Dundalk Tidy Towns receive more funding than Drogheda and Ardee combined

Tidy Towns projects in Dundalk is set to receive more funding than both Ardee and Drogheda combined. 

Projects in Dundalk is set to receive €63,182.75 from Louth County Council.

The allocations which were capped at €9,000 and are as follow: 

• Blackrock Project 1 - €7,787,75
• Blackrock Project 2 - €9,000
• Carlingford - €9,000
• Dromiskin Project 1 - €9,000
• Dromiskin Project 2 - €1,800
• Dundalk Project 1 - €8,775
• Knokbridge - €9,000
• Omeath - €8,820

Each Tidy Towns Group could apply for up to two projects and are required to provide 10 per cent match funding. 

The funding was confirmed approved by councillors across February's Municipal District meetings. 

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Independent councillor for Dundalk Maeve Yore described the projects and volunteers as "fabulous" but called for the applications to be made more accessible for smaller groups. 

"I just think we need to widen it out a wee bit, I mean these are fabulous workers and fabulous people, but they know how to fill in applications whereas the small ones mightn't be able to," she said. 

Collette Moss from Tidy Towns confirmed there were no unsuccessful applications in Dundalk. 

Elsewhere, funding for Ardee totalled €34,036.20 and will be given to five projects across the town. 

• Ardee Project 1 - €4,050
• Dunleer - €9,000
• Louth Village - €9,000
• Tallanstown Project 1 - €3,166.20
• Tallanstown Project 2 - €8,820 

While Drogheda received €16,339.14 for its four proposed projects.

• Baltray Tidy Towns - €7,168.59
• Drogheda Project 1 - €3,487.05 
• Drogheda Project 2 - €2,857.50 
• Monasterboice Tidy Towns - €2,826

All projects are required to commence this month and be completed by the end of May. 

Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.