The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Danny Collins has extended congratulations to communities in Castlelyons and Whiddy Island on the opening of their Community Centres which benefited from the 2014-2020 LEADER Programme. A grant of €243,951k was allocated to Whiddy Island Development Association for the construction of a new Community Centre on the island. The new facility consists of a multipurpose hall, toilets, showers, kitchenette and a community …
The LEADER programme, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, is an initiative supporting rural development projects at local level to revitalise rural areas and create jobs. With total funding of €13.93 million allocated to Cork County by the Department of Rural and Community Development, the programme, delivered by six Local Development Companies working in partnership with Cork County Council, has supported a total of 249 projects across …
January 2019 LEADER PROGRAMME 2014-2020 Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Patrick Gerard Murphy has welcomed the news that a total of 91 projects to the value of over €4M in LEADER projects have been approved since the programme was launched by Cork County Council in 2017. This comprises of 81 Contracts issued (€3.2M) with 9 projects at Provisional Approval (€800k) In addition to this, another 13 projects to …
Contracts to the value of €468,000 in LEADER projects have been signed over the past few weeks in Cork County. The first contract to be signed in the County was by Avondhu/Blackwater Development Partnership CLG for the construction of and commissioning of a specialised Cheese Dairy at Bo Rua Farm, Ballynoe which fell under the LEADER theme of Enterprise Development. This will enable them to scale up and commercialise their …
The North Cork Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) – a Committee of Cork County Council – has been confirmed as the new LEADER Local Action Group (LAG) for North Cork and the programme will officially commence on the 1st December 2016. The new group – which will be branded “LEADER North Cork” – will manage the allocation of €5.1 million in LEADER funding across North Cork for the period 2016-2020. …
Cork County Council is pleased to announce that the North Cork LEADER Programme will be launched in the coming weeks, with a funding allocation to the value of €5.1m over the lifetime of the programme (2016 – 2020), supplemented by a Cork County Council funded top-up of 25%. This supplementary fund of €1.28m is has been made available by Cork County Council as a response to the dramatic cut in …
The Government signed the first batch of funding agreements under the LEADER Programme 2020 on Friday and said the €250 million programme would “support hundreds of jobs” across rural Ireland. Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys said the agreements were signed with local action groups from around the country at an event in the Virginia Show Centre in Cavan, which previously benefitted from €500,000 in LEADER funding. …
Additional funding after 2017 for the LEADER rural development programme has been suggested by Environment, Community and Local Government Minister Simon Coveney. The funding is referred to in the Programme for Government. “I believe there is sufficient funding allocated under the programme to meet demand in 2016 and 2017,“ said Mr Coveney. “It is likely, therefore, that the allocation of additional funding will be considered for the latter years of the …