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Erica Long, staff member at Obair Newmarket On Fergus, preparing meals to be distributed to the elderly and people in sheltered accommodation in the Clare area. Photograph by John Kelly
Funding boost for six Clare communities
January 16, 2021
SIX towns and villages in Clare have been given a funding boost of just under €800,000 to help local communities adapt to life under Covid-19 restrictions.
A total of €779,242 has been allocated to the local projects under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2020.
€200,000 has been granted to Obair in Newmarket-On-Fergus to regenerate a derelict building on main street. The project will see the construction of a production kitchen, cooking enterprise hubs, a commercial cookery school, holistic space and office suites and a youth cafe. The project aims to help make Newmarket-On-Fergus to be a more sustainable village in which to live, work and socialise.