August '00 News


New Clifden Tourist Information Office opens
Mr Éamon Ó Cuiv, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands officially opened the new Clifden Tourist Information Office on the afternoon of July 14th. (Photograph: Bary McInerny)

Inishbofin Arts Festival - Clifden Artsweek 2000 Timetable

Results of the Domestic Arts and Home Produce Sections of the Pony Show

Clifden Pony Show 2000 Results

(Photograph: Eugene Adams)

Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands Press Releases
Good news for Maam, County Galway - Statement by Sile De Valera, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht & the Islands on the Irish Film Industry - £210,000 for Rosmuc Football Pitch - £12,600 for Halla Éinne, Carraroe

Ireland's first island radio studio
Connemara Community Radio, Ireland's smallest radio station, is poised to make media history by opening Ireland's first island radio studio on Inishbofin off the Galway coast.


Letterfrack College expands again
The growth of Letterfrack Furniture College is continuing, with the allocation this month of £620,000 from the Dept. of Marine and Natural Resources which goes to completing the current phase of the College's building programme.