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Bere Island Radio producing podcasts for EU Clean Energy Secretariat

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Bere Island Community Radio have produced a series of podcasts on behalf of the EU Clean Energy Secretariat. The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat, an initiative of the European Commission, is the central platform for the clean energy transition of the more than 2,200 inhabited European islands. Despite having access to renewable sources of energy, …

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COVID-19 Loan Scheme

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The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine have recently launched a new loan scheme, the “COVID-19 Loan Scheme” targeted to eligible SMEs and small mid-cap businesses, including those in the primary agriculture (farming) and seafood (fishing) sectors in Ireland that have been impacted by COVID-19. 

Bere Island Projects Group Awarded CLAR Funding to Purchase Electric Bus

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Bere Island Projects Group have been awarded €72,693 of CLÁR funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development to purchase an electric wheelchair accessible bus and install a PV charging point at the island community centre.   The funding was announced by Minister Heather Humphreys, as part of an overall €412,000 funding package for eleven …

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The Hold

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The Hold, will open on Bere Island on Friday 17th June, and documents the lives of twenty four Bere Island women throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the hold the island has on them.  The women, formed a collective – Bere Island Women Create – and during lockdown worked remotely with award winning island artist Mary Sullivan to …

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Bere Island Projects Group win County Final of National Lottery Good Causes Awards

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Bere Island Projects Group are among the six groups in Cork who have been announced as County winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2022. It’s the second time Bere Island has featured in the Good Causes Awards, the group made reached the finals in 2019.    The awards were created to honour and showcase the inspiring …

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Launch of Creative Places West Cork Islands

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Creative Places: West Cork Islands’ has been launched by Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan at Whiddy Island Community Centre. Forming part of the Arts Council’s Creative Places programme 2021-2024, the programme will see Cork County Council lead a consortium of local arts and development agencies that inclues Bere Island Projects Group, Sherkin Island Development …

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Bere Island Projects Group CLG, Community Centre,
Bere Island, Beara, Co. Cork.
Tel: 027 75099
Email: bipginfo@gmail.com
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