Funding announced to upgrade popular Offaly walkway
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Malcolm Noonan T.D., Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform has announced that he has approved grant funding of just under €230,000 to 25 local community groups and organisations for a variety of peatlands related projects across Ireland.
Included in this is €20,000 to upgrade the existing wooden trackway at Killaun Bog looped walk. Offaly Senator Pippa Hackett welcomed the announcement.
She said: “Our relationship with the bog is changing from one of extraction to one of protection and it’s wonderful to see local groups in the Midlands finding a new appreciation for this fundamental part of our heritage.