The Celtic and Irish Cultural Society has received a significant grant from the Irish Government Dion Fund. The grant will assist in the expansion of CICS events and help to support additional activities such as Irish Language classes, workshops and providing GAA sports coaching to local schools.

Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern announced that 142 Irish groups in the UK, including the Celtic and Irish Cultural Society, would receive over £6million to assist their projects. Traditionally the grant allocations have been provided as contributions to the salaries of front-line advice workers who provide assistance and information on employment, benefit entitlements and housing and accommodation. But the last two years has seen a number of cultural and capital projects benefit as well.

You can find out more at the Irish Post website.

[Irish Government Press Release]