The Government has announced funding of €62 million for 26 projects across the country designed to boost rural towns and villages – including projects in Donegal.
The round of funding is made under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, which is part of Project 2040.
One of the beneficiaries is the Killybegs town regeneration project.
Details were outlined by Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring.
He described the fund as “a game-changer for rural Ireland”.
Mr Ring has said that the fund will have delivered €148m for 110 projects when the current round is spent.
“I believe that it is vital that we continue to build resilience in rural communities and make our towns and villages vibrant places for families to live,” he said.
The €62m from the Government is supplemented by another €33m from State-funded bodies, rural communities themselves and philanthropic sources.
