welcomed the new entitlement to employer paid sick leave which comes into effect. Workers will now be entitled to up to 3 days of employer-paid sick leave in a year, paid at 70% of gross salary up to a cap of €110 per day. Minister […]
Louth County Council has been invited to participate in the PEACEPLUS programme. €4,679,354 has been allocated in principle to the Council for community activities and infrastructure projects towards building peace and reconciliation. These projects are dependent on a submission of a co-designed local action plan. Your involvement during the process of public consultation
The Federation of Irish Sport announced the launch of the 2022 Volunteers in Sports Awards. The county awards will return to an in-person awards ceremony, recognising the army of volunteers who make sport happen in communities, in every county across the country. Nominations are now open at www.volunteersinsport.ie. The awards are #DedicatedtotheDedicated. The 2022 awards
The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced the awarding of BLAST residencies to 629 schools in 2022-2023, the second year of the BLAST (Bringing Live Arts to Students and Teachers) programme. This is a significant increase from the 489 primary and post-primary schools that took part in the programme in its first year and demonstrates […]
The 50th anniversary of the Belturbet bombing has been commemorated in a ceremony at the site of the December 1972 tragedy. The wreath-laying ceremony, which was addressed by Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council, Councillor John Paul Feeley, Producer of ‘Belturbet: A Bomb That Time Forgot’, RTÉ’s Frank Shouldice, and Margaret Urwin of Justice for the […]
The Guinness Storehouse attracted more than 1.1m visitors last year as both the visitor centre and the wider tourism industry mostly recovered from the pandemic. The Guinness Storehouse has now been visited by 22.9m people since first opening in 2000 and has retained its status Ireland’s most visited tourist attraction, although the 2022 number remains short of […]
Cork City Council has welcomed the announcement that it has secured funding for the Killeens & Glanmire Communities, as part of the €27 million in funding nationally from the Department of Rural and Community Development’s Town & Village Renewal Scheme. Minister Heather Humphreys announced the largest ever investment under the Town & Village Renewal
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The goal of the Sláintecare Healthy Communities Programme is to improve the long-term health and wellbeing of 19 communities across Ireland. The programme takes a place-based approach to tackling health inequalities with a focus on the determinants of health. Health inequality impacts on life expectancy, the risk of chronic disease and the general health of […]
Conservation works on the Guinness Bridge which spans the River Liffey at the Strawberry Beds will commence this month and are expected to take five months to complete. Fingal County Council have appointed Jons Civil Engineering Co Ltd to carry out the essential conservation works on the metal bridge structure and stone abutments. The bridge […]
Research and innovation collaborations between Ireland and its closest EU neighbour France are set to get a big boost. University College Dublin (UCD), the French Embassy and Enterprise Ireland have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see the creation of an international technical expert role dedicated to strengthening these links. This role – one […]
As the year end approaches now is an ideal time for PAYE workers to look ahead to 2023 and review their tax affairs to ensure they are maximising their entitlements to tax credits and other reliefs. Claire Davey, Director, People Services, KPMG Tax, provides some key insights. What Revenue Facilities are Available for PAYE Workers? […]
The Minister for Justice, Simon Harris TD, has welcomed the publication of the 2021 Annual Report of Hotline.ie, the national reporting service for potentially criminal content online including child sexual abuse material and intimate image abuse. Last year, Hotline.ie received the highest number of reports on record in a calendar year, some 29,794 reports compared […]
Cork County Council’s Library and Arts Service has launched its 2023 calendar featuring colourful illustrations designed by children from all corners of Cork County. This year’s art competition invited children to enter a picture based on the theme of ‘Our Library: A welcome for all’ to reflect the message that Cork County Council’s Libraries provide a welcome […]
IDA Ireland, in partnership with Microsoft and LinkedIn, has published its latest Labour Market Pulse, which provides an overview of the current insights and trends across the Irish labour market to help inform decision makers across business, academia and public policy. This edition of the Labour Market Pulse takes a closer look at the skills […]
Cavan County Council has honoured Cavan golfing hero Leona Maguire with a civic reception in recognition of her tremendous achievements on the global stage. The reception took place at the Council Chamber, Cavan Courthouse, Farnham Street, Cavan. A two-time Olympian, Leona played a starring role in Europe’s Solheim Cup victory in September 2021, and recorded […]
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) published its annual analysis Energy in Ireland, which shows that Ireland’s energy-related CO2 emissions increased by 5.4% in 2021. Emissions are returning to pre-Covid levels of 2019, and further increases are anticipated based on initial data for 2022. Two significant drivers of the increase included a rebound in […]