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A NUMBER OF piers in County Clare are to share in just over €300,000 in government funding for improvement works. The allocation of €302,250 will cover the majority of the costs associated with a variety of projects on both the Atlantic coast and the Shannon Estuary. The funded projects are as follows: Doonmore Pier will receive 51,850 of the total cost of €61,000 for a Phase 3 Extension of its pontoon. Liscannor Pier will receive €55,882 of a total cost of €65,743 for the provision of a crane on the pier. Cappagh Pier and Sea Wall is to have protection works for repairs to the pier and to replace mooring rings and bollards and will receive €52,845 of the total cost of €62,170. At Knock Pier, repair works to the pier and slipway will be granted €36,550 to cover the total cost of €43,000. A sum of €55,505 out of a total cost of €65,300 is being granted to Labasheeda …

FRESH efforts to boost local piers, harbours and slipways could receive support this year, according to Clare’s Fianna Fáil TD. It follows the release of new figures which show that the allocation to this county over the past nine years was less than €2 million. Deputy Cathal Crowe raised the matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the Dáil, asking him to outline plans to support marine infrastructure in this county. Responding, Minister Charlie McConalogue admitted that funding provision in recent times had been “modest”. However, he urged Clare County Council to prepare applications for a new fund launched by his Department earlier this year. “The responsibility for the development, and maintenance of Local Authority-owned piers, harbours and slipways rests with each Local Authority in the first instance,” Minister McConalogue told Deputy Crowe. “I am also mindful that the primary governance role for local authorities rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. “In …