Get ready for the return of Ireland’s biggest children’s book festival – The Magic of Stories is back and more magical than ever! 

Young artists from Fingal, Mio Guildea, Lara Keane, Yasmine Al Ja'Afrehova and Fernando Knowles will perform alongside the current Fingal Poetry Slam Champion Kev Kennedy, and Sheila Ryder will be hosting and helping to make the magic happen. 

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for rain for all of Leinster, with risk of flooding in various locations. A high wind warning is also active, with wave overtopping likely amid high tides.

Fingal County Council in partnership with Age & Opportunity and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre welcome the return of the 2026 Residency Award.  

Funding of over €800,000 to support festivals, events and arts across the County in 2026, reinforcing its strong commitment to cultural creativity, sustainable economic development and active, engaged communities.

Fingal County Council today celebrated the official opening of the Ongar Barnhill Road in Dublin 15