Over €39K for environmental projects in Cavan and Monaghan
Forty-five projects in Cavan and Monaghan are set to receive over €39,000 in funding under the Local Agenda Environmental Partnership Fund.
The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and local Fine Gael TD, Heather Humphreys, has welcomed the news.
This fund supports local environmental initiatives by communities, individuals and not-for-profit groups. Under the scheme, funding provided by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is matched by local authorities, and projects may also attract funding from other sources.
Speaking on the matter Minister Humphreys said:
Cavan
Virginia Tidy Towns Rain Water Harvesting System €800
CMETB/Tanagh Evening Forest School €800
The Cavan Centre Our Natural Environment project €600
Loreto College Water Awareness and Conservation €300
Jessica Devlin Our Environment and Climate Change €700
West Cavan Bogs Assoc Raised Bog ecological research €800
Maghera Dev. Soc. Environmental Walkway €850
Royal School Cavan Reduce, Reuse, Recycle €500
Niall O’Dwyer Educational Workshop €650
Leave No Trace River Explorers Programme €1,800
Shercock Youth Club Bird House project €550
Dale Treadwell School Garden Biodiversity project €1,000
Irish Peatlands Blanket Bog Science project €450
Nature’s Patch Nature in our locality project €800
Rowan Ridge Wheelchair accessible training facility €800
Ballymachugh Creche Biodiversity Garden €900
Munterconnaught Heritage Biodiversity Garden €1,000
Killashandra C.S. Garden Water Conservation €500
Eco-Unesco Youth Media & Sustainable Development €500
Virginia Town Team Planting in Virginia Town €600
Killinkere Dev. Assoc. Re- Beeching Beagh €650
Drumkilly N.S. Outdoor Classroom €650
Bailieborough C.A. Wildflower Meadow Creation €750
Green Bee Education Biodiversity Workshops €1,200
Kilnaleck Tidy Towns Kilnaleck Junior Pollinator €1,400
Monaghan
Castleblayney Tidy Towns Water Harvesting Project €1,400
Glaslough Tidy Towns Biodiversity Projects €1,400
Carrick Allotments Water Harvesting Project €1,400
Monaghan Allotments Biodiversity Programme €1,400
Mullaghmatt/Cortovlin Comm. Community Garden €1,400
Doohamlet Dev. Assoc Native Hedgerows Project €1,000
Earthforce Education Teacher Training €1,000
CMETB/Tanagh Biodiversity Training €1,000
Cluain Alainn R.A. Biodiversity Scheme €800
Bunscoil Lughaidh Naofa Sensory Garden €800
Transition Monaghan Bee the Change €800
Scoil Colmcille Biodiversity/Sensory Garden €800
Convent Junior School Sensory Garden €800
Ardaghey Community Dev. Community Amenity Park €750
Castleblayney CE Sustainable Energy Project €750
Castleblayney Arts Community Garden €750
Clontibret O’Neills GFC Planting Scheme €750
Greenan’s Cross Dev. Biodiversity Survey €750
Monaghan Tidy Towns Biodiversity Town €700
Killevan Tidy Towns Wildlife Conservation €600
Irish Peatland Blanket Bog Science Project €500