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Information Minister Jim O’Callaghan launched the 2025 awareness campaign targeting misuse of illegal fireworks and warned against the serious dangers of illegal fireworks, and the strict penalties for their misuse. …
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Evelyn Fitzpatrick’s Session on Writing Effective Grant Applications and Funding
The recent sessions on Writing Effective Grant Applications and Funding, by Evelyn Fitzpatrick both online and at Carmichael, was an invaluable and inspiring opportunity for members of the Dublin City …
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Information Dublin City PPN welcomes home all the Irish people recently detained for attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, including, Sarah Clancy who is the coordinator …
Presentation to Ms. Kata Tüttő, President of the European Committee of the Regions. 7 October 2025
On Monday, 7 October, the staff of the Public Participation Network (PPN) were honoured to meet Ms. Kata Tüttő, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), during her …
“In our words” The SICAP conference, Athlone, 02 October, 2025
PPN staff and member groups attended the SICAP Conference in Athlone yesterday (02 October 2025), called “In Our Words”, which was inspiring, hopeful and moving. Held in the Radisson Blu …
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Information The PPN Migrant/Minority Thematic Group were delighted to attend the inaugural meeting of the Community Integration Forum, organised by the Local Authority Integration Team (LAIT), you can read a …
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Information Friends of the Earth invite you to join their protest, “Energy for who?” outside Dáil Éireann, on Tuesday 30 September at 1.00pm, which aims to stop households falling into …
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This bulletin is divided up into three parts: information sharing, capacity building training opportunities, and updates from the PPN representatives and PPN Secretariat. Please enjoy reading the updates, and please …
Nominations are now open for the Mobility and Public Realm Strategic Policy Committee (SPC), and the Secretariat.
The PPN has three main aims: to provide information and offer capacity building training to the network, so that member groups might participate more, in local authority decision making. To …
PPN Autumn series of training sessions and networking events
Hello and welcome back to this week’s Dublin City PPN Bulletin! We hope you’ve had a good summer and are ready for an inspiring autumn together. The months ahead are …
Building Community Resilience During Times of Emergency
My name is Rabia Tabassam, and I am a PPN Representative on the Local Community Development Committee (LCDC). On the 17 July, I attended a PPN event focused on Building Community …
Critical Research on the Challenges Facing the Community Sector
For many years, PPNs have heard and witnessed the growing pressures on the community and voluntary sector. The network has consistently advocated on behalf of the sector, but success has …