Projects

The AranLIFE project blends scientific expertise with local farming practices to nurture the habitats of rare species on the Aran Islands.

Marine waste is polluting Irish coastal waters. The EU-wide Fishing for Litter project encourages fishermen to collect and recycle harmful waste.

Due to poor practice in the past, Ireland’s bogs have become endangered ecosystems. The EU-backed Living Bog project is helping restore raised bogs.

The National Famine Museum at Strokestown House, set up by Jim Callery to commemorate the Irish famine, has won a 2017 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage.

When Waterford Crystal closed its doors, EU funding helped to re-establish a crystal manufacturing & visitor centre and to find new jobs for workers.