€152m of EU money put into cross-border Interreg programme

A cross-border programme aimed at stimulating the border economy and improving co-operation between the Republic and the North has benefited from EU funding to the tune of €152m over the past five years.

Irish businesses north and south of the border had a multi-million euro boost from the Interreg programme since 2011, through projects organised and run by partner organisations.

The Interreg series of five programmes dating back to 1989 are funded by the European Regional Development Fund and open to all EU member states.