Knackered Nightlife Gets €4m Boost

Here comes the night…

atest press release from Cllr Stephen Stokes, issued on Monday, November 7th 2022…

Cllr Stephen Stokes has welcomed the announcement of €4 million funding to assist off peak entertainment in our towns and cities.

Cllr Stokes stated: “A total of 433 organisations from across Ireland, have been offered funding from the Night-Time Economy Support Scheme. This will provide a welcome boost to the Greystones District and County Wicklow.”

Applications were received from a wide range of venues including; arts centres, cafés, galleries, museums, nightclubs, pubs, retail outlets, and theatres. Thousands of performance employment days have been generated with well in excess of 2000 events, in every county, across the country.

“Some of the types of events include comedy, dance, live music, photographic exhibitions and more.

Cllr Stephen Stokes concluded: “This funding will help to generate positive momentum in the events industry, especially in these challenging times.”