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The government has announced €6m in funding for outdoor play to support children and their families as restrictions ease.

Three play areas in County Wexford have been approved for investment Three play areas in County Wexford have been approved for investment. The government has announced 6 million euro in funding for outdoor play to support children and their families as restrictions ease. The Summer of Play initiative will provide grants to Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare services. The funding for Wexford County Council to invest in local playgrounds will got towards play areas in Duncannon, Mou...

Festival organiser in RTÉ tribute to amateur drama May 20, 2021 CLARE Drama Festival stalwart Tom Hanley is among 15 actors and organisers chosen by RTÉ to feature in a special short film to celebrate Ireland’s vibrant amateur drama circuit. While May is, ordinarily, the month when the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival takes place in Athlone, the Dean Crowe Theatre will lie empty for a second year in a row due to pandemic restrictions. In existence since the early 1950s, the festival has bee...

Updated / Friday, 7 May 2021 09:00 We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences 50 amateur drama groups compete annually for the coveted grand prix at the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival, normally held in May of each year in Athlone, Co Westmeath. In existence since 1953, the festival has once aga...

Childcare workers are currently eleventh in the Government’s fifteen-phase rollout plan. Reclassifying childcare workers as key workers would place them in the sixth phase of the rollout, those “providing services essential to the vaccination programme”. Seas Suas says that vaccinating sector staff sooner will protect them, and mean fewer absences and interruptions to care and education. The group says that the childcare sector is crucial to Ireland’s “economic and social recovery” ...

Call for immediate decision on childcare reopening Reporter:  ); In a letter to Minister O’Gorman last night (Tuesday), Seas Suas has sought clarity on three core and fundamental questions by this Friday, 22 January. The representative organisation said that the sector is an essential service and despite lockdowns, providers continue to operate safely and provide education and care to children. Seas Suas Chair: “The clock is ticking and with every day that passes, we lose more time that ...