Three Laois areas are to benefit from the Community Water Development Fund issued by the Local Authority Waters Programme.
€4,500 is going to the Nore River Catchment Trust for water quality and natural heritage interpretative signage at White Horses River Park in Mountrath.
The Killeshin Waterworks Committee are set to receive €2,500.
This will be used to erect perimeter fencing around the amenity and water body for protection from livestock and enhancement for visitors.
While the Camross Parish Development Association has been granted €861.
This is for urgent flood and riparian management on the Little Delour River in Camross Community Park.
Green Party Minister Pippa Hackett welcomed the news.
She said: “I am particularly delighted to see that community organisations from Tidy Towns to Mens Sheds continue to take an active role in planning and delivering projects that enhance the quality of local streams and rivers and that this Government is supporting them.
“This funding, delivered to local communities working on the ground, aims to protect Ireland’s water quality, and to ensure we have an environment which communities can enjoy and pass on.
“Well done to all involved in planning and applying for funding and I wish you all the best as you roll out your projects.”
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