Our Funders
Limerick City Council provides a range of arts and cultural services through its combined support for the Arts Service, Limerick City Gallery of Art, The Library Service and The Museum Service. Together these services provide programmes of activities that create an access for all approach to service provision.
Limerick City Council was one of the first local authorities to jointly fund, with the Arts Council the position of Arts Officer in 1988. This joint funding arrangement continues to the present day. In 2002, The Limerick Integrated Arts Strategy was published outlining six strategic action areas that set out to achieve an inclusive and co-ordinated approach to arts provision in the city.
About the Decade of Centenaries Award
The Decade of Centenaries Programme commemorated a very distinctive and unique period in our modern history and in the evolution of our identity and cultural heritage. Historically significant events occurred in the decades that followed the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 and it is recognised that people will want to continue to explore their history and mark locally significant centenaries and other anniversaries after the Decade of Centenaries.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has approved grant funding to assist local authorities in developing and supporting community-led commemorative initiatives to mark the centenaries of locally significant historical events in 1924 and in the early years of the State. The funding may also be used to mark other significant anniversaries and associated themes. €5,000 from this overall allocation is provided to support artistic and creative initiatives.
2024 Award for Artistic and Creative Community Led Initiatives
Limerick City and County Council Arts Office made an award of €5,000 available in 2024, to support an artist or arts practitioner of any discipline and / or creative communities in developing a commemorative initiative with the following theme:
A celebration of the work and achievements of Sophie Mary Peirce-Evans (Lady Heath), Irish Aviator and sportswoman, born in Knockaderry near Newcastle west .
The award aims to support artists to interpret local historical events by creating artistic work that provides a platform to encourage reflection and the consideration of issues, both past and present, which may be challenging, difficult and sometimes deeply personal. The award was open to applications from artists and practitioners in all arts disciplines.
The project will take place or be located in Newcastle west, Co Limerick and should be developed in consultation with the local community.
Our Sponsors
Atlantic Flight Training Academy, founded in 1995, is Ireland’s largest – and one of Europe’s leading – Independent Flight Training Organisations. The Academy is approved by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) and is headquartered at Cork International Airport with a secondary base at Waterford Airport.
The Academy has been training international cadets since 1995, with contracts including, Ryanair, Air Astana, VistaJet, GlobeAir, ASL, Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines & many more.
The academy is equipped with a modern training fleet and boasts state-of-the-art aircraft such as the Diamond DA42 Next Generation as well as Boeing 737 800 NG and the newly delivered Boeing 737-8200 (MAX) simulator from MPS. AFTA has an unrivalled success rate and have trained in excess of 2,700 high-calibre pilot graduates for commercial airlines since the business was founded in 1995.
AFTA is recognised by leading global airlines as a pioneer in the Pilot Training industry, working with its University partners Munster Technological University (MTU) in providing prospective pilots with a unique blended approach to becoming a commercial pilot, while also gaining an Honours primary degree, through the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Global Business and Pilot Studies (BSc) programme and also through the BA (Hons) in International Business with Aviation Studies programme.
More details can be found at www.afta.ie or on Linkedin.
Founded in 2004, Aero Inspection is a technical service provider to airlines and aircraft lessors. With offices in Shannon, Dubai, and Singapore Aero Inspection supports the purchase aircraft, and the Redelivery Management of aircraft between leases.
The company has in-house maintenance, design, airworthiness management, and production approvals
Approvals Held:
Continuing Airworthiness Management
– EASA Part CAMO
– Cayman CAMO
Maintenance (Borescope / Boreblend), Battery
– EASA Part 145
– FAA Part 145
– UK CAA Part 145
Design
– EASA Part 21J
Production
– EASA Part 21G