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Fingal County Council Arts Office is pleased to invite applications for the Loughshinny Boathouse Studio Award, a studio residency award open to professional visual artist(s) working in any medium. This opportunity offers an award of €20,000 and a fully funded studio for a nine-month period, commencing in September 2025. 

Thrive Balbriggan, the Community of Rivervalley & Rathingle in Swords, and the Coolmine Lodge Biodiversity Project in Dublin 15 will each represent Fingal County Council in three different categories in the finals of the 2025 IPB Pride of Place Competition taking place in Limerick on Friday, November 7th.

We are delighted to showcase Fingal County Council again this year at the Flavours of Fingal Show in Newbridge House, Donabate on July 5th and 6th from 11-6pm. 

Fingal County Council Arts Office invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced individuals for the coordination of a pilot youth dance programme in county Fingal. 

Join Dr. Kevin Lynch from the University of Galway’s Geography Department as he takes us on a fascinating walk along Balbriggan Beach on Ireland’s east coast.

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Have your say by making a submission or observation, by 5pm on 11th August 2025. Note deadline extended.

Ten months after construction commenced, the €40m centre-piece of the Swords Cultural Quarter is taking shape and is on schedule to open its doors in 2027. 

The sod has been turned on the new €15m St Michael's School in Skerries, representing a significant investment in special education for the area

The Carnegie in Swords is delighted to participate in this initiative by the French Embassy, celebrating French culture and marking the close friendship between Ireland and France where we will screen 2 films