September 2024

2024/25 Parent Peer Support Fund now open for applications

Parent Peer Support Fund 2024/25 now open for applications

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today launched the 2024/25 Parent Peer Support Fund. The fund is open to organisations working with parents and/or children and young people to facilitate the development of parent peer support projects. A total of €75,000 was distributed among 37 organisations under the 2023/24 […]

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Minister O’Donovan launches Science Week 2024 with funding of more than €800,000

Science Week 2024 launched with funding of more than €800,000

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Patrick O’Donovan TD has announced funding of more than €800,000 for Science Week 2024. Taking place across Ireland from 10th-17th November 2024, Science Week is a national celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), with hundreds of events for people of all ages. Speaking

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Over €1 million investment grants in 517 walking trails

Over €1 million investment in 517 walking trails

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced funding of over €1 million to support and improve 517 walking trails across the country. Under the initiative, some 203 community groups will receive grants ranging from €1,500-€35,000 for the development and upgrade of their local trails. Funding is also being provided under

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New wetland restoration project opens a call for public participation

A new Just Transition project is seeking expressions of interest from local individuals and groups to identify wetland sites to be restored. Tóchar is a three-year wetlands restoration project, co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund Programme. Taking its name from the hundreds of ancient paths

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€230m in grants for Sports Clubs and Facilities under phase 2 of Community Sport Facilities Fund

€230m in grants for Sports Clubs and Facilities under phase 2 of Community Sport Facilities Fund

Largest-ever funding announced for Sport Facilities • Ministers Martin and Byrne announce €230m in grants for sports clubs and facilities under phase 2 of Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly known as the Sports Capital Grant: Sports Capital and Equipment Programme) • Over a quarter of a billion allocated to community sports clubs and facilities in

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€900,000 in funding for DEIS Gaeltachta Scholarship Scheme announced by Ministers Martin and Byrne

€900,000 in funding for DEIS Gaeltachta Scholarship Scheme announced by Ministers Martin and Byrne

• Over 800 Gaeltacht scholarships available to students in 2025 • Scholarship for three-week course worth up to €950 or 85% of the total course fee The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and the Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne TD, announced today that they have

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Ecclesiastical Insurance Donates Over €55K to Irish Charities as Part of Long-Running Movement for Good

Social Impact of 5 Irish charities boosted with over €55K from charitable insurer

Driving the impact of good causes through donating all its available profits is core to the purpose of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical, and its parent company Benefact Group. Today they are announcing the latest round of large grants as part of the ‘Movement for Good’ initiative. Through these grants, over half a million euro has been

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Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D

€850,000 for farm safety, health and wellbeing projects announced

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Farm Safety, Martin Heydon T.D., will today announce awards of €850,000 for farm safety, health and wellbeing projects. The successful projects were selected following an open call for proposals under a new initiative launched by the Department this year.

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