Rural Development
Town and Village Renewal Scheme
This Scheme aims to support the revitalisation of Towns and Villages across Ireland, in order to increase their attractiveness as places in which to live and work. A wide variety of projects, have been identified by Local Authorities in conjunction with local community groups and businesses, including improving playgrounds and footpaths, tourism amenities, public art pieces and a wide range of works to improve the streetscape and public realm of towns and villages nationwide, to help make them more attractive and more sustainable places in which to live and work.A pilot initiative will be launched in 2nd half of the year to examine ways in which to encourage increased residential occupancy in town and village centres.
Funding
All small towns and villages with populations of less than 10,000 qualify for funding. There are two categories of eligible Towns/Villages:
Category 1: Towns/villages with a population <5,000.
Category 2: Towns with a population of 5,000 – 10,000.
Funding is being allocated to Local Authorities to meet up to 85% of the total cost of each project.
Contact Details for Town and Village Renewal Scheme Enquiries
| County | Name | E-Mail Address |
| Carlow County Council | Bernie O’Brien | bobrien@carlowcoco.ie |
| Carlow County Council | Kieran Comerford | kcomerford@carlowcoco.ie |
| Cavan County Council | Eoin Doyle | edoyle@cavancoco.ie |
| Clare County Council | Leonard Cleary | lcleary@clarecoco.ie |
| Cork City Council | Pat Ledwidge | pat_ledwidge@corkcity.ie |
| Cork City Council | Valerie O’Sullivan | Valerie_osullivan@corkcity.ie |
| Cork County Council | Sharon Corcoran | sharon.corcoran@corkcoco.ie |
| Donegal County Council | Paddy Doherty | paddy.doherty@donegalcoco.ie |
| Dublin City Council | Brendan Kenny | brendan.kenny@dublincity.ie |
| Dún Laoghaire – Rathdown County Council | Dearbhla Lawson | dlawson@dlrcoco.ie |
| Fingal County Council | Ann Marie Farrelly | annmarie.farrelly@fingalcoco.ie |
| Fingal County Council | Ethna Felten | Ethna.Felten@fingal.ie |
| Galway City Council | Eileen Ruane | eileen.ruane@galwaycity.ie |
| Galway County Council | community@galwaycoco.ie | |
| Kerry County Council | Michael Scannell | mscannell@kerrycoco.ie |
| Kildare County Council | Peter Minnock | pminnock@kildarecoco.ie |
| Kildare County Council | Sonia Kavanagh | skavanagh@kildarecoco.ie |
| Kilkenny County Council | Simon Walton | simon.walton@kilkennycoco.ie |
| Kilkenny County Council | Maria Melia | maria.melia@kilkennycoco.ie |
| Kilkenny County Council | Martin Prendiville | martin.prendiville@kilkennycoco.ie |
| Laois County Council | Kieran Kehoe | kkehoe@laoiscoco.ie |
| Laois County Council | Michael Rainey | mrainey@laoiscoco.ie |
| Laois County Council | Ann Marie Kelly | amkelly@laoiscoco.ie |
| Leitrim County Council | Michelle Reynolds | mreynolds@leitrimcoco.ie |
| Leitrim County Council | Terence McGovern | tmcgovern@leitrimcoco.ie |
| Limerick City & County Council | Pat Daly | pat.daly@limerick.ie |
| Longford County Council | Barbara Heslin | bheslin@longfordcoco.ie |
| Longford County Council | Lorraine O’Connor | laustin@longfordcoco.ie |
| Louth County Council | Mary T Daly | maryt.daly@louthcoco.ie |
| Mayo County Council | Joanne Grehan | Joanne.Grehan@mayococo.ie |
| Mayo County Council | Peter Hynes | phynes@mayococo.ie |
| Meath County Council | Barry Lynch | blynch@meathcoco.ie |
| Monaghan County Council | Paul Clifford | pclifford@monaghancoco.ie |
| Offaly County Council | Declan Kirrane | dkirrane@offalycoco.ie |
| Roscommon County Council | communitydev@roscommoncoco.ie | |
| Sligo County Council | Dorothy Clarke | dclarke@sligococo.ie |
| Sligo County Council | Michael Carty | mcarty@sligococo.ie |
| Sligo County Council | Ray O’Grady | rogrady@sligococo.ie |
| South Dublin County Council | Billy Coman | bcoman@sdublincoco.ie |
| South Dublin County Council | Colm Ward | cward@sdublincoco.ie |
| South Dublin County Council | Frank Nevin | fnevin@sdublincoco.ie |
| Tipperary County Council | Sinead Carr | sinead.carr@tipperarycoco.ie |
| Tipperary County Council | townandvillage2017@tipperarycoco.ie | |
| Waterford City & County Council | Joe Sullivan | jsullivan@waterfordcouncil.ie |
| Waterford City & County Council | Lar Power | lpower@waterfordcity.ie |
| Waterford City & County Council | Michael Quinn | mquinn@waterfordcouncil.ie |
| Waterford City & County Council | townvillagerenewal@waterfordcouncil.ie | |
| Westmeath County Council | Barry Kehoe | bkehoe@westmeathcoco.ie |
| Wexford County Council | Tony Larkin | Tony.Larkin@wexfordcoco.ie |
| Wicklow County Council | Joe Lane | jlane@wicklowcoco.ie |
| Wicklow County Council | Lorraine Lynch | llynch@wicklowcoco.ie |
CLÁR
The CLÁR programme (Ceantair Laga Ard-Riachtanais) is a targeted investment programme which provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in rural areas that have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. The aim of CLÁR is to support the sustainable development of identified CLÁR areas by attracting people to live and work there. The funding works in conjunction with local funding and on the basis of locally identified priorities.
Parts of Counties which benefit under the CLÁR Programme are: Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wicklow and all of County Leitrim. Three counties Dublin, Kildare and Wexford do not have any CLÁR areas.
Funding
CLÁR has funding of €5M available for 2017.