Pippa Hackett
Social Farming Budget 2025
This morning, as part of Budget 2025, I was delighted to announce additional funding of €500,000 for the Rural Innovation Development...
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Pippa Hackett
Pippa Hackett
Sep 272 min read
Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability
A significant number of people will be eligible to take advantage of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 202 min read
Memorandum of Understanding between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Coillte
The endangered Hen Harrier, an iconic bird of prey traditionally found in the Slieve Bloom Nature Reserve, will be the first threatened...
Pippa Hackett
Sep 165 min read
ReSHAPE FOR A JUST TRANSITION
On Friday last, I launched the €4.15m ReSHAPE project (Regional Skills Horizon and Pathways to Employment) in Technological Universiry of...
Pippa Hackett
Aug 283 min read
Birr Castle Hedgerow Week 2024
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...
Pippa Hackett
Aug 192 min read
ACORNS 10 NOW OPEN
I'm encouraging female entrepreneurs around Offaly and the wider Midlands to consider participating in the latest iteration of the ACORNS...
Pippa Hackett
May 223 min read
€25 million Breeding Waders EIP Launched in Offaly
Today, together with my Ministerial Colleagues, Charlie McConalogue and Malcolm Noonan, I was delighted to launch a landmark new project...
Pippa Hackett
May 192 min read
Dark Skies Offaly
Following a very interesting event in the Birr Castle Visitor Centre to mark the start of National Biodiversity Week 2024, I am compiling...
Pippa Hackett
May 13 min read
Growing Organics farm walk
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...
Pippa Hackett
Apr 248 min read
A Just Transformation for the Midlands: My speech from the IAIA Conference 2024
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...
Pippa Hackett
Apr 243 min read
Low Cost Loans For Warmer Homes
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...
Pippa Hackett
Apr 222 min read
Over €1.2million for rural laneways in Offaly 2024
Today’s announcement of €560,000 additional LIS allocation to upgrade rural laneways shows this Government’s commitment to rural Ireland....
Pippa Hackett
Mar 142 min read
€442,300+ for Offaly Under Built Heritage Investment and Historic Structures Funds
The preservation of Ireland’s built heritage received a significant boost today with the announcement of the Built Heritage Investment...
Pippa Hackett
Mar 132 min read
Your Local St. Patrick's Day Parades in Laois & Offaly 2024
As part of the St Patrick’s Day programme for 2024, I have the privilege of travelling to Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to...
Pippa Hackett
Mar 11 min read
Launch of Clara Town Plan
Congratulations to the Town Team and wider community of Clara following the official launch of the Clara Town Plan. We are already seeing...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 222 min read
Greens Welcome Continued Greenway Investment in Offaly
Cllr. Mark Hackett and I have today welcomed the allocation of over €3.9million for the County Offaly stretch of the Grand Canal...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 212 min read
2,400+ Offaly Businesses Potentially Eligible for Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) Grant
I received details that 2,469 businesses in Offaly will be potentially eligible for the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant,...
Pippa Hackett
Feb 72 min read
€3M+ in Funding Continues to Increase Safety for Walkers and Cyclists in Offaly
My colleague Minister Eamon Ryan along with the National Transport Authority (NTA) has announced €3m funding allocated to Offaly to...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 122 min read
CLAR Funding in Excess of €400,000 for Offaly and Laois
Projects in rural areas across #Offaly and #Laois will benefit from a fund in excess of €200,000 per county in 2024. Image: Minister...
Pippa Hackett
Jan 92 min read
Community Climate Action Fund
Today, Government launched the Community Climate Action Fund to support small and large, rural and urban communities to take climate...
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