Imeachtaí Pobail agus Nuacht - Community Events & News
Event CANCELLED - World Headcoverings & St. Brigid's Day Celebration which was due to take place on the 1st February in the Radission Hotel, Letterkenny is now cancelled.
Age Friendly Ireland News
Read the latest news from Age Friendly Ireland here
Inishowen Rivers Trust
Celebrate World Wetlands Day in-person with the Inishowen Rivers Trust and friends worldwide.
Come along for a chat and join the conversation with LAWPRO, the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee from Australia and our own team in the Trust discussing the importance of wetlands.
Tea / Coffee / Cake / Chat 10am - 12noon.
To register for the in person event at The Colgan Hall please copy the following link here
To register for the online Webinar please copy the following link click here
Donegal County Council
A number of Town Centre First Regeneration Strategies and Action Plans have been prepared, including:
Killybegs (July 2021)
Ballybofey-Stranorlar (April 2022) – in conjunction with BASICC.
Ballyshannon (April 2022)
Dungloe (September 2022)
Letterkenny (December 2022)
Milford (November 2023)
Moville (September 2025)
Glenties (ongoing)
Raphoe (ongoing)
Bundoran, Buncrana (commenced)
Lifford (tender stage)
Full details available here
Helium Arts
FREE Helium Online Workshops for Young People Living with Long-Term Physical Health Conditions
Bookings are now open for our FREE Online Spring workshops for children and young people with long-term physical health conditions.
Book here
Free Social Enterprise Programme in Circular Innovation for Community Resilience Starting this Spring
Irish Rural Link is working together with Community Finance Ireland to offer a new free short-term Social Enterprise Programme focused on Reuse, Repair and Resource Recovery this Spring. We are looking for five Community Organisations (2 Participants from each) in the border counties to take part in this 10 week cross-border practical programme. The programme will include online learning, mentor support and study visits.
For further information please contact Brendan Mulry, Irish Rural Link on
087 4955821
Disability Federation of Ireland
Read the latest newsletter from Disability Federation of Ireland here
PPN Environmental Representatives Meet Up
When: Wednesday Feb 4th, 7pm - 8.30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Register here
This is a reminder of next weeks online meet up and what is going to covered. This evening will be an opportunity to meet Reps from other counties and to find common ground.
Content for the evening: You will divided by region so you are meeting your neighbours and discuss shared topics of interest. These could be something you would like to work on through the PPN such as a particular motion or policy in your Strategic Policy Committees, or could be relating to the PPN itself. Coming back to the main group you will pinpoint some of the issues that have the most interest and discuss next steps and shared resources. There will also have space to share any resources, research or policies that you have been working on yourselves.
If you have any questions about the evening please email catherine@ien.ie.
Cork Community Art Link Launches Art Link Share
Art Link Share, is a new free-to-use online platform, that supports the sharing of skills, materials, and equipment among individuals, groups, and community organisations across Ireland.
The platform is built by its members who share their resources to help each other develop and produce creative projects and community projects, form peer-to-peer exchange networks, and collaborate locally while contributing to a growing national sharing infrastructure.
Designed to reduce barriers to participation and strengthen community connections, Art Link Share provides a practical way for communities to share what they have to minimise waste, and take what they need to maximise social and cultural impact.
Open to everyone, Art Link Share invites individuals and organisations to help build a shared community resource. For more information, visit here
EPA Ireland
Sunday 1st of March is National Stop Food Waste Day
The EPA’s Stop Food Waste programme is the national campaign to reduce household food waste in Ireland, providing guidance and resources to help people make the most of their food, keep it fresher for longer and avoid food waste.
This year our campaign will run from 1-7 March 2026 around one of the foods we waste the most, Bread
Artlink Fort Dunree - Exhibitions Open Call
Artlink’s exhibition programme supports all visual art media and includes both emerging and established artists working locally, nationally, and internationally. Artlink seeks innovation from within its local context alongside distinctive and inspiring work from further afield. The programme is made up of invited projects, partnerships with other organisations, and proposals selected through open calls
Further details available here
