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Last updated: May 21, 2021, 14:54 The Covid Care Concerts project has held almost 500 performances. I beg your garden? A troop of renowned musicians who have been roaming the country playing concerts in the gardens of hospitals and nursing homes is on its way to Cork this month. Covid Care Concerts was launched last June by leading Irish cellist Gerald Peregrine and the project has since played close to 470 classical concerts in 14 counties. Each concert sees a core group of some of the country’s finest classical musician joined by well-known names from the Irish...

Briefing on Government measures in response to COVID-19 - Friday 7 May 2021 Introduction and up-to-date Public Health Guidance Good morning, Last week, the government announced that we have moved to the early stages of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; finally, there is a real sense that we will get to those brighter days ahead. Restrictions are being eased carefully, with a focus on finding the right balance between what is safe, what has the greatest social impact and what supports our economic recovery. Our hospitals and health service are in a much better place to where t...

Words of wisdom from older generations are being shared with children throughout Ireland and as far afield as the US, thanks to A Book of Hope, edited and illustrated by artist Ana Colomer. As part of Clare County Council’s Keep Well campaign, Clare Arts Office supported Ana to create the book under the Cúram initiative. Ana invited older writers to submit pieces about aspects of life when they were growing up. She then illustrated each submission. The first copy of A Book of Hope was presented to one of the contributors, Mary McMahon. Mary, in turn, has passed the book on to her grandc...

Art, school and lockdown in Laois in the words of local students Final episode in this podcast series ‘If the Bedroom wall had ears’ by broadcaster, Ann Marie Kelly with 3rd year students from Portlaoise College Reporter: news@leinsterexpress.ie Josh Boylan, Ben Campbell, Saoirse Fox, Lucy Grace and Bridget Reidy Dundon, 3rd year students from Portlaoise College. Picture: Kevin Byrne ');  '); “Right now the world is very chaotic, yet now I think we're more of a community than we ever have been". The words of 15-year-old Lucy Grace in a piece she wrote especially for the last episode ...

14 April, 2021 - Minister Foley launches 2021 Active School Week, promoting active wellbeing in our school communities Minister for Education Norma Foley TD today launched details of this year’s Active School Week. National Active School Week (#ASW21), part of the Government’s Keep Well campaign, takes place from 26-30 April. All schools are encouraged to build Active School Week into their annual school calendars. It is important also that all Active School Week activities are both fun and inclusive. Minister Foley said: “Our one-million strong school community has now returned to in...