March 2024

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced funding of €4.1 million to develop and enhance over 150 outdoor recreation projects.

€4.1 million to develop and upgrade over 150 outdoor recreation projects Announced

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Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Thursday March 28th,) announced funding of €4.1 million to develop and enhance over 150 outdoor recreation projects. The investment, under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS), will be key to enhancing our mountain trails, forest walks, cycleways, rivers, lakes and beaches. It will also […]

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Parent and Toddler Group Grants Initiative 2024

Parent and Toddler Group Grants Initiative 2024 launched

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Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, today launched the Parent and Toddler Group Grants Initiative 2024 as part of the Government’s First 5 Strategy. The Minister has secured funding of €250,000, which will be allocated to Parent and Toddler Groups nationwide through local City/County Childcare Committees (CCCs). From today, Parent and

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Call for applications from schools for Arts in Education initiative – BLAST 2024/25

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Minister for Education Norma Foley, TD, has today invited primary, post-primary, special schools and YouthReach to apply for the BLAST – Bringing Live Arts to Students and Teachers – arts in education initiative 2024/25. Minister Foley is delighted to confirm that BLAST will be running in 2024 for the fourth time. The 2024 programme will

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The Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) office in collaboration with SOLAS has launched a call for applications to the 2024 Collaboration and Innovation Fund

€1 million available through the 2024 Collaboration and Innovation Fund to fund projects that support adults literacy needs

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The Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) office in collaboration with SOLAS has launched a call for applications to the 2024 Collaboration and Innovation Fund. Details of a new Collaboration and Innovation Fund were announced last week by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Simon Harris TD, with applications invited across Ireland. The Fund aims to

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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, together with Minister of State Pippa Hackett and Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Malcolm Noonan, were on the shores of Lough Ennell today to officially launch the €60 million Water EIP “Farming for Water” project aimed at improving water quality at local, catchment and national levels.

€60 million Farming for Water EIP Launched by Ministers McConalogue, Hackett and Noonan

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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, together with Minister of State Pippa Hackett and Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Malcolm Noonan, were on the shores of Lough Ennell today to officially launch the €60 million Water EIP “Farming for Water” project aimed at improving

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Applications now open for The National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2024

Applications now open for The National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2024

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The National Lottery are delighted to officially launch this year’s National Lottery Good Causes Awards, which honours the inspiring work and achievements of projects, clubs and individuals all over Ireland, who, with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding, have had an extraordinary impact on their local communities. The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, 12th of October in Killashee House

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Shared Island Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative

€9 million funding call under the Shared Island Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative Launched

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• The Call for Proposals is supported by an allocation from the Government’s Shared Island Fund, which will support the development of two bioeconomy initiatives on the agri-bioeconomy and the blue bioeconomy • The scheme will support the integration of bioeconomy innovation and solutions in the agriculture and marine sectors across both jurisdictions on the island of

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Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has today announced funding of €34 million for a new LIFE Strategic Nature Project– Ireland’s largest LIFE Nature Project.

Minister Noonan announces €34m project to transform Ireland’s approach to biodiversity data

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Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has today announced funding of €34 million for a new LIFE Strategic Nature Project– Ireland’s largest LIFE Nature Project. Led by the NPWS and supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Coillte Nature, this ambitious nine-year project will bring biodiversity information

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Funding for Free Schoolbooks for Secondary School Junior Cycle Students Announced

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Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today announced details of a new groundbreaking scheme which provides free schoolbooks to Junior Cycle students in post-primary schools in the Free Education Scheme. More than 212,000 students enrolled in approximately 670 post-primary schools, will benefit from the new scheme. Schools will also separately be provided with an

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