Offaly County Council welcomes funding announcements under Just Transition and Peat Restoration
Cathaoirleach of Offaly County Council, John Carroll welcomed the announcement of funding of over €5.5m for Offaly specific projects under Strand 2 of Just Transition. Allied with other regional projects which will also benefit the county and the announcement of €108m for peat restoration projects in the Midlands, the Cathaoirleach described the projects chosen as “representing innovative and inspiring plans from businesses, local authorities and communities in Offaly who are committed to creating a green and sustainable economy for the region.”
The Offaly specific projects approved for provisional funding are:
Building Resilience and Adaptability in Primary School Children through STEM in Impacted Communities | Offaly County Council | 119,000 | Offaly |
Edenderry Carbon Challenge: Feasibility Study | Edenderry Tidy Towns | 70,000 | Offaly |
Ferbane Food Campus and Innovation Centre | Ferbane Business and Technology Park CLG | 595,000 | Offaly |
Green HQ for Offaly | Offaly Local Development Company and Green Offaly | 960,298 | Offaly |
Lough Boora Discovery Park and Midlands Cycling Destination - Sustainable Connections 2020 | Offaly County Council | 998,155 | All counties |
Real Leaf Farm | Galway Herb Farm Limited t/a Real Leaf Farm | 1,000,000 | Offaly |
Rhode Green Energy Park | Offaly County Council | 807500 | Offaly |
Rhode Green Energy Park Integration Study | Newleaf | 100,000 | Offaly |
St Joseph's Community Centre Development | Kilcormac Development Association | 435,853 | Offaly |
Strategic Area Response Plan Implementation | Shannonbridge Action Group | 405,960 | East Galway, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath |
Traveller Community Enterprise and Social Farming Project | Offaly Traveller Movement | 997,738 | Offaly |
Tullamore Enterprise Space and Infrastructure | Offaly Innovation and Design Centre CLG | 476,000 | Offaly |
Offaly will also benefit from regional projects as well. For a full list of these see:
Just Transtion Strand 2 Funding
For more on peatlands restoration see:
Peatlands Restoration Press Release Department of Environment, Climate and Comunications
