Clár programme open for applications

Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Dara Calleary TD, has today opened the 2025 CLÁR programme for applications.
The budget for this year’s programme has increased to €11 million.
Under the initiative, funding will be provided across three measures:
1. Development of community facilities and amenities including sports facilities, youth clubs, teenage spaces, playgrounds, sensory gardens, walking tracks and much more.
2. Support for community transport such as cancer care support, community first responders, meals on wheels vehicles, or for persons with reduced mobility.
3. Tailored funding for our offshore island communities under the specific ‘Our Living Islands’ measure.
The level of funding for community facilities and amenities has increased from €50,000 to €65,000, with a new option this year for local authorities to apply for funding of up to €100,000 for 2 larger scale projects.
To further support Gaeltacht areas, local authorities will be permitted to submit one extra application this year in respect of a community facility in a Gaeltacht area.
Minister Calleary has been giving more details to Midwest News…