Cork International Film Festival announces deadlines for two creative initiatives – IGNITE Documentary Talent Development Programme & Parallax Emerging Film Artist Award
Applications have opened for Year Four of the IGNITE Documentary Talent Development Programme, supporting cross-border documentary production,and the Parallax Emerging Film Artist Award 2024, aimed at supporting recent fine art graduates. IGNITE, the successful and innovative collaboration between Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) and Docs Ireland, Belfast, is a talent development programme directed towards emerging Irish and […]
Ireland generated 1.2 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2021 – EPA calls for measures to urgently tackle packaging waste
Ireland generated 1.2 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2021. Ireland is continuing to achieve high levels of recycling for glass (84 percent) and paper/cardboard (73 percent). Plastics present a serious challenge. Only 28 percent of plastic packaging waste was recycled in 2021, a long way off the 2025 EU target of 50 percent. The […]
Emerald Park Presents: ‘Jack and Jill’s Explore at the Park’ on Friday Aug 25th
Emerald Park, Ireland’s only theme park and zoo, is thrilled to announce an exciting event that promises fun and adventure with Irish children’s charity Jack and Jill. On Friday, August 25th, 10am – 3pm, Emerald Park will host ‘Jack and Jill’s Explore at the Park,’ a captivating treasure hunt trail that aims to support the Jack and Jill Children’s […]
Just 82 dog fouling fines handed out in 2022 as blind or vision impaired community calls on dog owners to clean up and Clear Our Paths
Data gathered by NCBI as part of our Clear Our Paths campaign shows that just 82 dog fouling fines were handed out by local councils over the course of 2022. Information, provided by the local councils at the request of NCBI, showed that 18 councils from around the country handed out zero dog fouling fines […]
Three Circuits in Three Weeks for Nicole!
Nicole Drought visited three circuits and drove three very different cars over the past three weekends. Following on from her second place in the 12 Hour EnduroKA race at Snetterton, Nicole was invited to demonstrate the incredible 600bhp Spice-Hart Le Mans car at the Mondello Park Historic Festival. Last weekend though, it was back to […]
11th Annual Green Ribbon Walk and Talk Campaign
IFA President Tim Cullinan has encouraged families to attend and support the Green Ribbon walks organised by IFA in partnership with See Change, Coillte, and Mental Health Ireland in support of the Green Ribbon campaign next month. Eleven walks have been organised in venues throughout the country during September as part of the annual Green […]
Planning a trip to the coast? Submit your best shots of the Irish coast for a chance to win from a prize fund of €6,000
This Saturday, 19th August, we celebrate World Photography Day. To mark the day, enter Clean Coasts’ 14th edition of the annual Love Your Coast photography competition. Photographers are invited to capture and celebrate the breathtaking uniqueness of our coastal landscapes, heritage, wildlife and communities. Ireland has some of the most spectacular coastlines in the world and […]
Registrations are open for the Big Beach Clean
150 groups and individuals already registered to join the World biggest clean-up with Irish environmental programme Clean Coasts and to be part of a citizen science project Clean Coasts, supported by Cully and Sully, is thrilled to announce the return of the Big Beach Clean initiative. The programme is asking participants to sign up to […]
Bord na Móna announces confirmed fledging of a Common Crane chick on rewetted peatlands for the second consecutive year following 300-year breeding hiatus
Increased breeding success and sightings of the Common Crane are a positive sign for further species growth in Ireland. Species sightings connected to habitat restoration through peatland rehabilitation in Ireland. Bord na Móna has today announced that a pair of Common Cranes have returned from their wintering grounds from abroad to one of Bord na […]
Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School, Cloughjordan, Sept. 20-24, 2023
‘And now the poet heart is calling too’ from The Golden Joy Thomas MacDonagh The first Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School takes place from 20-24 September 2023 in the Thomas MacDonagh Museum in Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary and aims to be one of the highlights of the Museum’s 10th anniversary programme. Advance tickets are on sale now. The Thomas MacDonagh Hedge […]