Wesley O Brien, coach at Killaloe Ballina Tennis Club with some of the donated sports memorabilia ahead of a fundraiser that he is organising to buy a defibrillator for Ritsona Refugee Camp In Greece, and to fund forthcoming trips to set up tennis programs In other Greek camps. Photograph by John Kelly.
Killaloe club going under cover
May 6, 2021
A LOCAL tennis club look well set to make their own piece of history by becoming the first committee outside of Dublin to provide a permanent covered indoor tennis facilities as part of a major development estimated to cost in excess of €950,000.
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Tipperary’s two Local Development Companies can accept applications for the new stream of LEADER funding from today.
A total of €70 million has been allocated by the Government for LEADER projects until the end of 2022, after which a new EU-led funding programme will kick in.
The funding will focus on rejuvenating Covid-hit organisations, as well as climate-focused projects and initiatives in new parts of the county.
Isobel Camby is CEO for the South Tipperary Development Company.
“It’s to support rural businesses that may have suffered as a result of Covid to help them to identify new markets, to enter into new markets and to provide whatever equipment and supports that they need to get themselves back into an equal footing in the marketplace again.”
Lough Derg lakeside viewing points secure funding
March 17, 2021
NEWS viewing and discovery points are to be developed around Lough Derg, thanks to a partnership between agencies in three counties. Clare Local Development Company (CLDC), Galway Rural Development (GRD) and North Tipperary Development Company (NTDC) have come together to approve further project funding toward the development of the lakeside amenities.
The funding has been provided through the LEADER grant programme, and this is the second such project with these partners on Lough Derg in recent years.
“The tourism sector has been one of those worst hit by the pandemic due to the collapse of inbound travel and the restrictions on internal movement,” said Doirin Graham, CEO of Clare Local Development. “It’s all the more important we support it to bounce back quickly”.
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The announcement brings clarity ahead of the expiry of the current programme at the end of this year, with the Government rolling out funding under a transitional LEADER programme for 2021.
It’ll see â¬918,000 allocated to Tipperary, an announcement which has been welcomed by North Tipperary Development Company.
Its Chair, Jim Finn, outlines what it’ll mean for upcoming applications.
âIt will be open to new applications from April 1st because the transition programme that the Minister has announced kicks in then.â
âFrom the 1st of January we will be able to do some ground work towards the preparation of applications coming in for the new programme.â