Galway County Council has announced details of a new funding scheme for community climate action and not-for-profit organisations interested in developing projects and initiatives focusing on addressing climate change. €762,000 is being made available through the new Community Climate Action Fund to support communities in actively participating in building a more
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has announced a further €24 million for the Midlands region under Ireland’s EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) programme, to provide targeted funding to projects that invest in the development of local communities, create employment and help diversify the local economy. The new funding, provided under a new
Molten Ventures, a European venture capital firm, has launched a new fund to invest in high-growth tech companies based in Ireland. The fund has a value of €50m after its first close, and the figure is expected to increase after an additional syndicated partner joins. Existing shareholder ISIF, or the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, has […]
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has launched the 2023 Town and Village Renewal Scheme – a €15 million Fund designed to revitalise and regenerate our rural towns and villages. The Fund will support dozens of projects nationwide with a focus on tackling vacancy and dereliction and bringing additional footfall into the […]
Limerick City and County Council has been allocated €9 million to continue tackling long-term vacancy and dereliction in the city. The funding is part of a new €150 million Urban Regeneration Development Fund (URDF) introduced by the Government under the Housing for All plan. The allocation to Limerick’s local authority is the highest outside of Dublin. Dublin […]
Cork City Council is making €840,000 available to community organisations across the city to support them to take collective action on climate change. The Community Climate Action Fund, funded by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) and launched, is inviting groups to design projects around one, or ideally more than one of the […]
Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, and Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan, launched a €3 million creative climate action fund to support imaginative creative projects that build awareness around climate change and empower citizens to make meaningful behavioural changes.
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced the 26 towns and villages that will benefit from a €2.6 million fund to support the enhancement of streetscapes and shopfronts. Under the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative, retailers and property owners will be provided with grants that they can use to improve the facades of […]
The Tánaiste and Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment, Leo Varadkar, the Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy, and Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English, have announced a new €85 million grow digital fund to help businesses, no matter what stage they’re at or what […]
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, is pleased to announce a €200,000 ‘Sharing Knowledge’ Fund, which will be rolled out as part of the What Works initiative and funded through Dormant Accounts Funding. The ‘Sharing Knowledge’ Fund builds on the 2021 What Works ‘Learning Together’ Fund to support learning, share […]
The Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA) is inviting proposals from the research community to help address climate change and implement environmental policies. €11.7 million is available for new research projects. Laura Burke, EPA Director General said, “EPA-funded research is essential to improving national understanding of our environment, the challenges it
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced the launch of the 2022 CLÁR programme. CLÁR provides funding for small scale community facilities & amenities projects in rural areas that have experienced significant levels of population decline. Community Groups are encouraged to consider applying for funding for projects such as
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has today announced the approval of 139 project grants across all 31 Local Authorities for a wide range of archaeological heritage projects under the Department’s Community Monuments Fund. First established in 2020, the fund was increased from just over €1 million last year to […]