Planning & Governance

As SICAP 2 sees continued successes, programme providers are starting to showcase their work. At a recent South Dublin County Partnership open day, Minister Ring applauded their enthusiasm.

The Community Services Programme was set up to provide local services and create employment opportunities for disadvantaged people. After 13 years, we’re about to find out if it’s working.

Communities are frequently at loggerheads with their local authority. Naturally so. Call it constructive tension. However, to know more about how communities and local authorities work well together – and, increasingly, they do – we focus on the role of the local community development committee.

As the prospect of a post-Brexit hard border continues to loom, Allen Meagher asks whether the threat Brexit poses to communities is being taken seriously.

Community groups and interests can work outside formal structures or within them. In many cases, they are obliged to do the latter. In practice, many do both.