North Cork LEADER launch

Cork County Council has announced that the North Cork LEADER Programme will be launched shortly, with funding of €5.1m over its 2016–2020 lifetime, supplemented by a Cork County Council-funded top-up of 25%.

This supplementary fund of €1.28m has been made available by the County Council in response to the dramatic cut in allocation conpared to the previous LEADER programme, but also in recognition of the work undertaken heretofore by the incumbent local development companies through LEADER.

The three Cork Local Community Development Committees, in conjunction with Cork County Council Chief Executive Tim Lucey, have written to the Minister responsible expressing concerns at the reduced LEADER allocation.