Over €290,000 in funding for six Clare schools and community projects
Projects such as playgrounds, sensory gardens and walking tracks awarded grants of up to €50,000 under 2023 CLÁR Programme
Six schools and community projects in county Clare have received €292,070 in funding.
The funding, under the 2023 CLÁR Programme, will support the delivery of 152 projects including astro-turf pitches, playgrounds, sensory gardens, walking tracks nature trails, outdoor performance spaces and community cafés.
Announcing the details of funding on Friday, Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys said: "This funding is being provided under the 2023 CLÁR Programme and is all about ensuring that some of our most rural communities benefit from projects that will make them more vibrant places to live, work and visit."
The six Clare projects to receive funding are:
* €50,000 for Kilmurry Ibrickane Community Centre Committee, to develop an inclusive playground
* €30,641 for Kilshanny National School, for astro-turf surface in school yard
* €50,000 for St Enda's National School, Lisdoonvarna, for a sensory garden
* €47,216 for Kilballyowen Development Company, for enhancement of external grounds of the Community Centre
* €50,000 for Clarisford Park to upgrade of car park
* €42,176 for Kilnamona National School & Kilnamona Development Association for enhancement of existing play and recreation area
* €22,037 for Inagh Tidy Towns forpugrades to the river walk
"This funding is on top of the €4.7 million that I announced in December, which focused predominantly on supporting our GAA and other sports clubs," continued Minster Humphreys.
“All of this investment is being delivered under our rural development policy, ‘Our Rural Future’, which is having a transformational impact right across Rural Ireland.”