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To help celebrate this year’s National Tree Week, Fingal County Council has announced plans to distribute 16,000 trees to residents across the county, as well as hosting a number of community planting events.

This International Women’s Day we’re celebrating the achievements of the women of Fingal County Council. Listen back to County Librarian Betty Boardman on the Inside Fingal Podcast.

Fingal County Council has commenced public consultation on the Draft Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 and is urging the public to review the document which was published today.  

Fingal County Council has welcomed today’s announcement by the Department of Transport, that €25.5m in funding has been granted to 44 Active Travel projects across Fingal. 

Community and voluntary groups in Fingal are invited to apply for funding under the 2022 Community Activities Fund.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD was briefed on the Our Balbriggan Regeneration Plan when he visited the town yesterday for the official launch of the Irish Institute of Music and Song.

The brand-new Hole in the Wall Road extension in Fingal has officially been opened today by the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Seána Ó Rodaigh, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O'Brien, TD, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland.

Last weekend saw Let’s Play Rush launch with key events aimed at developing a playful culture in the town. The EU initiative sees an URBACT Transfer Network in Ireland sharing good practice in sustainable urban development between cities and towns, with Rush one of five towns learning best practice from lead city Cork on how to develop play and placemaking actions.

Fingal Arts Office in partnership with the Royal Hibernian Academy School (RHA) are delighted to announce Joanne Reid as the recipient of the 2021 Fingal County Council and RHA School Studio Award. 
 

Two years on from the launch of the Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation Plan 2019-2025, the transformation of Ireland’s youngest town is taking shape, with substantial progress made across a range of objectives in all five of the Plan’s pillars.