Fingal’s small businesses are being encouraged to become more sustainable this year following the launch of two new programmes to green your business.

The Safe Balbriggan Pillar Group, which was ratified last week by the Balbriggan Leadership Group, held its first meeting last Tuesday and agreed a high-level work programme with three primary elements.

Fingal County Council is delighted to announce a virtual celebration of International Women’s Day which takes place on Monday, March 8, 2021. As physical events are not possible under current government restrictions, virtual celebrations featuring contributions from Community, Heritage, Sports, Local Enterprise Office and Communications will be held this year.

To celebrate International Women’s day, Fingal County Council Community Development Office held a series of online conversations with women active in leadership in Fingal.

‘Once Upon A Sound at the Hide Sculpture’ sees acclaimed broadcaster Donal Dineen take us on a deep exploration of music in the company of some of the finest music makers in the land.

The arts office are seeking proposals from artists which will reflect on the themes, activities and characters that feature in the Fingal experience of 1916. We are accepting proposals from all art-forms and artists working in all media. The budget is €35,000 and will take the form of a two stage competition, Stage 1 will assess initial proposals for shortlist and Stage 2 will invite shortlisted artists to develop a more detailed proposal.The Commemorations Committee will be available to interested artists who want to research the theme further and production support is available from Fingal Arts Office.