€3.7m REDZ funding allocated

Funding of €3,758,479 has been allocated to 51 areas in Rural Economic Development Zone (REDZ) pilot projects.

This funding is about community participation, boosting employment, tackling rural isolation and helping communities to identify the issues and also the solutions,” said Minister of State for Rural Affairs Ann Phelan.

“The quality of the applications and level of interest in the pilot scheme was such that I have made additional funding available so that each qualifying project will be offered at least 50% of the funding they applied for.