The 2022/23 grant round for the Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) opens on Wednesday 19th January. The Emigrant Support Programme provides funding to non-profit organisations that support and connect Irish communities across the world. It is administered by the Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, in partnership with Irish Embassies and Consulates abroad. Minister…
State Commemoration in the Upper Castle Yard on Sunday, 16th January Conference, organised by Trinity College Dublin at The Printworks and live-streamed, on 14th and 15th January OPW programme of events Original records to go on display at the National Archives An Post to issue commemorative stamp Two new publications from the Royal Irish Academy…
New Year, New you – Tackle Climate change with a #2minutebeachclean It’s not too late to pick a New Year’s resolution: Clean Coasts are asking people in Ireland to request a kit and do their bit for our marine environment Clean Coasts is calling all the people in Ireland whose New Year’s resolution for 2022…
Today Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy T.D. launched the ‘Back for Business’ programme and a call for applicants for this free initiative to help returned emigrants start and develop businesses in Ireland. In its fifth year, the Back for Business developmental programme is funded from the Government’s Emigrant Support Programme,…
This reflects the ‘Global Ireland’ ambition to double Ireland’s impact in the world by 2025 with the continued expansion of Ireland’s overseas network. On the recommendation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney T.D., the Government today approved 22 Ambassadorial level nominations from currently serving staff in the Department…
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, TD, will host a very special virtual celebration event this evening to welcome 1,800 people who recently received their Irish citizenship. The event will be the third virtual event to welcome new citizens following the success of the previous events in April and July. Speaking in advance of the…
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising organisations to urgently assess their web servers for exposure to a new vulnerability, and to take measures to address the risk of compromise. This issue only affects organisations operating web server infrastructure and not users operating home or personal devices. The NCSC has been working with partners across…
Ireland contributed over €150m to the global response to COVID-19 in 2020, the newly published Irish Aid Annual Report has shown. Ireland’s total overseas development aid spend for 2020 was €867m. Included in this was an investment of over €150m to the global response to COVID-19. This spend supported partners to mitigate both the health…
The eighth annual Dublin Arabic Film Festival (DAFF) curated by Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Jim Sheridan and film director, Zahara Moufid, will run online from the 8th-12th of December 2021. Six feature length and eight short Arab films will be shown on www.dublinarabicfilmfestivalonline.com Zahara Moufid and Jim Sheridan established DAFF in 2014 in a bid to allow Irish audiences the…
The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has today announced that the Government has approved a scheme to regularise thousands of undocumented migrants and their families who are living in Ireland. The scheme, which is a key part of Minister McEntee’s Justice Plan 2021, will be for long-term undocumented migrants and their eligible dependents, where the…