Pippa Hackett

I am delighted to announce €8.9m under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) towards the new Edenderry Pool project. Through...

This morning, as part of Budget 2025, I was delighted to announce additional funding of €500,000 for the Rural Innovation Development...

A significant number of people will be eligible to take advantage of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a...

The endangered Hen Harrier, an iconic bird of prey traditionally found in the Slieve Bloom Nature Reserve, will be the first threatened...

On Friday last, I launched the €4.15m ReSHAPE project (Regional Skills Horizon and Pathways to Employment) in Technological Universiry of...

It was my privilege to join Teagasc and the Heritage Council for the launch of National Hedgerow Week 2024 and no better place to be than...

I'm encouraging female entrepreneurs around Offaly and the wider Midlands to consider participating in the latest iteration of the ACORNS...

Today, together with my Ministerial Colleagues, Charlie McConalogue and Malcolm Noonan, I was delighted to launch a landmark new project...

Following a very interesting event in the Birr Castle Visitor Centre to mark the start of National Biodiversity Week 2024, I am compiling...

I can't think of a better way to mark the beginning of May than taking a “Growing Organics” dairy farm walk in lovely Laois. It was my...

Today, I was delighted to deliver the key note speech at the IAIA Conference in the Convention Centre. You can read my speech below; Good...

The Government has today launched a new low-cost Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme. The €500 million Scheme is the first of its kind for...

Today’s announcement of €560,000 additional LIS allocation to upgrade rural laneways shows this Government’s commitment to rural Ireland....

The preservation of Ireland’s built heritage received a significant boost today with the announcement of the Built Heritage Investment...

As part of the St Patrick’s Day programme for 2024, I have the privilege of travelling to Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to...

Congratulations to the Town Team and wider community of Clara following the official launch of the Clara Town Plan. We are already seeing...

Cllr. Mark Hackett and I have today welcomed the allocation of over €3.9million for the County Offaly stretch of the Grand Canal...

I received details that 2,469 businesses in Offaly will be potentially eligible for the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant,...

My colleague Minister Eamon Ryan along with the National Transport Authority (NTA) has announced €3m funding allocated to Offaly to...

Projects in rural areas across #Offaly and #Laois will benefit from a fund in excess of €200,000 per county in 2024. Image: Minister...