It’s claimed that an opportunity to revitalise rural Clare is being missed, because money is not being released under a key funding programme.
200 million euro has been allocated for spending throughout Ireland – including nearly 9 million in clare – as part of the LEADER scheme.
But this weekend, Fianna Fáil have claimed that only 118 thousand has been spent throughout the entire country, just 0.06% of the total amount on a scheme that is running from 2014-2020.
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Clare County Chairman of the ICMSA Martin McMahon, who is also a board member with CLDC who are administering LEADER here, believes the money could be making a huge difference:
