CLÁR: Over 150 schools, community and sports projects supported under €6.2 million fund

Funding worth €6.2 million has been allocated to support more than 150 projects nationwide under the 2023 CLÁR (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachtanais) programme.

The funding will facilitate the delivery of a wide range of projects including astroturf pitches, playgrounds, sensory gardens, walking tracks, nature trails, outdoor performance spaces and community cafés.

A specific tranche of funding has also been provided for projects on our offshore islands.

The projects were approved under Measure 1 and Measure 3 of the 2023 CLÁR programme. The full list of successful projects are available in these documents:

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The announcement means €13 million has been invested in support of 302 projects in CLÁR areas nationwide under the 2023 programme.

Successful projects under Measure 1 and Measure 2 of the programme were announced in 2023.

CLÁR funds small scale projects in rural areas that have experienced significant levels of population decline. It is part of Our Rural Future, the government’s strategic five-year rural development plan.

Areas targeted under the CLÁR Programme are parts of counties: Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, and Waterford, Westmeath, Wicklow and all of County Leitrim.

Access a national map of CLÁR areas, together with individual county maps.

Full details are available on our Rural Funding page.