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Cork County Council Announces New Culture and Creativity Strategy

By Ryan Harmon 6 March 2023

Cork County Council has launched its new 5-year Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023-2027. The Creative Ireland programme aims to create pathways to a wide range of creative and cultural possibilities, connecting individuals and communities and encouraging people of all ages to discover their personal creative potential.  Launching the Strategy, Mayor of

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Clare Commits to New Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Strategy

By Ryan Harmon 2 March 2023

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Kieran O’Donnell TD, announced the roll-out of the Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Strategy of 31 local authorities at an event at Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park. Included in the launch was […]

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Latest Shared Island Dialogue Focuses On Arts and Culture On the Island of Ireland

By Ryan Harmon 13 October 2022

Artists, musicians, writers, members of cultural and creative community organisations, and government agencies North and South will come together in Mandela Hall in Belfast to discuss shared challenges and opportunities facing the arts and cultural sector across the island. Arts and Culture on a Shared Island is the twelfth event in the Shared Island Dialogue […]

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Ireland’s Culture and Creativity to Take Centre Stage at the National Ploughing Championships

By Ryan Harmon 19 September 2022

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media will be exhibiting at the 2022 National Ploughing Championships. The much-anticipated event returns to Ratheniska this year, and will take place from 20-22 September. This year the department will showcase an exciting and vibrant offering at the Culture, Creativity and Innovation Marquee, located at Block

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Dublin City Council Launches New Arts and Culture Survey

By Ryan Harmon 3 March 2022

Dublin City Council has launched a new survey into the provision of arts and culture spaces, programmes, activities and services within the Dublin North-Central area of the city.  The study will seek to explore how artists and arts organisations interact with the local community, identify existing barriers to participation, and generate new ideas to improve […]

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Creative Ireland Programme to be Extended Until 2027

By Ryan Harmon 9 February 2022

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD announced the Government’s decision in principle to extend the Creative Ireland Programme until 2027. In 2017, Creative Ireland was launched as an all-of-government culture and wellbeing programme committed to the vision that every person should have the opportunity to realise their full

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New €12m Music Campus to Bring Musicians From Around the World to Dublin

By Ryan Harmon 14 January 2022

The father and son duo behind a new €12m music campus in Dublin say it offers new ways for people at home and abroad to actively engage in Irish music and culture. The Taoiseach Micheál Martin is officially opening the first two phases of the state-of-the-art new Irish Institute of Music and Song (IIMS) campus […]

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Have Your Say on Arts and Culture Strategy in Cork City

By Ryan Harmon 10 November 2021

An online public survey has been launched with the aim of gathering hopes and ideas for the future of arts and culture in Cork City over the next few years. A European City of Culture, Cork has a rich and dynamic arts scene across all art forms that strives to cater to all corners of […]

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Exploring Limerick’s Street Art

By Jack Mullen 14 April 2021

Renowned street artists from all over the world come to Limerick to make their mark, and what they leave behind are vibrant, evocative, uniting murals and messages. Here’s a collection of some of Limerick’s most stunning street art as photographed by the Dodo Reddan One of Limerick’s most colourful and memorable characters is immortalised in […]

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Virtual Seachtain na Gaeilge in Fingal 2021

By Jack Mullen 2 March 2021

Fingal County Council will be celebrating the Irish Language and culture with a fantastic online programme for Seachtain na Gaeilge this year. Fingal County Council will be celebrating the Irish Language and culture with a fantastic online programme for Seachtain na Gaeilge this year. In partnership with the Seamus Ennis Centre we will be hosting […]

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Irish public pledges to read for more than 400,000 minutes on Ireland Reads Day, tomorrow February 25th

By Jack Mullen 24 February 2021

Thousands of people have pledged to ‘squeeze in a read’ for Ireland Reads Day, February 25th. So far, more than 400,000 minutes of reading have been pledged for the national reading day, organised by Libraries Ireland as part of the Keep Well campaign. A live tracker of the total number of minutes pledged is available […]

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Fáilte Ireland Launches Massive Investment Plan to Grow Tourism Industry

By admin 20 June 2019

On 29th May 2019, Fáilte Ireland launched its massive new capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth. The programme will run from 2019 to 2022 and is worth €150 million, making it the biggest investment programme of this kind. It will focus on improving tourism by providing grants of €2.5million and upwards to large-scale visitor attractions. […]

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Visit the Award-Winning Carlow County Museum

By admin 13 June 2019

The Carlow County Museum is an award-winning experience in Carlow Town’s Cultural Quarter. The Museum, found on College Street, distinguishes itself by both being open year round and offering free admission. The Carlow County Council works in association with the Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society (C.H.A.S.) to maintain the four galleries worth of exhibitions

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The ‘digital_self’ at The IMMA

By Nick Fitzgerald 22 January 2018

The digital_self exhibition and public programme is a part of the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s (IMMA) Project Spaces Initiative, promoting artistic and curatorial experimentation and research. The project in its entirety poses the question; how do digital technologies impact our daily lives? Through photography, video and web artworks, digital interventions, talks,