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YouthBank Fingal committee gave out their first grants to winning teams, on the morning of Friday 8th March 2019. It was very interesting and exciting moments to see young people interview other young people and make the decision to or not fund a project. Eight projects came forward (more…)
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, has announced a significant provision of €2,964,500 in Fáilte Ireland funding to enhance and promote 40 festivals nationwide and develop new festivals and events across the country. Festivals and events are critical for tourism (more…)
Applications are invited to support innovative projects by young people between 10 – 25 years. A programme where Young People give real money to Young People’s projects to benefit Fingal. The programme is managed by YouthBank Fingal and powered by The Kebam in partnership with (more…)
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell is pleased with confirmation that €5,400 in LEADER funding is being allocated to Balscadden Community Hall for a project to replace the floor within the building. “I am delighted that LEADER funding has been allocated to Balscadden (more…)
The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton T.D. and Minister of State for Natural Resources, Community Affairs and Digital Development Sean Canney T.D. today (Thursday the 10th of January) announced funding to support a further 1,000 small (more…)
Cllr Tony Murphy chair of the evaluation committee for the Community Enhancement Programme would like to complement the community groups who have made successful applications for funding under the CEP for their work in the community. As not all applicants can be (more…)
Fingal County Council’s Events Unit is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for financial assistance for events and festivals taking place in 2019. Applications will be accepted from community/voluntary groups for existing and/or new events or festivals. The deadline for applications (more…)
The European Commission Director General of the Directorate for Research and Innovation Jean-Eric Paquet, engaged extensively with the Irish research, development and innovation community during his visit to Dublin today the 16th of November. Heather Humphreys, Minister for (more…)
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, has announced that the new Affordable Childcare Scheme will open for applications in mid-October 2019, with payments flowing from November 2019. The scheme will offer a single, easy to access system of financial subsidies (more…)
Fingal’s Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) has approved the allocation of €16,000 to local Men’s Shed groups which will fund either the purchase of new equipment or small scale capital projects. Nine Men’s Shed Groups across the region will each receive €1,771.33 under (more…)
Approximately €700,000 is to be awarded to companies under Enterprise Ireland’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) initiative which will enable them explore innovative solutions to address challenges faced by Local Authorities. 21 companies have been awarded Phase One (more…)
Fingal County Council has welcomed the allocation of €600,000 towards seven ambitious projects under the 2018 Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Projects in Lusk, Balrothery, Rush, Naul, Portmarnock, Skerries and Portrane have been included in the allocation of €597,960 awarded (more…)