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From a flight simulator to a hilltop funicular: These four tourists attractions have been awarded €73 million
Ireland’s first funicular is planned for Donegal. By Lauren Boland Thursday 10 Jun 2021, 4:03 PM 1 hour ago 9,873 Views 13 Comments
A projection of the proposed funicular at Fort Dunree
Image: Fáilte Ireland
Image: Fáilte Ireland
FOUR TOURISTS ATTRACTIONS in Ireland have been awarded a total of €73 million to develop their projects.
€44.3 million from Fáilte Ireland along with €29 million from other public and private investors is being given to tourist locations in Cavan, Donegal, Dublin and Mayo.
Shannon Pot and Cavan Burren Park in Blacklion, Co Cavan are receiving €4.8 million from Fáilte Ireland, while Fort Dunree and Head in Buncrana, Co Donegal has been awarded €9.3 million.
The LIT building - soon to be renamed TU: Shannon: Midlands, Midwest - in Ennis. Photograph by John Kelly
Date set for Ennis to officially become university town
June 9, 2021
FIRST day of term for the new Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest has been announced as October 1, writes Jessica Quinn.
From that date, Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) and Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) will cease to exist, and more than 15,000 students and 1,200 staff across the Midlands and Midwest will be teaching, learning and researching at the newly designated TUS: Midlands Midwest.
On this day also, Ennis will become a university town for the first time, given the presence of a campus there, while Athlone, Clonmel and Thurles will also become university towns.