Another €15m for Battle of the Boyne centre

THE Government yesterday announced another €15 million in funding for a new visitor centre at the Battle of the Boyne site.

A visitor and exhibition centre, new walkways and a peace garden will be built over the next three years, bringing total spending on the project to date to €30m.

The Battle of the Boyne site, where the Protestant King William of Orange defeated the forces of the Catholic King James II of England in 1690 is commemorated each year by Orange Order marches on July 12.