Oliver Walsh, Wexford; Pip Breen, Wexford; Michael Collins, Limerick; John Brennan, Kilkenny and Alan O’Callaghan, Clare.
Pictures: Dylan Vaughan
Over €663 million is to be invested in regions including Kerry over the next seven years to help create quality jobs, transition to low carbon and support higher education, enterprises, public bodies and local authorities in delivering balanced regional development.
The Southern, Eastern and Midland Regional Programme 2021-27 is co-financed through the European Regional Development Fundby the European Union and the Government of Ireland and managed by the Southern Regional Assembly. It aims to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU by correcting the imbalances between its regions.
The programme invests in activities that will build research, development and innovation capacity, assist homeowners in or at risk of energy poverty and contribute to the revitalisation of town centres through sustainable urban development.
The progamme area has a population of 3.8 million and covers just over half of the country and Kerry is one of the areas targeted in line with the government’s aim of promoting balanced regional development.
Southern Regional Assembly Director, David Kelly, said it will have a direct impact on balancing regional disparities in Ireland by targeting support at regional level for research and innovation, energy efficiency and sustainable regeneration of regional towns.
“Over the past half-century, Ireland’s EU membership has changed how we live, work, study and travel for the better. This new chapter in the story of ERDF in Ireland will continue to improve our way of life in the Irish regions by addressing key regional challenges,” Mr Kelly said.
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