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Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD and Michael Parsons, Chair of the Heritage Council, today announced that six historic towns will share in €1million in capital funding under the Historic Towns Initiative 2019. This funding will support the towns in their programmes of heritage-led regeneration.

Work is progressing well at Kells Swimming Pool and we plan to re-open Mid April 2019

Busy day at Navan Recycling Centre on Friday with hundreds of couches collected for recovery and disposal. There will be a F ree C ouch Collection Day in Trim Recycling Centre on Friday March 1st.

Meath County Council is developing a Digital Strategy to set out ambitions to meet the needs and aspirations of the people of County Meath enabling them to benefit from digital technologies and infrastructure throughout the county. We want to get your contribution to the strategy and would like to understand...

The Heritage Council, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine manages the GLAS traditional farm buildings grant scheme. The principal objective of this scheme is to ensure that traditional farm buildings and other related structures that contribute to the character of the landscape, and are of...

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 5pm, Friday 8th March 2019

Transition Year students of Eureka Secondary School, Kells, will this Friday launch a new social inclusion programme that aims to connect both young and old in the local community. A Coffee Morning to launch the project takes place at 11am in the Headfort Arms Hotel and all are welcome with...

Application form and terms and conditions can be downloaded here: http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/projects/traditional-farm-buildings-grant… Deadline for receipt of completed applications (hard copy ONLY) is 5pm Tuesday 19th February 2019.

VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment – Non Govt Organisation involved in many environmentally focused projects across Ireland) has received funding from the EPA to carry out a new project re plastics.

Over 2,000 children participated in the Pride of Place School Gardening Scheme in 2018 - REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2019 SCHEME

Construction works in the Ashbourne Linear Park, Castle Street have commenced. The Playground is now closed to the public and will re-open following the completion of works in early summer. The Council wish to apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Meath Local Sports Partnership in association with Healthy Ireland and Meath County Council invite adults from around Meath to participate in our new 12 week Move More Fitbit challenge.