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15/06/2012
Passenger Shelter To Be Built On Cleggan Pier
Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dinny McGinley T.D., has announced that he has sanctioned a grant of €15,000 to assist Galway County Council to erect a shelter on Cleggan Pier, Co. Galway.
The County Council will foot the remainder of the costs of the work.
The pier serves the community of Inishbofin and over forty thousand passengers use it each year. The Minister of State said that he is delighted to be able to sanction a grant to provide this shelter.
He said: "I am happy that my Department can sanction this grant for Galway County Council to provide this passenger shelter at Cleggan Pier. It will be of assistance to the community of Inishbofin and to the thousands of people who visit the island each year,."
(CD)
The County Council will foot the remainder of the costs of the work.
The pier serves the community of Inishbofin and over forty thousand passengers use it each year. The Minister of State said that he is delighted to be able to sanction a grant to provide this shelter.
He said: "I am happy that my Department can sanction this grant for Galway County Council to provide this passenger shelter at Cleggan Pier. It will be of assistance to the community of Inishbofin and to the thousands of people who visit the island each year,."
(CD)
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