€25m fund to make local authority housing more energy efficient

Dublin City Council is to receive €8m under the plan, Limerick City and County Council will get €2.7m, while Cork City Council will get €1.2m.

Funding of €25m has been announced by the government to make local authority housing more energy efficient.

It says the money is part of an ongoing retrofitting programme and will be used to improve things like insulation and heating systems.