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There is great news for rural areas in Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown with the approval of €1.72 million in funding for nine new projects.  The Dublin Rural LEADER Local Action Group (LAG) which oversees the LEADER programme in Rural Dublin approved the investment in projects at an online meeting on Thursday 30th April. The approved projects are in areas of Enterprise and Job Creation, Social Inclusion and Rural Environment.

"Cocooning - A collection of activities for those self-isolating" has been developed by the Covid-19 Fingal Community Response Project which is a collaboration between Fingal County Council, Age Friendly Fingal, Castleknock Community Centre Laurel Lodge,Blakestown Community Centre, Corduff Resource Centre and Huntstown Community Centre.

The Europe Direct Information Centre at Blanchardstown Library may not be physically open at the moment but that doesn't mean a reduction in activity. Like many departments at Fingal County Council, much of the work done by library staff has moved online.

Hope you all enjoy our Colour Fingal booklet. 

A wide and varied range of activities and resources for all ages is available across Fingal as part of the new “In This Together” campaign.

Gardening for Biodiversity is a new free booklet from the Local Authority Heritage Officer Network to help everyone to help wildlife in their gardens. The brainchild of Juanita Browne, the booklet was produced by Local Authority Heritage Officers across Ireland, with help from the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Heritage Council.

Fingal County Council is setting out a new plan, Walk Bike Fingal, to assess and repurpose public road space to facilitate the increase in cyclists and pedestrians currently by giving them extra space to practice social distancing from each other.

Fingal County Council is gearing up to mark May Bank Holiday weekend with a full schedule of online activities for all the family.

 Fingal County Council has commenced a public consultation process on proposed traffic calming schemes it is planning to roll out across Fingal.

Fingal Libraries has recorded a 52 per cent increase in demand for its e-services since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis.