EU stories

With EU support, Birdwatch Ireland is using pioneering measures to improve breeding outcomes on both farmland and bogs for the endangered curlew

EU funding has helped reconstruct a railway bridge in Leitrim thereby leading to improved rail journey times between Sligo and Dublin.

Find out about Ireland's destinations of sustainable tourism which have been awarded the European Destination of Excellence label

The EU LIFE programme is ensuring the future of the corncrake as a successful breeding bird in Ireland, providing €4.3m in funding to the NPWS.

Islands off the coast of Ireland are set to become more self-sufficient, prosperous and sustainable thanks to an EU clean energy initiative.

Financing from the European Investment Bank is helping speed up the roll out of social housing in the greater Dublin area.

The EU-funded CREST project at Waterford Institute of Technology has discovered new ways to improve vision using key nutrients found in fruit and veg.

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.