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Offaly courthouse to benefit from €200,000 funding boost
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Funding of €200,000 has been awarded for conservation works to Birr Courthouse under the 2021 Historic Towns Initiative and will be used to secure the fabric of this significant building in the town.
The special heritage fund will see much-needed work carried out to the town s 19th century courthouse, which closed its doors in 2013. The building, which is situated along Townsend Street, is a protected structure and improvements are necessary to the roof, windows and some of the walls.
It s hoped the building will be brought back into use as a community arts hub with existing plans headed by Birr 20:20 to use and develop the building for use as a Creative Hub .
Nicole Welle | March 8, 2021
Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a new project to help identify where plastic pollution entering the Gulf of Mexico is coming from.
The Mississippi River serves as a drainage system for 40% of the United States and sends huge amounts of plastic pollution into the Gulf of Mexico every year. To combat the problem, the new project will allow “citizen scientists” to record sources of litter they observe along the river on a mobile app. Officials will then enter the data onto a virtual map that policymakers can use to develop ordinances and plans to reduce plastic pollution, according to an Associated Press article.