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How will you spend Culture Night? Culture Night takes place on Friday, 20th September with a bumper programme of events taking place throughout the county – music, dance, visual art, literature, exhibitions, theatre & craft. Find out what’s happening near you at www.culturenight.ie #CultureNight2024

Meath County Council Arts Office presents ‘Echoes of the Land’ This major exhibition of new works by Fiona McKenna takes us on a journey through county Meath and the Irish countryside. Fiona’s collection of vibrant and uplifting landscape paintings is a celebration of colour and nature. Her paintings capture special...

Lorraine Keane launched Relove Fashion for 2024/25 this week, and registrations are now open to young people in Meath!

Second level schools across Meath are being encouraged to sign-up for this year’s Student Enterprise Programme (SEP) which will see over 28,000 students nationally set-up and run a mini enterprise over the course of the academic year.

Contracts for a social housing development in Athboy were signed on Thursday, 15th August 2024 as part of the Governments Housing For All programme. The development of 47 residential units will be Phase 2 of the Connaught Grove estate and consists of 22 no. 3-bed units and 25 no. 2-bed...

The contract for Navan 2030 – Contract 5, the next phase of the Navan Town Scheme, was signed in Buvinda House on Thursday, 8th August. Following a (European level and advertised) open tender process, the contract has been awarded to John Cradock Ltd from County Kildare. This phase will provide...

Meath County Council is currently preparing a Summary Social Housing Needs Assessment for 2024 in accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced €16.5 million to deliver 185 community projects across the country. The Community Recognition Fund allocations for Meath include €100,005 for Coláiste na HInse , €100,020 for Gormanston Pedestrian Infrastructure Upgrade, €55,127 for Duleek Development Association and €56,416...

Meath County Council has secured €7 million in THRIVE Funding, the Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme 2024, under Strand 2 for the development of Navan Cultural Quarter: Community Hub & County Archive, formerly known as St Patrick’s Classical School.

Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Arts Office Newsletter.

TORADH 2 GALLERY, Kells Courthouse Tourism & Cultural Hub This latest, major exhibition of new works by Syd Bluett, features challenging hand-drawn and hand-painted phrases on semi-architectural backgrounds. The intention behind the works is: simply to intrigue and entertain. Presented by Meath County Council Arts Office in association with Kells...

This year’s Type Trail launch takes place on 27th June, as it once again turns the streets of Kells into a canvas of Type. Kells Type Trail brings together a wide range of artforms highlighting the unique heritage of lettering as a form of communication. Each year one word is...