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18TH - 28TH FEBRUARY Dublin International Film Festival Dublin City 29TH MARCH - 3RD APRIL International Pan Celtic Festival Co Carlow 26TH APRIL - 2ND MAY Drogheda Arts Festival Drogheda, Co Louth 2ND APRIL Bray Cliff Run Bray, Co Wicklow
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APP BRINGS 1916 LOUTH TAKES ACTION WICKLOW TO LIFE ON BROADBAND A new app called 1916 Wicklow Life has been launched to promote the 1916 centenary celebrations in the county. Engineered by Wicklow County Council, the app is available free of charge for smartphone or tablet users. The app gives users a glimpse of life in Co Wicklow during the year of the Easter Rising. Among its various capabilities, it provides weekly updates to the user, revealing a collection of newspaper clippings and photographs taken one century ago. The website version of the app can be found on www.1916wicklowlife.ie.
Junior Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash has launched the Louth Economic Forum Broadband Action Plan, marking the first county in Ireland to produce a countybroadband strategy in response to the National Broadband Plan. The Louth Economic Forum’s strategy runs until 2020 and aims to build on the significant progress achieved in recent years in broadband across the county. Speaking at the launch which took place in Ardee in late January, Louth County Council’s Joan Martin said Louth is the third best broadbandenabled county in Ireland, behind Dublin and Kildare.
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NEW PUBLIC PARK IN GOREY GIVEN GREEN LIGHT Wexford County Council has announced that it is to spend a1.2 million in 2016 on transforming Gorey Showgrounds and Gorey Town Park into a single park. Plans which were unveiled to councillors at a recent meeting of Gorey Municipal District committee include two open playing fields on the Showgrounds side, an amphitheatre for outdoor events and informal play with seating for spectators, a marsh or wetland area with a boardwalk, a sensory avenue, and a woodland type habitat around the edges.
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CARLOW IN BID TO CONNECT Local businesses have joined forces with Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office and ConnectIreland to showcase why people should spread the word about the county as a business location. The ConnectIreland project encourages people to reach out to their networks to see if they know any international companies considering expansion. Two local firms took part in a specially commissioned promotional video alongside Kieran Comerford of Carlow County Council’s LEO, which is available to view on the Local Enterprise Office’s YouTube Channel.
Companies That Have Connected Through ConnectIreland
• Skellig • Automation • Magni Group Inc • Pepper • Lobo Leasing • Mafic
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