Immigrant entrepreneurs have a social cause
It’s a new year and a new adventure for five enthusiastic immigrant entrepreneurs who are hoping to establish social businesses in Ireland in 2025. The five, who hail from Brazil, Nigeria and Ukraine, have just completed a mentorship and training programme with local
EurAV receives national award for its work
Members of the EurAV team were at Virgin Media studios, recently, to accept a Media Literacy Ireland national award for their work in helping the older generation to navigate, what has become, an increasingly tricky online world. As part of the DiSeRA project
TikTok fame for local barman
An act of Drogheda hospitality has catapulted The Punt’s barman, Phil, into TikTok stardom and sent the popular social media platform’s Guinness aficionados into a heated debate over the correct way to pour a pint of ‘the black stuff’. It took just a
Drogheda steps up to host Spanish visitors
When local non-profit organisation, EurAV, was called upon to host a one-day international workshop with representatives from two Spanish organisations who had never set foot in Ireland before, it was a challenge for Drogheda to showcase the country, and send the Spaniards away
TV series shows the way with local foods
Apple cider vinegar to replace wine, spelt berries to replace rice and broad beans to replace chick peas – these are just some of the innovations that emerge from a new community TV series, as non-Irish nationals take on the ‘Romancing Ireland’ challenge.