January 2025

The RISE Community Fund, supported by NBI and partners, has distributed over 130 cash grants to date.

RISE Community Fund to Award Cash Grants nationwide Throughout February

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The RISE Community Fund has announced plans to award new cash grants to small businesses, farms, social enterprises, schools, charities and community groups across the country, with funding available to those who can demonstrate innovative plans to use technology to scale the positive impact of their work and benefit the local community.  Supported by National […]

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Minister Heydon issues a call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives

Call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives

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Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has issued a call for proposals for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives under the 2025 Rural Innovation and Development Fund (RIDF). Minister Heydon said: “Tourism and the agri-food sector share close ties and complement each other well. This funding provides support towards the development of agri-food tourism

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Almost €15m of PEACEPLUS funding awarded for addiction services in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland

A combined total of €14,800,071.56 of PEACEPLUS funding has been awarded to two projects delivering addiction services in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.

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The funding announcement on the Collaborative Health and Social Care (Addiction Services) Investment Area, through the PEACEPLUS Healthy and Inclusive Communities theme, will contribute towards the more efficient delivery of health and social care services relating to addiction services. The programme will be delivered through provision of personalised comprehensive care to individuals experiencing Alcohol Related

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Minister Neale Richmond welcomes the Community Insurance initiative for Tidy Towns

New Community Insurance initiative for Tidy Towns

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Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Neale Richmond, welcomes the recently launched Community Insurance initiative which allows Local Authorities to obtain insurance for Tidy Towns through a partnership between Irish Public Bodies (IPB) Insurance and local authorities. Welcoming the initiative, Minister Richmond said: “Volunteer and local groups such as Tidy Towns

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Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has today announced the successful applicants to a call for innovative proposals to maximise the return to primary producers from short supply chains.

Successful applicants for Short Supply Chains Funding announced

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Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has announced the successful applicants to a call for innovative proposals to maximise the return to primary producers from short supply chains. Minister Hackett said: “This call delivered on a number of Programme for Government commitments around promoting short supply

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