Kilkenny small food businesses urged to apply for funding under the LEADER Food initiative
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Small food businesses are today being encouraged to apply for funding under the LEADER Food Initiative – a €5 million investment aimed at assisting businesses to deal with the challenges posed by Brexit and COVID-19.
The final call for applications was made by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Pippa Hackett.
The funding will help artisan, micro and small food businesses to respond to challenges posed by Brexit and Covid-19, while also supporting diversification in agriculture.
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Tuesday 25th May 2021
Our Rural Future: Ministers Humphreys, McConalogue and Hackett announce final call for applications to the LEADER Food Initiative
€5 million fund aimed at artisan, micro and small food businesses
Funding will help artisan, micro and small food businesses to respond to challenges posed by Brexit and COVID-19
LEADER programme a key plank of ‘Our Rural Future’
Small food businesses are today (Tuesday, May 25th) being encouraged to apply for funding under the LEADER Food Initiative – a €5 million investment aimed at assisting businesses to deal with the challenges posed by Brexit and COVID-19.
The final call for applications was made by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Pippa Hackett.
May 20, 2021 1:27 pm
The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is at a “critical juncture” and “faces inevitable decline” if issues aren’t addressed, according to the group representing Local Development Companies (LDCs).
Joe Saunders, CEO of the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN) that represents Ireland’s 49 LDCs, spoke on the matter yesterday (Wednesday, May 19).
The ILDN is calling for the rollout of a nationwide Local Employment Service, as well as reforms to eligibility under Tús, the Rural Social (RSS) and Community Employment (CE) Schemes.
Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Social Protection Rural and Community Development and the Islands yesterday, Saunders said:
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Leitrim Way Walks Scheme takes a step in the right direction
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The first phase of Leitrim’s new Walks Scheme has been approved by the Department of Rural and Community Development, beginning payments for a number of landowners along The Leitrim Way.
This opening phase sees 24 landowners brought onto the scheme by Leitrim Development Company along Leitrim’s National Waymarked Trail. The scheme, funded by the Department and implemented by Local Development Companies, involves landholders as key participants in the provision of high-quality walking trails in Ireland. It achieves this by contracting them to undertake maintenance work on sections of National Way Marked Ways that traverse their property. Participants of the scheme receive yearly payments for their time in undertaking maintenance work on approved trail. The scheme currently covers 40 trails nationwide, with annual payments averaging €1100 made to approximately 1,900 landholders. For landowner