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Largest and fastest ferry newcomer launched on the Irish Sea Irish Ferries’ Oscar Wilde, the largest and fastest cruise ferry on the Irish Sea and aims to live up to the famous Oscar Wilde quote’“I have the simplest of tastes. I am always satisfied with the best’. The ship has an impressive capacity of 2,080 passengers, 134 well-appointed cabins, and ample space with over 2,380 lane meters for cars, coaches, and freight vehicles.
With service starting just in time for the peak summer season, the vessel and other adventures, perfect for either will service the Rosslare and Pembroke short getaways or longer breaks. route with twice-daily sailings, offering an elevated experience connecting The route is also a gateway to the rest Ireland to the UK. Irish customers can of Britain with carsix – Windsor and The ten Spanish destinations direct from Cork Airport arethethe to mainland sail directly to Wales, a place of natural Legoland can be reached in under 4 Spain (Seville, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia, Girona, Reus), three to the Canary drama, with beautiful beaches and hours - thus avoiding security queues, Islands (Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria) and one to the Balearic Islands mountain walks, rich history, and culture luggage limits, cramped journeys, and (Palma de Mallorca). excessive car hire costs. to explore, as well as epic national parks
Music Network latest round of the Music Capital Scheme A total of €349,150 in funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has been granted to 76 awardees which will potentially benefit over 5,000 musicians based throughout Ireland. Established in 2008, the Music Capital Scheme is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and managed by Music Network. The Scheme has enabled many thousands of musicians across Ireland to develop their musical potential and participate in the performance of live music, performing in genres including traditional Irish, classical, folk, jazz, electro-acoustic, rock and pop. Commenting on the initiative, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD said: “I would like to sincerely thank Music Network for managing the Music Capital Scheme once again. This funding allows so many deserving organisations
Projects for older communities win digital awards
Members of the Blanchardstown Brass Band celebrate their Music Capital Scheme award with Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Catherine Martin TD.
and individuals to receive the support purchase of musical instruments across they need to purchase musical three categories - Award 1 provides Members of and, the Blanchardstown celebrate their Music Capital instruments as a former musicBrass Band funding to non-professional music Scheme award with Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport teacher, that is such a wonderful thing to and communityGaeltacht, groups, Award 2 isand for Media Catherine Martin TD. be a part of. established professional musicians while Award 3 supports emerging professional The Scheme provides funding for the musicians.
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sheltered housing complex in 2022, all 29 apartments and the public areas were provided with a smart screen/ speaker Amazon Echo. This has opened a world of opportunity to residents, particularly as it uses voice activated technology which is easier for older residents than typing. Residents use it for viewing funerals, wedding and church services online; to set reminders from
Digital Town Awards offer a prize fund of €100,000 which is split across several categories.
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Dublin, Donegal and Mayo based projects have been recognised for their efforts and commitment to digital innovation for older communities across three categories at this year's .IE Digital Town Awards.
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Clara Clark from Blackrock, Co. Dublin, who founded Cycling Without Age in Dublin in 2017, was awarded the Digital Local Hero Award and secured a prize fund of €3,000. Cycling without Age (CWA) is a sustainable, voluntary initiative using specially designed trishaws to take people unable to cycle for free, slow-cycling spins, piloted by
In total, 22 town and community digital projects were recognised at this year’s .IE Digital Town Awards 2023 – winners and runners-up across the seven main categories, three special category winners and one overall prize winner.
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