Dublin City Council is currently accepting applications for funding under their Community Grant Scheme. Key priorities for funding 2013 are community development, social inclusion, children and young people, digital inclusion, integration, marginalised groups and local issues. To download an application please click here. Please note that the closing date is 5pm Thursday the 31st January 2013.
It is envisaged that successful groups would receive their award by end of May/beginning June 2012.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any assistance. Mary

Revenue Raising Powers for Dublin City
Government confirmed their support for legislation that would allow local authorities charge a small visitors tax if they wished to do so. Dublin welcomes millions of visitors each year. Tourism is vital to our economy, but it also places added pressure on city services — street cleaning, waste collection, public



