Cork City Council Announce ‘Creative Faces’, a special challenge for all Cork City’s young creatives as part of Cruinniú na nÓg 2022! Organised by Cork City Council in conjunction with Creative Ireland, Cruinniú na Óg will take place in Cork city on Saturday June 11th. The national day of creativity will feature over 40 free […]
Fingal County Council has published a Draft Biodiversity Action Plan for Fingal covering 2022 to 2030. This plan puts forward an ambitious programme of 100 actions required to address biodiversity loss and reverse decline in biodiversity by 2030. Hans Visser, Fingal County Council’s Biodiversity Officer, says the loss of biodiversity is a threat on the same scale […]
Cubbie, a technology business from Swinford, will represent Local Enterprise Office Mayo at this year’s National Enterprise Awards for 2022. Cubbie took the county top prize of €2,500 and will now represent Local Enterprise Office Mayo at the 22nd National Enterprise Awards at the Mansion House in Dublin on the 2nd June. The business manufactures […]
Paralympic gold medallist, Ellen Keane (Swimming) and Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington (Boxing) have been unveiled as the new Dublin City Council Sports Ambassadors as part of a new three-year deal. The partnership sees Dublin City Council (DCC) teaming up with the two local sports stars to promote the benefits of sport and physical activity […]
Shooting has wrapped on ‘Woken’, an Irish thriller filmed in Limerick and Clare, starring Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Green Knight) and Maxine Peake (Shameless, The Theory of Everything, The Falling). Filmed over five weeks on location in Limerick and West Clare the film is funded by Screen Ireland and produced by Fantastic
RTE sports pundit Marty Morrissey and RTE One’s Ireland’s Fittest Family coach, host of RTE 2FM Breakfast, and Irish rugby legend Donnacha O’Callaghan have been announced as the MC and special guest respectively at the upcoming Cork County Mayor’s Charity Ball on June 10th 2022, joining C103’s Patricia Messinger. Hosted by the Mayor of the […]
The award winning Love your Beach week is back for its second year, this time with more fun and games for all of the community to enjoy! Having recently won a silver award in the Best Environmental/Ecological Project Initiative at the All Ireland Community and Council Awards 2021, Galway City Council are once again proudly […]
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has announced a new funding stream to support Local Authorities to purchase vacant buildings which can be converted and developed for community use. The funding, which is being made available under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, aims to support the continued regeneration of our rural […]
Dublin City Council is delighted to announce that the team from TU Dublin has come first in the ENFUSE finals to support a local enterprise in Dublin by sharing ideas, knowledge and creating a bespoke plan to help the enterprise innovate. 11 student teams competed at this year’s ENFUSE Finals last night by pitching to […]
Fingal County Council and the Football Association of Ireland have celebrated the graduation of the class of ’22 on the Football and Fitness TY Course, a joint collaboration based at the Corduff Sports Centre. The only course of its kind in Ireland, Football and Fitness has welcomed the latest graduation of its TY students, providing […]
Tipperary County Council in partnership with Limerick City & County Council, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the Department of Transport have published details of the Preferred Transport Solution for the N24 Cahir to Limerick Junction Project which is identified as a priority investment in the Government’s National Development Plan 2021-2030. This integrated
Learning Limerick hosted a UNESCO Learning Cities Seminar in University of Limerick’s City Centre Campus, Sarsfield Street, Limerick as the flagship event for this week’s Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival. The event featured guest speakers from the Irish Network of Learning Cities, including Belfast, Dublin, Cork, and Derry/ Strabane. As well as the sharing of best […]
Meath students from St. Patrick’s Classical School have taken a national award in the Senior Category at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Finals. The Finals of the Local Enterprise Office initiative were held physically for the first time in three years at the Helix in Dublin with An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and host RTE’s […]
Festival organisers from Youghal Medieval Festival, Clonakilty International Guitar Festival and Timoleague Harvest Festival have embarked on a new Cork County Council green festivals pilot programme to support the greening of festivals in the county. Funded by Cork County Council, the programme will include training workshops, virtual support sessions and in person
The Waterford Designers and Makers Exhibition was launched at the Waterford Gallery of Art on O’Connell Street in Waterford City. Created by Waterford City and County Council’s Creative Ireland Programme in association with Waterford Local Enterprise Office the exhibition was launched by Dr Audrey Whitty, Deputy Director of the National Museum of Ireland, “I am honoured to
Cork City Council is delighted to support a jam-packed programme of live performances taking place in Cork City from the end of May through to June 30th as part of the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme (LLPPS). The diverse live programme includes big swing band sounds at Fitzgerald’s Park as part of Swing By the Lee; […]
Starting a business, or thinking about it? In business, wish to grow? StartUp Ballymun is the event for you. StartUp Ballymun is back for its ninth edition on Thursday 26th May from 4.30pm to 8pm at the Civic Centre, Ballymun. Meet entrepreneurs, business support agencies, LEO business mentors and Digital Advisers. StartUp Ballymun is aimed […]
An Taisce announced the International Blue Flags and Green Coast Award recipients for 2022. The awards were presented by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform at a ceremony on Curracloe Beach in County Wexford. The Blue Flag is an international award that recognises beach excellence, and water quality. […]
The Mid-West National Road Design Office based in Limerick City and County Council has recently received Continuing Professional Development (CPD) re-accreditation from Engineers Ireland. The office underwent an audit by Engineers Ireland in March this year and were successful in being re-accredited for the maximum period of three years. The audit assessed the office under
Fingal County Council is delighted to announce the launch of Cycling Without Age Fingal, which officially began with a celebratory cycle at St. Catherine’s Park, Lucan. Cycling Without Age is a movement that started in Denmark in 2012, led by social entrepreneur Ole Kassow. Ole wanted to help older people get back on their bicycles, […]