Fingal County Council has launched the Fingal Skills Strategy, the first of its kind to be developed by any Local Authority in Ireland.The Strategy sets out specific actions such as developing new training courses, increasing course provision, and building relationships and links with employers, educational institutions and other stakeholders.
Initially conceived as a three-day festival on the grounds of St Mochta’s in Porterstown in 2010, the series will take place this year in the prestigious Ballroom at Farmleigh, and in The Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul.
NEW BOOK on European perspectives on commissioning Public Art:
Local Authority, 2015
A new publication commissioned by Fingal County Council's Arts Office, Local Authority investigates how public art is now produced within national contexts across Europe. Edited by Daniel Jewesbury and Valerie Connor, with contributors Dave Beech, Cécile Bourne-Farrell, Nils Van Beek, and María Mur Dean.