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ELEVEN outdoor recreation projects in Kerry are to share €274,476 in funding for their development and enhancement. The investment, under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS), will be key to enhancing  mountain trails, forest walks, cycleways, rivers, lakes and beaches across the county. Projects to receive funding include €29,700 for Marketing […]

A NUMBER of Kerry projects are among 43 nationwide to share €5.8m in funding announced for creative, cultural and artistic initiatives under the new Creative Climate Action Fund II. The Creative Climate Action fund is an initiative from the Creative Ireland Programme in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate […]

KERRY County Council is encouraging people and groups to get their applications in for Creative Ireland Kerry’s Creative Communities Awards Scheme as there is only four days to deadline. Applications are being accepted from community groups, arts groups, artists, creative practitioners, venues and festivals etc. Grants of up to €5,000 […]

VOLUNTARY and community health providers in Kerry are to receive €1,760,614 in once-off funding through the Government’s ‘Inflation Fund’. This tranche of funding is paid directly to community-based and voluntary health and social care providers as part of Government measures to ease cost-of-living pressures. In total, 107 organisations across the county […]

NEARLY €45m has been allocated to Kerry County Council for investment in national roads and greenways in the county. The €44,985,108 will be used for major projects including the N22 bypass from Farranfore to Killarney and the Listowel Bypass (€22,000,000). In total €554 million is being allocated nationally to local authorities […]

KERRY County Council will receive €30,950,225 under the 2023 investment programme for regional and local roads. In total 47 road projects and schemes in Kerry will benefit from the investment which will supplement local authorities’ own resources expenditure. Under the programme Tralee Northern Relief Road will receive €3,000,000 which includes the […]

MINISTER for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced funding of €797,367 for Kerry under the Local Improvement Scheme for the upgrade of private roads and laneways. Welcoming the news, Kerry Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin said; “I will continue to lobby Minister Heather Humphreys to provide […]

OVER €250,000 in funding will be allocated to assist MTU students struggling with the cost of living. This one-off-funding of €253,764 will be provided through the Student Assistance Fund, which assists students with the costs of books and class materials, rent, childcare and transport, among other things. In total €4.3 million […]

KERRY projects will receive €869,268 in Town and Village Renewal Scheme funding. The announcement represents the largest ever investment under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and will see a range of projects delivered across Rural Ireland. The successful projects for Kerry are as follows: • Castleisland – The upgrade and […]

FUNDING of €1,531,268 has been granted for 13 key community centre upgrade projects in Kerry. This project is being delivered under the new Community Centre Investment Fund that represents the largest-ever capital revenue in this area and will see grants of between €25,000 to €300,000 provided to successful projects. The […]

  THERE was good news for 33 Kerry venues who have secured night-time economy support funding. The pubs, nightclubs, cafes, and theatre venues have secured funding under Government’s Night-Time Economy Support Scheme. Tralee pubs and venues which have secured funding are Bailys Corner, The Huddle Bar, The Blasket Bar, Turners […]

KERRY swimming pool and leisure centre operators will receive €190,424 in government funding. This funding forms part of the €73.6m in Covid funding to support the sport sector announced by Government last December. The Kerry Sports Academy, Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre, the Aqua Dome, Manor West Hotel and Brandon […]

KERRY County Council is to receive €96,000 through the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) administered by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Three Tralee projects have been granted funds in Denny Street, High Street and Greenview Terrace while the Church of Ireland in Ballymac will also get funding for […]

FUNDING of €1,691,104 for two development projects in Listowel and Killorglin under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund have been announced. Under the scheme Killorglin Town centre receives €961,800 to resource the renovation of a key building into a multifunctional hub for tourism, education, training and co-working purposes. The funding […]

KERRY will receive €84,062 in grant funding to support two projects under the 2021 Disability Participation and Awareness Fund. In this tranche of funding €31,850 will support the establishment of innovative NaviLens digital direction points for the visually impaired along the Kerry Greenway. Dingle Library also receives funding of  €52,212 […]

AN announcement of €476,000 in funding for Kerry under the Our Rural Future Digital Innovation Programme has been made today. The programme funds Local Authority-led innovation projects that provide a public benefit and support regional digital development. In total €476,800 in funding is awarded to three major projects across the […]

Tralee Municipal District is to receive €41,000 as part of  €793,000 allocated for the county in the  ‘Additional Outdoor Infrastructure Fund’ to help ensure a safe outdoor summer in Kerry. The bulk of the funding (€400,000) will go to Killarney MD, over €194,000 has been allocated to Listowel MD, Castleisland/Corca […]

TWO Tralee buildings are among 14 in the county to benefit from €72,000 under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme. Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD, today announced that 477 heritage projects across every county in the country will benefit from a total of €3m under […]

KERRY will receive €5,644,500 in funding for walking and cycling projects in towns and villages across the county. Projects in Tralee will receive €1.645m of this funding. These include €1,130,000 for interconnected networks cycleways in town at Bracker O’Regan Road (€850,000), the Town Park (€180,000) and the canal to town (€100,000). […]

MINISTER for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien has announced €31.9 million in funding for the Tralee and Killarney regions under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). The URDF part-funds projects aimed at enhancing urban areas to make them more attractive places to live, work, visit and invest. […]

A NUMBER of community groups in the Tralee area were among those to benefit from €62,534 in funding for Kerry groups announced by the Government yesterday. In total 73 projects across Kerry were awarded funding under the Community Enhancement Programme. The initative is designed to support community groups, particularly in […]

€50 million investment in walking and cycling projects in town and villages across the country, has been announced today. The funding is open to all areas in Kerry for applications through Kerry County Council. The aim of this funding, which will be administered for the Department of Transport by the […]

FUNDING has been announced for projects in Sneem, Inch, Ardfert, Ballybunion and Ballyheigue this morning. €114,350 was  announced by the Department of Rural Affairs for the communities in Kerry and is being delivered under the Accelerated Measure of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme as part of the July Stimulus. […]

  ARDFERT will get €100,000 towards public toilets and parking facilities as part of funding allocated to Kerry County Council under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme announced today. A number of towns and villages are set to benefit from over €868,000 in funding announced by the Department of Rural and Community […]

FUNDING of €3.8 million has been allocated for the upgrade of the N86 Dingle to Annascaul and Gortbreagoge to Camp Road sections of the N86, which will include a cycleway, road widening and improved pedestrian facilities. The N86 Dingle to Annascaul and Gortbreagoge to Camp Road Improvement Scheme comprises of […]

MINISTER for Transport, Pascal Donoghoe has announced an allocation of funding for Kerry Airport. Kerry Airport is to receive €311,260 under the Public Policy Remit Core Airport Management Operational Expenditure Subvention (PPPR-O) scheme for 2015. The funds have been welcomed by Minister for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan and Deputy Arthur J Spring. […]

OVER €7.7m in funds have been allocated for improvement and maintenance work on Kerry roads today. Kerry County Council will be allocated €6,323,517 for road improvements and €1,445,446 for road maintenance, totalling €7,768,963. Castleisland By-Pass is to be allocated €150,000, Tralee By-Pass; €300,000, William Street Pavement Surface Repairs € 100,000, Kilderry […]

  OVER €3.6m in Government funding has been allocated for Kerry’s housing needs. The funds will be used across a range of housing schemes to make more social housing available and to improve housing for people with disabilities, as well as retrofitting homes to improve energy efficiency. Labour TD, Arthur […]

A SUM of €47,935 has been allocated for KDYS Youth Centre, in Denny Street, for roof works and electrical/mechanical upgrades. Fine Gael TD for Kerry and Minister of State with Responsibility for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan, has warmly welcomed the funding. “The announcement of this significant funding is a fantastic boost for […]

A TRALEE youth project has received a capital grant for €7,500 from the Government. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James O’Reilly, announced that three Kerry youth organisations are to receive capital grants to upgrade their projects. Tralee, Killarney and Listowel Special Projects for youth are to receive […]