Ireland’s Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has confirmed that parents of babies born in December will qualify for the newly announced €420 grant for newborns. The grant, which was introduced as part of the recent Budget, will be available to all babies born from January 1, 2025. However, an exception has been made for December-born … Read more
The Minister for Education Norma Foley announced that €20 million will be provided to recognised primary and post-primary schools for the purchase of books, audiobooks, and other media for the purposes of improving their existing literacy resource banks. This €20 million fund will be paid to schools in the coming weeks and is additional to … Read more
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has today announced 27 new academic and industry research collaborations on behalf of Science Foundation Ireland, valued at €2.1million. The SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme will support the temporary placement of academic researchers in 19 companies. These researchers undertake research projects across a … Read more
A new grant of up to €30,000 to help people who buy derelict properties to renovate and live in is to be announced soon by the Government, the Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said. Mr O’Brien is planning to launch the financial support to tackle dereliction as part of a range of measures aimed at … Read more