Local community organisations awarded €345k

Drogheda Special Olympics Club and Tullyallen Access the Glen Project receive €25K each

Community centres in County Louth are to receive total funding of €345k from the new Community Centre Investment Fund to upgrade facilities which will benefit users of all ages, according to local Fine Gael TD, Fergus O’Dowd. 

One of the largest allocations, €25,000, will be going to the Drogheda Special Olympics Club with the same amount being allocated to the highly successful Tullyallen Access the Glen (Community Hub Project). Meanwhile, the St. Fechins GAA Community Centre has been awarded over €17,000. 

Deputy O’Dowd was speaking after his colleague the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, announced the successful projects under Category 1 of the Community Centres Investment Fund. 

O’Dowd said: “I am delighted that my colleague Minister Humphreys has made this funding available to our local community centres, given the vital work that staff and volunteers there do and the invaluable services they provide. 

“We as a government are working to build stronger safer communities and today’s funding allocation is the latest in a long line of initiatives and supports aimed at making our towns, villages and cities more attractive places to live and visit. 

“The Community Centres Investment Fund was launched by Minister Humphreys in April 2022 with funding of €15m available under three categories. The key theme of the fund is to support community groups with the upgrade and development of their Community Centre facilities. There will be further announcements in the near future.      

“Community centres which will receive funding in County Louth include;

“Community centres are valued shared spaces and are very much at the heart of our local towns and villages. I hope this funding assists in making them even better in the provision of services to people all across the county.” 

Minister Humphreys said: Through ‘Our Rural Future’, I want to support locally led, ground-up projects in local communities across the country. This funding is all about giving a helping hand to our local groups and clubs, which have continued to serve their community.  

“I also want to congratulate the successful projects and to thank them for the vital work they do in providing services in their local communities. This funding will deliver high quality capital projects for community facilities that bring benefit to the local community.”