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Local Transition Year students showcase their creativity and raise awareness amongst students of accessibility and disability-related issues.
The Government has announced a new improved system of Local Enterprise Offices in each local authority with more funding, more staff and more services.
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan TD, today (19/12/2013) launched the new strategy 2013-2017 for public libraries, Opportunities for All: the public library as a catalyst for economic, social and cultural development.
All through the autumn, contestants have been competing the length and breadth of the country passionately defending or attacking the idea that Citizens are at the Heart of the EU in the annual Europe Direct Soapbox Competition.
Phil Hogan, T.D. Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to-day has welcomed the decision of the Local Authority Shared Services Payroll & Superannuation Evaluation Committee, after a competitive bidding process, to recommend that Laois County Council provide Shared Payroll and Superannuation services on behalf of all local authorities.
An international PLR conference, hosted for the first time in Ireland took place in Farmleigh House on September 26 and 27. The 10th international PLR conference brought together international representatives from PLR offices, authors’ organisations and other agencies from Western and Eastern Europe, Canada, USA, South Africa and Taiwan under the aegis of the International PLR Network.
‘Digital technology has fundamentally reshaped the way in which people of every age connect with society.’
Lord Puttnam, Digital Champion for Ireland and renowned film producer, addressed a large international audience in Dublin Castle yesterday which included representatives from key European cultural institutions in all 27 EU Member States, the creative industries and all the main cultural institutions in Ireland, North and South.
The County and City Managers’ Association (CCMA) today welcomed the publication of the Framework Service Level Agreement (SLA) between local authorities and Enterprise Ireland for the new Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs). The SLA along with the new branding for the LEO offices were revealed today by Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Mr Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan TD and Minister of State for Small Business John Perry TD. Read more...
The report ‘Supporting Enterprise, Local Development and Economic Growth-Analysis of Local Authority Activities for 2012’ was published today by the County and City Managers’ Association (CCMA). The report which was welcomed by Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan T.D., highlights over 2,300 separate actions, projects and promotional activities undertaken by local authorities in 2012 to support job creation and economic development. Read more...
The Protect Our Water website (www.ProtectOurWater.ie) has been operational since the 26th June 2012. The registration fee has increased to €50 (from €5) since the 28th September. To date, the LGMA have received approximately 340,000 registrations. All owners of premises connected to a domestic wastewater treatment system are required to register their systems by midnight on the 1st of February 2013.