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Youth creativity continued to take centre stage in 2025. Here’s some of the key achievements from our Impact Report 2025.

- 1,100 free creative events took place on Cruinniú na nÓg, Ireland’s national day of free creativity.
- Creative Careers pilot launched to raise awareness among teens of career opportunities in the cultural and creative industries
- Funding of €2.4 million, including Shared Island, supported 30 Creative Youth initiatives, including eight Local Creative Youth Partnerships, nine Nurture Fund projects and six Shared Island projects.

Check out our full report at the link in our bio.

We’re delighted to share that our Creative Ireland Impact Report 2025 has been published! This report reflects the real and growing impact of Creative Ireland in people’s lives and highlights the key impact and achievements of the programme in 2025 including:

• 1,584 creative projects supported
• 17,000 creative practitioners engaged
• 26 networking and capacity building events including a majorShared Island Conference
• 30 Creative Youth initiatives, including Local Creative Youth Partnerships, Nurture Fund projects and Shared Island projects.
• 19 Ignite projects delivered through the Creative Climate Action Fund

We’re excited to continue providing opportunities to people and communitiesy to express themselves, connect with each other and shape the places they live in through participation in creativity.

Explore the full report in our link bio.

Creativity took centre stage at This is Art! LIVE 🎨✨

RTÉ This is Art! LIVE with Emer MacDermott at

Emer is an expert portrait artist and dedicated art educator who specialises in high-energy children’s art camps. From wildlife drawing and watercolour printing to comic book storytelling and mixed media collage, young artists got hands-on with professional creatives and rising stars from RTÉ’s This is Art!.

A day full of imagination, inspiration and the joy of making something unique your own. 💫

SHARED ISLAND: Explore and Wonder at Share Discovery Village in Fermanagh

Explore and Wonder is a gentle, sensory-friendly creative day designed especially for children with additional needs and their families. Explore and Wonder offers a range of creative workshops including printing, bush craft, circus skills, messy play and much more. Children and young people can enjoy a welcoming, inclusive environment where they can explore, express, and discover creativity at their own pace.

A collaboration between Creative Cavan and

Creativity came into focus at When I Feel Blue 💙✨

Through the magic of cyanotype printing, young people explore photography, self-expression and storytelling in a hands-on workshop inspired by emotions, memory and the colour blue.

A beautiful reminder of how creativity can help us see the world and ourselves in new ways.

Roll up, join in and dance along 🎪✨

The Circus Céilí Performance brings together the best of Irish tradition and contemporary circus, with young performers showcasing incredible skill, creativity and teamwork. From acrobatics to céilí-inspired fun, it was a joyful celebration of movement, culture and community as part of 💫

Step into a world of myths, magic and imagination ✨📖

At Fascinating Folklore, young storytellers explored traditional tales from Ireland and beyond before creating their own legends, customs and magical cures. A celebration of creativity, culture and the timeless power of storytelling. 🌙💫

Michael Fortune sits down with children of bunclody, Wexford, for Fascinating Folklore.