I am today announcing the details of an external review of the governance and organisational culture in the Arts Council. Two weeks ago, I brought to Government the Arts Council’s 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements, as well as a report on an unsuccessful IT project at the Council. This project, which failed to deliver…
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Minister Norma Foley T.D. noted the publication today of the Fifth Opinion of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on Ireland’s implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The Minister said: “The Advisory Committee has raised important issues in relation to the situation of Travellers and Roma in Ireland. Ireland takes…
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The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, has today (Monday, 24 February 2025) announced over €14 million to deliver 163 community projects across the country through the Community Recognition Fund. The investment announced today will deliver a diverse range of projects and includes upgrades and enhancements to much needed…
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As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it is a stark reminder of the horrors of evil and Ireland is committed to countering all forms of antisemitism, racism and discrimination, Tánaiste Simon Harris has said. With today marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs…
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A new perpetual trophy has been established in memory of Michèle de Foubert, a beloved member of the Fleischmann Choir of the MTU Cork School of Music, who passed away on at the beginning of last Summer. The Michèle de Foubert Perpetual Trophy will be awarded annually to the highest placed MTU Cork School of…
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The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, has today announced Ireland’s endorsement of the non-legally binding Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism. This decision has been taken in the context of Ireland’s longstanding commitment to supporting freedom of religion or…
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Cope Foundation has announced a new name to reflect the organisation’s vision and goal of supporting people with an intellectual disability and / or autism to live a life of their choosing. The Cork-based charity, which is now in its 67th year, is to be called Horizons with the new name, brand and logo coming into effect…
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The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today (Friday) published the first Corporate Plan for Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV) Agency. The establishment of Cuan earlier this year was a key action under Minister McEntee’s Zero Tolerance strategy for combating domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Cuan is tasked with implementing the…
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Founded in 1899, Sunday’s Well Boating & Tennis Club is currently celebrating its 125th anniversary. The Club recently hosted their annual ‘Mary Collins Tennis Tournament’, which generated €5,535 for Edel House, Good Shepherd Cork’s shelter for women and children who are homeless. For the second year in a row, Edel House benefited from proceeds raised at…
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Cork’s Crawford Art Gallery has acquired two more paintings by one of Ireland’s best-known painters, Seán Keating. The Keating paintings are amongst four artworks recently acquired at auction by Crawford Art Gallery for the National Collection. Sean Keating’s Elijah with the Ravens, Version II (1930) and his self-portrait, c.1961, along with Winter Evening, Calary (1964) by abstract and landscape artist Camille Souter…
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