Topic: Localism, voluntary sector, community engagement

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Reflections from the AILG autumn training seminar 2017

20 Oct 2017

LGiU Ireland’s Hannah Muirhead attended AILG’s Autumn 2017 training seminar in Sligo last week. Here, she reflects on the experience and shares some of the key points that were made during the two-day event.



Ageing in Ireland and the UK – Contrasting Approaches

17 Aug 2017 in Briefings

With their remit for wellbeing, public health, and community development, local authorities have a central role to play in promoting age friendly communities. Such a remit is not easy at a period of austerity, yet three case studies from the UK and Ireland provide lessons as to how this might be done.






The Role of Local Government in Northern Ireland

28 Apr 2017 in Briefings

In 2015, eleven new councils in Northern Ireland took the reigns of service delivery and representation to begin the process of moving to a new local government model, one that was different from those of the past and designed for the 21st Century. This briefing explores both this model and the history of local governance in Northern Ireland.


New Approach to Community-Based Job Creation in Ireland

11 Apr 2017 in Briefings

Job creation has to be at the heart of rural development across Ireland for the next decade. Unless people in our rural communities can have access to quality well paid employment and economic opportunity there will be little to underpin all the other critical aspects of rural living.



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