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New Inter-generational Community Archive project launching as part of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Festival of Inclusion and is seeking volunteers to help facilitate the project in their area! The Community Time […]

Financial package announced for delivery of LEADER programme under new Common Agricultural Policy Investment brings total allocation over next seven years to €250 million Minister for Rural and Community Development, […]

What Vision do you have for our Community, for now, and for Future Generations? Opening: 27th of September 2021 at 12.00pm Closing: 8th of November 2021 at 12.00pm AIMS DLR […]

The public consultation on Disability Social Care Services to guide plan for the next 4 years (2022-2025) is now open.  Background HSE Disability Services organises specialist disability support services. These […]

Education is transformative and empowering for individuals, their families and communities, with wide-ranging benefits for society as a whole. Education opens doors, builds self-confidence, increases job satisfaction and employability, creates […]

Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces over €4.2 million in funding for schools, sports clubs, playgrounds and community organisations   104 projects to benefit from funding under CLÁR Programme Huge […]

The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has opened a consultation to seek views from interested parties on the potential introduction of a new Renewable Heat Obligation. This obligation, if introduced, […]

Link to the 2020 Annual Report – Public Participation Networks are included Goal 4. Support the Community, Voluntary and Charity Sector. “The Department of Rural and Community Development supports the Community, […]

Minister Martin announces €1,461,587 in capital grants to arts and culture organisations Catherine Martin, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has today announced awards in capital […]

Wed, 18 August 2021 18:00 – 20:00 IST Daniel Breen, Project Coordinator, Refohcus has been working with new communities to bring them an Information Session on Vaccines with Dr Angela Skuce. […]

Create is delighted to offer two Artist in the Community Scheme bursaries in 2021. The first, themed on Collaborative Arts and Cultural Diversity, is offered in partnership with the Immigrant Council of […]

As you will be aware, the Department of Rural and Community Development has now engaged Mazars to undertake a structural review of the PPNs which is currently underway. The Department would now […]

Minister O’Brien signs new regulations for the installation of Electric Vehicle recharging Infrastructure   New Regulations require appropriate infrastructure to enable the installation of recharging points for Electric Vehicles for […]

The NDA is updating its guidance to Government departments and public bodies in relation to engaging people with disabilities, including children and young people with disabilities, in policy development and […]

Minister for Disability Anne Rabbitte outlines additional respite provision for 2021 alternative respite services are additional to 9 new respite centres Minister ensured innovative use of “time related savings” person-centred […]

€2 million Creative Climate Action Fund announcement by Ministers Catherine Martin and Eamon Ryan   The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in collaboration with the Department […]

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett has published the first interim report on the implementation of Project Woodland. The report was […]

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is proposing to carry out pedestrian mobility and public realm improvement works in Sandyford village. The Council is undertaking a Non-Statutory Public Consultation to help inform […]

The scheme is aimed at homeowners aged 65 and over living in the county and will offer these homeowners the opportunity to have their existing lock barrels/cylinders in external doors […]

Over the next ten years, the number of people with disabilities, their age groups, and where they are living, are all likely to change. Ireland needs to plan ahead, to […]

Following the recent introduction by the Department of Rural and Community Development, in conjunction with the Department of Transport, of a pilot initiative to develop a scheme for the provision […]

Closes, 10 September 2021 This draft guidance has been developed as an action of the Climate Action Plan 2019 (Action 50d) to develop guidance for retrofitting traditional buildings. Its purpose […]

    An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, joined Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, today (Saturday, 3rd July 2021) launched the 2020 Annual […]

Talking Art Online The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), in collaboration with the Department of Rural and Community Development, wishes to connect with groups or individuals in rural areas […]