Údarás struggles to hit job targets

A DROP in funding means it will be difficult for Údarás na Gaeltachta to meet its employment targets over the next few years.

In its annual report it said funding challenges will continue in 2010 as a result of further Exchequer cutbacks and the “stagnant condition of the property market”.

The Exchequer funding granted to Údarás for 2009 was €30.4 million compared to €37.6m in 2008.