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20 May 2026

Applications open for new Royal Irish Academy Disinformation Research Grant

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is inviting applications for the new Disinformation Research Grant, supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. The scheme will support nuanced, collaborative research on different…

13 May 2026

Scanarix Media Game: Growing a transnational civic infrastructure for media literacy

by Larysa Nazarenko, CSO Segalor, Ukraine What happens when a game stops being just a teaching tool and starts becoming civic infrastructure? This is the question that has guided the development of the Scanarix Media Game from its…

30 April 2026

MLI April Newsletter

Welcome to the MLI Monthly Update! Have something you want to share with the membership? Tell us about it by emailing us at info@medialiteracyireland.ie. We are particularly interested in including your resources in our new…

29 April 2026

Free Media Literacy Training Programme available

MIL-CC (Media and Information Literacy Community Connections) is pleased to announce that its media literacy training programme for public librarians is now freely available in English and Spanish. MIL-CC was a pilot project running…

27 April 2026

Cannes Calling: Ireland’s Young Lions winners announced

Iapi, the business representative organisation for Ireland’s creative and communications sector, announced the names of the 14 exceptional young talents who are heading to Cannes as winners of the 2026 Irish Young Lions…

27 April 2026

Get Started with AI

If you are starting to feel left behind with AI, then this new AI-skilling initiative might be just the thing you need. AIReady.ie is the Government’s new national AI-skilling platform, designed to provide people across Ireland with…

24 April 2026

National reports on media literacy measures under the AVMSD

Reports by EU member states on national measures to promote and develop media literacy skills have been published and Ireland’s report reveals the breadth and depth of the work in this area. As part of an obligation stemming from…

24 April 2026

New Digital Media Literacy Resource for Third-Level Institutions

A new educational resource on digital media literacy has been developed by Munster Technological University. The course, Digital Media Literacy: Build the Skills to Question What You See Online, provides essential skills for…

31 March 2026

MLI March Newsletter

Welcome to the MLI Monthly Update! Have something you want to share with the membership? Tell us about it by emailing us at info@medialiteracyireland.ie. We are particularly interested in including your resources in our new…

30 March 2026

New Near FM Radio Series Mad About Media

by Ciarán Murray, Coordinator, Near Media Co-op On 23 March, Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Ray McAdam launched Near FM’s media literacy series Mad about Media. This series is a collaboration with FET Dhúlaigh and is supported by…