Comhairle na nÓg Annual Projects

Each year the Comhairle na nÓg work on an annual project, the topic of which is decided upon at their annual youth conference which takes place each Autumn. At the conference, the attendees from across the county discuss what they feel are key issues for young people in Fingal. Below the previous chairs of the Fingal Comhairle na nÓg have summarised recent projects:

School Stress and Education

In 2025, Fingal Comhairle na nÓg worked on the topic of “School stress and education”. Our goal was to show young people in Fingal that it is normal to feel stressed, and that there are ways to properly manage it. During the year, we created a video which highlighted the problems young people may be facing in regard to exam and general stress in school. We had our members speak on their own experiences, and how they managed them. This included things such as connecting with nature, listening to music, creating a study plan, and various other methods. This video was later integrated into a poster, which was then circulated on social media.

Youth Spaces 

In 2024, our topic for that year was on ‘a lack of youth facilities’. We had two main components to our project, a survey and a presentation. We conducted a comprehensive survey that was sent out to many different schools in the Fingal area in order to gauge the main issues with the lack of youth facilities and what solutions could possibly be implemented. We then created a presentation from the findings of our survey that was presented at the Fingal Council Chambers as well as to community centre managers. One of the main issues we found was a lack of promotion of youth facilities so that was emphasised in our presentation.

Discrimination

In 2023, we worked on a topic surrounding discrimination in Fingal. During the Annual Youth Conference, it had been identified that much of the discrimination young people were facing was occurring in their schools/ in an education setting. We decided a way to extend awareness around this topic and have healthy discussions was to host events in libraries around Fingal. We called these ‘Speak Out, Speak Now’ events which allowed students the space to discuss different perspectives and problems that they have experienced or noticed. The events encouraged young people to learn more about discrimination in our society, stereotypes, and respect in a diverse Fingal. It was also a good opportunity for people to meet others with similar interests and improve their public speaking skills.