Business News

Molten Ventures Offers New Fund for High-Growth Irish Companies

By Ryan Harmon 2 August 2023

Molten Ventures, a European venture capital firm, has launched a new fund to invest in high-growth tech companies based in Ireland. The fund has a value of €50m after its first close, and the figure is expected to increase after an additional syndicated partner joins. Existing shareholder ISIF, or the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, has […]

Council Partners News

2023 Town and Village Renewal Scheme Launched

By Ryan Harmon 24 July 2023

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has launched the 2023 Town and Village Renewal Scheme – a €15 million Fund designed to revitalise and regenerate our rural towns and villages. The Fund will support dozens of projects nationwide with a focus on tackling vacancy and dereliction and bringing additional footfall into the […]

Council Partners Housing News

€9m Fund to Tackle Dereliction in Limerick City

By Ryan Harmon 17 July 2023

Limerick City and County Council has been allocated €9 million to continue tackling long-term vacancy and dereliction in the city.  The funding is part of a new €150 million Urban Regeneration Development Fund (URDF) introduced by the Government under the Housing for All plan.  The allocation to Limerick’s local authority is the highest outside of Dublin. Dublin […]

Council Partners Environment News

Cork City Council Launches Community Climate Action Fund

By Ryan Harmon 19 April 2023

Cork City Council is making €840,000 available to community organisations across the city to support them to take collective action on climate change.  The Community Climate Action Fund, funded by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) and launched, is inviting groups to design projects around one, or ideally more than one of the […]

Culture Environment News

New €3M Creative Climate Action Fund Launched By Government

By Ryan Harmon 28 November 2022

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, and Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan, launched a €3 million creative climate action fund to support imaginative creative projects that build awareness around climate change and empower citizens to make meaningful behavioural changes.

Business News Tourism

26 Towns to Benefit From €2.6m Fund to Enhance Streetscapes and Shopfronts

By Ryan Harmon 31 August 2022

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced the 26 towns and villages that will benefit from a €2.6 million fund to support the enhancement of streetscapes and shopfronts. Under the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative, retailers and property owners will be provided with grants that they can use to improve the facades of […]

Business News Technology

€85 Million Grow Digital Fund Announced

By Ryan Harmon 21 June 2022

The Tánaiste and Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment, Leo Varadkar, the Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy, and Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English, have announced a new €85 million grow digital fund to help businesses, no matter what stage they’re at or what […]

Education News

What Works ‘Sharing Knowledge’ Fund Announced

By Ryan Harmon 27 April 2022

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, is pleased to announce a €200,000 ‘Sharing Knowledge’ Fund, which will be rolled out as part of the What Works initiative and funded through Dormant Accounts Funding. The ‘Sharing Knowledge’ Fund builds on the 2021 What Works ‘Learning Together’ Fund to support learning, share […]

Environment News

€11.7m EPA Fund to Support Implementation of Environmental Policies

By Ryan Harmon 27 April 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA) is inviting proposals from the research community to help address climate change and implement environmental policies. €11.7 million is available for new research projects. Laura Burke, EPA Director General said, “EPA-funded research is essential to improving national understanding of our environment, the challenges it

Culture News

€7m Fund to Develop Community Facilities & Amenities in Rural Areas

By Ryan Harmon 25 February 2022

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced the launch of the 2022 CLÁR programme. CLÁR provides funding for small scale community facilities & amenities projects in rural areas that have experienced significant levels of population decline. Community Groups are encouraged to consider applying for funding for projects such as

Culture News

2021 Community Monuments Fund Grants of Over €4 Million Announced

By Ryan Harmon 16 June 2021

Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has today announced the approval of 139 project grants across all 31 Local Authorities for a wide range of archaeological heritage projects under the Department’s Community Monuments Fund. First established in 2020, the fund was increased from just over €1 million last year to […]