Bonniconlon Parish Centre is among six businesses who are to receive funding from the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs for electricity conversion/installation.
Of the €81,826 being allocated by Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, Bonniconlon Parish Centre is set to receive €16,832. The funding is designated for businesses in Clár areas.
This brings to 409 the number of businesses, sports clubs and community centres nationwide that have benefited from this scheme under the Clár programme since 2002.
The Clár programme is a targeted investment programme for rural areas that suffered more than a 35 per cent drop in population between 1926 and 2002. The programme covers parts of 22 counties and all of Co Leitrim and benefits a population of nearly 727,000. Clár schemes cover a wide variety of developments such as village, housing and schools enhancement, electricity conversion, roads, water supply, sewage disposal and health, coastal, sports and community projects.
