National Community Day launched

The Minister Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced the launch of a National Community Day, to be held for the first time on May Bank Holiday weekend, 2019. Minister Ring has urged local communities to come up with ideas for events in their areas.

 

Speaking at the National Ploughing Championship in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly, Minister Ring said: “National Community Day is a celebration of the great spirit of community that exists throughout the country and an effort to facilitate people who share communities to get together, get to know each other and deepen the sense of community in their area.

 

“Events will take place over the course of the May Bank Holiday weekend (May 4th-6th) 2019. The days will be getting longer and the summer will be just upon us.

 

“I invite people throughout the country to begin thinking about how they can help make National Community Day events a success for their local community. The success of this initiative lies in having local communities decide what events are most appropriate for their area. National Community Day belongs to everyone. We don’t want to tell communities what they should do, events will be very much driven by communities.”