This year, the festival will run from Monday 1st to Sunday 13th October 2024 throughout our Fingal library branches, with a History at the Library Day taking place on Saturday 5th October in the newly refurbished Carnegie Free Library on North Street, Swords.

Fingal County Council today launched a public survey to inform its 2024-2029 Corporate Plan.

Fingal Libraries will be building on the success of last year’s festival to deliver a fun filled day of author visits and creative activities at Swords Castle on the 28th of September.

Fingal County Council is delighted to present an eclectic programme of free events for Culture Night, which returns for its nineteenth edition on Friday 20th September.   For one spectacular night audiences can immerse themselves in a diverse range of art and cultural events in Fingal. Taking place across seventeen locations, the programme will feature over forty unique activities.

Fingal County Council has been handed the keys to the Rush Multipurpose Youth Facility (RMYF) following a refurbishment to the site on Millbank. This upgraded facility will serve as a vital hub for the community, providing much needed spaces for community groups to engage in a variety of activities, meetings and development programs.

The Women’s Softball World Cup Group A, will be held in Bremore Castle, Balbriggan from July 11th to 15th 2023. Ireland’s national women’s softball team will be joined in Group A by the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Botswana and Chinese Taipei, with some of the biggest names in the sport descending on Fingal to take part in the competition.  

To help bring vacant and underused buildings back into residential use across the region, Fingal County Council has now approved over €4.5 million in grant payments under the Croí Cónaithe scheme.