The Creative Ireland programme aims to mainstream culture and creativity in everyday life. This ambition closely aligns with the priorities of Limerick City and County Council. This Creative Ireland Culture and Creativity Strategy for Limerick is a valuable addition to our existing strategies, and at its core, is a vision that everyone in Limerick should be given the opportunity to engage and participate in cultural and creative activities.
The Creative Ireland Programme is an all-of-government initiative committed to enhancing access to, engagement with, and enjoyment of Ireland’s culture and creativity. Within the broad range of available definitions, creativity is considered as a set of innate abilities and learned skills; the capacity of individuals and organisations to transcend accepted ideas and norms and by drawing on imagination to create new ideas that bring additional value to human activity.
The Creative Ireland Programme will prioritise its work around five aspects for the period 2023–2027:
1. Creative Youth
2. Creative Communities
3. Creative Industries
4. Creative Health and Wellbeing
5. Creative Climate Action and Sustainability.
Through the Creative Ireland Programme, Creative Communities supports the partnership between the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and Ireland’s local authorities. This partnership enables citizens and communities to explore their culture and creativity at local level and, where appropriate, leverage that creativity to strengthen wellbeing, advance social cohesion and support economic development.