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Five Rural Towns Awarded €50,000 for Regeneration Projects to Tackle Dereliction and Accessibility Issues

By Ryan Harmon 3 March 2023

Five rural towns were selected for development funding totalling €50,000 under the Irish Architecture Foundation’s Reimagine Hometown Architect initiative for regeneration projects. The funded projects are a masterplan solution for a cluster of vacant buildings in Tipperary town; a visionary blueprint for Lisdoonvarna, Co

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€27M to Combat Dereliction and Breathe New Life into Rural Towns and Villages

By Ryan Harmon 15 December 2022

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has announced over €27 million in funding that will combat dereliction and breathe new life into rural towns and villages. The announcement represents the largest ever investment under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and will see a range of landmark projects delivered across rural Ireland. […]

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Minister Humphreys announces €15 million fund to revitalise rural towns & villages

By Jack Mullen 4 May 2021

image source unsplash The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, yesterday (Monday, May 3rd) announced €15 million in funding to help revitalise rural towns and villages post Covid-19. The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to breathe new life into rural communities – making them more attractive places to live, work, […]

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Our Rural Future: Minister Humphrey’s announces 24 landmark rural regeneration projects nationwide

By Jack Mullen 19 April 2021

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced €75 million for 24 landmark regeneration projects in rural communities across the country. The funding, which is being provided under the €1Billion Rural Regeneration and Development Fund will support the key objectives of Our Rural Future – the Government’s ambitious new

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Ministers announce €70 million LEADER funding for rural communities and enterprises

By Jack Mullen 12 March 2021

Image courtesy of www.northernsound.ie Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, have today (12th March 2021) announced the allocation of €70 million through the LEADER programme for the period 2021-2022. LEADER is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU which

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Major Plans For Expansion Of Free Wi-Fi Zones To Towns Across Ireland

By Nick Fitzgerald 28 June 2018

CEO of Magnet Networks, Mark Kellett says he hopes to have 25 additional towns introduced to free and unlimited wi-fi by the end of the year. It is the aspirations of Mark Kellett, CEO of Magnet Networks and of his company to install unlimited free wi-fi to 25 town centres across Ireland by the end […]