New Rural Active Travel Investment Programme Distributes over €70 Million in year one of a five-year plan. The National Transport Authority and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan have today announced spending totalling €72.8m for 340 sustainable transport projects in 19 local authorities. The funding is in addition to the multi-annual active travel investment programme
Image courtesy of waterfordcouncilnews.com Waterford City was successful on Monday 15th March 2021 with the announcement of the allocation of €27,660,000 under the Urban Regeneration & Development Fund (URDF) by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien for an ambitious City Centre regeneration project. The funding allocation will
Image courtesy of www.travelandleisure.com via Getty Images Minister Martin commits up to €1m in programme funding for new virtual celebration. The Department has worked with Festival organisers and across Government to help bring six great virtual days and nights of superb events to Ireland and the world. The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport […]
Image courtesy of @HHumphreysFG Via Twitter The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, TD, has today confirmed that funding under the School Meals Programme will continue during the upcoming mid-term break. Minister Humphreys said she wants to reassure parents and school authorities that this vital support for pupils will continue despite the break in the […]
The start-up is expanding its fleet in Dublin but its e-scooter plans will depend on a new transport bill being passed into law. Bleeper has raised nearly €600,000 to add more bikes to its sharing fleet and it is plotting the roll-out of e-scooters. The company, formerly known as Bleeperbike, operates a dockless bike-sharing service […]
The new funding will support projects in St. Margarets, Balrothery, Rolestown and Lusk. Fingal Town and Villages share €190,000 in new funding from the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The new funding will support projects in St. Margarets, Balrothery, Rolestown and Lusk. Fingal County Council has been awarded €190,000 in funding by the Department of Rural […]
Major investment announced recently with greenways, blueways and walking trails all getting a significant boost. Seventy eight projects have been granted funding under the Measure 2 of the 2018 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The Scheme is part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and provides funding for the development of new outdoor
Today it has been announced by Government that almost €11 million is to be allocated for flood relief schemes in County Donegal. Minister of State for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran met with officials from Donegal County Council this morning to discuss advancement in flood relief measures. A scheme […]
Under the 2018 Anti-Litter and Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme (ALAGS) a total of €884,000 is being allocated to 31 Local Authorities by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten. The allocation of €884,000 under ALAGS brings the total grants provided over the last ten years to almost €15 million. Dublin City Council […]
Copper for Cancer is a new initiative which aims to donate scrap metal in exchange for funding towards cancer patients. Tommy Hughes, a plumber from Dooradoyle in Co. Limerick, was drawn to creating an innovative way of raising funds due to the deaths of loved ones as a result of cancer. Speaking to the Council […]