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Brighten Your Mood:Dublin City Libraries Introduce Light Boxes to Boost Wellbeing

By admin 17 February 2025

Dublin City Council has announced the introduction of light boxes across all Dublin city libraries, providing a new way for visitors to enhance their wellbeing during the darker months. This initiative aims to help people combat the winter blues and symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which can leave individuals feeling tired and unmotivated. The […]

€800 Million in Investment for School Building Projects Announced by Minister Foley

By admin 10 April 2024

Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today (Wednesday) announced plans for the rollout of the next phase of the department’s school building programme. It is planned that close to 90 school building projects currently at the tender stage will be authorised to proceed to construction over the course of 2024 and early 2025.

Minister McConalogue announces opening of a new €15m National Sheep Welfare Scheme

By admin 9 April 2024

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced the opening of applications for a new National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS).

Evernorth Health Services chooses Galway City as Site for New Innovation Hub

By admin 9 April 2024

Evernorth Health Services, the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of global health company The Cigna Group, has chosen Galway City as the location of a new innovation hub, creating 100 jobs over the next few years. Evernorth’s mission is focused on making the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people.

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Invests €5 Million For Essential Road Repairs

By admin 8 March 2024

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has allocated €5 million of funding to carry out essential repairs on specific roads and footpaths across the County in 2024.

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€1 Billion European Social Fund Plus Programme Investment in Employment, Skills and Social Inclusion

By Ryan Harmon 22 March 2023

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has announced a €1 billion co-funded investment in employment, skills, social inclusion and poverty in Ireland under the European Social Fund Plus Programme. The funding is a joint investment by the Irish Government and the European Union under the European Social Fund Plus. […]

Tourism Industry Gather to Drive Collective Climate Action

By admin 15 November 2022

The tourism industry gathered at Croke Park to attend Fáilte Ireland’s first national conference on driving climate action in tourism businesses. The conference provided practical supports for businesses in measuring and reducing their carbon footprint. More than 200 tourism businesses attended from across the country and Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin TD

Thank Cork It’s Christmas 2021!

By Ryan Harmon 6 December 2021

A Christmas video highlighting what makes Christmas in Cork special has been released to launch Cork City Council’s ‘Thank Cork Its Christmas’ campaign to support the city’s retail, food producers, hospitality, arts and culture sectors. Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Colm Kelleher said, “it is heartening to see, in line with public health guidelines, the return […]

SEAI Launch Home Energy Upgrades Campaign

By Ryan Harmon 16 September 2021

As we prepare for the colder winter months, SEAI has launched a new campaign to encourage homeowners to invest in home energy upgrades. Doing this will give you a warmer, cosier home, with lower energy bills and significantly reduce your impact on the environment. SEAI provides a range of Government-funded home energy upgrade grants that […]

Irish Start-up Wayflyer raises $76M to provide ‘revenue-based’ financing

By Jack Mullen 27 May 2021

Image courtesy of Wayfler Wayflyer, a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce merchants, has raised $76 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital. “Partners” of DST Global, QED Investors, Speedinvest and Zinal Growth — the family office of Guillaume Pousaz (founder of Checkout.com) — also put money in the round. The raise comes just […]

Purcell Construction to build €50 million DCC operations depot

By Jack Mullen 1 February 2021

Dublin City Council has awarded the development of a consolidated operations depot to Purcell Construction. The depot will cover the local authority’s north city operations including Waste Management, Housing Maintenance, Public Lighting and Electrical Services, Traffic Management, Surface Water and Drainage (excluding foul drainage/Irish Water activities), Signage and

WIN A TASTE OF THE BURREN HAMPER!

By Jack Mullen 31 January 2021

If you can’t make it to the Burren, let the Burren come to you! COUNCIL JOURNAL is giving away two delicious hampers produced locally by the Burren Smokehouse who are members of the Burren Food Trail. The Burren Food Trail is part of the Burren Ecotourism Network. To be in with a chance to win one […]

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By Jack Mullen 30 November 2020

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‘Unprecedented’ €17.75 Billion Announced in Budget 2021

By Jack Mullen 14 October 2020

Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe and Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath outlined the details in the Dáil this afternoon. The Government has unveiled a €17.75 billion budget package in the Dail. There will be a €3.4 billion COVID-19 recovery fund aimed at increasing employment by targeting domestic demand. As part of the stimulus package, the VAT rate for

Funding for Donegal’s Archaeological Monuments

By Jack Mullen 13 October 2020

Three archaeological monuments in County Donegal are set to benefit from funding under the new Community Monuments Fund. As part of the July Jobs Stimulus Package, the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage made €1.4 million available for 71 projects countrywide for the conservation of archaeological monuments.

Culture Night 2020

By Jack Mullen 18 September 2020

This Friday 18th September, Donegal County Council Culture Division is proud to present their 12th annual programme of events for Culture Night, the all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. We invite people of all ages to take time out to explore the richness and joy of Irish culture and heritage. In response to […]

ECAR INFRA

By Jack Mullen 15 September 2020

We spoke to Stephen Farrelly and Amanda Farrelly about the future of EV charging infrastructure in Ireland. About ECAR INFRA Founded in Dublin in 2019 by a team with more than 25 years in business and electrical installation, ECAR INFRA was created to contribute to the much needed development of Ireland’s EV Charging Infrastructure. Market […]

Planning Permission For Sustainable Homes

By Jack Mullen 14 July 2020

Planning Permission for 597 new sustainable homes at Shanganagh, Shankill, Co. Dublin Ireland’s largest social and affordable scheme to receive planning permission Developed as partnership between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Land Development Agency Designed to ‘passive house’ low energy use standard and with features to make working from home easier

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Work from Home: The G2 Guide

By admin 7 April 2020

Expect more! G2 is giving tips to work from home. https://learn.g2.com/hub/wfh-week

Cork City Council agrees a budget of €222.340 million – an increase in spending of over €55 million

By admin 15 November 2019

Cork City Council agreed an expenditure budget of €222.340 million for 2020 at its annual budget meeting this evening – an increase of over €55 million in spending compared to this year. €37 million of this increase comes due to the extension of the city boundary with another €18,197,000 being general expenditure increase on the […]

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