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VICAR STREET RAILWAY CROSSING
I have received very welcome confirmation from Irish Rail that it has agreed to dedicate a section of ground to allow for a safe pathway to be installed across the railway line at Vicar Street [...]
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING STRATEGY
I chaired the first meeting of the National Advisory Group on Volunteering this week. We have received 130 submissions to our call for papers on developing a National Volunteering Strategy, which is one of our [...]
ENGAGE AND EDUCATE AWARDS
I was honoured this week to present funding awards to five Awardees to develop projects under the Engage & Educate Fund 2019. The Awardees will share €150,000 as part of the three-year €450,000 fund established [...]
FUNDING OF OVER €18.5m FOR THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
Seán Canney, T.D., Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, today (Friday) announced funding of €18.5m over the coming three years to 73 national community and voluntary organisations. The funding is [...]
€500,000 FOR MEN’S SHEDS
As Minister of State in the Department of Rural and Community Development, I am delighted to announce today that Men's Sheds will be receiving €500,000 from the Dormant Accounts Fund. We have 400 Men's Sheds [...]
FUNDING FOR CRAUGHWELL ATHLETIC CLUB IN LEADER FUNDING
I wish to congratulate Craughwell Athletic Club who have received an allocation of €117,227.28 in funding. The funding is for the provision of a toilet block and community room for use by walkers using the [...]