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The Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly is recruiting for the following post: Administrative Officer for the Irish Regions European Office & Co-ordinator for the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions The post is a permanent, full-time, Local Authority Grade 7... Continue Reading

Councillor Eddie Fitzpatrick has been elected Cathaoirleach of Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly at the Assembly’s Annual General Meeting on Friday 13th July. Councillor Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil Party, was appointed by Offaly County Council to the Eastern and Midland Regional... Continue Reading

The public consultation period for submissions on the RSES Issues Paper was extended to 5 pm on Friday 16th February 2018   Continue Reading

The Government has published the draft of the National Planning Framwork “Ireland 2040 – Our Plan” today. The final round of public consultations on the document will last until 3rd November 2017. The main objective of the Plan is to guide planning activities on a local, regional... Continue Reading

RESILENS: EMRA WP4 Pilot Demonstrations Concluding  Update June2017 RESILENS Website            RESILENS Newsletter As a RESILENS partner, EMRA has been responsible for leading Work Package 4 (WP4) of the project which we have recently completed with the submission of our WP4... Continue Reading

Funding available for natural resources and heritage proposals through the Ireland Wales Programme €9.6m of EU funds are available for cross-border proposals to maximise the potential of Ireland and Wales’ natural and cultural assets to help increase visitor numbers to coastal... Continue Reading

We are pleased to inform you that the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly is the organiser of this years’ Association of Irish Regions (AIR) Training Event: Brexit, Regional Planning and EU Affairs Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Government Please see the below... Continue Reading

Interreg North West Europe Approvals The Interreg NWE Monitoring Committee approved seven more projects at its meeting in Paris in early March.  Ten Irish organisations from a variety of sectors are participating in three of the approvals. The newly approved projects will cover a... Continue Reading

The launch of National Planning Framework in the Eastern and Midland region took place on Tuesday 21st February 2017 at 2.30 pm in the Axis Theatre in Ballymun. Among the speakers was Simon Coveney, TD, Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government.  After... Continue Reading