HALF A MILLION EURO FOR CONNEMARA PIERS

Date Published: 29-May-2012

A sum of four hundred and fifty thousand euro will be invested in upgrading piers in the Connemara region.

One hundred and fifty thousand euro will be spent on stabilising Ceibh Dooneen in Letterfrack; and another one hundred and fifty thousand has been allocated for improvement works on the Coolaghy pier in Clifden.

Eighty thousand euro will go towards improvements works on the slipway at Ceibh Thaidhg in Carraroe, while another seventy thousand euro will be spent on ongoing improvement works at Inishnee Pier in Roundstone.

The pier improvement funding has been approve by the Department of Agriculture, and it is expected that works will be completed by year end.

Galway West Fianna Fail TD Eamon O'Cuiv has welcomed the funding and he says small communities in Connemara are dependent on the sea.