€6.2 million has been allocated for Laois clubs and organisations, under the Sports Capital and Equipment Grant scheme.
This is the highest ever sum of money that has been dedicated to Laois in the history of the scheme.
Nationally, €250 million has been allocated across the country – a 50% increase on the figure from 2022.
Since 1998, more than 13,000 projects have benefited from sports capital funding, bringing the total allocations in that time to approximately €1.15 billion.
It is generally accepted that the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme has transformed the sporting landscape of Ireland with improvements in the quality and quantity of sporting facilities in virtually every village, town and city.
Laois clubs and organisations across the county are set to benefit from the announcement today.
Funding has been pledged for projects like floodlights, astro pitches, ball walls, disabled toilets and equipment.
Each of the successful projects and the amount dedicated to each is below.
Check them out:
Laois Local Allocations (€4,889,864)
- 1st Laois Portlaoise Scout Group – Energy Improvements & add disabled toilet to Den €39,248
- Abbeyleix Park Development Committee – Renovation of Community Astro Pitch €51,448
- Abbeyleix Tennis Club – Upgrade of courts 4 & 5 plus purchase of equipment €40,032
- Annanough CLG – Equipment, Gym Upgrade & Dressing Room Refurb. €51,860
- Ballinakill Community Development Association CLG –
- Ballinakill Outdoor Swimming Pool Equipment Upgrade €56,026
- Ballinakill GAA – Ballinakill GAA – Grounds equipment improvement €32,422
- Ballyfin GAA Club – Female Inclusion Programme €105,855
- Ballylinan GAA Club – LED Flood Lighting Project €174,411
- Borris in Ossory GAA – Renovation and extension of existing clubhouse €163,491
- Camross GAA Club – Camross GAA Renewable Upgrade (Solar PV & Lights) €156,043
- Clonaslee St. Manmans GAA – Upgrade of Clonaslee St Manmans GAA Club Grounds €166,957
- Clonin Sportsfield Committee – Grass Pitch Upgrade and Redevelopment €40,729
- Clough-Ballacolla GAA Club – Construction of new dressing room building €148,819
- Courtwood GAA – COILL NA CÚIRTE / LE CHÉILE 2023 €108,437
- Emo GAA – Pitch Floodlights and Practice Ball Wall €158,612
- Errill Vision Group CLG – Sports Euipment for Community Hall €26,554
- Harps GAA Club – Sustainable Development of club facilities €115,444
- Hawthorn Community Development Association – Changing Room, Shower and Toilets Upgrade
€63,283 - The Heath GAA – Playing Surface, Floodlights & Perimeter Fencing €161,953
- Kilcotton GAA – Upgrading Club Facilities and Sustainability €164,913
- Kildare & Leighlin Diocesan Trust – Arles NS. MUGA&Fencing, LED Flood Lighting, Basketball Court €95,123
- Kildare & Leighlin Diocesan Trust – Scoil Phádraig Running Track €119,869
- Killeshin AFC – Club Development Plan €152,877
- LAOIS COUNTY COUNCIL – 2023 Pool Structural Repairs & Accessibility Works – Portarlington Leisure Centre €97,615
- Lions AFC – Durrow Lions AFC Pitch Development €170,259
- Mountmellick United FC – Facilities Upgrade & grounds development €92,153
- O’Dempsey’s GFC – Pitch Drainage, Walking Track & Fitness Studio €128,596
- Park Ratheniska GAA – Upgrade Pitch Lights & Astro BallWall Surface €145,343
- Portarlington GAA Club – Equity in Action: Sustainable Sports for All €182,717
- Portarlington Lawn Tennis Club – Replacement of Carpet Posts and nets on 4 courts €46,119
- Portarlington Rugby Football Club Ltd – LED Pitch Floodlighting and associated works €118,108
- Portlaoise GAA – Development of sports ball wall and nursery area €182,717
- Portlaoise Rugby Football Club – LED Floodlights €155,143
- Rathdowney GAA – Walking/Jogging Track €33,194
- Rosenallis GAA – Clubrooms with toilets, dressing rooms and gym. €170,259
- Scoil Eoin Phoil Naofa II – Pitch Drainage & alterations, ballstops and goalposts €57,913
- Slieve Bloom GAA – Ball Wall, Artificial Grass, Floodlight & Fencing €154,167
- Spink Community Development Association Ltd – Spink Community Pitch and walking track lighting €111,489
- St Aengus Football Club – Artificial playing surface development €119,580
- St Fintans GAA Club Mountrath – LED Flood Lighting System €200,000
- St Joseph’s GAA Club – Milltown Pitch Development Phase 2 €68,950
- The Heath Golf Club – Greens Aerator and Driving Range Ball Stop Netting €95,851
- The Rock GAA Club – Ball wall, roof repairs and gym upgrade €78,803
- Timahoe GAA Club – New mower, upgrade of surface/lighting/goal €46,304
- Trumera GAA – Trumera GAA walking/jogging €40,177
Laois Equipment Allocations (€104,063)
- Arlington AFC – ArlingtonAFC Sports Capital grant application 23 €34,063
- Killeshin GFC – Old Pitch 2023/24 project €70,000
Laois Regional Allocations (€862,414)
- Laois and Offaly ETB – Portlaoise College – Tartan/Synthetic Track – Portlaoise College €487,055
- LAOIS COUNTY COUNCIL – Portlaoise Pool Moveable Floor Replacement & Associated Works €216,278
- Portlaoise Soccer Club – Astro pitch, floodlights & Fencing €159,081
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