2025 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT LAUNCH

On Monday 23rd February, at St Agatha's Hall on Dunne Street, Taoiseach Micheál Martin was joined by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ray McAdam and Interim Chairperson of the NEIC Programme Implementation Board, Liz Canavan, to launch the North East Inner City Initiative's 2025 Progress Report.

Since 2016, the Government has committed over €60.5 million in funding to support the NEIC Initiative which has been working to improve the lives of residents and community members in Dublin’s North East Inner City. 

The event was MCed by 4 students from O'Connell's Secondary School in Drumcondra. They did a fantastic job and their school proud.

This is the ninth Progress Report on the NEIC Initiative, and it outlines the extensive body of work undertaken by the Programme Implementation Board in 2024. The Programme Implementation Board works closely with a range of stakeholders including An Garda Síochána, the Local Community Safety Partnership, relevant Government Departments, State Agencies, local businesses and local community representatives to create a vibrant and safe environment in the North East Inner City.

Speaking today at St Agatha’s Hall on Dunne Street, D1, the Taoiseach remarked:

“I am delighted to be here today to launch the North East Inner City Initiative’s 2025 Annual Report and to see the impacts that NEIC driven projects are having.

It was great to hear a first-hand account by the students at O’Connell Secondary School of the positive impact that the Initiative is having in supporting young people through areas such as education, sports and wellbeing, music and creativity, and through innovative pilot initiatives like City Connects and the P-TECH Programme".

The Taoiseach then went on to say:

"As well as supporting young people, the Initiative is making progress across all of its key objectives. I know however that challenges still remain and I encourage the Programme Implementation Board to continue to innovate, listen and respond to the needs of this great community.”