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Are you a craft worker interested in selling your produce in the busy run-up to Christmas? If so, apply now for the seventh Food and Design Winter Fair which will take place in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar on November 23 and 24.

The Western Development Commission (WDC) is delighted to be partnering with the Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) this year to co-fund CCoI’s International Fair Fund. The fund was initially established by CCoI in 2011 and this is the first time that there has been a collaboration with a partner agency, facilitating greater access to export markets for craft businesses.

An Ceardlann Spiddal Craft and Design Studios will host its third annual Féile na Ceardlainne, a free festival of art, craft, music and dance celebrating the very best of Irish craft and design, this weekend.

Traditional crafts are alive and thriving in the west of Ireland, and they will be celebrated in style during September and October at the National Museum of Ireland- Country Life, Castlebar.

Mayo County Council, Department of Community and Integrated Development and WESTBIC, the Irish partners in the CISNET project, are offering an unmissable opportunity for interested craft businesses and artists to attend a free event which is designed to give practical information and inputs for the craft sector locally and regionally.

RTÉ’s Craft Master is looking for up-and-coming apprentices to take part in its second series.

Ethel Kelly of the Claypipe Visitor Centre in Knockcroghery, Co Roscommon was recently presented with a prestigious award for her excellence in customer service by NACTA (the North American Celtic Trade Association).

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Ireland’s Year of Craft 2011 initiative has given a welcome boost to Ireland’s craft industry, and will help to sustain thousands of jobs in the sector into the future, according to the Crafts Council of Ireland.

Ireland’s Year of Craft 2011 initiative has given a welcome boost to Ireland’s craft industry, and will help to sustain thousands of jobs in the sector into the future, according to the Crafts Council of Ireland.