Two Clare projects are set to benefit from a €2.8m package to assist 13 Coastal Local Authorities Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD has confirmed.
The funding will allow council’s undertake and complete 51 development and repair projects on harbours and slipways owned by them.
In Clare, the money will be used by Clare County Council to complete reconstruction work on the slipway in Lahinch (€112,500) while an upgrade of the deck at Gleninagh Pier will benefit from funding worth €26,250.
The Local Authority programme forms part of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marines’ 2017 Fishery harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme, whereby the Department co-funds up to 75% the total cost of approved projects with the Local Authority providing the balance.
The Minister went on to say: “The Local Authority owned harbours in receipt of funding under this year’s programme are fundamental to the wellbeing of rural coastal communities and play an important social and economic role in their respective localities by contributing to the ongoing development of fishing related activities, increasing participation in marine leisure, and augmenting measures to attract greater numbers of tourists which ultimately create the environment for job creation”.