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A local agency with a global reach
Community-sourced ‘Photo Detectives’ exhibition reveals striking images of Irish lifeBy: Robert Higgins | Clients, Featured, Press Releases | 13th September 2017
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, 13th September 2017 Community-sourced ‘Photo Detectives’ exhibition reveals striking images of Irish life The National Library of Ireland (NLI)’s National Photographic Archive has today (13.09.17) opened ‘Photo Detectives’, its first community-sourced exhibition of photographs and stories. ‘Photo Detectives’ celebrates the NLI’s rich photographic collections and highlights the work of the dedicated global research community which has contributed significantly to uncovering details about the photographs in the Library’s… Read More
Minister McHugh launches Simon Cumbers Media Fund 2017 Student SchemeBy: Louise Archbold | Clients, Press Releases, Simon Cumbers Media Fund | 23rd November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, 23rd November 2016 Minister McHugh launches Simon Cumbers Media Fund 2017 Student Scheme offering students the opportunity to report from developing world for national media outlets Fund teams up with The Irish Times, Newstalk and TheJournal.ie to provide funding and mentorship Minister of State for Diaspora and International Development, Joe McHugh TD today (23.11.16) launched the Simon Cumbers Media Fund 2017 Student Scheme. Through its Student Scheme,… Read More
Consortium representing Irish research libraries launches its first strategyBy: Laura Harmon | Clients, Events, Press Releases | 23rd November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, 22nd November 2016 Irish research libraries to boost access to collections and increase international collaboration New strategy to make national online catalogue available in line with international standards The Consortium of National and University Libraries (CONUL) has today (22.11.16) launched its Strategy 2016-2019, entitled ‘Ireland’s Memory, Ireland’s Discovery’. The Consortium’s first strategy aims to make a significant impact in the education sector and includes a plan for… Read More
‘Beyond Leaving’ exhibition opens to publicBy: Louise Archbold | Clients, DHR News, Featured, Press Releases | 15th November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Monday, 14th November 2016 ‘Beyond Leaving’ exhibition explores ‘new’ lives of recent Irish emigrants The National Library of Ireland (NLI)’s National Photographic Archive has just officially launched ‘Beyond Leaving’, the final part of a suite of works by Dublin-based photographer David Monahan that revolve around the most recent wave of emigration from Ireland. The exhibition takes a close look at a small group of those who left Ireland… Read More
NLI launches public call for ‘Remembering 1916, Recording 2016’ web archiveBy: Louise Archbold | Clients, DHR News, Featured, Press Releases | 7th November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Monday, 7th November 2016 NLI launches public call for ‘Remembering 1916, Recording 2016’ web archive The National Library of Ireland (NLI) has, today (07.11.16), issued a call to members of the public to nominate websites which they believe best record Irish life in 2016 and remember the events of 1916. ‘Remembering 1916, Recording 2016’ is the NLI’s largest web archiving project to date and is part of the… Read More
BAI launches public consultation on three-year strategy statementBy: David O'Donnell | Clients, Featured, Press Releases | 2nd November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, 2nd November 2016 BAI launches public consultation on three-year strategy statement The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is exercising its regulatory functions in a rapidly evolving media sphere. The space in which traditional forms of broadcasting operate and compete for audiences has fundamentally changed. Over the coming years, the challenge for the Authority will be to continue and extend its influence, as other forms of media become… Read More
Most vulnerable school children feeling long term implications of economic crisis – Our Lady of the Wayside National SchoolBy: Emily Brennan | Clients, CSR, DHR News | 21st January 2016
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, 21st January 2016 Most vulnerable school children feeling long term implications of economic crisis – Our Lady of the Wayside National School The long term implications of the economic crisis are now being manifested in the outcomes and chances of the most vulnerable primary students. That’s according to Anne McCluskey, Principal of Our Lady of the Wayside National School in Bluebell, Dublin 12. Ms McCluskey made her… Read More
Spotlight on…the Simon Cumbers Media Fund and the Mary Raftery Journalism FundBy: Emily Brennan | Clients, DHR News, Featured | 14th January 2016
Here in DHR Communications, we work with two major media funds on behalf of clients, through which we have administered funding to leading journalists to pursue topics not always widely represented in Irish media. The Mary Raftery Journalism Fund and the Simon Cumbers Media Fund are aimed primarily at journalists and students studying journalism and communications. The Simon Cumbers Media Fund was established by Irish Aid in 2005, a year… Read More
Urgent Need for National Strategy for the Private Rented Sector – ThresholdBy: Emily Brennan | Clients, DHR News, Featured, Press Releases | 17th December 2015
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, 17th December 2015 Urgent Need for National Strategy for the Private Rented Sector – Threshold With homelessness now reaching unprecedented levels and rents approaching rates not seen since the height of the Celtic Tiger, the introduction of a new national strategy for the private rented sector is now an absolute requirement and should be a priority for whatever government is elected in the New Year. That’s according… Read More
National Photographic Archive receives Irish civil rights activist’s photographic collectionBy: Aoife Johnston | Clients, Featured, Press Releases | 16th December 2015
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, 15th December 2015 National Photographic Archive receives Irish civil rights activist’s photographic collection The Christopher Robson Photographic Collection was presented to the National Library of Ireland (NLI)’s National Photographic Archive today (15.12.15) by Bill Foley, Christopher Robson’s civil partner, and the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), in the presence of President Michael D Higgins. The collection was willed to the National Photographic Archive and comprises some… Read More