Children who cycle, walk or wheel to An Mhodhscoil in Limerick can now do so in a much safer environment following the completion of Limerick’s first ‘School Street’. The ‘School Street’ has been implemented on Roden Street and is designed to remove vehicle traffic from the area directly outside the school gates at the crucial […]
Six local social enterprises received funding and supports at the Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards. These social enterprises are actively working to address important issues and achieve a social, societal or environmental impact, rather than maximising profits for owners or shareholders. The issues that the awardee social enterprises are seeking to address include:
Galway City Museum have launched their brand new website which was supported by the Heritage Council under the Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2022 and Galway City Council. The site, designed by the Galway based company Rob & Paul Digital Design, is now live at www.galwaycitymuseum.ie. The new website facilitates far greater and easier access to the many services the
Donegal County Council has joined forces with AwakenHub to host a unique online event on Thursday 22nd of September on how Donegal is inspiring creative women of the world. This event is being hosted as part of Donegal Connect and will feature well known producer and originator of Riverdance and one of this years recipients […]
Clonakilty International Guitar Festival returned for its 18th year this September 9th to 18th. For 10 days the town of Clonakilty became the stage, where small venues and re-imagined public spaces facilitated encounters with great music and great people. Cork County Council was delighted to support the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival through the Local Festival
A sod turning ceremony to mark the start of the works on a new state-of-the-art Bettystown Library took place led by Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council, Councillor Nick Killian, Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne T.D., Cathaoirleach of Laytown/Bettystown MD, Cllr. Wayne Harding and Chief Executive, Jackie Maguire. The much-anticipated development will
Dublin City Council, in collaboration with Fingal County Council, the Office of Public Works, and Dublin Cycling Campaign, is delighted to announce the city’s first Bike Disco at the Phoenix Park. This family-friendly 5km cycle will take place at 8pm on Friday the 23rd of September and will leave from the Phoenix Roundabout at Chesterfield […]
Over a hundred attendees came along to the Menlo Park Hotel on Monday the 5th of September to find out more about the new Older People’s Council for Galway city. Among the line up of informative and enlightening speakers were none other than the well-known playwright and author Michael Harding. There is no arguing that […]
Fingal County Council has launched a public consultation on its draft plan to regenerate the centre of Swords through sustainable development. The draft Sustainable Swords Strategy, which contains 16 projects, is a plan based on best practice in urban development from across the world and will create an accessible, inclusive, child-friendly, and healthy urban environment
Female entrepreneurs and budding businesswomen from across Cork and Kerry are being encouraged to register for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day. Now in its 16th year, the annual Local Enterprise Office (LEO) initiative is due to take place on Thursday, 13th October 2022. This year’s theme ‘Our future, Our Way’ aims to celebrate the successes […]
Dublin City Council, NOW and JCDecaux announce that NOW dublinbikes 1 day tickets will be free to customers on Thursday, 22nd September, to celebrate World Car Free Day. To avail of the free 1 day ticket offer new customers can sign up to the scheme via the NOW dublinbikes app, choose the one day ticket […]
Third level students starting college in Limerick in the coming weeks, or those returning, are being reminded that there is a fantastic student experience ‘off campus’ in Limerick City. Limerick City and County Council is encouraging university students, further education students, apprentices and skills based learning attendees to get out and about and
South Dublin County Council, in conjunction with Core Sponsorship and Tallaght Stadium, has opened a tender process for the naming rights of the stadium. This unique opportunity will place the winning tender application at the heart of a community stadium which is home to Shamrock Rovers and both the FAI Women’s National Football team and […]
Kildare Library & Arts Services is delighted to confirm that Kildare Readers Festival returns to venues across the county from Monday, 3rd October to Sunday, 9th October 2022. Kildare Readers Festival in partnership with the Irish Writers’ Centre connects readers with authors and artists through exciting, innovative, and accessible events and workshops. The Council
The Mayors of South Dublin and Fingal County Councils, the Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Lord Mayor of Dublin City Council officially launched Dublin Climate Action Week in the Round Tower Visitor Centre, Clondalkin. Dublin Climate Action Week takes place from today and will run until this Saturday, 17th September. It offers […]
Clare Arts Office is delighted to announce its programme of events for Culture Night to be held throughout the county from 4.00pm on 23rd September. This year’s Culture Night embracing the theme of ‘One Night For All’ offers an exciting, vibrant, and diverse programme of events and activities for all ages showcasing the wealth of […]
Dublin City Council is delighted to announce the commencement of works to deliver a new public library in the heart of Finglas village. The new Library will be located on Seamus Ennis Road, on the site of a former An Post sorting office, which was acquired by Dublin City Council in 2020. The sorting office has […]
Cork County Council Library and Arts Service has launched a pilot initiative that will see free period products made available across its network of 29 branches and mobile libraries. The eco-friendly period products are being provided by Cork-based start-up We Are Riley. The project is funded by the Department of Health and dispensers have been […]
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the James Joyce Tower & Museum have announced a new collaboration to secure the future of the Joyce Museum. When the Tower closed ten years ago, local people set up the Friends of Joyce Tower Society to provide a volunteer staff so that it could continue to welcome visitors. It […]
Galway City Council and Clean Coasts Ireland are teaming up again for Galways first Love your Beach Day on Saturday 17th September 2022. All the events will happen simultaneously at 4 iconic beaches in Galway City to celebrate International Coastal Clean Up Day. Speaking about the event, Tiarnan McCusker, Environmental Awareness Officer with Galway City Council […]