The Laois's Culture & Creativity Strategy 2023 - 2027 consultation event at Abbeyleix Manor Hotel - coordinated by Creative Ireland Laois as part of the Creative Ireland Programme in partnership with Laois County Council.
Picture: Alf Harvey, no reproduction fee
There was a big turnout for a very important meeting that was held in Laois recently.
People from all over the county gathered to discuss Laois’s Cultural and Creativity Strategy that will be implemented from 2023 to 2027.
The Abbeyleix Manor Hotel was the venue for the consultation event to discuss the county’s future in this sphere.
The event was coordinated by Creative Ireland Laois as part of the Creative Ireland Programme in partnership with Laois County Council.
This new Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023-2027 is part of the Creative Ireland Programme.
Creative Ireland is a national government initiative promoting culture and creativity.
Photographer Alf Harvey was present at the event on the day that it took place.
He captured some brilliant pictures from it.
Check them out below:
Madonna Maghradze, Bernie Moloney, Aga Wypychowska, Marina Veter, Irena Volia and Julia Bondamenko from Fáilte Isteach Picture: Alf Harvey ,Facilitator Pat Wallis Picture: Alf HarveyFacilitator Bernie Foran Picture: Alf HarveyFacilitator Michelle de Forge Picture: Alf HarveyFacilitator Rosa Flannery Picture: Alf HarveyFacilitator Sarah Thornton Picture: Alf HarveyFacilitator Catherine Casey Picture: Alf HarveyJillian Brennan, Stradbally Tidy Towns; Rosa Flannery, Laois Music Centre and Julia Bondamenko, Irena Volia and Marina Veter from Wizards Picture: Alf HarveyColette Wrafter, Laois Historian in Residence Terry Dunne and Cllr Padraig Fleming Picture: Alf HarveyEmma O’Connor, Healthy Laois and Jules Fitzpatrick, Laois Travellers Action Group Picture: Alf HarveyFacilitator Sarah Thornton and Aga Wypychowska Picture: Alf Harvey, no reproduction feeTom Curran, Age Friendly Laois; Artist Angela Delaney; Artist Rebecca Deegan and Niamh Kavanagh, Comhairle na nÓg Picture: Alf HarveyAndy Ring, Abbeyleix Heritage; Jan Smolorz, VIMAR; Michelle de Forge, Director Dunamaise Arts Centre and Erica Borges, Laois Youth Dance Ensemble Picture: Alf HarveyJoan Bolger, Portlaoise Family Resource Centre and Mary White, Abbeyleix Tidy Towns Picture: Alf HarveyLaois Heritage Officer Catherine Casey; Nina Horan, Mountmellick Yarn Bombing and Ricky Whelan, Birdwatch Ireland Picture: Alf HarveyRegina Dunne, Historian; Lori Moriarty, Abbeyleix Library and Sinead Holland, Local Historian Laois County Council Picture: Alf Harvey
Angela McEvoy, Director of Services Laois County Council; Aoife Mulholland, Ballinakill Community Development; Niav Riley, Millinery and Jim Ward, Laois County Council Picture: Alf HarveyPoet Arthur Broomfield and Filmmaker Pauric Brennan Picture: Alf HarveyPat Wallis, Sarah Thornton, Ann Lawlor, Rosa Flannery, Michelle de Forge, Bernie Foran, Cllr Padriag Fleming, Muireann Ni Chonaill and Anne Marie Maher Picture: Alf Harvey
